First Day and Already Making Waves! - 2016 Indigo Adopt a School Campaign is UNDERWAY!!

HELLO ALL!!

Remember last year's Indigo adopt a school campaign?? 

Remember how we raised an insane amount of money for our library in a very short amount of time with YOUR help?

Well this year, we are at it again! We made a great impact last year... but many of the books in our library are still outdated - primarily our early reader english books (used by all grades, due to varying reading levels and because quite a few students are learning English as a second language).  We will also need additional French books as we continue to expand our Early French Immersion program. 

So... We WERE aiming for at least 1 book for every child (350 books)... 

BUT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL HELP THIS YEAR!! 

PINECREST CHAPTERS IS PARTNERING WITH US (!!) 

NOW, THE WORLD IS OUR OYSTER! 

What does this partnership mean?

Pinecrest Chapters will be seeking donations in their store for W.E. Gowling. This will be for the full duration of our campaign!! We are the only school they are doing this for and they have a whole task force of staffers working on ways to increase donations and really amplify our cause!

You will hear more about some Pinecrest Chapters special events, once we have official dates... but their team is thinking big.... 

(Spoiler Alert)

Like a Super-Duper Chewbacca, Millennium Falcon Kind of Big!!!! 

So how can you help beyond attending these Chapters events? 

Last year was an Indigo adopt a school program anniversary, so things worked a little differently.... This is how you can help our campaign this year:

1) Spread the word! Tell your friends that Pinecrest Chapters is accepting donations with every in-store purchase and share our links with your friends online! 

2) Go Online! Buy a book (or two, or three, or four...) for W.E. Gowling online - They take no percentage.  It all goes to our library! For every two books you buy, THEY WILL DONATE A THIRD BOOK FOR FREE! https://adoptaschool.indigo.ca/eng/schools/1199 

3) Go Online AGAIN!! Write a brief story online (using their drop down cues) and Indigo will GIVE OUR SCHOOL A BOOK FOR FREE! https://adoptaschool.indigo.ca/eng/schools/1199 

*Free books from Chapters will be to a maximum of 50 books.

We are already off to a great start! 21/350 books and only halfway through our first day!!

Let's keep this book bus a'movin'! 

Cheers,
From Your School Council

Good Ol' Fashioned Ho-Down - THIS THURSDAY!!!

Check this out folks! This is going to be fun! 

There will be special guests performing and lots of great activities for kids!

Dress up in your favourite cow folk attire!

* Please note that parent/guardian accompaniment means supervision by someone 18 years or older. 

Council Meeting This Tuesday!

Hey there!

Interested in joining the Parent/School Council? 

Come and learn more about what we are up to, and how you can be involved! 

Our first 2016-17 meeting will be this Tuesday, Sept. 20th @ 5:00pm.

Our new School Council Constitution has it's own blog sub tab (above).  

Feel free to check that out prior to our meeting!

 There will be pizza and lots of friendly faces to greet you there!

Call for Vendors - Gowling Christmas Craft Show

We are now accepting vendor applications for our annual Christmas & Holiday Craft Show! 

Click the link below to be taken to our 

online application.

Dates of Interest:

August 31st, 2016: Vendor Application Deadline

September 18th, 2016: Notification to applicants re jury results

October 7th, 2016: Payment due date from confirmed vendors

November 18th/19th, 2016: Vendor set-up 18th 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m & 19th 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

November 19th, 2016: Gowling Christmas & Holiday Craft Show 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Please direct questions regarding the craft show to: gowlingcraftshow@gmail.com

VENDOR APPLICATION LINK

Final 2015/16 School Council Meeting - Tomorrow, June 14th

Hey there!

Interested in joining the Parent/School Council next year? 

Come and learn more about what we are up to and help us celebrate the end of a great year! 

Our next meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday June 14th @ 5:00pm.

 There will be pizza and lots of friendly faces to greet you there!

Many More Thank Yous!

W.E. are the lucky ones... to have a great Gowling day,  like today!!

Thank you to Allllll of our many AMAZING W.E. Gowling parent council volunteers that made this fun day possible! It was a lot of work and it really paid off!

Thank you to our performers and workshop leads: 

Jo Rioux, Kalli Dakos, Maggie Buttrum, Rebecca Pitt, Moira Teed and Jacqui Du Toit - and Dennis on drums!

inspired by Jo!!

Thank you to all of the school staff! Our teachers, VP and Principal for spreading the word and being supports...and a HUGE thank you to our custodial staff for your positive energy and hard work!!

Until Next Time!

Love your community, love your neighbours, love your schools and love your kids!

TODAY! TODAY! TODAY!!

Get on over here and P-A-R-T-Y with us!!

WE HAVE SOOO MANY BOOKS!! 

(less than 1/4 of the actual amount depicted in this image)

We would like to formally thank the following people for helping with our fun-filled event!!

City Councilor Riley Brockington and Ma’ayan Jones - of the Westboro Herb and Spice Shop - for donating the food for our BBQ!

All of our kind book suppliers including; Shirley of The Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association and Jason of Value Village. 

The many WONDEROUS contributors to our raffle and writing competition prizes; Kim and Kelly of Kaleidoscope Kids, Trish Savary of Pincrest Chapters, Peter West of Bowman’s Bar and Grill, Bruce Miller of The Works restaurant chain, Laura Logan of the Nepean Creative Arts Centre,  Kat at Miss Tiggy Winkles,  Gaston Roussy of The National Arts Centre and Author Amanda Lewis of the Ottawa Children’s Theatre.

Finally, thank you to those who assisted in promoting the event; to the various Community Blogs, City Councilors, MPs, Community Associations and Champion Community Supporters (via tweets and posts!).

What an AWESOME day we are having!