Monthly Archives: November 2023

Winter Outerwear Drive

Families of Monsignor Haller Catholic Elementary School,

This year our outerwear clothing drive will take place alongside parent-teacher interviews on November 22^nd and November 23^rd in the school gymnasium. You are invited to shop (everything is free) the selection of winter coats, boots and mittens for children, youth or adults, plus limited children’s toys and games. The gym will be open at 3:30pm on Wednesday and Thursday, please stop by and bring a bag from home.

If you have any gently used toys/games you would like to donate, please drop them off at the school tomorrow between 8:40 am and 3:30 pm.

Welcome Mrs. Ingoldsby

Monsignor Haller is excited to welcome Mrs. Ingoldsby to the Haller Hawk family. Mrs. Ingoldsby is our new Vice Principal and has started supporting our staff and students as of November 20th.

Hello Monsignor Haller Families,

Ontario has designated the third week of November as Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week to help promote safe schools and a positive learning environment.⁠ We are focusing on kindness, empathy, community, and encouraging the fostering of a positive school climate.  We will have a daily focus for each day inspired by our WCDSB Pastoral theme of STRENGTHEN.  Please see our plan for the week: Anti Bullying Week 2023-2024.  By participating in Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week, our students will be affecting positive change in their learning, achievement and well-being by promoting a safe learning environment, which is essential to their success.

Progress/Kindergarten Initial Observation Reports

Today, your child came home with their Progress Report or Kindergarten Initial observation reports.   We hope you will be able to recognize the strengths in learning so far and celebrate successes for the start of the year at school.  These initial reports highlight progress towards the end of the year expectations. There is still lots of time to reflect on the next steps for growth in learning and set goals for the school year.

We know that parents have an important role to play in supporting student learning. Studies show that students perform better in school if their parents or guardians are involved in their education. This is the basis for the principle that students and parents should be kept fully informed about the student’s progress.” ~ Growing Success, page 8.

Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences

Parent-teacher-student conferences are scheduled for November 23rd 3:30 pm – 8 pm. Your child brought home your scheduled interview time in their progress report today. If you have not received a scheduled a time, please reach out to your child’s classroom teacher.

November 23

Students in Kindergarten to Grade 5 will take part in a Performance Assembly called Born to Be Brave … And More.  This is a joyful concert which encourages children through reading and singing to be kind, give a sense of belonging, community and will celebrate that being different is good.

Save the Date: December 15th!

On December 15th, Monsignor Haller is hosting a Christmas concert. The theme this year is a, “Haller Country Christmas”.  There will be two shows where everyone performs the same act two times; one concert in the morning at 9:30 am and another concert in the afternoon at 1 pm. The 2 concert times are to split up the volume of parents attending the concert.  If you have children in both the AM & PM groups, you are invited to attend the concert with your eldest child’s class.

Parent/guardians are invited to attend the AM performance if they have a child(ren) in the following classes: 

• Mrs. Denison FDK
• Mrs. Guidolin’s FDK
• Mrs. Mikuljan’s Grade 2
• Mrs. Cotter’s Grade 3
• Mrs. Beska’s / LTO’s Grade 4
• Ms. Segato’s Grade 5/6
• Ms. Ko’s Grade 7
• Ms. Champoux 7/8

All other parent/guardians are invited to the afternoon performance. Both am and pm performances are exactly the same.

Winter Outerwear Drive

Families of Monsignor Haller Catholic Elementary School,

This year our outerwear clothing drive will take place alongside parent-teacher interviews on November 22^nd and November 23^rd in the school gymnasium. You are invited to shop (everything is free) the selection of winter coats, boots and mittens for children, youth or adults, plus limited children’s toys and games. The gym will be open at 3:30pm on Wednesday and Thursday, please stop by and bring a bag from home.

Parent Conference:

Progress reports go home on Monday, November 20th and we are very proud of our students’ accomplishments. Parent Conferences have been scheduled for November 23rd from 3:30-8pm and interview times will come home with the oldest or only child’s progress report. Looking forward to discussing your child’s progress.

Terra Cotta Cookie Fundraiser

Our school will be running a cookie dough fundraiser through Terra Cotta Cookies, from November 8 to November 29, 2023. The money raised will be used to host our Family Fun Night in June, assist our Grade 8s with their excursion to Mount Mary, and other fun activities within the school. Please help your child with our campaign by sending our custom link to as many people as you can! Sell to friends, family, neighbours and people at work! Please read the following on how to order online

1. Visit our custom site: https://fundraising.terracottacookies.com/current-fundraisers/monsignor-haller-ces/ OR find Monsignor Haller in the Current Fundraisers section of the Terra Cotta website.

2. Shop online. Fill your cart up! Add or remove products as you need to. Dough drops are $15.00 and Baked Shortbread are $10.00, no sales tax. What is a dough drop? Dough that is pre-portioned and packed to go straight from your freezer to your oven. Bake as few or as many as you like at a time. You get 40 cookie dough drops in each 800g box.

3. All products are nut free and there is a selection of gluten-free products.

4. At checkout fill in the form. Must include: seller name (name of the student you are buying on behalf of) and name of the school, Monsignor Haller Catholic Elementary School.

5. Agree to website Terms and Conditions. Place order.

6. Delivery of the cookie dough will be organized by the school and the company.

Important pick-up information:

All orders will be ready for pick up on Wednesday, December 13 from 3:00-5:00pm. Please ensure your order is picked up ASAP and goes back into a freezer as quickly as possible. Due to the frozen nature of the product this is very important to ensure the quality of the products. We appreciate your help in this matter. Thank you!

Monsignor Haller School Council

Monsignor Haller photo retakes will be on Thursday, November 16 in the afternoon.

These will be for students that were absent on original photo day to have their picture taken or students needing a new picture for package purposes.

Retake proofs will be sent approximately two weeks after photo day for distribution. Families will receive a new proof sheet with a new online code to view the student’s retake images.

PD Day:

Hello Haller Hawks! This is just a reminder that Monday, November 13th is a PD Day and there is no school for students. Teachers will be partaking in Faith activities around the board pastoral theme of Strengthen.

Looking forward to seeing students back at school on Tuesday, November 14th.

CSAC Meeting:

Parents/Guardians, please consider joining our School Council meeting on Tuesday, November 14th from 6-7pm in the Learning Commons.

Message from our Public Health Nurse:

“Hello, my name is Mallory, I am a Public Health Nurse from the Region of Waterloo. I am excited to have the opportunity to work with Monsignor Haller School community! My role is to listen and learn from staff, students and caregivers to help the school find and use its strengths to create a sense of belonging for all. Feel free to say hi when you see me. I’d love to hear your thoughts on making your school and community even better.

Talk soon, Nurse Mallory”

Report Cards:

Progress reports will be coming home on November 20th. We are very proud of our Hawks academic achievements. Well done!

Cookie Dough Letter 2023