Hello families,

Staffing 

Welcome Mr. Noel Hanni as the newest member of the Banting and Best School family! He is joining us as our Classroom Complexity Teacher for the remainder of this school year. His role is being finalized. For this week, he will be partnering in classrooms to get to know students and staff.  

Poet Virtual Visits 

Poetry In Voice has provided a grant on our behalf to fund a virtual poet visit. We are excited to be working with published and award winning, Poet Raoul Fernandes this week. Students will have a presentation, poetry reading, poetry instruction and a Q&A session.  

April 7-  a.m. Kindergarten, Grade 1 and 3 

April 9- p.m. Kindergarten  and Grade 2 

Traffic Notice 

Please see the notice below for upcoming lane closures on Millican Road and Ogden Road, beginning as early as April 6, due to the Green Line LRT project. Two-way traffic will be maintained at both locations, though there may be delays during peak travel times. Please note that weather and site conditions may affect the expected start and duration of the lane closures. 

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This week:  

Tuesday, April 7 

• Poetry in the Classroom sessions 

Wednesday, April 8 

• 8:30-9:30 am - Superintendent Jennifer Turner and Area 6 Director Kenny Yeung visiting  

Thursday, April 9 

• Poetry in the Classroom workshops 
• Grade 1 fieldtrip- Confluence 

Upcoming:  

• April 13- Firefighter Presentations 
• April 14 – School Council meeting @6pm 
• April 16- Fun Lunch –Via Cibo 
• April 22- Grade 3 Earth Day Assembly 
• All Grade 3 families invited to attend 
• April 23- STEAM Family Night 
• All families invited to attend 
• April 24- PL Learning Day 
• No School for Students 
• April 27-May 1 – Tennis Residency 

Take care,

Ms. Durnford