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.
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
Are you ready to unleash your creativity and have some fun? Join us for an exciting opportunity to help set up a spooktacular Halloween haunted house for our younger grades! We’ll be transforming Junior Campus into a mad science laboratory and many more eerie scenes.
Commitment: Just 5 1/2 hours spread over 3 days:
30 minutes intro and brainstorming meeting (Monday, October 21st, lunchtime at Senior Campus)
2.5 hours building props (Friday, October 25th, 4-6:30 at Junior Campus, a parent or guardian must accompany you – snacks and beverages will be provided)
2.5 hours haunted house set up (Wednesday, October 30th 4-6:30 at Junior Campus, a parent or guardian must accompany you – snacks and beverages will be provided)
Your participation will make this event unforgettable!
Don’t miss out on the chance to be part of something thrilling.
Help Us Create a Spooktacular Halloween Haunted House!
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:
6 for prop building, sign making and decoration organization (Friday, October 25th, 4-6:30 at Junior Campus  – snacks and beverages will be provided)
10 for building the haunted house (Wednesday, October 30th 4-8 at Junior Campus – snacks and beverages will be provided)
15 for day-of volunteering (9 AM to 12 PM and 12 PM to 3 PM)
10 for clean-up crew (Friday, Nov. 1st – 10 AM to 2 PM)
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!
Before we know it, Grad will be here…and there are also LOTS of pieces that need planning, coordinating and implementing. And that means as many parents contributing some time and talents as possible to help make 2025 a year for the books!
First off, I am looking for a Co-Chair (or two) to join me, Andrea, in pulling everything off. If you want to help lead the Grad Committee’s activities this year, please send me an email.
And if you have a talent for design and have some inspiration for the official 2025 logo or the yearbook, please let me know ASAP at the same email!
Is there another area that you’re interested in coordinating? Not sure where to start, but want to contribute in some way? Just looking to learn more?
Advance polls for the election for School Commissioners of the English Montreal School Board will take place on Sunday October 27th (noon – 8pm) at Willingdon Senior Campus (4850 Avenue Coronation).
Election day is Sunday November 3 (10am – 8pm), at St. Monica’s School (6440 Rue de Terrebonne).
You will have the opportunity to vote for two different positions. One ballot is for the Commissioner in Ward 5. The other ballot is for the Chair.
As a parent with a child in a EMSB school, you are already registered to vote. You will receive a registration notice in the mail in the coming weeks, confirming dates, times and polling stations.
Why Should I Care?
School boards are the last body of governance that belongs to the English community. Together, we must ensure that they remain vibrant and representative for the benefit of the next generation of English-speaking Quebecers. The school system faces significant challenges both inside and outside the classroom, and this is an opportunity for the community to make its voice heard and help define priorities.
Our Ward 5 commissioner was instrumental in helping to secure the $6,729,000 investment needed for the Willingdon Junior Campus Renovations, which took place over the last 2 years (school yard, floor replacement, electrical and next summer’s interior paining).
In recent years, the EMSB has played a prominent role in legal battles against the Legault government on issues ranging from a ban on religious symbols for new teachers to regulations on the language that board officials are allowed to use in communication. The EMSB has been one of the only entities standing up to protect our rights, by fighting against Law 21, and Bills 40 and 96!
French School Boards have already been dismantled, and we’re fighting to maintain the English School Boards.
A strong voter turnout is needed on November 3 to show the Government how important our school boards are to us.
Highlights from the Annual Willingdon Corn Roast – September 11, 2024
We couldn’t have buttered ourselves up with better weather for this year’s Corn Roast! With the help of a small but ear-nest army of volunteers, (who we cannot thank enough) we shucked, boiled, and served a corn-tastic 1,000 ears of corn. Families enjoyed a fun-filled evening with classic games like the Corn-Sack races and a tug-of-war that really pulled the crowd in, while parents got the chance to meet new faces and reconnect with old friends.
A special thank you goes out to:
Kristin & Jay
Nicholas
Nicolina
Robin
Heidi
Shaun
Sophia
Nadine
Ken and Violet
Caretaker Richard
It’s events like these that truly kernel our community spirit and create lasting memories for our kids. Keep your eyes peeled for more community-building events — after all, it takes all of us to make these moments a-maize-ing!
Photo Disclaimer
We’re delighted to have Dave Handelman, a Willingdon parent, capture our memories. During school events that Home and School supports, such as Halloween, Dave photographs children whose parents signed media release form. For Home and School events outside regular school hours, Dave freely photographs. However, if you would like to have a photo of your child/family removed from the website, please contact Home and School and we’ll be happy to oblige.
