Kennedy P.S. (Toronto District School Board), has accepted the ALS ice bucket challenge nominated by one of our teachers. Thanks to the support of our staff, students and parents, Kennedy P.S. is donating $500 to ALS Society of Canada. This was a great activity to bring our school together and bring awareness of this disease to our community. We hope our small contributions will help those affected by this disease and one day, a cure will be found. We are now nominating all ER18 schools!

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On behalf of Karen Gill, Director, Curriculum and Assessment Policy Branch

As you are aware, the ministry is committed to supporting our parent communities with information about the recently released curriculum for Health and Physical Education, Grades 1 to 12.

I am pleased to inform you that the following parent resources are now available in Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Farsi, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu:
· A Parent’s Guide to the Revised Health and Physical Education Curriculum, Grades 1 to 12
· A Parent’s Guide: Human Development and Sexual Health in the Health and Physical Education Curriculum, Grades 1 to 6
· A Parent’s Guide: Human Development and Sexual Health in the Health and Physical Education Curriculum, Grades 7 to 12
· Quick Facts for Parents: Learning about Online Safety, including Risks of Sexting
· Quick Facts for Parents: Learning about Healthy Relationships and Consent

These resources are may be accessed using the following links: Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Farsi, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu. They may also be accessed from the ministry’s Health and Physical Education curriculum page in the Parent Resources in Additional Languages section at www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/health.html