Chocolate Fundraising!!
Posted October 5, 2017
More chocolate for the long weekend? We are receiving great feedback on this year’s chocolate bar campaign and that the Laura Secord chocolate sells very easily. If you or your child would like an additional case (or even two) to sell over this long weekend, please send a note in your child’s planner and we […]
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Keatsway School Song
Posted October 4, 2017
Keatsway School Song Students at Keatsway are learning the school song. Have a listen! Chorus: Learning, growing. Seeds of knowledge we are sowing. Caring, sharing. Look at all the smiles we’re wearing. Keatsway, O.K. What a way to spend the day! Learning and growing together. Click on Download File to hear the song.
Mary Johnson Fun Run
Posted October 4, 2017
has been cancelled due to thunderstorms. The fun run has been rescheduled for October 18th.
News for October 2017
Posted October 3, 2017
Hello Keatsway Families! It is hard to believe that September is over and that we are now into October! Where did the time go? We have had an incredibly fabulous start to the school year here at Keatsway! So many things have already happened: first day of meeting teachers and students on the tarmac, first week […]
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Oktoberfest Volunteer Event
Posted September 29, 2017
Keatsway School Council has partnered with the Lion’s Club of Kitchener to help them at their evening Oktoberfest events. We will be in charge of monitoring their parking lot at Queensmount Arena (1260 Queen’s Blvd, Kitchener) and directing traffic in the parking lot. In appreciation, the Lion’s Club will make a $1500 donation to our playground fund! To ensure […]
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WRDSB wears orange on September 29
Posted September 28, 2017
WRDSB recognizes Orange Shirt Day as a way to honour residential school survivors, those who did not survive, and their descendants. It’s just one of the ways we support, educate and reconcile our relationship with Indigenous people. What is Orange Shirt Day? Orange Shirt Day is observed September 30 and was first launched in 2013. […]
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Welcome to Keatsway Running Club
Posted September 27, 2017
We are a fun running club and our goal is to promote healthy and active lifestyles. The club will run on Day 5 in October at second nutrition break. Students will be running during the first half and eating in the second half in B4. Students should come prepared (shorts, t-shirt, running shoes and long […]
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Beechwood Produce Stand Donation
Posted September 25, 2017
For the 10th consecutive year, the Beechwood Produce Stand, a buy-local, not-for-profit produce market run voluntarily by the community, has donated $500 to Keatsway Public School to support our students in need. The stand, which runs every Wednesday afternoon from mid-June to mid-September, sells locally grown produce at their “Village Square” location in front of […]
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Junior Choir for Remembrance Day!
Posted September 20, 2017
We will be starting a Junior Choir for students in Grades 4-6 to learn some music for our Remembrance Day Assembly in November. Rehearsals will be during the 1st nutrition break on Day 2 (starting October 5) in D4. Students need to return their signed permission form by Friday September 29 to Mrs. VanderBurgh.
WRDSB closes gap to province on standardized tests
Posted September 20, 2017
Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) results in standardized tests for reading, writing and mathematics moved closer to the provincial average in results released by the Education, Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) today. WRDSB now exceeds the provincial average in Grade 9 (Applied) Mathematics and for first-time eligible students for the OSSLT. WRDSB improved results […]
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