To improve safety for children, parents and drivers we asking parents to park only in the stalls along the chain link fence if using the back lane as your access point to the Centre. Please refrain from parking in the stalls that are against our building, even at the end...
In the spirit of Christmas tradition, the Board of Discovery Children’s Centre will, once again, be accepting food donations and unwrapped gifts for a Christmas hamper. A collection box (wrapped in Christmas paper) will be located across the hall from the main office. Please feel free to drop canned goods,...
December temperatures require your child to wear boots during outside play. The safety surface (wood chips) is not yet covered in snow. Please check inside your child’s boots periodically for woodchips. If your child is complaining about his/her foot hurting, have them look inside to ensure something has not...
This year Discovery Children’s Centre has teamed with Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba to provide Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) services to preschool aged children. Louise Stuart (SLP from the St. James-Assiniboia School Division) has been hired to work closely with both staff and children at the Centre. As a part...
We (Board and Management) would like to inform all parents about a recent decision to increase the snack fees at Discovery by 25 cents per day as of January 14, 2019. For most parents that means you will be billed $25/child per billing period snack fee as opposed to the...
A few years ago, Discovery’s Board and a number of staff spent a couple of days developing a five year Strategic Plan. In working through this strategic plan, the group agreed one of the important goals to work towards is to enhance the quality of nutrition and health of children...
We are ever so thankful to all the families who so diligently participated in our Fall Fundraiser. We exceeded our goal of $5500 which goes a long way in keeping our Centre well supplies with the supplies necessary to do our work. Congratulations to all the winners both the...
At Discovery we have a tradition of downplaying the scary aspect of Halloween, especially for our preschoolers. Please check with your child’s classroom teachers for details about how this time will be dealt with in your child’s room. This year again, we have agreed to let children bring costumes from...
Raffle ticket books have now been distributed to the classrooms for you as parent members of Discovery Centre to pick up and sell. We need everyone to do their part to keep our wonderful Centre well equipped. Please do your best to sell at least one book of tickets. Many of...
All members (parents) are strongly encouraged to join us for our Annual General Meeting on September 18th, 2018, 6:30 pm-7:30 pm. As you likely know, Discovery Centre is a community owned and operated centre. At this meeting we will share some of the highlights of the last year, approve the Financial...