Hospice Support

A free workshop is being offered for parents, grandparents, guardians and caregivers on supporting grieving and bereaved children and teens through the holidays.   More information is available from Hospice of Waterloo Region.  Hospice Waterloo Region  The workshop is 7:15-8:15 December 15 at Hospice of Waterloo Region Family Centre, 298 Lawrence Avenue, Kitchener.

Holiday Reading

I hope that our students and families will have time to enjoy lots of reading over the holidays.  The WRDSB library website has lots of resources to explore – ebooks, databases and encycopedias.  Happy reading!  Follow this link: Library Learning Commons You can also go to the board’s website, open the learning tab and follow […]

School Council

Our next meeting is January 19.  Thanks to school council for all their work this fall.  We look forward to working with new members as well in the new year.  All the best for happy holidays.

WRDSB school of the Day feature

Our ribbon cutting ceremony was the featured WRDSB school of the day for December 11.  Check out the coverage at http://www.wrdsb.ca/blog/2015/12/11/preston-ps-officially-opens-their-new-playground/

Pizza kit pick-up

Don’t forget to come to pick up your pizza kits tomorrow (Thursday) from 3:00-6:00.  Thanks for a great campaign.

Festival of Lights

On Thursday, December 17 at 2:15 our students will perform in a “Festival of Lights.”  This concert will showcase each class as they perform songs that feature different aspects of this season of light and hope.

Retirement wishes for Mrs. Shea

We wish to congratulate Mrs. Shea on her retirement effective December 18. Mrs. Shea has served the special needs of the Preston community in an exemplary way for the past 13 years and as a classroom teacher at several other schools previously, including Parkway, Alison Park, Tait Street and Blair Road,  for a total of […]

Caesar’s Pizza Kit Pick up

Pizza kits will be ready for pick up between 3:00-6:00 on Thursday, December 10.

Reminder of French Immersion Information sessions

Parents of SK students are reminded of the upcoming information sessions for grade 1 French Immersion.  Please see the November 4 post for details.

Preston Panda Greening Initiative Ribbon Cutting

On December 9 at 9:30 we will be officially opening our new playground features and thanking our donors for their contributions .  We have reached the halfway point in very quickly thanks to the support or our parent community and the generosity of our donors.