Third and Final Immunization Clinic for the School Year 2011/12 at D. A. Morrison M.S.

Grade 7 and 8 student vaccination clinic will be held on June 6, 2012. The following vaccines will be given: Second dose of Hepatitis B vaccine to grade 7 students, third dose of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to grade 8 female students, and catch-up doses of the meningococcal, hepatitis B and HPV vaccines to students who missed their earlier scheduled doses. 

If you did not provide the school with the signed consent forms which went home last fall, your child would need a signed consent form in order to be vaccinated.  Visit the Toronto Public Health website at http://www.toronto.ca//health/immunization_children/index.htm or call the immunization line at 416-392-1250 for more information or to obtain fact sheets ro cosnet forms.

Community Clean-up Saturday, April 21, 2012 and Saturday, April 28, 2012

City Councillor Janet Davis invites you to the Ward 31 Community Clean-up on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at the following times and places:

Topham Park 9 - 10 am

Earl Beatty Public School 10 am - noon

Danforth Avenue (time and meeting place TBD)

Crescent Town 10 am - 1 pm

Parkview Gardens 10 am

East York Community Garden 10 am - 2 pm; AND,

on Saturday, April 28, 2012, East York Skate Park 6th Annual Clean-up and Mural Painting 12 - 6 pm (rain date April 29)

Invitation to Traffic Meeting April 16, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

Janet Davis', (City Councillor, Ward 31, Beaches-East York) invitation reads as follows:

"April 3, 2012

Dear Neighbours,

I am writing to invite you to a community meeting to discuss traffic concerns and possible improvements for Lumsden Avenue east of Woodbine Avenue.

In response to a tragic accident last fall, I requested Toronto Transporation Services and Toronto Police Services to investigate the traffic, pedestrian and parking activity in this area.  The results of these studies will be presented to the community for discussion.

Monday, April 16, 2012, 7:00 p.m. D.A. Morrison Middle School, Cafeteria, 271 Gledhill Avenue.

I look forward to meeting with you working together to improve the pedestrian and vehicular safety of this area for everyone.  Sincerely, Janet Davis, Ward 31, Beaches East York"

Free Immunizations Clinic Thursday, April 5, 2012, 1:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Operated by Access Alliance Multicultrual health and Community Services at George Webster School. Please call to book your appointment time at 416-396-2379 extension 20124 or 647-459-7164.

Ward 16 Council Meeting "Parental Engagement"

Ward 16 Council Meeting "Parental Engagement" at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at East York Collegiate Institute, 650 Cosburn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, with Special Guest Chris Spence, Director of Education. Everyone Welcome! For more information, please contact Cathy MacKenzie at 416-395-8413 or cathy.mackenzie@tdsb.on.ca

D. A. Morrison Middle School School Council Meeting(s)

Minutes for the most recent School Advisory Council (S.A.C.) will be posted on our website in the near future.  Please go to http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/damorrison/index.html . Future meeting dates are as follows:

April 25 (not April 18 as originally scheduled), May 23, and June 20, 2012

Immunization Information for Parents of Grade 8 Girls

On March 6, 2012, nurses from Toronto Public Health (TPH) will be in our school to provide the second dose of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to grade 8 female students.  Students who missed a previous dose may also catch up on this by attending this clinic.

Your child will need a signed consent form to be vacinated (if not already returned).  Visit the Toronto Public Health website at http://www.toronto.ca/heatlh/immunization_children/index.htm or call the immunization information line at 416-392-1250 for more information or to obtain vaccine fact sheets or consent forms.  Our school office also has vaccine consent forms and fact sheets for our students.