Lorna Jackson P.S. Blog

  Hello LJPS Community Members, Lorna Jackson Public School is getting ready for the 2025 Terry Fox School Run ! Again this year we are super excited to take part in this annual tradition that supports cancer research while building school spirit. We are excited to announce this year that we will be holding our annual Terry Fox walk on Thursday September 25th. Once again this year, we will be asking students to support this cause by bringing in their  ‘Toonies for Terry’  to help continue Terry’s legacy and raise funds to help beat cancer. New this year, please find our our LJPS school page  if you wish or prefer to donate online  (donations are made to the school, not to a classroom). Our walk will begin at 1:45. We will be leaving the school heading east along Napa Valley Avenue to Forest Fountain Drive . We will continue along Forest Fountain to Sonoma Boulevard , we will proceed all the way along Sonoma until we reach Napa Valley again. We will then f...

 

Welcome back to everyone in our Lorna Jackson P.S. community! We hope that everyone has had an enjoyable and restful summer break. Mr. Brown, Principal and Ms. Chatterpaul, Vice Principal would like to extend a warm welcome to all our returning and new staff that have joined us this 2025-2026 school year.  We say "Good Bye," to Mrs. Herdman, Mrs. Ho, Mrs. Acquisto and Mme. Sacco who have moved on to other teaching adventures at other school communities in YRDSB. We want to welcome our new teachers and support staff, Ms. Akhtar and Mrs. Lee and all the teaching experiences they bring to LJPS. We also want to share that our educator teams have worked hard to prepare for students' return to school so that 2025-2026 will be another great year!  Please see the Staff Directory for a complete list of our educators  below . To make September as successful as possible please have your children at school and on time. We can't emphasize this enough because when students get into...

  LJPS Bus Loop and Drop Off/Pick Up Procedures   In an effort to keep students safe and keep school traffic flowing, we are sending out some information for our parents and guardians about our Bus Loop and Drop Off/Pick Up procedures.   The parking lot and bus loop   is closed to traffic at 8:30 am and at 3:15 pm and the gate will be closed. We have 10morning and 11 afternoon buses that service both Elders Mills P.S. and Lorna Jackson P.S. that get priority to our bus loop. This is important as buses must stay on time and enter and exit as per their schedule. At times, buses are late arriving for a variety of reasons and the bus loop must remain clear of vehicles until well after 8:45 am.   Where possible, we encourage everyone to walk to school. If you must drive, we ask parents/guardians to park curb lane on Napa Valley Ave. and walk your child (ren) onto school property along the sidewalk (see map). Please do not cut across the grassy boulevar...

 

  Dear Families, We are looking forward to a successful week ahead as we finish the school year. Over the next few days, we are anticipating hot weather that may require our school to implement our Hot Weather protocols.  As with any weather conditions at school, we respond to the individual needs of their students and staff and prepare an appropriate action plan. Our hot weather action plan involves program modifications, air handling system modifications and reduced lighting and motor use. Such a plan may incorporate some of the following strategies which can be found in the Board’s  Extreme Hot and Cold Weather and UV Protection Guideline : Encourage students and staff to make use of shady areas in the school yard such as under trees, besides the building and under umbrellas. Keep blinds/curtains closed in classrooms directly exposed to sunlight and turn off any unnecessary lights. For hot, humid weather relief in classrooms or portables, Board-approved fans may be use...