{"id":4386,"date":"2023-01-08T10:40:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T18:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/yennadon\/?p=4386"},"modified":"2023-01-08T10:40:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T18:40:43","slug":"january-9th-update-to-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/yennadon\/january-9th-update-to-families\/","title":{"rendered":"January 9th Update to Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dear Yennadon Families,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wow!\u00a0 Last week was short but a very full and exciting first week back.\u00a0 Our teachers are busy planning upcoming field trips and presenters.\u00a0 Be sure to check your emails regularly if you can help volunteering in any capacity.\u00a0 Please review the information below for some details about the upcoming week.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Kindergarten Sibling Registration, January 4 to 10 <\/strong>\u2013 Any sibling who turns 5 years old in 2023 (born in 2018) is eligible to register for the 2023\/24 school year at Yennadon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Student Voice Coins for Kids Drive, January 9 to 13<\/strong> \u2013 Our leadership team is hosting a post-Christmas coin-a-day drive this week. All proceeds go to the Maple Ridge Christmas Hamper Society.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Monday <\/strong>\u2013 nickels<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Tuesday <\/strong>\u2013 dimes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Wednesday <\/strong>\u2013 quarters<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Thursday <\/strong>\u2013 loonies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Friday <\/strong>\u2013 toonies<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Environmental School Kindergarten Registration, January 11 to 13<\/strong> \u2013 Kindergarten registration is available for this program of choice.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>January School Assembly, Wed., Jan. 11<\/strong> \u2013 Our next school assembly is this Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. in the gym for PRIMARY students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Wheelhouse Program Online Information Night, Jan. 12 and 24 at 6:30 pm<\/strong> \u2013 This program of choice located at Alouette Elementary is a classroom where Grade 6 and 7 students are both challenged and supported in becoming life-long learners and responsible citizens. Students who are currently in Grade 5 are eligible for Sept. 2023.\u00a0 Preregistration is required for the virtual information sessions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Black Excellence Day \u2013 Fri., Jan. 13 <\/strong>\u2013 As a lead up to Black History Month,\u00a0Black Excellence Day\u00a0is a day to rejoice black history and learn about black stories, black art and black people, and a day to stand in solidarity by wearing black.\u00a0<strong>This Friday is Black Excellence Day, and we invite you and our students<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>to participate by wearing black on that day<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Deadline to Order Pizza Hot Lunch (for Jan. 27<sup>th<\/sup>), Tue., Jan. 17<\/strong> \u2013 A reminder that hot lunch meals must be pre-ordered online at<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/munchalunch.com\/schools\/Yennadon\/\">Munch-a-Lunch<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Late French Immersion Program Online Information Night, Wed., Jan. 18 at 7:00 pm<\/strong> \u2013 This program of choice located at Golden Ears Elementary is for Grade 6 and 7 students who want to learn a second language or are looking for a challenge. Students who are currently in Grade 5 are eligible for Sept. 2023.\u00a0 Preregistration is required for the virtual information session.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Yennadon Grade 6\/7 Basketball Teams\u2019 Practices<\/strong> \u2013 Basketball is now underway in our district. A huge thank you to our coaches who are volunteering their time to sponsor our basketball teams.\u00a0 The current practice schedule is as follows:<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mondays at 7:30am \u2013 Gr. 6\/7 Girls (Coach, Mrs. Sinow)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tuesdays at 7:30am \u2013 Gr. 6\/7 Boys Competitive (Coach, Mr. Miller)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thursdays at 7:30am \u2013 Gr. 6\/7 Boys Recreational (Coach, Mrs. Kocurek)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sincerely,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Mrs. Lawrance<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Yennadon Families, Wow!\u00a0 Last week was short but a very full and exciting first week back.\u00a0 Our teachers are busy planning upcoming field trips and presenters.\u00a0 Be sure to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/yennadon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/yennadon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/yennadon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/yennadon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/yennadon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/yennadon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4387,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/yennadon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4386\/revisions\/4387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/yennadon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/yennadon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/yennadon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/yennadon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}