News From the Tiger’s Den - June 8th to June 12th

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Posted on 2026-06-07 23:34:20.423 +0000 UTC

Dear Tiger Families,

2026June8 Last week was a busy week for our Tiger Team! On Monday, we had our Mini Cub Race where our Grade 1 and 2 students ran their final lap of the Marathon Club. These hardworking primary students have been doing fifteen minutes of running/walking every day in the month of May. They came home with a beaded necklace where each bead represented one kilometre. It was wonderful to see them run their last lap with such pride!

Monday was also the Fun Fair at OPS. Our incredible School Council put on an AMAZING event for the community. There were food trucks, inflatables, carnival games, face painting, glitter tattooes, balloon animals, a photo booth and so much more. Our community helpers also came out for the "Touch a Truck" portion of this event. The Lions Club generously supported the barbeque. It was wonderful to see so many families out to support this terrific event. Thank you to all of the families that donated to the JARS, JARS, JARS fundraiser. It was very successful in the first year!

On Wednesday, 45 TIGER Track and Field athletes represented Odessa at the Region 2 Track and Field Meet at Caraco Field. We had many incredible runs and jumps over the course of the day. There were also fantastic displays of sportsmanship and resilience by our Tigers throughout the day. The top 5 in each event move forward to compete in the LDSB District Track and Field Championships next Tuesday at Caraco Field. Odessa had a record number of qualifiers with 18 moving on to the District Meet to represent our school. Special mention to Hannah C. who was the overall gold medalist in the Bantam Girls division with 21 points (1st in the 400m, 800m and 1200m) and Vanessa A. who was Bantam Girls overall silver medalist with 14 points (1st in the 100m and 200m). We are EXTREMELY proud of the hard work of ALL of our Tiger runners and jumpers! GO TIGERS GO!

As always, please reach out to us if you have questions or need support.

Take care,

K. Esford, Principal

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2025-26 Parent Council Meeting #5: Minutes

Meeting Date: May 19, 2026

Time: 6:30- 7:30

Location: Odessa Public School Library

1. Welcome and Introductions

Chairperson’s welcome

Attendance:

- Parents Present: Stacey Waldram, Katie Ramoutar, Rachel Moser, Courtney Sauve; Hailey DaCosta, Emily Wilkinson, Erin Truesdell, Courtnie Storms, Kim Keith

- Staff Present: Courtney Bush, Krista Esford, Melody Grant

- Guests: No Guests

2. Principal’s Report

· Had a drumming presentation sponsored by the rotary club Kingston, huge hit with lots of participation from students and teachers too!

· EQAO is about to start. More information and revised schedule coming out this week to those writing the assessment.

· Math data on student strategies will be collected in June and fed forward to Sept planning so teachers have this data available by the PA day at the start of the school year and planning for their classes in Sept.

· Well being data was shared. Winter clubs and musical presentations were planned throughout the winter. Other well being initiatives included:

o Junkyard Johnny was very well received and engaged students of all ages.

o This year the grades 1 and 2 are doing a mini marathon. They are running every day and working towards 21 kms.

o Encourage physical activity for the kids.

o A new design for the library was presented to upgrade the library. This project has been sitting for a few years, paused during COVID. The committee has landed on a design with a library and maker space in the same area. Work is being planned for the fall. Technology for the library is being supported by the company that does the school pictures!

§ Request of Parent Council- Could we cover the cost of one of the items in the room? For example the middle table/seating arrangement is an idea and costs around $4500.

§ Parent council to discuss available funds and arrive at decision before June meeting.

o If there are different grants that we can apply to for library upgrades, please bring them forward. We could ask the Lions club who will be here for the fun fair?

· Soccer tournament is tomorrow

· Track and field starts first week of June with regionals

· Welcome to kindergarten was successful. Over 30 families attended.

· End of year trips

o All scheduled

· Teacher grade assignments will come out middle of June. Expecting 13 classrooms next year, same as this year.

· We already have the number of kindergarten registrations that meets what we have today.

3. Treasurer’s Report ()

Total balance = $10,082.15
Field trip allocations have come out for 8 classes
We do need to use the account that is called ProGrants for this year ($500)- it is supposed to be used within the school year its received.
Last year we had provided money for outdoor equipment. This has all been purchased for the classrooms (i.e., outdoor balls) and being put to use now.

4. Committee Reports

FUN FAIR PLANNING

Township grant that we applied for cannot be made retroactively, and the fun fair happens before we will hear about the approval of the grant (expected decision in June).
- Next year will need to apply in the fall if considering this grant
Need a take home flyer about jars jars jars and fun fair info and pre sale
Administration can help promote and remind parents. Provide Krista with any communication that needs to go out to get people interested in the fair.
Logistics
- 5-7pm- [CONFIRMED]
- Inflatable cost- $1865 plus tax option #2 – [CONFIRMED]
- $10 Entry Fee which includes 5 carnival games- [CONFIRMED]
  - Need sharpies for the games volunteers- a check on every bracelet for each game played. After 5 plays, tickets can be purchased at entry table.
  - .50 cents per ticket
- $1 popcorn
- One spot for cash/ticket purchase at entry. Sell both ticket types at entry.
  - .50 for game tickets
  - Separate pricing for jars jars jars
    - Erin to print separate tickets with name, number and student name for jars raffle style tickets.