Principal’s Club
Principal’s Club – A Little Philanthropy Goes a Long Way
The CGS Principal’s Club was another resounding success this year. Twenty of our Grade 1-4 students spent the year learning about our chosen charity, The Olive Branch for Children in Tanzania, and then working on various fundraiser initiatives to respond to their current needs. The idea behind Principal’s Club is to introduce our young students…
Read MoreNew Clubs Are Blossoming!
Can you believe we are already in our Term 3 of classes. Our school year has truly flown by and all our students have been soaring through it! Our last school term brings a new wave of exciting extra curriculars. This week at CGS was the first week of our new school clubs! This Term…
Read MoreValentine’s Day 2023
Our CGS Hearts were FULL this Valentine’s Day!! This year’s Valentine’s Day was a whole lot of fun! Full of treats in the classrooms from friends and teachers, and at our Teddy Bear Picnic Party hosted by the Principals Club. The whole school was full of love, happiness, and most of all warm-hearted kindness.…
Read MoreFabulous Friday
Fabulous Friday It was a fabulous Friday at CGS! Not only was it pizza lunch (a student favourite), but it was also Field Friday and House Games. We love having special events so everyone can get together and have some fun! Grades 1-4 had a fantastic Field Friday this week! We had beautiful weather for…
Read MoreCheck out the Library!
Check Out the Library! Exciting things are happening in the CGS library! After a nice clean out this summer, we are continuing to add to our collection. We have been so impressed with the enthusiasm of our students in requesting new books and making suggestions about what would help build our collection. The library…
Read MoreGo Team Canada!
Go Team Canada! CGS was so excited to cheer on Team Canada in the World Cup this week! Staff and students dressed in red to celebrate Canada’s return to World Cup soccer. Classes made signs and posters, and cheered on Team Canada while watching part of the game. Even the teachers got into the spirit…
Read MoreChecking in with Grades 1-4
Grades 1-4 This Week Grades 1-4 were busy this week! Our wonderful Principal’s Club was working hard to prepare for our Holiday Sale. The Principal’s Club is selling Hot Chocolate Jars to raise money for The Olive Branch for Children. Over the past two weeks we have been preparing the jars. Our students worked so…
Read MoreThe Children’s Book Bank
Al Haadi School Free Book Library – Scarborough Summer is a wonderful time for Zandée, our Executive Assistant, to get things ready for the upcoming school year. A big part of that is reorganizing our CGS library. This year, we have been able to make a significant donation to the Children’s Book Bank with the…
Read MoreCGS supports
Teacup and Refugee the Teddy Bear Our Grades 2 – 4 classes had a deeply meaningful lesson this week. The students each chose a teacup filled with a special item and described the item to the rest of the group and what that item may represent. Teacher, Paula, had the group discuss what’s important to…
Read MoreCGS Highlights
Library Furniture Our new library furniture has arrived and is now in position. This Canadian made, modular furniture is just beautiful and ideally suits the CGS library space as well as the flexible needs of our students. CGS is deeply grateful to the CGS Parent Association for this generous donation to the school. The new…
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