🌲✨ The Growing Smiles Winter Plant Sale is back — and we can smell the pine already! ✨🌲

Bring home the beauty of the season with our stunning selection of red and white poinsettias, indoor and outdoor planters, hanging greenery, and festive wreaths — perfect for adding holiday cheer to any space!

Shop now at 👉 estherstarkman.growingsmilesfundraising.com

🗓️  Order by: November 24
📍  Pickup: December 10 at Esther Starkman School

Don’t wait — shop today and check “deck the halls” off your list! 🎄💫

🎁🍫 The Purdy’s Winter Fundraiser is here! 🍫🎁

Stock up on your favourite holiday chocolates while supporting Esther Starkman School! Orders are open until November 24, and your sweet treats will be ready for pickup at the school on December 10.

Every purchase helps fund important school initiatives — thank you for your support! ❤️

Shop now at 👉  fundraising.purdys.com/1707090-129861 or visit fundraising.purdys.com and join campaign #66777.

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:

• Nov 21 - Opa (Orders Due: Nov 16)

• 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 and spring Carnival. 

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

• Renting the Terwillegar Community Church to host 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!!