Our first meeting of the year happened on October 19th, and we ratified a new school council executive team, established sub-committees and even approved a few expenses (Forest of Reading, lunchbox tubs & an AV charging cart) to help our our school community - it was a very productive first meeting! Meeting minutes can be found in our meeting archive. 2026/27 Fern School Council Executive • Stefanie Licursi was acclaimed as Chair. • Lin Wan was acclaimed as Treasurer. • Megha

SAVE THE DATE! Our Halloween Movie Night is happening on Thursday, October 29th! We're showing the Oscar Winning Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit! Doors at 5:30, show starts at 6. Get you tickets before they sell out: https://fern-avenue-school-council.square.site/ VOLUNTEERS & BAKED GOODS NEEDED! Donate a treat for the table, help us sling pizza, popcorn and tickets! Students very welcome! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084DAAAE23A4FECE9-66487320-fern?#/ Than

THIS year will be an important transition year for Fern School Council. The current Council leadership has reached the end of its term, which means Fern will need a new slate of volunteers to step forward and help lead School Council for the 2026–2027 school year. We are officially seeking new leadership. School Council is stronger when we work together, and this year is a chance for new voices, fresh ideas, and an even stronger school community. We are looking for volunteer

October 7, 5:00 - 7:30 pm Join us at our Annual Curriculum Night for a Pizza Picnic and Bake Sale under the stars on the Fern Field (weather permitting!) BYO Picnic Blanket! Bring items to donate to the Parkdale Food Bank. Volunteers Needed (Students Welcome) https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084DAAAE23A4FECE9-66051924-202627#/

Next year will be an important transition year for Fern School Council. The current Council leadership has reached the end of its term, which means Fern will need a new slate of volunteers to step forward and help lead School Council for the 2026–2027 school year. We are officially seeking new leadership. School Council is stronger when we work together, and next year is a chance for new voices, fresh ideas, and an even stronger school community. We are looking for volunteer

Thank you for your involvement and support this year!

Mark your calendars for these upcoming dates & please consider volunteering if you can. Many hands makes light work! These events are part of what makes Fern such a great community for our kids. June 1-3: Grade 8 Boat Building! This is a beloved Fern tradition for our senior students where they build a boat out of cardboard and race those boats in the pool! But we cannot pull it off without a few more volunteers and some supplies! We need sturdy cardboard boxes (think: furnit

This is a beloved Fern tradition for our senior students where they build a boat out of cardboard and race those boats in the pool! But we cannot pull it off without a few more volunteers and some supplies! We need sturdy cardboard boxes (think: furniture, bikes, appliances), we need 50 more XL rolls of duct tape, we need exacto knives, and we need volunteers to help prep, supervise & judge the boat races! Can you help? Email fernaveschoolcouncil@gmail.com, or sign up to vol

Thank you to everyone who came out, bought a ticket, and bid in our silent auction! We're still calculating the exact tally, but it's looking like we raised over $10,000 for Fern! HUGE shoutout to our volunteers - to the crafters & the set-up crew for making the space look INCREDIBLE, the AMAZING clean-up crew for helping sweep up hay until nearly 2 am, our bartenders, ticket takers, snack replenishers, to Barque for donating the delicious sloppy joe's, Laura Simpson for spon

...and celebrate springtime at Fern's First Rodeo: A Boot Scootin' Bash. Spring Fling! May 8th, 7 pm. Join us at St. Casimir's for the annual Fern parents bash, gone country! Featuring a silent auction, live country music, line dancing, regular dancing, tasty snacks & drinks - good times for everyone! This annual event is always the perfect opportunity to let loose and have a great time with your friends and neighbours, and raise funds for Fern. Don't miss out on the chance

Help us turn cans and cardboard into candle holders and cactuses! And have fun doing it... We're getting decor ready for Spring Fling and could use a few extra hands. April 29, 6-9 pm at Fern (room 105). Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zo0y9tbFaDbFVOI7QXas41rfwKWaZVCikYatmSNzxZY/edit?usp=sharing

If you’ve ever wanted to hot-glue a bandana to something and call it western chic, this is your moment. We need help with DECORATIONS for this year's Spring Fling . Please email fernaveschoolcouncil@gmail.com if you can jump in! We are also looking for sponsors for any part of the event and silent auction items. More volunteer opportunities, tickets sales and silent auction info coming shortly after March Break.

Our annual kid rave is happening on March 11th - every student JK-6 will dance for a period throughout the day, and as always, the 3 classes that raise the most funds win the very coveted pizza party! The Dance-a-Thon is one of our biggest fundraising events, and this year we're setting a goal of $15,000 . This will help kickstart an upcoming Library revitalization project, and allow council to continue our support of all sorts of school enrichment initiatives across all

The Dance A Thon is BACK! On March 11th , our JK-6 students will hit the dance floor & help raise money to support Fern. As always, the top 3 classes that raise the most funds will win the COVETED pizza party challenge. Parent/student volunteer opportunities can be found here ! Please jump in and help out. More info coming soon about fundraising!

Chief Date Wrangler desperately needed to champion our centralized calendar on the Fern Forum website. When it is up-to-date, the calendar is a great tool for parents and students to get an at-a-glance view of all the important dates coming in from Mme. Lariviere, the Sports and Clubs site, the TDSB, and School Council. The role has been vacant this year and the calendar is suffering! If you are a person that likes to stay organized and wants to get involved in an easy but m

One of the ways we communicate with families during the year is through our class reps. Class reps create and maintain a voluntary class contact list (of parents/guardians of students) and are a vital conduit for the Fern Ave School Council to get our messages to parents, for parents' concerns to get to us, to help organize holiday and goodbye gifts, etc. The time commitment is very low, and you don’t need any experience to be a class rep. We are building our class rep roste

JOIN THE PARTY PLANNING COMMITTEE!!! We are looking for people to join our Events Committee to help us plan our most important events - the big parties! Our annual Dance-a-Thon, Spring Fling & Fernapalooza Fun Fair are School Council's biggest fundraising events of the school year, and we could really use some helpers to make them the best ones yet! Helping us plan and run our events is a great way to make a real impact for the whole Fern Community - all funds raised through

VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS NEEDED! On Thursday November 13th , Fern Families will provide all staff with a potluck dinner to get them through a long Parent-Teacher Interview night - and to show appreciation for all their hard work! But we need help to get there! Please complete this spreadsheet if you can donate items or volunteer to help out . Make note of the helpful tips below: PLEASE NO NUTS! Please label your item "meat" / "veg" / "GF" etc. and send serving utensils. Teac

HALLOWEEN MOVIE NIGHT IS TOMORROW! Fern Fun Flicks Presets: Hotel Transylvania Thursday, Oct 23rd. Doors: 5:30 - Showtime: 6:00 Fern P.S Auditorium Make sure you get your tickets before they sell out! https://fern-avenue-school-council.square.site/ Pickup tickets at the door. WE NEED BAKERS & VOLUNTEERS! We're looking for approx. 15 more bakers to help fill our bake sale table, and a few more volunteers (students welcome!) to help us serve pizza and pop popcorn! Are you

Many thanks to all the families who donated to the school’s fall food drive this week, and the kid helpers who helped us load up before Thanksgiving weekend. Food for thought: Nearly 25% of Toronto households report experiencing food insecurity. We dropped the Fern PS contributions off at the Parkdale Community Food Bank on Brock, which serves 13,000 people in our neighbourhood per month. To volunteer or donate directly, check out www.pcfb.ca . And if you would like to get mo