Important Notice for Elementary Students & Families

Posted April 22, 2015

Potential job action by Waterloo Region District School Board Secondary teachers. You may have heard about the possibility of labour disruption at the Waterloo District School Board (WRDSB). We would like to assure you that this is currently an issue affecting secondary schools, not elementary schools. The collective agreements for all unionized school board employees […]

Dress Code – Better Understood

Posted April 16, 2015

After much reflection, investigating, listening and growing this is where we have landed at Stanley Park for this spring. As principal I have a Principal Advisory Committee made up of representatives from each class.  The PAC has been collecting information, and so have I.  Today we shared our thoughts about: Why we have a dress code? Who […]

Length of Shorts

Posted April 14, 2015

We do realize that the length of shorts for sale in our stores do not generally meet the dress code that we have established at Stanley Park.  Believe me, we understand this, but we do feel strongly that school is a place for respectful presentation of each student where the choices they make for dress […]

Gators in the Community

Posted April 14, 2015

We have had a call from the McDonald’s at Ottawa and River asking if we could remind our Gators to make good choices while visiting McDonald’s after school.  Apparently things have not been running very smoothly and the managers are getting frustrated.  I share this in an effort to remind our Gators that they are […]

Arts Night at Stanley

Posted April 14, 2015

Stanley Park’s Arts Nights are coming soon… Stanley students have been working extremely hard preparing for our spring shows. Please support our Gators by attending these performance evenings which celebrate the Arts at Stanley Park. Wed. Apr. 22, 2015, 7:00P.M., in Stanley’s gym: Performances by the grade 8 orchestra, the grade 8 band and the […]

Class List Requests due end of May

Posted April 13, 2015

We do not believe that requests for your son or daughter to be in a certain class is appropriate.  However, we do know that at times there are variables that would be helpful for us to understand when we are making class lists for September 2015-2016.  IF you feel it is necessary for us to […]

Quick BYOD Reference

Posted April 8, 2015

Many Gators are doing a great job with our BYOD (bring your own device) policy.  A few of our most basic rules are stated below as a quick reference: No photos No videos No touching anyone else’s device Only use at school under explicit direction of the teacher Digital Device break in second part of […]

Come and See Cat Coode Tonight

Posted April 8, 2015

Parents and guardians are welcome to come to Stanley Park tonight at 7:00 to see the best presentation that we have ever seen on Digital Citizenship.  Cat Coode does an excellent job of helping us to understand and embrace our digital footprint, while educating us on what we need to know for ourselves and our […]

Bullying Assembly Friday

Posted April 7, 2015

Friday April 10 we are hosting a Bullying Assembly period 5 at Stanley Park. Tad is an RCMP Officer in British Columbia, who is dedicated to continuing to share a message that Jamie Hubley once started, “Bullying Ends Here”. ‘Bullying Ends Here’ was created after the suicide of Jamie HUBLEY who was relentlessly bullied for […]

No Wheels on School Property Please

Posted April 6, 2015

Spring is a wonderful time of year and it brings a number of reminders with it.  We ask our Gators to walk all wheels on school property basically from minute they come onto to school property from Hickson or Secord, etc.  We are happy that our Gators are using their bikes, scooters, skateboards, etc but […]

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