We hope you had a good summer. Here are lots of items for you as we return to the school year:

• Curriculum night – Please check upcoming school emails for more details on date and time.
• CSPC Annual general meeting (AGM) and first meeting – September 27th (time TBD). A new CSPC needs to be elected each year at the AGM. A summary of what we do is below, positions and time commitment are listed here, and nomination forms are here and here. Please consider taking on a role – it’s a great way to stay informed and involved!
• Volunteer List & Committees – If you can help out with CSPC-related initiatives once in a while or would like to be added our volunteer email list, please fill in this form to let us know.
• Class Parents – Some classes group contact lists/What’s App. If you are the admin for one of these groups, please get in touch at stbrigidcsac@gmail.com.
• TCDSB Weekly Wrap-up – These weekly emails are sent by the TCDSB Communications Department and contain info on Board-wide opportunities for families and students. You can see the wrap-up from Sept 8 here; add your email to the contact list here.

More Useful Info & Upcoming Events:

• Mental health tips to start the year, from the Board – see here for those.
• Secondary school open house schedule, from the Board – see here. These are great for grade 7&8 students considering where to go to high school.
• Parent talk (Board-wide) – Centering ourselves on Truth and Reconciliation – see here for more info.
• Newcomer Conference and Newcomer Video Contest – More information on both can be found in the weekly wrap-up here; samples of past video contest winners can be found here. Email the school or stbrigidcsac@gmail.com if you need a hand with anything.
• Angel Foundation for Learning – This organization gives support to many TCDSB students. A 50/50 draw, reduced rate football tickets are on now – see here.
• Free family/youth programming at Toronto Public Library (TPL) – see quick links here. The TPL also has free Museum Access Passes (MAP) – more on that here.
• At Home Alone workbook – click here for that. This is published by Toronto Public Health and is great for review/decision making with kids who will be walking themselves home or being home alone this year. Best if adult and child work through it together.
• Other links to outside learning resources and contests are here and here if interested.

If you have ideas/comments on any school-related topic, please get in touch or share at a CSPC meeting. The CSPC is made up mostly of parents, and represents parents/families on school-wide matters that relate to student success.