AGH Community Update - September 4, 2026

Upcoming Events     

Click on the following link for Days of Significance in September

Kindergarten Staggered Entry

Tuesday, September 8 - All SK students only

Wednesday, September 9 - All SK students AND JK students (last names A-M)  

Thursday, September 10 - All SK students AND JK students (last names N-Z) 

Friday, September 11 - All SK and JK students

• Starting at 8:30 a.m., staff members will be outdoors on the paved tarvia to greet students. Kindergarten Educators will be in the outdoor kindergarten fenced area.
• Homeroom teachers will be stationed at locations (please see the map below) with class lists, ready to welcome students to their new classrooms.
• Additional staff members and admin will be available to assist families in locating their child’s homeroom teacher. 

End of First Day of School Procedures 

• Students who take the bus will be called via announcements as their bus arrives. A staff member will meet them at the bus to take attendance before they board. 

• Students who do not take the bus will be dismissed by their teacher at 3:05 p.m to their parent/caregiver.

• Kindergarten students will be dismissed from the fenced kindergarten area 3:00 p.m. - 3:05 p.m. 

Nutrition Break Procedures

Due to our decrease in student population and to meet supervision staffing requirements, all students will be going outdoors during the first 20 minutes of nutrition break (10:25 - 10:45, 12:45 - 1:05) and all students will be eating indoors during the second 20 minutes of nutrition break (10:45 - 11:05, 1:05 - 1:25). Outdoor boundaries will be established for primary students (Gr. 1-3) students and our junior/intermediate students (Gr. 4 - 8) to ensure student safety.

Hot Lunches

This year we will be providing students with the following hot lunch opportunities: 

• Guac Mexi Girll - Only Sept 25th

• Lil Louie's  - Every Tuesday's (Starting Sept 22)

• Dominos Pizza- Every Thursday's (Starting Sept 24)

• Dominos Pasta - Last Wednesdays of every month 

• Booster Juice - Every Fridays (Starting October 2)

Personal Device Procedure 

Students are not required to have personal devices/cell phones at school. The Grand Erie's insurance policy does not provide coverage for personal items. Students experiencing damage to or loss of personal property should speak to their personal insurance provider.

• Student personal devices must be put on silent mode and not be visible on school property during school hours including nutrition breaks and recess. 

• Personal devices should not be used for “free time” in the classroom when student work is completed.  

• Student communication to parents/caregivers should be done through the office. If students would like to contact their parents using personal device, it should be done at the office or in the presence of a staff member.  

• Progressive Discipline for inappropriate personal device use during school hours:
  • Verbal reminder to put device in their bag/locker.
  • Device kept in secure place in the classroom or office until end of day. Teacher communication home with parent/caregiver acknowledgement of school personal device policy
  • Device kept at office until end of day. Admin communication home with parent/caregiver acknowledgement of school personal device policy
  • Device kept at home or handed to office upon entry to school and picked up at office upon dismissal 

We welcome all parents/guardians/caregivers who are willing to volunteer their time to participate on our School Council. School Councils must hold annual elections to identify voting members. Elected members vote on School Council matters and represent the group’s ideas and advisory suggestions for the Principal. Please note that you do not have to be an elected member of School Council to attend meetings. All meetings are open to all parents/guardians who wish to observe.  

To declare your interest in becoming an elected voting member of the School Council, please click on and complete the following ONLINE NOMINATION FORM. You may also nominate another parent/guardian of a student at our school to become an elected School Council voting member. All nomination forms must be submitted by Friday September 18, 11:59 pm in order to be elected as a voting member. Once all nominations have been received and if a general election is required, it will take place September 21 to September 23.  

Executive officer positions on school councils such as chair, co-chair, secretary, and treasurer will be elected internally by the council voting members at our first school council meeting scheduled to take place in person on Thursday, September 24th  6:00 pm – 7:30 pm in our school library learning commons. 

School Bus Transportation 

IMPORTANT: In previous years, parents/caregivers may have requested bus transportation and students may still be on the bus list. If you DO NOT want your child to ride the bus, please log in and check the transportation portal. If you would like to remove your child from the bus list, please contact the transportation department and request that they be removed. This will ensure that our bus lists are accurate. 

If you moved over the summer, please let transportation know what your new address is so that they can plan services for you for September. Transportation staff are working over the summer months and are happy to process any changes at that time.  

Looking to accessing transportation details for September? Access to the transportation portal, available at: https://transinfobhn.ca/Login, is now open to the public. If services on the portal are not accurate or if you have questions, please contact transportation directly to discuss. Transportation can be reached by emailing transportation@stsbhn.ca or by calling 519-751-7532. Updates received and processed before August 27th at noon will be in effect for the first day of school.