Mason Mustang Round Up 

January 24th, 2025

What a week at Mason Road Jr. P.S.!!!

Lunchbox is here!

Starting next week, Mason Road is excited to announce that we have a partnership with LunchBox, a lunch provider for schools who use outside vendors. Next week, the ordering will go live where families can order Harvey’s on Tuesdays and Pizza Pizza on Fridays every week. The beauty of LunchBox is that all the ordering is done ONLY on SchoolCash Online, so families can log-in and place their order the week prior from the comfort of their home. No forms needed. No cash or change necessary.

What’s even better is, once the order is placed, your family’s order arrives individually wrapped with the student’s name on it. So, if you place an order for 2 cheese slices for your student, then they will be have their slices arrive in individual cardboard boxes with their name on it.

January is Tamil Heritage Month

Our monthly assembly is Wednesday January 29 th at 10:30am and will highlight Tamil Heritage Month. Mason Road families are welcome! Notable guests that will be in attendance include a City Councilor and TDSB Trustee.

The Mason Road Read Aloud Series is back!

Join us every Tuesday from January 21 st to Feb. 18 th at 11:45am – 12:30pm in our school library to read with your child. Several TDSB reading EXPERTS will be in attendance to highlight some reading strategies that families can utilize. Light refreshments will be served.

Mason Mustang Round Up

December 13th, 2024

What a week at Mason Road Jr. P.S.!!!

Mason Road is famous!

This week our amazing student choir sang at Queens Park for our Members of Parliament. A special shout out goes to Ms. Batler and Mr. Z who practiced day-in and day-out with our choir. They performed beautifully!

Save The Date: Thursday December 19th, 2024.

Mason Road is hosting its first annual Winter Fair! From 5:30pm – 7pm, families are welcome to come and participate in any of the 10 stations that will be set up throughout our main floor. More info will be sent home in an email as well as a paper flyer with students today. Some of the stations will include:

• Cookie decorating
• Hena and Face Painting
• Karaoke/Sing Along
• And many more!!!

*** Mason Road Spirit Week ***

Monday – Dress as your favourite character (could be from a book, movie, tv show, video game)

Tuesday – Hat Day

Wednesday – Favourite Sweater / Ugly Sweater

Thursday – Twin Day

Friday - Pajama Day  / Movie Day

Mason Mustang Round Up

November 15th, 2024

We had a great week at Mason Road Jr. P.S.!!!

Progress Reports went home to our students and families this past Tuesday and parents should have been offered an interview time with the classroom teacher. If, by chance, that any family did not receive and interview time or was unable to make the scheduled interview time, please give us a call at Mason Road (416-396-6460) and we will help get an interview scheduled.

Have a great weekend and we will see everyone on Monday morning!

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September 20^th, 2024

What a week at Mason Road Jr. P.S.!!!

This week’s Mason Mustang Round Up’s focus is centered around our Terry Fox run that took place throughout the day on Friday.

First, let me congratulate everyone on a job well done for bringing in their Toonie for Terry and participating in the Terry Fox Run!

We’re still collecting donations until Thursday, so if you wish to donate to the Terry Fox Foundation, we will accept it until Meet the Teacher Night. At that time, we’ll calculate the total amount that Mason Road Jr. P.S. is donating to this great cause.

The run was a huge success! Students from Kindergarten to Grade 6 participated at different times throughout the day and after they finished their run, were treated to a giant freezie. Thank you to the Mason Rd School Council for donating the freezies for our students! (Check out a few photos below)

CAT4 testing took place this past week for Grades 2, 4, 5, and 6 (Grade 1 and Grade 3 students do not participate in this testing). Our students did a fantastic job of concentrating and focusing on their work. Our teachers are super proud of their strong effort!

This coming week, X-Movement is coming back to Mason Road this Monday – Thursday. Every class will have at least 2 periods throughout the week where they will be participating in Footy (also known as Australian Rules Football).

X-Movement will also be joining Mason Road on Thursday evening at the Meet the Teacher Night in our auditorium. Families are welcome to stop in and join in the fun that they will be putting on!!!

Important Upcoming dates:

• Sept. 23-26^th - X-Movement returns to Mason Road!
• Sept. 26^th – Meet the Teacher Night (6-7pm)
• Sept. 27^th – PA Day (no school for students)
• Sept 30^th – National Truth and Reconciliation Day
• Oct. 1^st + 2^nd – Toronto Fire Safety Presentation (all grades)
• Oct. 2^nd – Mason Rd School Council Meeting election (6-7pm in library)
• Oct. 11^th – PA Day (no school for students) Not déjà vu!

September 13^th, 2024

Good afternoon, everyone! We had a great week at Mason Road Jr. P.S.

This week’s Mason Mustang Round Up is going to be centered around the amazing clubs and teams that have started up, as well as a general update to the community about exciting events taking place.

As we’re now in the full swing of the school year at Mason Road, students can start to join the clubs and sports teams that have been communicated on our morning announcements. Cross Country is slated to start Monday morning at 8:15am on the back field. A special thank you goes out to the teachers that have given up their personal time to coach the Mason Road runners from Grade 1-6. The Cross-Country meet date hasn’t been announced yet, but as soon as we get the date and location, we’ll be sure to share.

Our annual Terry Fox run is this coming Friday. Thank you to everyone who has sent in a “Toonie for Terry” (or any donation). All donations will be sent directly to the Terry Fox Foundation, which goes towards cancer research. Our run on Friday will be throughout the day, so students can check in with their teacher to see what time of day that they’ll be running.

CAT4 testing starts on Monday for Grades 2, 4, 5, and 6. Grade 1 and Grade 3 students do not participate in this testing. The purpose of this testing is to identify the strengths and needs of our students and help our teachers and staff identify the areas in which we need to improve/focus on in the coming school year.

Important Upcoming dates:

• Week of Sept. 16^th - CAT4 testing (Grade 2, 4, 5, and 6)
• Sept. 20^th – Terry Fox Run
• Sept. 23-26^th - X-Movement returns to Mason Road!
• Sept. 26^th – Meet the Teacher Night (6-7pm)
• Oct. 1^st + 2^nd – Toronto Fire Safety Presentation (all grades)
• Oct. 2^nd – Mason Rd School Council Meeting (6-7pm in library)

September 6^th, 2024

Welcome back! What a great start up to this school year. Thank you everyone!!!

This week’s Mason Mustang Round Up is going to be centered around student safety, particularly within our school parking lot.

Last school year, we had several near-misses, where students were almost hit by a parent’s vehicle in our school parking lot. We also had one of our staff member’s vehicle hit by accident. In an effort to avoid these situations, we have started our Kiss ‘N Ride program, supervised by teachers and staff. Parents are welcome to drive into our school parking before and after school to drop off and pick up their students. Unfortunately, we do not have the space to welcome parent vehicles into our lot to park and wait. At dismissal, if parents are early, they’re asked not to enter the parking lot until 3:25pm.

          We have received many inquiries into where parents can park their vehicles when they wish to walk their students to their school door in the morning or after school. We suggest parking on a side street where the posted signs allow parking.

          We appreciate the community’s support with this new normal.

Important Upcoming dates:

• Week of Sept. 16^th - CAT4 testing (Grade 2, 4, 5, and 6)
• Sept. 20^th – Terry Fox Run
• Oct. 1^st + 2^nd – Toronto Fire Safety Presentation (all grades)