Drum roll please🥁…The winner of the Blue Spruce Award is Bad Dog by Written and Illustrated by Mike Boldt! Congratulations and thank you to all the readers who participated in the #ForestofReading and voted! Mike Boldt PenguinRandomHouseCA #IReadCanadian

That’s a wrap of your first day, SCDSB! Here’s just a small sample of the MANY photos we received for our #SCDSBfirstday photo contest!📸 ❗️Year 1 (JK) students - your turn is on Thursday, September 9. We can’t wait to see you! Don’t forget to use #SCDSBfirstdayjk in your post.

Today is #InternationalDotDay! We have been celebrating since Monday Alliston Union PS! “The Dot” by Peter H. Reynolds is a beautiful story about growth mindset, perseverance, creativity and the power of “making your mark”! TheDotCentral

Happy International Dot Day! Today we did a lot of dot activities to remind ourselves that we all have something valuable to say and contribute! #MakeYourMark #InternationalDotDay Peter H. Reynolds Jess Longthorne

Alliston Union PS is participating in the Terry Fox Run on September 29,2021. Please consider donating a ‘Toonie for Terry’ at TerryFox.ca/AllistonUnionP…. Together we can make a difference! #terryfoxfoundation #terryfoxrunaups Jess Longthorne

Just some boys playing the game they love😄

Where might Leaf Man travel to next? Grade 2’s in grade202 Alliston Union PS think a pumpkin patch, flying to space in a rocket ship and sitting around a campfire. We love using loose parts!

Congratulations, Daniella M. Bossence! vgrad.z19.web.core.windows.net/uwo/474/i/slid…

I’m immensely impressed by the generosity and teamwork from Alliston Union PS. We know the Alliston Lions Club are going to be able to help that many more families in our community with our food and toy donations. WAY TO GO ALLIGATORS!!

The Dogs of 2021

#KidLit giveaway for educators! 📚🍎 I'm giving away a classroom set of THIS IS A SCHOOL, the new picture book from John Schu and Veronica Miller Jamison 🎨 Illustrator 👩🏽‍🎨. Mr. Schu will sign and personalize bookplates for your students! RT to enter. I'll choose a random winner on 3/28 at 2 PM PT. ❤️

ALS is a difficult disease. Progress in treatment is too slow moving. New and effective treatments are needed now! Donate if you can and help me support my brother as he battles this one out. #ALS #ALSAwarenessMonth secure.alsevents.ca/registrant/Fun…

Giveaway!! This time it's the lapel pin that MLB gave out to the broadcast teams with the 4ALS logo! RT to enter and we will select a random winner on Tuesday at 9pm ET. (There will be one winner from each Facebook and Twitter. Penny for perspective.)

Thank you to everyone who shared their #SCDSBFirstDay photos with us! Here are just a few of the many wonderful photos taken on Sept. 6 and 8! 📸 Stay tuned next week as we announce the winner of our #SCDSBFirstDay photo contest! ⭐️

Tonight, thanks to John Costello and his amazing team, I played my synthetic voice for my family for the first time. My daughters asked it was. My wife replied, that was the way daddy’s voice used to sound. I just listened and held back tears. Good night moon.

We are so happy to hear from Jason Reynolds News on Flip We are really loving reading Stuntboy in grade 2 #GRAstuntboy #GRA2022 Thanks for the awesome book Mr Reynold’s!

Thanks for all your support for the Food and Toy Drive Alliston Union PS! Every food item and toy makes that much of a difference. This will help the Alliston Lions Club support our local community this winter. ❤️

Now, we have something to do during recess Alliston Union PS! YES! SNOW! Ms. Thompson grade202 Leigh Shelson Jess Longthorne Sheelah Lonjak @CopferK

#ALSAwarenessMonth ALS is not incurable. ALS is just underfunded. Despite the scientific discovery of ALS in 1869, there is still no cure. This is why we're committed to leaving ALS better than we found it. #ONWARD

Happy Lou Gehrig Day I AM ALS ALS Canada MLB Toronto Blue Jays #IAA4Lou #TerminalIllness #baseball #fromtheotherside