Halloween is around the corner

October 31st (Halloween) is a day that many, but not all, children look forward to in Waterloo Region. In order to respect all cultural perspectives on this day we are inviting students and families to select from the following three options:

  • dress in every day school appropriate attire for the entire school day
  • dress in orange and black school appropriate attire for the entire school day
  • dress in a school appropriate Halloween costume for the morning on Monday October 31st at school.

While we want students to have fun, please use the following guidelines when choosing an appropriate costume for school. If your child is not comfortable wearing a costume they are welcome to wear black and orange for the day.

If possible, send your child to school in a spare/used/older costume in the event it becomes damaged. Students should be wearing the costume over their regular clothes as we will only be wearing costumes for the morning ONLY; many children are not comfortable being in a costume all day long. Please send a change of clothes for your child if necessary.

Your child will be attending class, participating in physical education, going outside for recess breaks, and eating their snacks / lunch in their costume – they need to be able to move comfortably.

  • All costumes should be school appropriate.
  • Costumes need to be culturally relevant and appropriate. It is not acceptable to dress up as a person from another cultural background for Halloween
  • Do not send any props (e.g. pitch forks, brooms, shovels, wands, etc.)
  • No fake blood, fake wounds, or scary/ gory costumes will be allowed.

If costumes are inappropriate, the student will be asked to change or will be sent home.

The only mask your child can wear is a usual COVID face covering. Please do not add any makeup to your child’s face while they are at school.

Please do not send in any treats to be shared with peers. This is consistent with our policy of not sharing any food while at school. Students will have plenty of opportunity to collect treats in the community on Halloween. Thank you to everyone for ensuring that school continues to be a positive and safe space for all members of our community. Let’s continue to do the right thing even when it isn’t the popular or preferred thing.

Your understanding and cooperation are genuinely appreciated.

ሃሎዊን ኣብ ዙርያ ዅርናዕ እዩ ዚርከብ

31 ጥቅምቲ (ሃሎዊን) ብዙሓት ቈልዑ ኣብ ኣውራጃ ዋተርሉ ብሃንቀውታ ዚጽበዩላ መዓልቲ እኳ እንተ ዀነት ኵሎም ግና ኣይኰኑን። ንዅሉ ባህላዊ ኣረኣእያታት ኣብዛ መዓልቲ እዚኣ ንምኽባር ተማሃሮን ስድራ ቤታትን ካብዚ ዝስዕብ ሰለስተ ኣማራጺታት ክመርጹ ንዕድሞም ኣሎና –

ኣብ ነፍሲ ወከፍ መዓልቲ ኣብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ግቡእ ክዳውንቲ ተኸዲንካ
ኣብ ምሉእ መዓልቲ ቤት ትምህርቲ ግቡእ ክዳን ኣራንሺን ጸሊም ቤት ትምህርትን ተኸዲንካ
ሰኑይ 31 ጥቅምቲ ንግሆ ኣብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ግቡእ ክዳን ሃሎዊን ተኸዲኖም ነበሩ።
ተመሃሮ ኺዘናግዑ ንደሊ እኳ እንተ ዀንና ንቤት ትምህርቲ ዚኸውን ግቡእ ክዳን ክትመርጽ ከለኻ በጃኻ ነዚ ዚስዕብ መምርሒታት ተጠቐመሉ ። ውሉድካ ኽዳን ኪኽደን እንተ ዘይደልዩ ኣብታ መዓልቲ እቲኣ ጸሊምን ኣራንሺን ኪኽደኑ ይኽእሉ እዮም።

ዚከኣል እንተ ዀይኑ ውሉድካ እንተ ተጐዲኡ ዝተረፈ/እተጠቕመሉ/ዝኣረገ ኽዳን ጌርካ ናብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ስደዶ። ተመሃሮ ነቲ ስሩዕ ክዳውንቶም ኪኽደኑ ኣለዎም ፣ ከመይሲ ንግሆ ጥራይ ኢና ኽዳውንቲ እንኽደን ዘለና ፣ ብዙሓት ቈልዑ ምሉእ መዓልቲ ኽዳውንቲ ምኽዳን ኣይከብዶምን እዩ ። ኣድላዪ እንተ ዀይኑ በጃኻ ንውሉድካ ኽዳውንቲ ለዊጥካሉ ።

ውሉድካ ኣብ ክፍሉ ኺመሃር ኣካላዊ ትምህርቲ ኺመሃር ዕረፍቲ ንኺረኽቡ ናብ ደገ ኺወጹ ከምኡውን ጠዓሞት ወይ ምሳሕ ኣብ ክዳውንቶም ኪበልዑ እዮም ።

ኵሉ ኽዳውንቲ ግቡእ ቤት ትምህርቲ ኪኸውን ኣለዎ።
ክዳውንቲ ብባህሊ ኣገዳስን ግቡእን ኪኸውን ኣለዎ። ኣብ ሃሎዊን ካብ ካልእ ባህሊ እተኣኻኸበ ሰብ ጌርካ ኽትክደን ቅቡል ኣይኰነን
ዝዀነ ይኹን ናውቲ ኣይትልኣኽ (ንኣብነት ቃንጥሻ መዀስተር ባዴላ ታት ወዘተ)።
ናይ ሓሶት ደም ናይ ሓሶት ቍስሊ ወይ ዘፍርህ/ ዘፍርህ ክዳውንቲ ኣይክፍቀድን ኢዩ።
ክዳውንቲ ዘይግቡእ እንተ ዀይኑ እቲ ተመሃራይ ኪቕየር ወይ ናብ ቤቱ ኺምለስ ይሕተት።

ውሉድካ ኺኽደኖ ዚኽእል ማስኬራ ኮቪድ ገጹ ጥራይ እዩ ። ውሉድካ ኣብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ኸሎ ኣብ ገጹ ዝዀነ ይኹን ቅብኣ ኣይትውስኸሉ።

ንመዛኑኻ ዜካፍሎም ዝዀነ ይኹን ምግቢ ኣይትልኣኽ ። እዚ ምስ ፖሊሲና ዚሰማማዕ እዩ