taken from the EMSB press release
Voters within the territory of the English Montreal School Board have cast their ballots for the choice of chair and commissioner in 10 wards. There was an approximate 22 percent voter turnout. Joe Ortona was re-elected chair while his candidates swept all 10 seats.
Here are the results:
Chair:
Katherine Korakakis 4,674
Joe Ortona 13,289
Ward 5 – Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Joseph Lalla 853
Sharon Nelson 1,132
After a slow start, we reached the top of the trackers, which is amazing. The lunchtime dance parties are being organized!!!
We had triple the amount of donations come in Friday than the previous 4 days together, for a total of 586 items.
Junior Campus – as tall as Mr Dave
Senior Campus – as tall as Mrs Vivien
Get ready for a gourd-geous time at Willingdon’s spooktacular Pumpkin Parade this Halloween!
Everyone’s invited to carve or paint a pumpkin and bring it in on Halloween day. Students will have a blast checking out all the boo-tiful designs and voting for their top pumpkin picks. It’s a fang-tastic celebration of creativity and Halloween spirit—let’s make this a pumpkin party to remember!
Thursday 31st October.
Drop-off at the Royal side cafeteria during morning BASE, or between 8.55-9.05am.
Please LABEL them with the kids name/family name and a contact phone number.
If you’d like to take them home at the end of the day, please come in and pick them up.
Hello Willingdon Families!
A big THANK-YOU to our Pizza Day volunteers for making this year’s first pizza day a great success using our new vendor Pizza Welat and a new distribution system – both appreciated by students and volunteers alike! General feedback we received from the students is that Pizza Welat is much tastier (and less spicy) and the bingo stamp was a little thrill.
We have a few things to tweak to knock next pizza day out of the park, but most importantly, Kristy and I appreciated the flexibility and general awesomeness of our parent volunteers. In no particular order: Kristin Taylor, Pam Bernstein, Andrea Taylor, Leetal Cuperman, Ghazel, Lisa Robicheau, Sophia Otoni, Amanda Scullion, Angela Yu, Amelia Pang, Alison N, Sandy Sidhu, Carolyn Bouchard, Margo Stewart, Anna Calvert, Roxanne Ross.
As we did last year, we will re-open the Pizza and Froyo ordering in January for families still wishing to participate!
– Daniela & Kristy
Commitment: Just 5 1/2 hours spread over 3 days:
Your participation will make this event unforgettable!
Don’t miss out on the chance to be part of something thrilling.
We need your creative talents to bring our Halloween haunted house to life! If you have artistic flair, we’d love your help in designing cardboard props and signs. Additionally, we are looking for volunteers to set up on the day of the event.
Volunteer Opportunities:
An initial volunteer introduction zoom call will take place on Monday, October 21st at 7pm.
It takes a village to create the magic our kids look forward to every year. Any time you can offer will make a difference!
Please share your ideas and join us in making this Halloween a memorable one!
