School Calendar 2019-20
GMCAPS is open for all elementary OCDSB PA Days.
THIS CALENDAR WILL BE UPDATED WITH MORE DATES THROUGHOUT 2019-20 AS THEY ARE CONFIRMED.
October 2019
Oct 11 (Friday)
PD Printmaking Workshop
Learn to Lino carve and print a tile! Explore pattern and negative space. Print tiles and play with colour.
(sign up under registration / merchandise)
$40/student, all materials included.
OCDSB and OCSB
Oct 19 (Saturday)
OPEN HOUSE : 9am - 12pm
Oct 25 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
PAST MONTHS
September 2019
Sept 5 (Thursday)
First Day of 2-Year-Old Preschool
Storyscapes (plus optional Lunch Club)
Creative Arts After School
Sept 6 (Friday)
First Day of 3-Year-Old Preschool (plus optional Lunch Club)
Sept 27 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
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June 2019
June 7 (Friday)
PD Day Art Workshop with Alex Fichera
1:30-4:00 - Open to children from JK-Grade 6 - $40/child - Join teacher Alex for an interesting art project, where your child can play, experiment, learn, explore a new technique, and make something wonderful! For the June 7 workshop, we are going to have fun making circle art inspired by Kandinsky.
June 21 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party! - FINAL ONE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
June 28 (Friday)
PD Day Art Workshop with Alex Fichera
1:30-4:00 - Open to children from JK-Grade 6 - $40/child - Join teacher Alex for an interesting art project, where your child can play, experiment, learn, explore a new technique, and make something wonderful!
September 2018
Sept 6 (Thursday)
First Day of 2-Year-Old Preschool - Storyscapes (plus optional Lunch Club) - Creative Arts After School
Sept 7 (Friday)
First Day of 3-Year-Old Preschool
Sept 28 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
October 2018
Oct 5 (Friday)
PD Day Art Workshop with Alex Fichera
1:30-4:00 - Open to children from JK-Grade 6 - $40/child - Join teacher Alex for an interesting art project, where your child can play, experiment, learn, explore a new technique, and make something wonderful!
Oct 8 (Monday)
Thanksgiving Monday
SCHOOL CLOSED
Oct 12 (Friday)
Spaghetti Social!
A fun evening with great company and delicious food. We gather in the basement hall of St. Giles Church (entrance on First Ave across from Good Morning) to share a meal with friends old and new. Families of current and alumni are welcome. $5/child, $15/adult, to a maximum of $40/family. BYOB. Tickets at the door or in advance from your class rep. This year, we have Treefrog Percussion coming to get the kids drumming at 6:30 after dinner! We hope to see you there.
Oct 26 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
November 2018
Nov 12, 19, 26, Dec 3 (Mondays)
4-Session After-School Workshop 4:00-5:30PM
Get through those November Mondays with some fun and creativity. Our wonderful teacher Ernest Blais is offering this four-session weekly workshop where your child will learn to make a papier mache animal of their choice. Ideal for Grades 1-5. A healthy snack will be provided. Optional pickup from Glebe schools. $89/child for drop-off / $99/child with pickup. Contact Karen to register: goodmorningpreschool@gmail.com.
Nov 23 (Friday)
PD Day Art Workshop with Alex Fichera
1:30-4:00 - Open to children from JK-Grade 6 - $40/child - Join teacher Alex for an interesting art project, where your child can play, experiment, learn, explore a new technique, and make something wonderful!
Nov 30 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
December 2018
Dec 14 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off -- or maybe do a little holiday preparation! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
Dec 20 (Thursday)
Last day of CAAS for 2018
Dec 20 (Thursday) for the 2s & Dec 21 (Friday) for the 3s
Holiday Party and Singalong - Last Day of School - Start of Winter Holiday
Family, friends and caregivers are invited to join us in the preschool room for a holiday party and singalong. Invitations will be sent out with your child closer to the date.
January 2019
Jan 7 (Monday)
First Day Back to School - End of Winter Holiday
Jan 25 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+. This week the children will get to try spin painting with Ernest!
Jan 25 (Friday)
PD Day Art Workshop with Alex Fichera
1:30-3:30 - Open to children from JK-Grade 6 - $40/child - Join teacher Alex for an interesting art project, where your child can play, experiment, learn, explore a new technique, and make something wonderful. This week we are making papier-mâché animals!
February 2019
Feb 15 (Friday)
PD Day Art Workshop
1:30-4:00 - Open to children from JK-Grade 6 - $40/child - Join teacher Karen for an interesting art project, where your child can play, experiment, learn, explore a new technique, and make something wonderful! For the February 15 session, children will have the opportunity to paint a winter tree with perspective, inspired by Georgia O'Keefe's The Lawrence Tree.
Feb 18 (Monday)
Family Day
SCHOOL CLOSED
Feb 22 (Friday)
Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre - "Snippets"
Doors open at 6:00 PM; show starts promptly at 6:30 PM - Join us for a delightful early-evening performance by Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre in the basement of St. Giles Church across the street from Good Morning. (Entrance on First Avenue.) Performance is approximately 50 minutes long. Staged readings of Canadian books, animated with “snippets” of puppetry, masks, drama and live music - fun for the whole family. Tickets are $10 each; but if you have children in the preschool, your tickets are already covered by your fundraising fee. Contact goodmorningpreschool@gmail.com to purchase tickets or buy them at the door.
March 2019
Mar 1 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
Mar 11-15
March Break
SCHOOL CLOSED
Mar 29 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
April 2019
Apr 12 (Friday)
PD Day Art Workshop with Alex Fichera
1:30-4:00 - Open to children from JK-Grade 6 - $40/child - Join teacher Alex for an interesting art project, where your child can play, experiment, learn, explore a new technique, and make something wonderful!
April 22 (Monday)
Easter Monday
SCHOOL CLOSED
Apr 26 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
May 2019
May 20 (Monday)
Victoria Day
SCHOOL CLOSED
May 31 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
THIS CALENDAR WILL BE UPDATED WITH MORE DATES THROUGHOUT 2019-20 AS THEY ARE CONFIRMED.
October 2019
Oct 11 (Friday)
PD Printmaking Workshop
Learn to Lino carve and print a tile! Explore pattern and negative space. Print tiles and play with colour.
(sign up under registration / merchandise)
$40/student, all materials included.
OCDSB and OCSB
Oct 19 (Saturday)
OPEN HOUSE : 9am - 12pm
- 9:00am-10:30am: Guided craft activity for preschool age children
- 11:00am-12:00pm: School age children will be guided through a more involved art project
Oct 25 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
PAST MONTHS
September 2019
Sept 5 (Thursday)
First Day of 2-Year-Old Preschool
Storyscapes (plus optional Lunch Club)
Creative Arts After School
Sept 6 (Friday)
First Day of 3-Year-Old Preschool (plus optional Lunch Club)
Sept 27 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
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June 2019
June 7 (Friday)
PD Day Art Workshop with Alex Fichera
1:30-4:00 - Open to children from JK-Grade 6 - $40/child - Join teacher Alex for an interesting art project, where your child can play, experiment, learn, explore a new technique, and make something wonderful! For the June 7 workshop, we are going to have fun making circle art inspired by Kandinsky.
June 21 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party! - FINAL ONE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
June 28 (Friday)
PD Day Art Workshop with Alex Fichera
1:30-4:00 - Open to children from JK-Grade 6 - $40/child - Join teacher Alex for an interesting art project, where your child can play, experiment, learn, explore a new technique, and make something wonderful!
September 2018
Sept 6 (Thursday)
First Day of 2-Year-Old Preschool - Storyscapes (plus optional Lunch Club) - Creative Arts After School
Sept 7 (Friday)
First Day of 3-Year-Old Preschool
Sept 28 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
October 2018
Oct 5 (Friday)
PD Day Art Workshop with Alex Fichera
1:30-4:00 - Open to children from JK-Grade 6 - $40/child - Join teacher Alex for an interesting art project, where your child can play, experiment, learn, explore a new technique, and make something wonderful!
Oct 8 (Monday)
Thanksgiving Monday
SCHOOL CLOSED
Oct 12 (Friday)
Spaghetti Social!
A fun evening with great company and delicious food. We gather in the basement hall of St. Giles Church (entrance on First Ave across from Good Morning) to share a meal with friends old and new. Families of current and alumni are welcome. $5/child, $15/adult, to a maximum of $40/family. BYOB. Tickets at the door or in advance from your class rep. This year, we have Treefrog Percussion coming to get the kids drumming at 6:30 after dinner! We hope to see you there.
Oct 26 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
November 2018
Nov 12, 19, 26, Dec 3 (Mondays)
4-Session After-School Workshop 4:00-5:30PM
Get through those November Mondays with some fun and creativity. Our wonderful teacher Ernest Blais is offering this four-session weekly workshop where your child will learn to make a papier mache animal of their choice. Ideal for Grades 1-5. A healthy snack will be provided. Optional pickup from Glebe schools. $89/child for drop-off / $99/child with pickup. Contact Karen to register: goodmorningpreschool@gmail.com.
Nov 23 (Friday)
PD Day Art Workshop with Alex Fichera
1:30-4:00 - Open to children from JK-Grade 6 - $40/child - Join teacher Alex for an interesting art project, where your child can play, experiment, learn, explore a new technique, and make something wonderful!
Nov 30 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
December 2018
Dec 14 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off -- or maybe do a little holiday preparation! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
Dec 20 (Thursday)
Last day of CAAS for 2018
Dec 20 (Thursday) for the 2s & Dec 21 (Friday) for the 3s
Holiday Party and Singalong - Last Day of School - Start of Winter Holiday
Family, friends and caregivers are invited to join us in the preschool room for a holiday party and singalong. Invitations will be sent out with your child closer to the date.
January 2019
Jan 7 (Monday)
First Day Back to School - End of Winter Holiday
Jan 25 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+. This week the children will get to try spin painting with Ernest!
Jan 25 (Friday)
PD Day Art Workshop with Alex Fichera
1:30-3:30 - Open to children from JK-Grade 6 - $40/child - Join teacher Alex for an interesting art project, where your child can play, experiment, learn, explore a new technique, and make something wonderful. This week we are making papier-mâché animals!
February 2019
Feb 15 (Friday)
PD Day Art Workshop
1:30-4:00 - Open to children from JK-Grade 6 - $40/child - Join teacher Karen for an interesting art project, where your child can play, experiment, learn, explore a new technique, and make something wonderful! For the February 15 session, children will have the opportunity to paint a winter tree with perspective, inspired by Georgia O'Keefe's The Lawrence Tree.
Feb 18 (Monday)
Family Day
SCHOOL CLOSED
Feb 22 (Friday)
Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre - "Snippets"
Doors open at 6:00 PM; show starts promptly at 6:30 PM - Join us for a delightful early-evening performance by Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre in the basement of St. Giles Church across the street from Good Morning. (Entrance on First Avenue.) Performance is approximately 50 minutes long. Staged readings of Canadian books, animated with “snippets” of puppetry, masks, drama and live music - fun for the whole family. Tickets are $10 each; but if you have children in the preschool, your tickets are already covered by your fundraising fee. Contact goodmorningpreschool@gmail.com to purchase tickets or buy them at the door.
March 2019
Mar 1 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
Mar 11-15
March Break
SCHOOL CLOSED
Mar 29 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
April 2019
Apr 12 (Friday)
PD Day Art Workshop with Alex Fichera
1:30-4:00 - Open to children from JK-Grade 6 - $40/child - Join teacher Alex for an interesting art project, where your child can play, experiment, learn, explore a new technique, and make something wonderful!
April 22 (Monday)
Easter Monday
SCHOOL CLOSED
Apr 26 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.
May 2019
May 20 (Monday)
Victoria Day
SCHOOL CLOSED
May 31 (Friday)
Parents' Night Out/Kids' Creative Arts and Pizza Party!
Bring your children to Good Morning from 5 PM to 8 PM. We will serve them veggies and pizza and do fun art with them while you take the evening off! $30/child. Open to students and non-students, friends and alumni - spaces are limited and will be first come, first served. Children 3+.