Sydenham Storm Classroom Organization and Staffing Updates for the 2026/2027 School Year
- The school board has determined our school organization for September and have staffed us at 5 classrooms. Please note that this organization is dependent on enrolment and will be reviewed by the school board’s staffing committee in September. At that time, the school board may decide that adjustments are required to meet pupil-to-teacher staffing formulas. We would typically find this out the end of the second week of school.
- Each year when June comes around, we often have to say goodbye to much beloved staff. This year we say goodbye to Ms. Clissold who did an amazing job filling our kindergarten position as a long term occasional teacher. We wish you all the best in your future placements! We also need to say goodbye to Ms. Farrelly (our current Rewards/Empower SST) who was consolidated at Central Public School. Have fun over at our twinned school! Our MLL teacher, Ms. Enta, is moving out of the MLL portfolio and onto a regular classroom within our board. We have loved having you help our multilanguage learners over the last few years and we will miss you! Lastly, we say goodbye to Mr. Emmerton who has transferred to the Intermediate Site at LaSalle Secondary school. Mr. Emmerton has had many years positively impacting our students and their families through his amazing French program, all of the arts he does for the school, as well as many other 'extras' he did behind the scene. We know that LSS will love having you there and we will miss you!
- We welcome Mme Bumstead who has been placed in our French/Planning Time position and we welcome back Mr. Richards into our 6/7/8 class.
Tentative class organization and assignments:
Class 1 - JK/SK - Mrs. MacDonald/Ms. Hallett
Class 2 - 1/2 - Ms. Bryson
Class 3 - 3/4 - Ms. King
Class 4 - 5/6 - Ms. Reid-Cronk
Class 5 - 6/7/8 - Mr. Richards
French/Planning Time - Ms. Bumstead
2026/2027 Calendar
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How Do I Report An Absence?
Please use the Safe Arrival system to report your child's absence; if you need to call to report an absence, please call 1-855-257-9349 (see instructions below)
If your child will be late, please report a full day absence and then we will sign them in when they arrive.
Computerized call outs occur around 9:30 for students absent with no reported absence in our system. This call out system is a mandatory safety feature to ensure you know your child is not at school and can follow up as needed. For this reason, if your child is late, it is important that they stop into the office so that Mrs. Thompson can change their absence to 'Late' so that you don't receive an unnecessary and worrisome phone call that your child is not at school
How to report your absence:
1. Toll-free telephone
- Call 1-855-257-9349 toll-free to report an absence using the automated phone system.
2. School Messenger App
- Use your mobile device to download and install the free SchoolMessenger blue app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store, the SchoolMessenger website portal, or from within the LDSB mobile app.
- The first time you use the app, you must select Sign Up to create your account. Please ensure you use the same email address your student’s school has on file. If you do not use that same email address, you will not be able to create an account, or may not be able to see the "Attendance" option. You may have already created an account when we introduced the Communicate broadcast system.
- Select Attendance, then select Report an Absence and follow the prompts.
3. SchoolMessenger SafeArrival Website Portal
- Visit the SchoolMessenger website portal.
- The first time you use the app, you must select Sign Up to create your account. Please ensure you use the same email address your student’s school has on file. If you do not use that same email address, you will not be able to create an account, or may not be able to see the "Attendance" option. You may have already created an account when we introduced the Communicate broadcast system.
- Select Attendance, then Report an Absence and follow the prompts.