Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Laboratory School

Parent Handbook 2012-2013
 

The Jackman ICS Parent Handbook offers a range of information about the laboratory school, its daily operations, and additional information for parents about school policies. Browse the table of contents below and click on the topic to be directed to its section of the handbook.
 

Jackman ICS Principles
We are proud to introduce you to the principles of our teaching practice:

At Jackman ICS, we engage the whole child, believing that each learner is an individual who brings body, mind, emotions, relationships, and experiences to learning.

At Jackman ICS, we value a diverse, deeply inter-connected school community in which all members feel known, respected, and supported as active participants.

At Jackman ICS, we create a secure environment that allows self-expression, exploration, investigation, and creativity to flourish.

At Jackman ICS, we believe that learning is a rigorous process of inquiry, driven by curiosity, discourse, assessment and reflection, in pursuit of idea improvement and purposeful innovation.

At Jackman ICS, we believe that all learners deserve time to learn deeply, reflect on their learning, and make meaningful connections.

At Jackman ICS, we commit to the dissemination of our learning, practices, and beliefs to the wider educational community.

At Jackman ICS, we believe that education should be a joyful process.
 

The Philosophy and Purpose of the School
For 85 years, the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Laboratory School at the University of Toronto has been committed to the education of young children. Incorporating the developmental, social and cognitive findings of Child Study with influences from progressive education, the Lab School has long been an exemplar of and an advocate for secure, caring, consistent, inquiry-based learning throughout the elementary years.

• Every student is viewed as individual, unique in his or her combination of developmental readiness, culture, lifestyle, learning style, temperament, and special talents.
• Our program and teaching reflect our belief that students have different needs at different developmental stages. Our approach is both rigorous and flexible, encouraging the construction of knowledge by teaching students to formulate questions, analyze and solve problems.
• The Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study is committed to helping each student master important subject matter, learn to think critically and creatively, understand the values and traditions which underlie our global society, and develop a sense of personal and community responsibility.
• The Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study is a community of students and teachers, responsible to each other. We work in partnership with each parent to support and enhance the learning of each student.
• Jackman ICS provides an environment that fosters research and professional inquiry. The school makes a significant contribution to the education, human development and applied psychology work within our university and in the wider educational community in Canada and internationally.

• The school serves a role in preparing pre-service teachers for their professional life through its contributions to the Jackman ICS Master of Arts in Child Study and Education program, providing both practicum experience, mentoring and course instruction by our teaching staff.

2012 - 2013 Daily Timetable

Nursery                                                                        8:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6                                       8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Every Wednesday (JK to Grade 6)                                   8:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Recess:
Grades 1 and 2                                                              10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Grades 3 - 6                                                                  10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Lunch and Recess:
Grades 1 and 2                                                               12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Grades 3 - 6                                                                   12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Dismissal for all full-time pupils                                         3:15 p.m.

Pick-up from Jackman ICS playground                          3:15 p.m.

* Please note: Nursery, JK, and SK have regular outdoor activity periods and lunchtime scheduled by their teachers.

Admissions Policy
Jackman ICS is committed to diversity in all forms. Three principles underlie ongoing efforts to build a unique learning community and create diverse, gender-balanced, equitable classrooms with broad-based populations representing cultural, economic, and social diversity: Jackman ICS aims to represent Toronto's diversity, including its aboriginal and multi-ethnic dimensions. Jackman ICS strives for economic diversity by providing limited needs-based financial support. Jackman ICS classrooms are gender-balanced, with 10 girls and 10 boys entering in Nursery School.

A full copy of the policy is available in the school office and on our website.

Anaphylaxis
Jackman ICS is a nut-free zone.

It is the responsibility of parents with anaphylactic children to identify their children to the school using the medical forms sent out in the May registration package. On this form parents are asked to provide information regarding the child's allergens and history of reactions to the specified triggers. This form also includes a request for a photo of the child and permission to administer epinephrine in the event of an anaphylactic reaction. The parents are required to send in two epinephrine auto-injectors (one for the classroom, one for another area in the school) that will be effective throughout the school year.

Arrival and Departures
Jackman ICS employs a Safe Arrivals program which consists of several components:

• Parents are asked to contact the Lab School office (416-934-4517) in a timely fashion to report the reason for their child's absence. There is 24-hour call answering at the Laboratory School.
• If the Laboratory School has not heard from an absent child's parents, a call will be placed to the parents.
• The playground is supervised from 8:30 to 8:45 a.m. every morning. For safety reasons, students are not permitted to use the climbing structures or any of the outdoor equipment during this time. The school doors open at 8:45 a.m. and classes line up briefly before entering the building. For reasons of safety and organization, children and their families enter the building through the playground doors only and not through the front door of the Institute.

• Students who are not in their classrooms before 8:50 a.m. are considered late. If arriving after 8:50 a.m., an entrance slip is provided by our Front Receptionist at the reception area. Our office will update the class register to indicate that your child is present and accounted for.
• The beginning of each school day is an important time for your child. There is strong evidence of academic, social, and emotional benefits for those students who are in the classroom as the day begins. Please assist us by maintaining your efforts to be at school by 8:45 a.m.
• At 3:15 pm, please connect with your child as quickly as possible. We clear the yard immediately after school so that the Daycare can move forward with licensed programming. 
• There is no onsite parking available at Jackman ICS and the public streets around the building are largely no parking zones. The school’s frontage on Walmer Road is reserved in the morning for a Kiss and Ride program. This has been described in communication with parents. A list of public parking near the school has been distributed and is available in the school office.
• Families are requested to cross Walmer Road at the assigned crossing place at Walmer and Kendal Roads.
• Parents are requested not to park or drop off on the west side of Walmer Road or in front of neighbours’ driveways.
• All families are requested to use Walmer Road as a one-way street heading north. This eases congestion and blockages that often occur at peak times and improves safety for our children.
• If you are picking up your child early, please drop by the school office in person to report your child’s departure.
  
  
  Please note:
  Jackman ICS is a downtown, urban school. Most children should be arriving and leaving with a parent or caregiver, for reasons of safety. If you feel it is appropriate for your child to arrive and/or depart unaccompanied, please let your child’s classroom teacher know in writing or in e-mail. We are aware that all children benefit from opportunities to develop independence and make sound judgments. We are happy to work with you and your older child to accomplish this.

Behaviour Code
The Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study provides a safe and caring learning environment for all students through emphasizing the need for:

• equity and respect for self and for others,
• respect for the property of others and of the school,
• the avoidance of inappropriate behaviour (any type of bullying, hurtful words or actions, rudeness, dangerous activities) and anything that infringes upon others’ rights, and
• parent partnerships to encourage appropriate behaviour. Parents and teachers will be in touch regarding student behaviour, and we ask parents to work with teachers in support of this code.

When inappropriate behaviour occurs, the Lab School has several steps which aim to encourage problem-solving skills as well as ownership of one's own actions and the consequences which arise from these. The teacher(s) and principals become involved in helping with this process in many ways.

Consequences vary depending on the severity of the behaviour and are dealt with in a developmentally appropriate way involving the students, teachers, principal and parents, as needed. Consequences are logical in order to provide a learning opportunity for students. The child is included in the problem-solving/ decision making process. Consequences include, but are not limited to, a period of time away from the class during the day, withdrawal from the outdoor activity periods, involvement in a supervised school-care activity, in-school suspension and out-of-school suspension.

The Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study community is committed to the principles of the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Canadian Bill of Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). All forms of discriminatory behaviour are unacceptable. A detailed statement of the Jackman ICS Behaviour Code is available from the school office, on the website (www.oise.utoronto.ca/ics) or the bulletin board outside Principal Elizabeth Morley’s office.

Birthday Policy
Jackman ICS has a tradition to celebrate each child’s birthday. Considering the various safety, equity, emotional, and other issues related to birthdays, the Jackman ICS staff decided that birthday celebrations do not include food brought from home. We want to assure you that we will continue to celebrate each child in a special way and teachers will establish and let you know the details of their plans for each grade. This “no-food-from-home” birthday policy does not change the pleasure we take in acknowledging your child’s special day.

Jackman ICS has the following practice pertaining to the celebration of birthdays: in keeping with our philosophy of nurturing kindness, we encourage care in handling all children’s feelings about birthday party inclusion. Please do not feel that you and your child need to invite the whole class however, if only some children are being invited to a birthday party, we ask families to mail or email invitations from home and to discuss appropriate non-exclusion conversations amongst peers. If all students in the class are invited, invitations for a birthday party may be distributed at school.

Class Lists
The school sends home class lists in September once all corrections are received from current families. These include parents’ names, addresses and phone numbers. Please check your child's class list for needed corrections outside the school office on the first day of school. Please call Nancy Boudreau (416-934-4517) if you do not want your name included on the class lists.

Communication with Parents
The Laboratory School feels that open communication with parents is important for the welfare of the child. Direct communication between parents and the school is achieved in a number of ways.

• The Jackman ICS website is a complete gathering of information about the Lab School including copies of all notes sent home from the school office. Please visit our site at http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/ics.
• Early in the fall, Curriculum Nights are held in order to explain the class curriculum to parents. This is one of the most important forms of communication and all parents are expected to attend.
• Parents or teachers can request interviews at any time throughout the school year.
• Report cards are prepared by the child's teachers twice a year. A progress report is mailed home in December, and a full report is mailed after the last day of school in June.
• Grade 6 students receive a full report card in January.
• Parents' thoughts and suggestions are always welcomed by the teachers and the principal.
• The Parents' Association provides a forum for information, feedback, and discussion.
• Regular school newsletters and letters from the principal and teachers extend our communications with parents. These are archived on the Jackman ICS website in the Jackman ICS Parents section.
• The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Dean’s Jackman ICS Laboratory School Advisory Board meets twice a year. Parents are represented on this board.
• Most correspondence from the school office is sent electronically. We gather email addresses from each family for this purpose. If you prefer to receive a hardcopy of office correspondence please call Nancy Boudreau (934-4517).
• There are computers within the Jackman ICS Reception where parents can check for school communication if necessary. Please our Front Receptionist for assistance if necessary.

Contact Information

Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Laboratory School
45 Walmer Road
Toronto, ON
M5R 2X2
Tel: 416-934-4517
Fax: 416-934-4565
 

• All teachers can be contacted by dialing 416-934-4517 and leaving a message.
• Email to teachers is answered in a timely way, but is not a reliable contact for same-day response.
• Teachers’ home telephone numbers are included on your class lists. By asking you to use this contact only as needed, we can remain available to you in as many ways as possible.

Daycare
A licensed Daycare program is available to all Jackman ICS students. It opens at 8:00 am and closes at 6:00 pm. A registration package, including fees information, is mailed to all families in August of every year. The Daycare Supervisor, Anne Marie Lopez, can be reached at 416-934-4514.  Occasional and part time care is always available as well as an “I’m Running Late” program in which children enter the Daycare if pick up is unavoidably late. 

Emergency Plan and Fire Drills
Regular fire drills are conducted at Jackman ICS under the supervision of the University. Please keep all exits and halls free of strollers, bicycles, and rollerblades. Strollers and bikes may be left in the front yard at the bike stands. Children need to wear shoes at all times in school for safety reasons.

All staff are trained in a standby procedure in case of an emergency requiring lockdown security.

Employing Jackman ICS Staff
Laboratory School staff, including Daycare staff members, do not work for current Jackman ICS families outside the school and the school day for reasons of conflict of commitment/interest.

End of the School Day
When the children are dismissed, it is expected that they will be picked up and leave the premises promptly. There is a licensed Daycare available for Nursery to Grade 6 students after school. If a caregiver is not present at 3:15 p.m., children are escorted to attend the Daycare program. The Daycare Supervisor will contact you re: fees. Please make every effort to be on time to pick up, but do phone Anne Marie Lopez in the Daycare (934-4514) if you must be late. For safety reasons, all children and parent/caregivers are asked to use the playground doors to enter and exit the building, not the front door of 45 Walmer in order to have all children in a fenced, supervised playground and away from our unfenced parking lot. It is imperative that Lab School students remain in the fenced yard until pick up by a parent/caregiver.

Please do not ask your child to leave the school by the front doors as all children understand that this door is out-of-bounds for departures at end of day.

Fees
Fees are payable to the University of Toronto at the address and phone number below:

Nataliya Iordakiyeva
General Accounting Department, Accounts Receivable Section
University of Toronto                                  
215 Huron Street, 2nd floor                                    Phone: 416-978-2073         
Toronto, ON M5S 1A2                                             Facsimile: 416-978-5572

The University will send you a fees invoice. The University requires either payment in full on the first day of school, or you may opt for payments according to the optional payment plan (please refer to your May package for an outline of the plan). Fees that are not paid by December 1st are considered by the University to be in arrears and are shown as deficit against the Laboratory School. This has an impact on budgets and fees for the following year and for this reason, the December 1^st deadline must be considered firm. At any time, please feel free to contact the school to discuss your plans for fee payment.

Field Trips
Field trips are encouraged at Jackman ICS. Each family contributes $55.00 per student to the class field trip fund. Families are also required to submit a permission to travel form each year. This permission form is an umbrella permission – parents do not sign permission forms for each trip. Teachers will send home details of all planned outings in advance of the event.

Class field trips are chosen for their relevance to curriculum needs, their quality and the developmental fit with the class.  Field trip choices are not shaped by parents’ wishes or by parental offers to pay for tickets.   Trips to watch classmates perform are not usually seen as viable because of the need for curriculum links.  Please check with Elizabeth if you have any questions.

There are several “standing” field trips that have occurred annually. In September, the Grades 5/6 classes travel to a campsite for a three-day, two-night excursion. In January/February, the Grades 3 and 4 travel to Camp Tawingo for a three-day, two-night excursion. In May, Grade 5/6 travel to Ottawa or Quebec City (locations are rotated annually). These trips require funding beyond the field trip fund.  Financial support exists to provide needs-based financial assistance for these trips.   Please contact Elizabeth Morley if you require support.  All requests are confidential. 

Food

Anaphylaxis
Please see the Anaphylaxis section of this Parent Handbook. Jackman ICS is a nut-free zone. We request that all families abide by this policy. In packing your child's lunch, please check that all ingredient lists are free of nuts and nut warnings.

Snacks
Nursery to Grade 2 participate in a healthy and nutritious snack program, administered by the child's classroom teacher. Snack is provided every morning and parents contribute to the Snack Fund. From Grade 3 – Grade 6, students are invited to bring a healthy snack from home.

We request that all families provide a nutritious, balanced lunch for their children. The Canada Food Guide suggests that everyone consume between 5 - 12 servings of grain products per day, 5 - 10 servings of vegetables and fruit per day, 2 - 4 servings of milk per day and 1 - 3 servings of meat and alternatives per day. The Canada Food Guide is available to view at: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html. Grade 1 to Grade 6 students eat in the lunchroom in two lunch periods 3 days a week and in the classrooms twice per week.  Parents may send a cloth placemat if desired.  JK and SK children eat in their classrooms everyday. 

We have a ‘no-food-from-home’ policy for birthday celebrations at Jackman ICS.
 

Health
In the event of a health emergency or public health concern, Jackman ICS will be in touch with parents immediately. We work directly with Public Health to provide all needed information and care.
 

Homework Policy
A detailed statement of the Jackman ICS Homework Policy and “Homework Tips for Parents” may be found here. At the elementary level, homework is used to foster positive attitudes, a link between school learning and home learning and developmentally appropriate time management.

Homework focuses on the integration of skills through meaningful practice of those skills. Homework is encouraged at all grade levels and reflects the program of the particular class. Demonstrating the type of work done in the class, homework offers each family the opportunity to support the expectations of the school by creating a study environment that facilitates the child’s learning. 

Lice
A professional lice check expert visits the school periodically to do a school-wide lice check. The school notifies parents of children if evidence of head lice has been found so that children can be picked up. Before returning to class, the children must be free of nits and must report to the school office to ensure their status. All parents are encouraged to keep a continual check at home and are required to report any case of lice or nits to the school office. A more detailed document on lice treatment and control is available from the school office. Please be in touch if you have any questions.

Lost and Found
Lost and found items are collected with the hope of finding their owners! There is a box in the basement under the pay phone. Please encourage your child to check for all belongings. After the last day of school each term, unclaimed items are regularly donated to local charities.

Meeting Space
Because we share our building with the MA program and the Laidlaw Research Centre, we need to plan the use of shared space. Please arrange parent events and meetings with the Principal (Elizabeth Morley, 934-4509) and then book space through Nancy Boudreau or Front Receptionist.

 

Notes Home
The school frequently sends notes home with the children in electronic and/or in paper form. Please check for these regularly and update your email address as needed. If, as a member of a committee or interest group, you would like to send information home, please check with the Principal. Please do not distribute any print material or letters at Jackman ICS without permission. All notes from the school office are archived on the Jackman ICS website in the Parent section.

 

Parent Concern Process
In our day-to-day communication with parents, we strive to resolve issues as they arise. However, from time to time a parent may feel that an issue has not been addressed or resolved in a satisfactory manner and may wish to pursue the matter further. All issues should be addressed initially at the level closest to the event in an effort to achieve resolution. The resolution of a concern should proceed from Classroom Teacher / Specialty Teacher to the Principal as needed. In consultation with the Principal, a mediated solution process may be arranged in exceptional circumstances.

Parents' Association
The Jackman ICS Parents’ Association is a vital link between home and school and includes all Jackman ICS families. There are regular Parents’ Association Council meetings to which all parents are invited. Parent volunteers are involved in a wide range of activities at the school and these volunteers are co-ordinated through the Parents’ Association. The Association also supports many parent/teacher committees, policy and decision making, the funding of needed purchases to enhance the school program, arranges occasional speakers, and provides class representatives for each grade, and provides a forum for parent discussion. The administration of this association is provided by an Executive. This year’s President is Gillian Roberts (416-534-1974).

Parking
There is no onsite parking at Jackman ICS. Toronto Police enforce the parking signage on the streets surrounding Jackman ICS. Please note that there is no parking or dropping off at:

• the Jackman ICS parking lot
• on the west side of Walmer Road
• blocking neighbouring driveways
• in all pedestrian zones

The front of the school is reserved for a Kiss and Ride program that is outlined in correspondence from the school office.

If you are parking to attend a Parent Breakfast / school event / meeting, we encourage you to use legal street parking or public parking lots. A list of neighbourhood lots is available on the Jackman ICS website and in the school office.  There are a limited number of off site but nearby parking spaces available to parent volunteers during the school day. Please see Nancy Boudreau for a dated, timed pass. The school welcomes parent involvement in the Kiss and Ride program and in the newly developed Traffic Committee.

Program Goals & Expectations
A detailed statement of information outlining the Curriculum Principles and Academic Program at Jackman ICS is available on our website at www.oise.utoronto.ca/ICS. 

Recess & Outdoor Play
At the Lab School, we value outdoor playtime as a vital part of the school day. When children play freely during recess, they develop socially, emotionally, physically and cognitively.
 
We view recess as a time for children to be as autonomous as possible. Our goal is to provide developmentally appropriate parameters that allow for independence, choice, physical challenge, solitude, exertion, and social connection.

Rules and guidelines for outdoor play are created with safety in mind, both physical and emotional. They are designed in accordance with the following three principles:

* There is an expectation of fair play and consideration for others
* Targeted exclusion is not permitted
* Recess equipment must be used safely and appropriately at all times

Rules for basic safety across all grades are:

• There can be no equipment on the climbers.
• Bikes, scooters and roller blades from home may not be used in the school yard.
• Children in Nursery-SK may only use the small climbing structure.
• Climbing structures are off limits before and after school.
• Children are expected to be outside during recess time, and may not leave the yard without permission from a teacher

Children play outside in all weather at Jackman ICS (including light rain, snowy days, and cold conditions) so please send your child with outdoor clothing appropriate to weather conditions.

Shoes: We request that parents provide children with sensible shoes that are safe and comfortable for all levels of physical activity on a daily basis. Sneakers are ideal school footwear. For safety reasons, children need to be wearing shoes at all times; please ensure that children have ‘indoor shoes’ for winter months when boots are worn outdoors.

There are usually two adults on the playground providing recess supervision. There is an expectation of fair play, consideration of others, and inclusion of all. Jackman ICS follows a “You can’t say you can’t play” policy for inclusion. Teachers are objective and learning-focused rather than discipline-focused when dealing with children's behaviour. The Laboratory School has rules to govern play during outdoor activity periods. Please see the Behaviour Code section.

Report Cards
Report cards are written twice a year. A progress report is mailed to parents in December, and full reports are mailed at the end of the last day of school in June. Grade 6 students receive midterm reports in January.
 

Research
The Jackman ICS Lab School has a mandate to engage in and support a full program of research. Research is often conducted within classrooms at the Lab School. In choosing Jackman ICS, parents recognize this mandate and are asked to a sign consent form allowing their children to participate in research. Research is reviewed by the University of Toronto Research Ethics Committee, and the Child Research Committee at Jackman ICS. Child and parent confidentiality is observed and maintained, unless otherwise indicated in a waiver. If you choose to decline participation, Vice Principal Richard Messina will be in touch with you to understand your concerns.

Any questions or concerns should be addressed to the Principal. Reports of research activity in the school are available in the research information display outside the south door of the Library and on our Research Night in January. 

Schoolyard Guidelines
To ensure safety before and after school, here are some guidelines for the schoolyard:

• Before and after school, balls or other equipment are not permitted, and the climbing structures are off limits
• No toy weapons or weapon play are permitted in the schoolyard
• No electronics or cellphones are permitted during class or recess because it is our intention that the outdoor play period is for physical activity and social engagement

• Bikes, scooters, and rollerblades may not be used in the school yard

• Pets may not enter the yard
   

Shoes
As children play outside in all weather, parents are asked to provide children with sensible shoes that are safe and comfortable for all levels of physical activity on a daily basis. Sneakers are ideal footwear. For safety reasons, children need to be wearing shoes at all times; please ensure that children have ‘indoor shoes’ during the winter months when boots are worn outdoors.

Snow Information Line
Should parents be concerned about adverse weather conditions and/or school closure, information can be found on the University of Toronto Snow Line at 416-978-7669 (978-SNOW) and also on the Jackman ICS Website (www.oise.utoronto/ca./ICS.) The Laboratory School remains open if the University of Toronto is open.

Student Teachers
Teacher education is an important mandate of the Institute. The Laboratory School provides exceptional mentor teachers throughout the grades: the Nursery class receives two first year students every six weeks. JK through to Grade 2 classes receive one first-year student every six weeks (four students per year). JK to Grade 6 receive one second-year student per term (one intern in the fall term and one intern in the winter term). These student teachers work very closely with your children and are considered teachers. B. Ed students from OISE are placed in our classrooms from late April to May of each year as well.

Staffing
Laboratory School teachers are either University of Toronto employees or are seconded from various Boards of Education in Ontario. Seconded teachers bring their knowledge and experience to the school for 1-3 year periods and return to their Boards. It is the policy of the Laboratory School to maintain a mix of University appointed and seconded teachers. All teachers share their expertise in the Jackman ICS MA Program classes from time to time.

Telephone Policy
After-school play dates are best arranged from home in advance of the school day. In necessary situations, a child needs the permission of a teacher to use school telephones. Personal cell phones are not encouraged for children at Jackman ICS.

Toys From Home
Beyond items brought in to share in the classroom and in inquiry, toys from home are not encouraged. They are not allowed in classrooms nor during recess time. Items from home should remain in the cubbies and return home at the end of the day.

Tuition Support
Jackman ICS is committed to needs-based financial support that will both enable increased diversity and retain current laboratory school families. Five forms of tuition assistance options support these goals through the Diana Rankin/Muncaster Family Support Fund. The Tuition Support Committee is working to actively expand economic diversity at Jackman ICS. This committee is made up of the Principal, Vice-Principal, two current parents, four alumni parents, and one external member (the Director of Admissions at UTS).  Although our funds available limit our ability to respond to every request, we are pleased that in 2011-2012, 12% of the current students are receiving some form of financial assistance.

• Support for Economic Diversity
  This tuition support for new families provides financial assistance for students who could not otherwise consider enrolling at Jackman ICS. Application for funding support for economic diversity is through an arms-length, confidential application to Apple Financial Services and assessment by a sub-committee at Jackman ICS. Forms are available on the Apple Financial site.

• Support to Retain Current Families
  This tuition support is available for current students entering Grades 3-6 who could not otherwise consider staying at Jackman ICS. The expected range of support is $1000-$4000 per student with the possibility of multi-year renewal. Application and assessment of financial need is made through an arms-length, confidential application to Apple Financial Services, and decisions are made by a sub-committee at Jackman ICS (which does not include any current parents). Apple Financial has instituted an online process of application. The instructions are below and applications are due to Apple Financial by November 15, 2012. Should you have any questions regarding the financial information required in the application please contact Apple Financial at 416-730-9900.

• Support for Changed Economic Circumstances
  This fund provides one-time support for current families whose changed financial circumstances may jeopardize, in the short term, their ability to keep their children enrolled at Jackman ICS. Application for this type of support should be submitted to the principal. Please write a letter of request with an explanation of the change in financial circumstances. These letters are due on April 30, 2013, for consideration for the 2012-2013 school year. Notification will be made by letter in May 2013.  As well, some funds are available throughout the year for extenuating situations. Expected range: $1000-$2000 per student.

• Support for Current Family Enrolment Support
  This fund provides support to current Jackman ICS families who may experience financial difficulty bringing younger siblings to the laboratory school due to the enrollment fee introduced in Fall 2009. This applies only to children born before September 1, 2009. Application for this type of support should be submitted through the principal on forms which are available through Elizabeth Morley.  These forms are due by November 15, 2012.

• Additional Financial Support
  Several additional types of financial support have been introduced to provide needs-based financial assistance for school trips and extra expenses, educational assessments, tutoring, and unforeseen costs. Application for this type of support should be submitted through Elizabeth Morley.