Support our rain barrel sale! For more information or to pre-order online see RainBarrel.ca/Gowling/ . Pre-order today for future pick up!

These Rain Barrels are great for water conservation and at $55 are about half price of what you would pay at most stores. $10 from each rain barrel purchased on-line at the link above will go to School Yard greening efforts at W.E. Gowling school. 

JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS . . .

Be sure to take part in our school MAGAZINE FUNDRAISER again this year!

Hundreds of great gift ideas for your family and friends! 

www.qsp.ca  Click on Shop and enter the group ID 3902897

All proceeds go towards the revitalization of our playground and our schoolyard and to purchase tools and equipment for our students. We hope that you will spread the word with your friends and relatives and help make this fundraiser a great success!

The campaign goes until November 23, 2018.

Thank you!

Volunteers Needed for Craft Show

School Council's biggest fundraiser of the year is just over a month away and we need your help.  Posters at your workplace and bus stop help bring lots of shoppers to the event.  We need help on the day of as well, so if you have a couple of hours to spare, please email gowlingcraftshow@gmail.com, or sign in to MunchaLunch.com (the same place you order pizza) and check out the volunteer opportunities under 'fundraising'.  Thanks for helping School Council make this a great event again this year.

Library Fundraiser!

The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation has started up again for the 2017-18 School year. This has been a great fundraising event for W.E. Gowling in the past couple of years and we hope to build on our past success for this school year. A big thanks in advance for your participation!!

Our school page can be found at:

https://adoptaschool.indigo.ca/eng/schools/1199

There are different ways that we can earn books for our library:

Book BonusFor every two books donated online to your school, the Love of Reading Foundation will donate an bonus book to your school, up to 100 books!*

Story Contest
The five most-loved stories in each province will be entered into a random draw for a chance to win* a grand prize of a $2,500 Indigo eGiftcard to purchase books!  The remaining four top “hearted” schools in each province will win a $500 Indigo eGiftcard to purchase books.  

Tell a Story, Give a StoryEvery time an approved story is posted to your school’s Adopt a School profile, the Love of Reading Foundation will donate a book to your school, up to 20 books!*

Books for Updates (brand new this year)Love of Reading will donate one book to your school every time you make one of the profile updates outlined on your school’s dashboard!*

W.E. Gowling School Council: Financial Reports

W.E. Gowling School Council: Financial Reports: As part of our due diligence and transparency requirements, financial reports are prepared for each council meeting that detail the funds ra...

VENDOR CALLOUT! Gowling Christmas Craft Show

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

Click the link to be taken to our 

online application.

Dates of Interest:

September 8th, 2017: Vendor Application Deadline

September 15th, 2017: Applicants Informed of Jury Results 

September 29th, 2017: Payments Due From Confirmed Vendors (online payments)

November 17th (evening)/18th (morning), 2017: Vendor Set-Up

November 18th, 2017: Gowling Christmas & Holiday Craft Show 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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

Help Make Our School Grounds More Beautiful

 

Spring Planting Day Saturday, June 10, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

BBQ/refreshments for volunteers once the work is done.

Equipment (helpful to bring but not required): work gloves, shovel.

 

Planting plan legend: green = saskatoon berry; blue = blue berry; pink = raspberry and purple = haskaps.)

 

As some of you may know the School Council and specifically the Greening Committee have been working hard for the past 1.5 years on bringing our vision for the transformation of the Gowling school grounds to light.

 

We have great news! We have recently been awarded a grant through Tree Canada with partnership from Telus to plant edible tress on the school grounds. These edible trees will be planted in the Nature Study Area (which you may have noticed has already been marked off as a NO MOW area).

 

We would like to extend you all an invitation to help in this monumental transformation by attending our Planting Event! June 10th from 9:30am-1:30pm we will be rallying volunteers from the community (including a number from our sponsor Telus) to help with this immense undertaking. The day will consist of planting the raspberry, blueberry, and service berry bushes as well as creating a mulch path through the Nature Study Area. We will also give some love to the trees that were planted last year by mulching around the bottom and installing watering bags. There will be a thank you bbq and refreshments for all the volunteers!

 

Our goal for the Outdoor Classroom and Nature Study area is not only to beautify Gowling but to also provide your children with some wonderfully educational areas that can enrich their curriculum and help the students learn in as many different ways as possible. We will truly measure our success by how this space can/will be used. And it is for this reason we are hoping you will engage with us to create a space you will be excited to have your children use in their everyday experience at W.E. Gowling.

 

We sincerely hope that you will come out to support the school and the community in creating a more beautiful Gowling!

 

Thank you!
The W.E. Gowling Greening Committee!