BIG BOX OF CARDS!
We’re thrilled to kick off a new fundraiser at our school — The Big Box of Cards! This campaign is a fun and simple way to support our school, and each box offers great value your family and friends will love.
Card boxes sell for $35 and the Candles box $40:
- 35 All Occasion cards
- 35 All Birthday cards
- Holiday Box
- Big Box of Candles
Our campaign will run from October 1 to October 29. Each household will receive product video links and an order form. These videos are perfect to share with friends, coworkers, and extended family to help boost your sales!
All orders and payments should be submitted no later than October 29, 2025. The only form of accepted payment will be through school cash online. NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED. Please keep track of orders on the supplied order form and return to your students teacher once payment has been made.
Prizes!
- If we sell 75+ boxes, the top-selling class will win a pizza party
- For every 3 boxes your family sells, you’ll be entered into a draw to win one of four $25 gift cards (if our school sells 150+ boxes)
- If we hit 400 boxes, we’ll also draw for a Samsung 8” Tablet
There’s no limit — the more boxes you sell, the more entries you get!
Thank you for supporting our students through this exciting initiative. Your participation makes a difference — and we hope you enjoy sharing these beautiful card sets with your friends and loved ones!
Boundary Changes
Dear Ontario Families,
Over the past few years as a result of the new housing developments on the East Side of Thoro
ld the enrollment at Ontario has increased significantly. Currently we have 12 portables on site to help accommodate the significant growth. However, the maximum capacity of portables that can be placed at Ontario will have been reached and there is still continued construction and growing enrollment. In order to alleviate capacity pressure until the new school is constructed for September 2027, a boundary change and a host school will be utilized.
A host school is an out of boundary school that can help manage enrollment pressure from new housing developments and is a temporary solution until the new school is complete. Kate S Durdan will be the host school for the Thorold East elementary school boundary. The school boundary change involving Ontario Public School and Kate S Durdan Public school was developed, proposed, and approved during the May 6th, 2025, Program and Planning Committee meeting and approved at the Board Meeting on May 27th, 2025 .
All new registrations from the Thorold East elementary school boundary will go to Kate S Durdan.
Current Students:
Students living in the boundary area that currently attend Ontario will continue until the new school opens. To support keeping families and households together, students may request to attend Kate S Durdan if their younger sibling and/or household members are directed there. Once this attendance is in place students must stay at Kate S Durdan until the new school opens.
I am confident that this will support capacity issues at Ontario in the interim.