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Valentine's Day
Published on Feb 8, 2019 12:50

Valentine's Day is next Thursday, February 14th. It is common for students to bring something special to give to their classmates to celebrate this special day. We have received some calls about bringing food treats to school to help celebrate Valentine's Day. The following note is found in the children's agendas:


We like to celebrate birthdays and other special events as they come up during the school year, in an equitable way for all children. We have a number of students with a variety of food allergies who may feel “left out” when birthday treats are brought to school; other students may feel awkward because their families may not be able to provide special treats. As well, the preparation and distribution of these food treats interrupt valuable learning time.  We kindly ask that no food items be sent in (e.g. birthday cakes, cupcakes, etc.). Each child celebrating a birthday has his or her name announced during morning exercises and receives a Birthday pencil from his/her teacher.


The only exception will be for those purchasing Candy-Grams as part of our "Share the Love" fundraiser for ShareLife. Please note that these can only be purchased through school-day, in the product section, until this Sunday, February 10th.

Thank you for not bringing in additional food treats and for your understanding.

Happy Valentine's Day!