Dear Families,

It’s been a busy week of learning, growing, and reorganizing!  A heart-felt thank you to everyone involved for all of their efforts to support the transition to new classes and new teaching assignments. 

Please join us in welcoming our new teachers, Mme Alissa Pasch (EF2A), Ms. Pratheepa Anandkumar (R23A), and Mme Laura Ruttan (additional French coverage) to John Young.  We are very much looking forward to having them join our school community.  

As shared yesterday, our new classes and new assignments will start on Tuesday, October 14.  

Meet the Staff Event

A reminder of our rescheduled Meet the Staff event.  We look forward to hosting families on Thursday, October 16 from 4 to 5 pm.  Students and their families are invited to pop in and visit classrooms and meet educators in an open house format. We look forward to seeing you then. 

School Photos - Retake and Class Photo Day 

Individual school photos took place on Monday, October 6.  Class photos and retakes are scheduled for Friday, November 21.

In case you missed it…

Breakfast Club at JYES has started

Every day between 8:30 and 8:45 am, students are welcome to come into the Breakfast Club room for a grab and go breakfast. Anyone is welcome to join! If your child attends Breakfast Club on any given day, we will send home a letter so that you can inform our Breakfast Monitor of any allergies. 

Wishing everyone a lovely long weekend ahead.  A reminder that there is no school on Monday, October 13.  All OCDSB schools will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.  

Please continue reading for important messages from our hard working School Council team - including information on School Clothing orders!

Regards,

Kim and Melissa

Kimberly Simpson

Principal

Melissa Seth

Acting Vice Principal

John Young Elementary School

John Young School Council

What do we have planned for this year?

Check out the JYSC 2025-2026 Calendar to see all the great activities we hope to do this year! The calendar is subject to change due to OCDSB restrictions or volunteers. 

Food Days! 

*** New this year***

If your student will be absent on a food day and you would like to make alternative arrangements for their food, email jyespccoordinator@gmail.com by 10am so the student's food is set aside.

JYES CLOTHING SALES - Orders Due October 29th

Order your JYES clothing before Wednesday, October 29th at 5pm HERE. 

 IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CLOTHING SALES:

- you MUST include student name and classroom in the special instructions when reviewing your cart

- Grad items will have "Class of 26" with Grade 6 students signatures on the back

- approximate sizing: YS = 6, YM = 8, YL = 10, YXL = 12, a YXL and adult S are very similar in size however the youth hoodie does not have strings in the hood and the adult does 

- This will be the ONLY ordering period available this school year.

JYES Family Dance - Friday, October 24th - 6:00 to 8:00pm

Join us on Friday, October 24th for the first JYES Family Dance! The dance will be in the gym from 6-8pm. Entry will be $2 per person or $5 per family. There will be drinks and snacks available for $1 each. The dance will be a costume dance and there will be prizes for best dressed! Please note that all students attending the dance must be accompanied by a guardian. 

FALL CAKE RAFFLE - Thursday, October 30th

The Cake Raffle is back!! School Council transforms the gym into a bake shop where students have the chance to win their treat of choice. Donated baked goods and non-food items are displayed in the gym and students put their purchased raffle tickets into the raffle bag in front of the items they like. Tickets can be purchased starting Monday, October 27th for $0.25 each or five for $1.00. The draw will be done at the end of the day and winners will bring their prizes home! Please note that this is a raffle and not a bake sale so not all students will win a treat or non-food item. ALLERGY NOTE: Students with allergies (or from households with allergies) may ask their teacher for coloured tickets. There will be a selection of non food items and guaranteed nut free items available in the raffle. 

We are looking for VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS!! Donations of cakes, cupcakes, cookies, packaged food that is nut-free or meets other dietary requirements (e.g, Halal, vegan, etc) and non-food items can be dropped off at the School Gym on Thursday,  October 30th between 8:30am and 8:45am. Please include the list of ingredients for food items. If you are interested in volunteering for the Fall Cake Raffle, please contact School Council at sc-johnyounges@ocdsb.ca.

Flip Give - Support JYES while shopping!!

This year, fundraising for John Young School Council 25/26 is going to be so much easier with FlipGive, a free team funding app.

We earn cash back on every purchase we make all year long! All you have to do is shop anytime with the brands you already love, like Home Depot, Walmart, Sport Chek, Indigo, Old Navy, Esso, and Loblaws. No more going door-to-door selling chocolate bars - it's completely virtual and contactless.

Join our time now and you'll  get a $5 bonus the first time you shop: https://shop.flipgive.com/onboarding/join?joincode=J5P6M6

Or enter this code: 6X2TGB

This fundraiser will run all school year so shop away!

Volunteers Needed!

In order to run all of the great events we have planned this year, we are in need of volunteers! If you are interested in volunteering with JYSC this year, please email sc-johnyounges@ocdsb.ca. 

Next School Council Meeting

Please join us at 6:30pm in the library on Wednesday, October 29th for our next school council meeting. 

To stay up to date with all John Young School Council Information, follow our page on Facebook at John Young ES School Council.