Happy Easter: Easter is a time of joyous celebration. It is also a time for our Priory family to reflect on all the memories we've made over the past year, and excitedly look forward to the rest of the school year as a time to continue to celebrate our students' accomplishments and growth. I am proud of our kind and caring community that works together to support each other and The Priory. On behalf of all The Priory Faculty and Staff, I wish you all a happy and blessed holiday weekend.

Gate Code Change: For safety and security reasons, as of Tuesday, April 6, a new gate code will be in effect. To open the gate and leave the premises, parents will be required to enter the code “147A” at the bottom of the front stairs. For the safety of our children, please do not share the gate code with anyone, especially not with our younger students.

Easter Extravaganza: The Priory Panther teamed up with the Easter Bunny for our special Easter giveaway at the Buchanan House. There were smiles all around, and it was truly heart-warming to see our Priory families in person! Please enjoy our Priory family portraits. Thank you for the beautiful memories!

April Fool's Day Pranks! Pulling April Fool’s Day student and teacher pranks are a fun tradition at The Priory. This day of fun practical jokes always brings big smiles, much laughter and fills our Priory home with lots of joy!

Photo Day: The Priory School individual, sibling and class photos will be held outdoors on Wednesday, April 21 (with a rain date the following day).

Lunch and Snack Survey: A friendly reminder that the Lunch and Snack Survey will close tomorrow, Monday, April 5. Please take a few minutes to complete the following short lunch and snack survey, based on your child’s feedback. If you have more than one child attending The Priory, please fill in a separate survey for each child. All survey responses will be anonymous. Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is very important to us.

To join the conversation, please register by visiting https://www.priory.qc.ca/openhouse

The Priory Virtual Fair: If you haven't had a chance to explore the Priory Fair projects, please click on the links below to enter our virtual bitmoji classrooms and select PRESENT to start the presentation. Then click on the bitmojis (cartoon avatars of our students) to view The Priory Fair projects. I would like to applaud and congratulate our 4th, 5th and 6th grade students for their enthusiasm and tremendous effort into their Priory Fair projects! 

Public Speaking Celebration: Congratulations to our Priory students for participating in the 9th Annual Public Speaking Celebration. Our public speakers are excited to present their speeches to the entire Priory community during our virtual public speaking celebration assemblies. Please find the ZOOM link for our virtual assemblies on our DLP, located in the MyPriory portal.

Priory Monthly School Calendar: To keep our Priory Families informed about school events, activities and changes to the calendar, members of The Priory community may subscribe to the school's digital calendar and lunch menu, as maintained in Google Calendar, by clicking on the following link: link for digital calendar. In addition, we are also sharing a visual monthly calendar of our school events. Look for a new calendar link posted below and at the bottom of this ePost.

Student Water Bottles: As COVID regulations persist, we continue to maintain tight health protocols and would like to remind parents and students of the importance of bringing in their own personal filled water bottles. We have seen an increase of students asking for refills or bottled water from the office. To reduce unnecessary movement through the school and personal contact, it is important that students have at least two large filled water bottles when they arrive for school each morning. Spring is here and thirst levels will increase with more activity, so we ask that you please be prepared for the busy day.

Gently-Used Priory Uniform Sale and Graduation Fundraiser:  Do you have outgrown Priory uniforms that your children can no longer use? Please consider donating them back to The Priory! To help protect the environment and keep these items in use, the Graduation Planning Committee will sort and sell the gently-used clothing for a nominal fee during an upcoming uniform sale in mid-April. All proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards the Class of 2021 graduation party. Donated items will be accepted all week during morning drop-off, and placed in The Buchanan House for quarantine. Thank you for your support!

Masks: Please be advised that each morning as children enter their homeroom class, their face mask from home is systematically replaced with the mandatory procedural face mask to ensure quality criteria are met. We ask our families to continue to send your child to school with a fresh, dry and clean face mask, as well as a resealable bag to store the cloth face mask. Children coming to school wearing procedural face masks will be asked to dispose of them for everyone's safety.

Daily Health Check: We kindly remind our families to continue to assess your child’s health daily and every morning before leaving your home. Students need to be kept home from school and avoid contact with others in the following situations:

Symptoms: COVID-19 Symptoms include the following:

Important Upcoming Dates:

Thursday, April 15, 2021 - Cancelled