Happy Holidays!

Holiday Concert and 125th Birthday Celebrations

JK/SK birthday cake for
Lord Lansdowne's 125th birthday

The New Year seems like a long time to wait to write about the wonderful holiday concert that happened last night at Lord Lansdowne.  There were lovely displays in the entrance hall of the school, near the stairs and in the library.

Grade 3 French Immersion models
of classrooms from 125 years ago

A close-up o f one of the gorgeously detailed classrooms
to show what school might have been like 125 years ago, when
Lord Lansdowne first opened its doors

A video of the beautiful dance (with thanks to Jessica Runge) performed at the end of last year by grade 1 and up, and a soundtrack of the children singing was playing in the library.




Also in the library, there was a genuinely fascinating collection of PowerPoint presentations with the history of the names of the laneways in the neighbourhood and some lovely artwork on display which the photos do not do justice to!

As for the concert itself - well, the children excelled themselves from the singers to the skit to the strings and band, it was clear that they had all put in a lot of hard work and were enjoying it all. Those of us who were able to stay to the very end heard an exclusive song penned by Mr. Gilman with vocals from a past pupil who is now studying music. Some enthusiastic dancing from teachers and students was noted for the Blues Crew performance!

Many, many thanks to all the teachers and staff and to the students for putting on such a great show!

NEWSLETTERS (and a nice picture of Lord Lansdowne in this morning's beautiful snow!)

Lord Lansdowne this morning!

Paper newsletters have been distributed to teachers' cubbies this morning so you should be receiving those in backpacks this evening. They usually go out on Wednesday mornings but weren't distributed yesterday due to sickness. (Hoping they might they are becoming a regular feature to parents and teachers and that somebody will have noticed this....!)

 Our email/online newsletter can be found here and we will be switching fully to this format to save time and paper which will be in keeping with Lord Lansdowne's EcoSchool efforts.

You can find past newsletters on our newsletter archive page.

OMB Hearing - Lord Lansdowne presented their case..but we still need help!

Yesterday afternoon at the OMB was a triumph for Lord Lansdowne, with strong speeches by parents Amy Furness and Jeff Siegel, and especially grade 8 student Caleb Woolcott (seen in the video)!  We had lots of parents in the audience (and even some grandparents and a student).  No matter what the outcome, our voice was definitely heard.

We still need your help!  If anyone is available to sit in on the hearing and take notes today or tomorrow, even for a short while, it would be very appreciated.  See the schedule and sign up at:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kyfoTNw5puZ9h5CopZDV7mzBQtXJw_Pz1qHi-x9C7LI/edit?usp=sharing

QSP Magazine Fundraiser : EXTENDED DEADLINE

We have a lofty goal but we hope you can help us reach it! Magazine subscriptions make great gifts for family, friends, kids or for yourself.
Go to the QSP website now, search for Lord Lansdowne or enter 3721339 and get shopping! You should also have the paper package to submit applications if you prefer doing it the old-fashioned way!
Our new deadline is December 12th.

OMB hearing re: 22 storey condo building proposed for 484 Spadina

Most of you probably know this already but just to keep you up to date on what's happening.

The hearing has started and is ongoing. Thanks to our wonderful parent community, we have attendees at most sessions but check this link and sign up if you can.
You can wear yellow and black or get a Lord Lansdowne t-shirt (contact school council at lordlandsdowneschoolcouncil@gmail.com ) to show who you're representing.

Amy Furness - parent volunteer for Lord Lansdowne - will speak on Wednesday, December 3rd. The hearing starts at 1pm.

Finally, if you are on twitter, please tweet about this using #stop484spadina and/or #saveoursunshine . We have had Ceta Ramkahlawansingh say she is with us via Twitter and Ausma Malik favourited a tweet about it from us (us = @TorontoLLPS)

I hear from my first grader that Mme. Alma's first graders are going to be writing letters to relevant people (such as Ausma Malik) tomorrow!

Welcome to the Lord Lansdowne School Council Blog/Website!

Hi there,
just getting started but we are hoping to keep this as a regularly updated news resource for all things to do with the school and the school council.
We hope this will be easier and more accessible than a newsletter.

Watch this space!