Discovery has developed a lengthy document to use as a guideline in case of a “Pandemic Outbreak”. As an Early Childhood Centre we have been designated as a “critical vendor” as we support those working in “essential services” and thus will make every effort to remain open during a pandemic...
Parents please take note to the early closure and closure dates below for Staff Professional Development. Professional development helps our staff continue to not only be competent in their profession, but also excel in it. For staff at Discovery, professional development is an ongoing process. Discovery Children’s Centre will be:...
In many parts of Canada and the United States, February means “I Love to Read Month,” an entire month committed to promoting a love of reading and being read to. To help Discovery celebrate “I Love to Read” Adrien Sala, the MLA for St. James, shared books with children in...
This week I attended an information session regarding benefits and credits available to parents. Some of the information shared was new to me. In order to get benefits and credit payments you must complete your taxes every year even if you had no income. If you have a spouse or...
This year at Discovery’s AGM, a gift was presented to Amanda Henry, the Program & Outreach Coordinator for Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba. Due to Variety’s generosity with funding last year, Discovery was able to continue to provide Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) services to preschool aged children in our programs....
On December 10th we welcomed our MLA Adrien Sala as he delivered Oranges for our children to enjoy at snack time. This has become a bit of a tradition and it seems that no matter the party the tradition continues. The oranges were a nice gesture as were his two...
We are so very thankful to all the families who participated in our Fall Fundraiser. We exceeded our goal of $6000 which goes a long way in the purchase of classroom supplies, equipment and furniture. Congratulations to all the winners, both the grand prizes and the ticket sellers’ prizes. What...
To our surprise, some of our parents have been experiencing up to 4 hour delays from when they execute an e-transfer to us and when we receive it. Although we usually get it much quicker than that, we are asking parents to avoid last minute payments. When using e-transfers make...
On Monday September 30th we will be holding our 43rd Annual General Meeting. Discovery Centre is a community owned Not-For-Profit Centre that is watched over by a twelve member Board of Directors. We are looking for two more parents to step forward and offer to take on a two year...
As a cost saving measure we would like to install a one programmable time switch in the Centre and are looking for a volunteer electrician to do the work for us. Our landlord requires us to use qualified tradesmen for such work thus the request is going out to you...