Dear Parents, This week brought winter temperatures, something not seen yet this year. Now that the cold weather has arrived, please be sure to send your child with a warm coat, hat, mitts and boots (and snow pants for younger students when necessary) for outdoor play. Please also be sure that your child has indoor […]
Grade 6 Food Drive Ends Tomorrow
Congratulations to our Grade 6 Food Drive Leadership Group for organizing a food drive to help the North York Harvest Food Bank meet the food needs of North Toronto. The collection boxes for non-perishable food items will remain outside every classroom until Friday, November 25. Thank you for your support!
Giving Tuesday Winter Clothing Delivery
To kick-off the season of giving, the APA is holding our third winter clothing drive in support of students in need at neighbouring TDSB schools. Please donate gently used children’s winter coats, snow pants, boots, hats, scarves and mitts, and drop washed items off by 9:30am on Tuesday, November 29 in the box located outside the […]
Pizza Lunch Tomorrow
We welcome all parents to come and experience the excitement of an Allenby Pizza Lunch! Meet new parents and reconnect with others while you help feed a fun and hungry crowd. We ask parent volunteers to meet in the lunch room at 11:15am. We rely on an “honour” system to distribute the correct number of […]
Spirit Day Tomorrow
The Grade 6 Spirit Day Leaders have designated this month’s Spirit Day theme to be “TWINS DAY”. Match your outfits, or match your hair. It doesn’t matter, just come as a pair!
JRR Middle French Immersion
John Ross Robertson’s Middle French Immersion program registration for next year’s Grade 4 French Immersion class will close Friday, December 9. This opportunity is open to all students currently in Grade 3. Application forms, which should have arrived to your schools from the French department, will have to be dropped off directly to our school. […]
Principal’s message
Dear Parents, Progress Reports Progress reports were sent home on Tuesday with all senior kindergarten to grade six students. These reports are intended to provide you with an early indication of how your child is progressing at this point in the school year. The progress report does not contain grades. A large focus for the […]
Grade 4 to 6 Allenby Hockey Team
The tryouts will be held on November 28 and 29th at 8:30 a.m. at North Toronto Arena. Both tryouts are for 1 hour. For those who make the team there will also be a practice or exhibition game on December 5th at 8:30 a.m. A letter with more information was sent out on November 16, […]
Families helping families
APA Winter Clothing Drive The APA’s third annual winter clothing drive will kick off on Monday, November 21 until Giving Tuesday on November 29. Donate your children’s gently used and washed winter coats, snow pants, hats, mittens and boots outside the office and they will be delivered to students at neighbouring TDSB schools in need. […]
Principal’s message
Dear Parents, I am writing this message in the early hours after a restless sleep following the US election. I am up early because I had to drive my 17-year-old son to school early to catch a bus to attend a Model UN conference in Montreal for the next five days. I have seen him […]