Creative Club STEM Learning for Kids

 

Re-organization of Classes

 

Adult ESL, LINC & LBS Classes

 

Free Citizenship Classes

 

Adult Program - Upgrade Your Skills For Employment

 

FREE English as a Second Language Classes for Adults

 

Bus Loop & Kiss and Ride at CPS

 

Kiss and Ride Drop Off and Pick Up at CPS

 

In an effort to keep students safe and keep school traffic flowing, we are sending out an update to inform our parents and guardians about our Kiss and Ride drop off and pick up procedures.

 

The Bus Loop is off limits to parents and guardians that drive their children to school each day between 8 am to 8:35 am. Pylons will be placed at the entrance and exit of the bus loop to prevent access. This is important as buses have priority in our driveway loop. They have many runs scheduled after Charlton P.S. drop off and hence must stay on time and enter and exit as per their schedule. At times, buses are late arriving for a variety of reasons and the bus loop must remain clear of vehicles until well after 8:35 am.

 

The Kiss and Ride area is accessed by entering the parking lot entrance (as indicated on the map). Please pull as close to the curbing as possible, have your child (ren) get out and walk along the sidewalk to the school yard. Please depart promptly by looping through the parking lot so that other vehicles are able to use this space too. Parents are able to also use Joseph Aaron Blvd. and park along the curb or the school lot if they wish to escort their children onto school property. Please avoid parking in the Kiss and Ride lane if you wish to walk your children onto school property. This is a drop off only. 

 

Parents and guardians are welcome to use our parking lot to park their vehicles if they prefer to walk their child (ren) on the yard. This will help out traffic congestion and keep it moving in the Kiss and Ride lane. Most importantly, this will keep our students and your children safe!

 

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation!

 

 

 

Sincerely,

Mr. Brown

 

Charlton Public School Staff List 2020-2021

Welcome back to everyone at CPS! We would like to extend a warm welcome to all our new staff that have joined us this year. Our team has worked hard to prepare for students to return to school in classes and have participated in the required professional learning and training to start the year off safe and to engage our students in face-to-face in-class learning. Please welcome our staff when you meet them with your child(ren) tomorrow or Friday depending on the cohort they have been assigned to. Please remember to wear a mask and social distance. 

Don't forget the class code assigned to your child (ren) which was communicated last week and to look for the sign outside that corresponds with that. This is where they will meet their teacher and classmates. 

 

Return to School Elementary Checklist

 

Safe Mask Usage by Students at School

 

This memo outlines additional information regarding safe mask use for students while at school.  Students in Grades 4 to 12 are required to wear a mask and students in Kindergarten to Grade 3 are strongly encouraged to wear a mask.  The processes in this memo are based on the following principles:

●      Safe storage of the masks, including protection of the inner layer to avoid contamination.

●      Maintaining a physical distance of two metres when not wearing a mask.

●      Incorporating appropriate mask breaks during the day.

Parents and students should remember:

●      Provide multiple snug and comfortable masks (at least 3) for your child, so they have back-ups ready.

●      We suggest separate bags to store clean and dirty masks and a pouch or fanny pack to hold them. Wash cloth masks daily.

Opportunities for Mask Breaks:

York Region Public Health recommends that students be provided time during the school day to remove their masks to reduce mask fatigue.  Teachers may consider additional times to provide students a break from mask wearing such as:

●       Indoor gym classes where 2m physical distance can be maintained

●       DPA outside

●       Other instructional times when staff may wish to take their students outside.  Please note that for community walks students/staff will still be required to wear a mask and maintain physical distancing at this time.

 

This will require staff to proactively plan their day to ensure they are providing additional opportunities for students to unmask that may be outside the regular classroom schedule.  Teachers will have to monitor their students to determine the frequency of mask breaks.

Mask Removal for Recess

We have worked with York Region Public Health, and our regional hospital partners to develop a process that focuses on student and staff safety within the school setting.  Please follow the process below when transitioning large numbers of students in and out of schools at recess time. 

The process can be followed for both morning and lunch recess to provide students a mask-free time while remaining physically distant at two meters while outdoors.

 Recess Mask Protocol:

 Students are permitted  to wear their mask outside for recess if they prefer.  Students are asked to bring their own storage source (e.g., fanny pack, split pack, cloth bag or pouch) to store their mask during outdoor recess. Students are to be reminded not to frequently take their mask on and off, in order to minimize risk of cross contamination from improper storage and poor hand hygiene. 

 

1. Morning Entry:

○      Students come to schools with their masks on, which remain on until recess.

○      Students enter in a physically-distanced manner.

 

2. Recess Exit:

○      Students sanitize hands while in the classroom.

○      Students who are not wearing their mask outside are to take off their mask, fold it in half so that the outer surface is inwards (so that the outer surface which is contaminated is not contacting anything during storage) and store appropriately in the classroom (e.g., in a student owned pouch or on a paper towel on their desk).   

○      Staff manage the safe and orderly student exit from school in a predetermined, physically-distanced way (by hallway, grade, separate doors, and etc.). Please ensure that students are maintaining the two metres physical distancing rule as they exit the classroom and transition through school.

○      In establishing recess routines and considering tasks such as retrieval of items from coat hooks, etc., staff must take into account the wearing of masks or physical distancing of two metres.        

 

3. While Outside:

○      Students are to play with only students from their cohort and must maintain two meters physical distancing.

○      Students should be discouraged from entering the school during recess (e.g., washroom, drink). In emergency situations students may seek the approval of staff to enter the building, and staff must ensure physical distancing.

 

4. Return from Recess

○      Students replicate the process from before recess in reverse order and proceed directly to their classroom. They should not be stopping to use the washroom, get a drink or return items to their coat hooks before donning their mask.

○      When back inside the classroom students wash or sanitize hands and put on their mask