Mabel's Labels Fundraiser

Personalized labels

Interested families go on line, order what they want, pay on line and its delivered to their home. The PTG will collect 20% of the sale.

Our link is: www.gwp.mabel.ca

Families are encouraged to purchase & use these labels to help decrease the amount of clothing in the lost & found.

PTG Halloween Dance

There will be a Family Halloween Dance on Oct 26^th from 6:30 -8pm

Entertainment Books

On Monday, the PTG had the official  kick off to our fall fundraiser,  the neighborhood coupon book. Each student received an Entertainment™ bag. The bag should contain:

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Neighborhood Coupon book campaign will run from Sept 26 – Oct 14^th

Terry Fox Walk

Friday September 23rd will be out school's Walk for the Terry Fox Foundation. We will be doing a silver collection and any funds raised will be donated on behalf of Grosvenor Wentworth to support cancer research. The 4-6's will walk to the Heart Shaped Pond and the P-3's will walk in our school field. Our walk will take place from 10:10-10:40am.

Bus Schedule

The new bus schedule went home today with bus students. It will take effect on Friday.

CBC News Segment

In case you didn't see the CBC segment on the Paper Cranes sent to Japan...here is the
link...you will see where to click when the link opens...enjoy.  Great story....

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Local_News/NS/ID=1353356045

Bus Schedule

We still haven't received the updated bus schedule from Stock Transportation. We'll let the community know when we get it and when the new schedule will take effect.

CBC News Tonight

The crane presentation, which took place today, will be aired tonight on CBC shortly after 6:00pm.

Anti-bullying Video- Cool To Be Kind

On Anti-bullying day, the students dressed in pink and formed the letters for "PEACE" on the soccer field.  Mr. Boudreau led the school in a song "Cool To Be Kind".

Anti-Bullying Day Video

Bus Schedule Change

As we begin a new year with new routes and students we are experiencing excessive wait times for both 2:45 dismissal bus and 3:15 buses. Stock Transportation has been contacted and has planned to changed the schedule. The new bus schedule will take effect on Tuesday, September 13th. Students will receive a notice on Monday with the new times.
Thank you for your continued patience as our bus service provider implements these changes.

September PTA Newsletter

The PTA newsletter for September can be viewed at the following link:

http://egwps.ednet.ns.ca/ptg/newsletters/2011-12/september.pdf

September School Newsletter

The September newsletter can be viewed at the floowing link.

http://egwps.ednet.ns.ca/newletters/september.pdf

Attention-Error in School Notice

There were two errors in a school notice that went home the first day of school: 

Stand up for Bullying is Thursday, September 8th not 9th.

Curriculum night is Thursday, September 22nd not 23rd.

Cool to be Kind

September 8th is Stand up to bullying day. Wear pink and your coolest sunglasses because it is Cool to be Kind!