February 12, 2026
Tomorrow is a PD day, and Monday is Family Day. I wish everyone a wonderful weekend and Happy Valentine’s Day! Thank you for sponsoring our library through Scholastic! The new books have been processed by Library Services and are ready to be checked out!
Internet Safety Day - February 10th
This week was the national Internet Safety Day. We had the Kristen French Child Advocacy Centre come to do presentations in all of our classes from Kindergarten to Grade 8. Parents who are interested in learning more about this topic are invited by our School Council on Thursday April 16th at 5:00 pm to attend an Internet Safety Presentation for parents. Detective Constable Christoper Carter will be here with a presentation on Computer Cybercrime. We hope you can join us. A reminder to all parents that there is no photography of groups at school events. You are welcome to take photos of your child, but please refrain from photographs or videos that include other children. We recognize the importance of privacy and safety online for our students, and we prefer that school events are not posted on social media, or shared online. You may have noticed that our Twitter account has been deactivated and has not been used this year. We hope to see you at the parent presentation on April 16th.
Winter Olympics
In the spirit of the Winter Olympics, Gracefield will be having their own Olympic Day on Tuesday, February 17th! Students will be participating in some fun games for the middle block of the school day, trying to earn points for their country. This will be a cross-graded event from kindergarten to grade 7 with our grade 8 students leading the events. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather as we will be outside for a good portion of the day. We are looking forward to a great day highlighting teamwork, collaboration, sportsmanship, and fun!
Save the Date
Please take a moment to add the dates below to your calendar - I have updated the important dates to include up to the last day of school, events/activities that are currently scheduled. You can also check out the calendar on the school website for dates such as trips and PD days, and your food day information will be found on that calendar. You go to https://gracefield.dsbn.org/ and click on School Calendar (Yellow Square). The Friday message is also posted there, in the purple square that says School Newsletter.
Purdy’s Chocolate Fundraiser
Looking for a sweet treat for your family or friends to help get rid of these winter blues? Please consider Gracefields Purdy’s Chocolate Fundraiser. The Fundraising Campaign can be found at https://fundraising.purdys.com/campaign/000023528.
They have lots of lovely options for Easter Treats, and delivery will be in time for this upcoming holiday. Thank you for your support.
Kindness Week
Our student council and school council have made a fun plan for next week! Each student will get a Kindness Challenge to complete, and once done, they can come to the office for a kindness themed sticker. They will put their sticker on our Kindness Bulletin Board that the Student Council is creating this week. Classes will also be asked to Sprinkle Kindness Like Confetti and each class has been given round post-it notes to write kind and encouraging words on and add them around their classroom. Daily announcements with Kindness messages will also be read by members of the student council. We know the Gracefield students will love this, as their morning message each day is: Word Hard and Be Kind!
Intermediate Basketball
There will be a boys and a girls tournament coming up at the end of the month. Please reach out to your coach and make sure you sign permission forms on School Cash Online.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Di Roma
Principal
Important Dates - Please see the calendar on the Gracefield Website for Food days
Please read to the end - lots of dates added up to the end of the school year!