Our New Holiday Gift Card Fundraiser is Here! 

When you purchase gift cards through our FundScrip fundraiser, you get the full value of each card, and a portion of your purchase is donated back to our school. It’s an easy way to give twice—perfect for holiday gifting and supporting our community!

✨ Choose from physical or e-gift cards
✨ Great for gifts, stocking stuffers, or your own holiday shopping
✨ Support our school at no extra cost to you!

🗓 Order deadline: December 7
📦 Pick-up at the school during the week of Dec 15
💻 Shop here: fundscrip.com/support-a-group/HNDF6J or use invitation code HNDF6J

Thank you for supporting our school this holiday season! 🎄💙

Orders have closed for both of these fundraisers. Orders will be available for pick-up in the school library on December 10, 3:30-5:30pm. 

Miss out on ordering? There will be a few extra plants available for purchase! These will be first-come, first-serve so please email info@essparents.ca if you are interested.

If you are unable to pick-up your order during this time, please email info@essparents.ca to make alternate arrangements. 

Healthy Hunger hot lunches are BACK!! We have now posted hot lunch dates for the year - so you can order one at a time or all at once! Visit healthyhunger.ca to order now.

2025/26 Lunch Dates:

• Dec 19 - Tim Horton's (Orders Due: Dec 14)

• Jan 23 - Pizza Hut (Orders Due: Jan 18)

• Feb 13 - Edo (Orders Due: Feb 8)

• Mar 27 - KFC (Orders Due: Mar 22)

• Apr 24 - California Pizza Kitchen (Orders Due: Apr 19)'

• May 15 - Pita Pit (Orders Due: May 10)

• June 19 - Taco Bell (Orders Due: June 14)

Absences - If you have ordered a lunch for your child and they are absent on a hot lunch date, please contact us at info@essparents.ca by 11AM if you would like to arrange to pick up your lunch. If we do not hear from you, your lunch will be disposed of and no refunds will be issued. 

**VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!** We need several people to help us sort and deliver lunches to all of the classrooms. If you can help, please click the link to sign up to volunteer for any hot lunch date:  Volunteer Sign-Up

Your generous support of our fundraising activities has a direct impact on initiatives at the school!! 

Here are a few examples of what your support is helping our Parent Association to achieve:

• Purchasing new books and resources for our library and our classrooms through Scholastic Book Fair.  

• Purchasing resources such as new drums for the music room, gym equipment and Chromebooks.

• Providing funding for classroom field trips. 

• Providing school community events such as Healthy Hunger hot lunches, glow dances and spring Carnival. 

• Providing a fresh fruit basket in the office for students to take if they need it.

• Supporting student winter and spring music concerts. 

• Supporting our staff with regular appreciation initiatives including breakfast for PD Days and treats in the staff room.

• AND MORE!!