Month: April 2015

Apply for a Live Green Grant!

Starting April 22, resident associations, community groups, parent councils other not-for-profits are invited to submit a letter of interest for the 2015 Live Green Toronto grants. Want to naturalize your local school grounds? Build a community garden? Enhance your local park? These projects and more are eligible. New for 2015 – the RBC Blue Water Award will offer $30,000 to a project that helps to improve the health of Toronto’s streams, rivers and waterfront. Learn more and apply online.

Wear Your School Spirit!

Now you can wear your school spirit with Roden T-shirts! Roden School Council is pleased to be offering Roden T-shirts for sale at the low price of $10 each! They’ll come in youth or adult sizes so parents & kids can show off their school spirit! We’ll be hanging some sizes in the school lobby should you want to take a look at the sizes.

Watch for your order form and payment envelope to come home sometime this week. Orders are due NEXT Friday, May 1st please! Students and parents can drop them off in the main office.

Spring has finally arrived!

As spring weather approaches, thoughts turn to our gardens, trees and lawns.

Make life easier! No need for you to haul bags home from the garden centre.
Place an order to have all of your garden
Earth, Composted Manure and Mulch
delivered right to your door!
New this year! We are happy to also offer a Special Pollinator Seed Mix!

For more information or to place an order!
http://equinoxschool.ca

All orders will be delivered Saturday, May 2nd, Between 9 am & 1pm, Rain or Shine!
We are extending the Deadline for Orders to Wednesday, April 29th
Delivery Zone: O’Connor Ave. to Lakeshore & Don Valley to Victoria Park Ave

The Roden Fun Fair is fast approaching! Check out what we have planned on the Roden Fun Fair page.

Start your day with exercise, friends and fresh air!

Kilometre Club is an organized time for students and parents/caregivers of Equinox or Roden schools to get some exercise before school, 3 days a week. All you have to do to join is show up!

When?
Start date: Friday, May 1
End date: Friday, June 12 (Fun Fair! Mark your calendars!)

Kilometre Club will run on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.
You can begin at 8:20 AM or later. Running stops at 8:45 AM.
You can run on any or all of the days. It’s up to you.

How?
1. Run or walk around the school field on any of the days/times listed above.
2. Collect a stick each time you do one lap. 5 laps = 1 km
3. At 8:45 AM, check in with the lap recorders and tell them how many laps you did. Hand in your sticks.
4. Once you’ve done 100 laps (yes, you CAN DO IT!), you’ll earn a 20 km ribbon. For each additional 20 km you complete, earn a new ribbon! (20 km, 40 km, 60 km, 80 km, 100 km)

Why?
Kilometer Club is a fun way to get our bodies moving, socialize with friends and get some fresh air. Plus, students love earning ribbons! Parents – don’t be alarmed if your kids are actually eager to get to school in the mornings (at least on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays!).

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
In order for this club to run, we need volunteers to record laps (8:45-8:55 AM) and hand out sticks (8:20-8:45 AM). If you can commit to one morning per week, please e-mail chair@roden.ca.

Hosted by Mr. Poon and sponsored by Roden School Council.