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Community Update - March 28

Posted On Friday March 28, 2025

Good afternoon, Bellwood Community, the home of the Bobcats where we Belong, Believe and Succeed!

Our Annual Community Eid dinner is almost here.   We will be sending home tickets for those of you who have filled in the google form. Please ask your children when they come home today for the envelope with your families’ tickets.  You will need to bring your tickets with you on the evening of the Eid dinner.  There is still time for you to fill in the Google form to let us know that you would like to join us.  Please see the link below under the weekly updates.

Our Entrepreneurship Club has designed a custom hoody to celebrate Eid 2025. Hoodies are selling for $40 and will be ready for pick up at the Eid Dinner on April 3, 2025. If you are interested in purchasing a hoody, please contact janine.white@ddsb.ca for more information. This item can be purchased on School Cash Online.  Proceeds from this sale will be reinvested in the Entrepreneurship Club’s Spring line. Please click on the link to see a picture of the hoody.

Just a friendly reminder from the Bellwood Office that if you have not yet registered your new-to-school Kindergarten student for the 2025/2026 school year, please follow the instructions to begin the process as soon as you are able to as this helps us to plan both class sizes and staffing for the upcoming school year. We are looking forward to meeting the newest Kindergarten members of our Bellwood Bobcats family, and those who have completed the registration process will be receiving invitations to attend the Kindergarten Open House later this Spring. Please contact the Bellwood Office if you have any questions, and please share this important information with friends or family who live in the area, and who have Kindergarten school aged children that may be starting school with us in September.  Please see the section in our Weekly Updates below on Kindergarten Registration.

We would like to recognize Sriram Laudu and Jacob Harper for making it to the Badminton Tournament finals.  The boys represented our school very well by showing great sportsmanship and teamwork!

Just a reminder that on Monday March 31, 2025 it will be a P.A. Day and there will be NO school for students.

Have a wonderful long weekend!

Please see below for our weekly updates:

Durham Black Educator’s Network Community Event  March 28, 2025

Please join us for an evening of great food, great entertainment, and great company as we recognize the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination with renowned author Dr. Leland Harper from Siena Heights University in Michigan. 

Dr. Harper is an associate professor of Philosophy, race, justice, and equity studies. He will discuss important insights and strategies to combat racial discrimination in the spaces and roles that we occupy. 

Date:                   March 28, 2025

Venue:                IBEW Hall, 1001 Ritson Rd., South, Oshawa

Time:                   5pm.

Register Here: https://tinyurl.com/33yxpxmy 

Eid Dinner

This year our annual Bellwood Community Eid dinner will be held on Thursday April 3, 2025.  Please click on the link to fill in the Google Form to let us know if you will be attending and how you can help https://forms.gle/1sD7pE5r2R34QhB86  

There will also be a fashion show, showcasing all of the wonderful fashions for Eid.  Please click on the link to fill out the google doc if you would like your child to participate in the fashion show https://docs.google.com/document/d/18wjGAmaXWpKBEDGKyKdUDwNTSTf4IpoFud8-N5uFa5M/edit?usp=sharing

The itinerary for the evening will be as follows;

  • 5:30 pm - Stations will open for arts and crafts, and henna designs (in different classrooms) as well a photo booth will be set up in the library.  Photo booth will be 1 picture for $5 and 3 for $10, please note this will be cash only.
  • 6:30 pm -An announcement will be made to wrap up stations as dinner will be served in the gym
  • 6:45 pm - Eid Fashion Show
  • 7:10 p.m. Dinner will be served
  • 8:00 pm- Wrap up and clean up

SCC Community BBQ and Mini Fun Fair

Our SCC is planning to end our school year with a Community BBQ and mini Fun Fair.  We would like to gage the communities’ interest for this event which would happen in June.  Please take a moment to fill in the google form that can be found by clicking the following link.  We look forward to hearing from you! https://forms.gle/pgRTMGcdkPC526XA9           

Kindergarten Registration 2025

DDSB Kindergarten Registration started online on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Kindergarten is a child-centred, play-based educational program that provides children with a stronger start in school and in life.

To be eligible for enrollment in Junior Kindergarten (JK) or Senior Kindergarten (SK):

  • Children must be four years old by December 31, 2025 to enroll in year one, JK
  • Children must be five years old by December 31, 2025 to enroll in year two, SK

For more information on the Kindergarten program and to register your child on or after January 7, please visit the Kindergarten Registration webpage.

Kiss and Ride and Parking on School Property– We need your help so we will continue to ask you to adhere to the following rules! 

  • Between 8:55 – 9:15am please DO NOT park in front of the kindergarten enclosure. We need to keep the flow of traffic moving.
  • Please DO NOT let your children out of the car in the center lane to pass.  Please drive through the Kiss and Ride to let children out of the car.  This is a safety concern for us here at Bellwood.
  • When you are using the Kiss and Ride, please make sure you drive right up, pick up your children quickly and safely and follow the directions to keep moving by the staff supporting the smooth running of our Kiss and Ride.
  • Please note our school parking lot is Private Property.  We have noticed that there are a few cars that park here over night taking up parking spaces for our families that drop off and pick up their children. This also affects our snow removal when our contractors come to remove the snow.   If you know who is using up our parking spaces, please let them know that this is not allowed.  We will be looking into ticketing and towing if these cars are not removed.

Two areas that continue to require attention from our community……

  • Please stay in your vehicles and do not park in the Kiss and Ride as this causes traffic to back up and is not safe for our students.
  • Please use the sidewalks to walk your children around and do not cut between the cars as this is a safety hazard.  This is a safety concern for us here at Bellwood.

Safety is our number one priority, and we work hard to make sure that our Kiss and Ride runs safely and smoothly.  We need your help!

Teams and Activities Around Bellwood after the break

  • Junior Boys and Girls Basketball: Areas the week of April 1
  • Senior Band: Monday and Wednesday at lunch
  • BELL Choir: Tuesday and Thursday at 8:15 am
  • Fasting Club:  Daily from Monday March 3, 2025 – April 3, 2025
  • Pokeman and Games Club:  Day 2’s
  • Forest of Reading Book Club (Grade 4-8): Day 2, Day 3, Day 4
  • Intramurals: Mondays grades 1 and 2, Tuesdays grade 3 and 4, Wednesdays grades 7 and 8, Friday grades 5 and 6

Students are encouraged to check the schedules posted on the white board by the gym doors for practice days and times.

Save the Date

  • March 31 – P.A. Day No School for students
  • April 3 – Eid Dinner

Dates of Significance

Eid Al Fitr March 29 - March 30, 2025

Eid al-Fitr is the earlier of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam. Eid al-Fitr is celebrated by Muslims worldwide because it marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan,

International Transgender Day of Visibility is March 31, 2025

International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) occurs every year on March 31st. This day is dedicated to celebrating transgender people, their contributions to society and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide.

National Indigenous Languages Day is March 31, 2025

National Indigenous Languages Day is March 31, and it is a day to celebrate and honor Indigenous languages in Canada. The decade from 2022 to 2032 is also the International Decade of Indigenous Languages to promote the use of Indigenous languages world-wide.

 

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