East Ridge Community School is located on the east side of Owen Sound, near Georgian College. Our school offers classes from JK to Grade 8 both in the English and French Immersion streams.
December 2023
Bonjour Tout le Monde! December is here! The snow seems to be returning and our playground shedding hill is back! Thank you to all our families for coming out to our Parent/Teacher interviews. Building strong connections between home and school is a crucial part of school success. We appreciate your time and partnership.
We continue to support our students to develop strong phonological awareness skills as the building blocks to develop strong readers. See this newsletter for some phonological awareness activities you can practice at home. Research shows that quick, constant practice is the best way to develop these skills. A few times each night for a few minutes is all that is needed. These skills are important for all students, especially for JK to grade 2, and any struggling reader.
Just a few inclement weather reminders: You are welcome to subscribe for texts to receive bus cancellation notifications. Go to: https://www.mybrucegreyschoolbus.ca/Cancellations.aspx and click on “Subscribe” at the top of the page. If you child walks and not attending on a bus cancellation day, please call the school and let us know. This is really important. You can leave a message on our voicemail or text anytime. For students who walk to school, I encourage families to review winter walking safety. On days when there has been a heavy nighttime snowfall, often sidewalks are not plowed. Please talk to your child about where to walk safely while avoiding walking on the road, especially on 8th Street. We will try to send messages on days the sidewalks are particularly bad to let you know.
Once again, I am very thankful to work in this community. Thank you for all you do to prepare your children for school and your support to our school.
I wish all our families a wonderful holiday season!
Your partner in education,
Ms. Morrow Sara Morrow, Principal
July 7th, 2023
What a wonderful school year! Thank you so much to our students, staff, families, and community for supporting our school throughout the year as we got back to our regular activities! It was a busy year!
We are just wrapping up our school year this week, you can reach the office during school hours (9-3:30).
For any families new to our school area, welcome! You can email the school at [email protected] or come into our office and meet us. We are accepting new registrations this week, then again during the last two weeks of August.
The school office is closed from July 7th to August 21st.
Please see below for our supply list for September. It is broken into must have supplies and optional supplies. If you have questions, please reach out to the school.
More information about our September start up is coming!
School Supplies Required for September:
-Indoor shoes
-water bottle-highly recommended, not required
-back pack
-lunch kit (with containers that students can open independently)
-Extra clothes for our primary aged students
Optional School Supplies:
These items are optional, the school does provide these items to classes but often children like to have their own special supplies instead of sharing. Please label all personal items.
-pencils
-pens (grade 6 and up)
-scientific calculator (Grade 6 and Up)
-math set (grades 6 and up)
-simple calculator (grade 4-5)
-pencil crayons (all grades)
-crayons (Kindergarten and grade 1)
-erasers
-pencil sharpener
-markers
-lined paper
-headphones for computer use
Your partner in Education/Votre partenaire en education,
Ms. Morrow, Principal
