Falcon's Weekly Update - September 12, 2025

Good afternoon Falcon Families,

We are happy to welcome Fran Matthews as our Senior Administrator Assistant. Fran’s contact information is matthewsf@hdsb.ca.

For the safety and comfort of all our students, we kindly remind families to keep dogs off the pavement area during school drop-off and pick-up times. This helps ensure a calm, safe, and allergy-aware environment for everyone. Thank you for your cooperation in keeping our school grounds safe and welcoming!

Open House - We are excited to invite all our families to our Open House on September 18th. The school doors will open at 5:30. This year, we are having the Teen Tour band set up a BBQ area. They will be selling beef hamburgers, halal beef hamburgers, halal hot dogs, veggie burgers, chips and pop/water/juicebox for $10.00. This includes deluxe toppings, pickles, fried onions, hot peppers, and all the regular condiments.  You may also purchase a drink or chips for $1.00. They will be ready for orders from 4:30 to 6:30.

This is a great opportunity to mix and mingle with families outside before our open house. All proceeds go to the Teen Tour band. Cash and cards will be accepted

School Council: Parents, please consider joining our School Council this year! We have the nomination form attached here. We are hoping to have lots of parents join us for our school council meetings this year. If you are interested, please have your nomination forms in by September 19 at 4:00 pm, 2025. Our election night will be held virtually on September 22nd at 6:00 pm, should we need one. A Google link will be sent to those who have filled out the nomination forms. Our first official school meeting will be on Oct 6, 2025. All Council meetings will be on the first Monday of every month from 6:00-7:00 pm in the library. We look forward to seeing you then. Here is the HDSB School Council Handbook link for further information.

School Start-Up Forms- Just a reminder to complete our school start-up forms. The Google link HERE), hard copy forms have been sent home with all students and are due on September 25th.

Terry Fox

It’s the 45th anniversary of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope. This year, our school is going all out to fundraise for cancer research! We’re super excited to take part! Our school run will be on Friday, September 26, during Period 5. Parents are welcome to join us. Please support our fundraising efforts and donate today at: https://schools.terryfox.ca/FalgarwoodPSOakville. If you have questions, please contact Mme Healey at 905-845-7478 or healeyv@hdsb.ca. Thank you for your support!

Emergency Procedures

Staff, students and visitors in Ontario schools have the right to learn, work and be present in a safe and secure environment. As part of the Ministry of Education, we must establish a lockdown policy to ensure the development and implementation. Mandatory Ministry requirements state that we need to practice two lockdown drills per school year. On September 16th, 2025 at we will be having our first lockdown drill. 

Pizza and Sub Days

School Cashless is up and running if you are interested in ordering pizza and/or subs! Purchasing is available until September 19th. NO LATE orders will be accepted. We will kick off Subway Tuesdays and Pizza Wednesdays starting the week of September 22nd

Follow Us on Instagram
We’re excited to launch our new Instagram page! We have started sharing updates about student learning, school events, and all the great things happening at Falgarwood. Be sure to follow along @ falgarwoodps

Upcoming Important Dates

September 18th- Open House 5:30-6:30

September 25th- Cross Country Meet

September 26th- Terry Fox Run

September 30th- National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

October 7th- Picture day

Sincerely,

Mrs Gauthier and Mrs McAra