All About

Ormiston P.S.

Ormiston Public School Information

20 Forest Heights Street

Whitby, ON

L1R 1T5

905 430 8755

OrmistonPS@ddsb.ca

Twitter: @OrmistonPS

Instagram: ormistonps

Take a Tour of Our School

Bell Times

Supervision in Kindergarten Yard starts at 8:15

Entry Bell 8:30

Lunch 11:20-12:20

End of School Day 3:00

Parking

Our parking lot is reserved for staff parking and bus drop off. There are also three spots on the North that are reserved for parents dropping off preschool children to our Schoolhouse Playcare Centre.

Please DO NOT park in the parking lot!

It is best to walk!

Kiss'n ride is currently open in the AM only for drop off. We are currently undergoing construction for an expansion of our parking lot and more information will be shared about this end of August early September.

Volunteers and School Building Access

Currently we are not allowing parent volunteers into the building. However, moving into next year we will be looking at bringing volunteers back into the building with the comfort of our teachers and school community. Stay tuned for those updates. We thank you for your patience and understanding.

Using the Parent Portal

The Parent Portal is available to all Durham District School Board parents and guardians. Through the portal you can view your child's teacher, attendance history, and grades. This will become active in September for new Kindergarten students. You can also set up SchoolCash and SchoolMessenger (the system used to report absences) accounts through the portal. Click HERE for more information about setting this up.

Allergy Alert!

We have several students and staff members at Ormiston with life threatening food allergies to peanuts, nuts or their by-products. The resultant anaphylactic reaction can be so severe it can cause death. As a school, we will make every effort to NOT have peanuts, nuts or foods with nut byproducts in our school at all. WOW butter is also not permitted as it can easily be mistaken as a nut product. Did you know that there are students and staff at Ormiston who are as severely allergic to foods such as egg, milk, sesame seeds, lentils, peas, and strawberries?

Our Kindergarten team will teach safe eating practices at school: Students will not share snacks or lunches at school, they will use sanitizer before eating, and they will use designated tools to open food packages (i.e. don’t use classroom scissors that are also used for crafts/school work). For celebrations at school we ask families who wish to send only non-food items. We thank you for your cooperation in keeping all students and staff safe and healthy!

Medications

If your child has an allergy that requires and Epi-Pen or your child requires the use of an inhaler or other medication during the school day, please contact the office either by telephone or email ormistonps@ddsb.ca to make these arrangements and to fill out required paperwork.

All medication is kept safely in the office. A picture of your child along with what their allergy or medical condition is will be posted in their classroom for safety.

School Community Council

Durham District School Board (DDSB) recognizes the importance of partnerships with parents and guardians in creating positive learning environments. The School Community Council (SCC) is an advisory body that makes recommendations to the Principal and school board to further student achievement and well-being. Every school in the DDSB has an SCC. The SCC is made up of parents, school staff and community members and should represent the diversity of the school community.

Join Ormiston's SCC

All parents and guardians are welcome to join our virtual SCC meetings and, if you would like, become a voting member. Nominations and voting for SCC roles take place in September. Joining the SCC is a great way to team up with other parents, educators and our partners in education to provide students of Ormiston with new and exciting learning experiences!

In past years, the wonderful SCC at Ormiston have hosted many fundraising events for our school such as the Healthy Hunger Lunch program, Breakfast with Santa, Oshawa Generals games, an end of the year Fun Fair, as well as many other exciting events. Money raised from these events goes back in to the school to purchase learning materials for the students!

In addition to fundraising, the SCC works to bring the community together through educational opportunities like hosting Guest speakers for Online safety and Anti black racism, as well as opportunites for fun through Trivia nights!