Good Morning Eardley Community,

I hope this email finds you well. I have an important update for you today, please see below.

• CISSSO Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign
  • Please find attached a letter from our Secretary General, George Singfield indicating the partnership between the health and education sectors for the vaccination of 12-17 year olds.
  • Please note that as more information becomes available, it will be shared with our community.
  • The education sector will help facilitate the roll-out of vaccinations; however, as with any vaccination the campaign is run solely by CISSSO – the health sector.
• Outaouais Region Moving Into the Orange Zone –
  • Please find attached a letter from our Director General, Mike Dubeau detailing the new sanitary measures for the Orange Zone. These changes will come into effect on Monday, May 31^st for WQSB Schools & Centres.
  • What has changed?
    • Return of Secondary students (grade 9-11) to fulltime in person learning.
    • Extra-curricular activities are now able to occur within stable class bubbles (no mixing of bubbles)
  • Procedural masks are still mandatory for grades 1-6 on school grounds.
• Eardley 2021-2022 Calendar
  • Please find attached the Eardley 2021-2022 Calendar.
  • Please note that important dates such as Family-Teacher Meetings, PD Days and Term Dates are subject to change based upon the impact of Covid-19
• Non-Teaching Professionals Strike Day – June 9^th, 2021
  • On Wednesday, June 9^th, all Western Quebec Schools and Centres will be closed due to a strike action. The Professional Union (educational consultants, psychologists, speech and language pathologists etc.) will be striking on June 9^th until 12:00pm. Due to this, the Western Quebec School Board will be closing all schools and centres.

How will this impact my child?

• The school and school daycare will be closed for the entire day on June 9^th, 2021.
• ALL AM classes will be canceled.
• ALL PM classes will be held virtually.
• Eardley Elementary will be following our regular PM schedule for June 9^th, 2021 – the schedule will be taught remotely through our Teams platform.
• Virtual classes will start at 12:10pm – i.e. right after our regularly scheduled lunch hour.
• Each parent/guardian will receive their June 9^th PM virtual schedule by Friday, June 4^th.
• PM Recess/Snack will be maintained within the virtual schedule.
• The virtual school day will end at 2:30pm – the same as any other day.
• All necessary materials for the virtual lessons will be sent home with each child on June 8^th, 2021.
• Technology will not be lent out for the afternoon of June 9^th. If your child does not have access to technology, a prepared supplementary package will be sent home on June 8^th, 2021.

As always, I am available should you have any questions, comments or concerns. I continue to be incredibly impressed by our students’ ability to adapt, persevere and support one another as we navigate the end of an interesting year (to say the least).

Please take care and stay safe,

Samantha Halpin

Principal

Please see the attached information about our Lost and Found

Good Morning Eardley Community,

I hope you all enjoyed the gorgeous weather this weekend. Definitely a nice way to relax and restore. Please see an important update below.

• Grad Memo
  • Calling all Cycle 3.2 (grade 6) parent(s)/guardian(s) please see the attached Grad Memo detailing our big plans to celebrate our grade 6’s!  We look forward to honoring their hard work and sending them off in style!
• PD DAY
  • This Friday, May 21^st is a PD Day and therefore, there will be no school.
  • The daycare is open and operating.
• Popcorn Day
  • New date for our popcorn fundraiser is Thursday, May 20^th.
  • Please see the attached flyer.
• Professional Strike – Wednesday May 19^th, 2021
  • On Wednesday, May 19^th all Western Quebec Schools and Centres will be closed due to a strike action. The Professional Union (educational consultants, psychologists, speech and language pathologists etc.) will be striking on May 19^th until 12:00pm. Due to this, the Western Quebec School Board will be closing all schools and centres.

How will this impact my child?

• The school and school daycare will be closed for the entire day on May 19^th, 2021.
• ALL AM classes will be canceled.
• ALL PM classes will be held virtually.
• Eardley Elementary will be following our regular PM schedule for May 19^th, 2021 – the schedule will be taught remotely through our Teams platform.
• Virtual classes will start at 12:10pm – i.e. right after our regularly scheduled lunch hour.
• Each parent/guardian will receive their May 19^th PM virtual schedule by Monday, May 17^th.
• PM Recess/Snack will be maintained within the virtual schedule.
• The virtual school day will end at 2:30pm – the same as any other day.
• All necessary materials for the virtual lessons will be sent home with each child on May 18^th, 2021.
• Technology will not be lent out for the afternoon of May 19^th. If your child does not have access to technology, a prepared supplementary package will be sent home on May18th, 2021.

As always, I am available should you have any questions or concerns.

Please take care, enjoy the sun and have a great start to your week.

Samantha Halpin

Principal

Good Morning Eardley Community,

I hope this email finds you safe and well. I have a very important update today, please see below.

On Wednesday, May 19^th all Western Quebec Schools and Centres will be closed due to a strike action. The Professional Union (educational consultants, psychologists, speech and language pathologists etc.) will be striking on May 19^th until 12:00pm. Due to this, the Western Quebec School Board will be closing all schools and centres.

How will this impact my child?

• The school and school daycare will be closed for the entire day on May 19^th, 2021.
• ALL AM classes will be canceled.
• ALL PM classes will be held virtually.
• Eardley Elementary will be following our regular PM schedule for May 19^th, 2021 – the schedule will be taught remotely through our Teams platform.
• Virtual classes will start at 12:10pm – i.e. right after our regularly scheduled lunch hour.
• Each parent/guardian will receive their May 19^th PM virtual schedule by Monday, May 17^th.
• PM Recess/Snack will be maintained within the virtual schedule.
• The virtual school day will end at 2:30pm – the same as any other day.
• All necessary materials for the virtual lessons will be sent home with each child on May 18^th, 2021.
• Technology will not be lent out for the afternoon of May 19^th. If your child does not have access to technology, a prepared supplementary package will be sent home on May18th, 2021.

As always, I am available should you have any questions or concerns.

Please take care,

Samantha Halpin

Principal

Good Morning Eardley Community,

I hope this email finds you safe and well. I have a short update for you this morning, please see below.

• First Day Back
  • Our students came back with excitement and settled in to our new protocols.  While an adjustment period is needed, we are working hard to explain the reasoning behind the procedural masks, providing much needed mask breaks and finding a rhythm/routine to our new reality. Overall, our students did an amazing job on Monday and I am so proud of their resilience!
• School grounds
  • A reminder that all staff and students from grade 1-6 are wearing procedural masks on school grounds, this includes outside as well.
  • It is recommended that when a parent/guardian is on school grounds that they are wearing a face covering or mask as well.
• Popcorn Fundraiser
  • Popcorn is BACK!  We will be selling popcorn on Wednesday, May 19^th during lunch.
• Connexions Webinar
  • Getting Organized: The Key to School Success
  • Please find attached the School Success memo detailing the free webinar!
• FREE WEBINAR
  • Deborah MacNamara is back!  Eardley is pleased to announce the next session in free webinars on May 19^th at 6:30pm. The session is entitled Making Sense of Anxiety and will take an in depth look at anxiety in youth.
  • The link to the webinar can be found in the attachment.
• Red Zone
  • Starting Monday, May 17^th the City of Gatineau will be designated as a Red Zone.  We will be moving out of a Red Zone with Special Measures. Please find attached a correspondence from George Singfield, our Secretary General.
  • This has no real implication for our elementary students – our protocols and measures remain status quo.

As always, I am available should you have any questions or concerns.

Please enjoy the sunshine,

Samantha Halpin

Principal

Good Morning Eardley Community,

I hope this email finds you safe and well.  I want to take this opportunity to wish all you mothers a Happy Mother’s Day!  The sun is shining and hopefully your day will be filled with love and relaxation.

In true Eardley fashion, we have created a fun video for you to enjoy before your return tomorrow morning. You can find Eardley’s Welcome Back Video at the following link – https://youtu.be/5dSEVj8Yp-s

Looking forward to seeing you all in your Eardley swag and colours tomorrow!

Have a fantastic Sunday,

Samantha Halpin

Principal

Eardley Elementary

Good Afternoon Eardley Community,

I hope this email finds you well and enjoying the sunshine today.  Further to the communication sent earlier this week, please find attached the May 10^th Return Parent-Guardian Memo. Within this memo you will find all necessary information for our return to school.  The most notable change is the wearing of pediatric procedural masks for grades 1-6. I have also re-attached our Covid-19 protocol, as our guidelines from Public Health and the Ministry of Education have not changed since confinement. Please take time to review the attached documents before your child’s return on Monday, May 10^th.

These past five weeks have been anything but easy; however, time and time again our students, staff, parents and guardians rose above the challenges and worked together to maintain unity. I continue to be impressed and uplifted by our students resiliency and strength. I am very much looking forward to seeing our students on Monday morning and in true Eardley fashion we will be welcoming our students back with style! I encourage our staff and students to show their Eardley pride by wearing either Eardley swag or a piece of blue clothing upon our return on Monday!

As always, I am available should you have any questions or concerns.

Please enjoy the remainder of your week and weekend ahead.

All the best,

Samantha Halpin

Principal

Good Morning Eardley Community,

I hope this email finds you well. Further to my email yesterday, please find attached a letter from the WQSB detailing the announcements made by Premier Legault.

I am in the process of gathering all necessary information and will be sending a detailed information package for parent(s)/guardian(s) before our return on Monday, May 10^th.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me.

I want to thank you for your continued support.

Please stay safe and stay tuned,

Samantha Halpin

Principal

Eardley Elementary

Good Afternoon Eardley Community,

I hope this email finds you safe and well. I have a short update for our community this afternoon, please see below.

Earlier this afternoon, Premier Legault announced that the City of Gatineau will now be a designated Red Zone with some Special Measures. This has a direct impact our elementary schools and effective May 10^th, 2021 we will be re-opening our doors and returning to in person learning.  At this time, this is the information I have available. Once I have clear guidelines and information on our daily functions (i.e. safety measures, mask requirements etc.) I will send out to our community. For now, I want to inform our community that we are indeed returning to in person learning on Monday, May 10^th. I am sure this is welcomed news for many.

I want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your hard work and dedication as you have juggled many work/household priorities during confinement. Of course, as we re-open our doors, we will do so with care and caution; ensuring we are following all Ministry and Public Health guidelines to keep our school community safe .

Please stay tuned for more detailed information to come.

For now, please stay safe and healthy. I look forward to seeing all of our students’ smiling faces Monday morning.

Samantha Halpin

Principal

Eardley Elementary