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...
Did you know you can direct your United Way or All Charities Campaign contributions to Discovery Centre? Many of your workplaces are about to embark on a workplace fundraising campaign with either United Way or the All Charities Campaign (provincial employees). If you plan on participating in your workplace campaign,...
Due to repairs being made to the parking lot (parent drop off zone) off the back lane we are asking all parents to park on Hampton or Silver Avenue use the front entrance to access the Centre until next week. Thanks so much for your co-operation.
Our annual Family Fun Day will be taking place on Tuesday June 26th. If you are new to our Centre, please know that you and your family are absolutely welcome to come and join us. It is a great time of fun, food and fellowship with your family and other...
This afternoon (Friday May 18th around 4:45pm) our Fire Alarm went off. This was not a drill. There was an electrical problem that caused the system to be activated. All children and the building are safe and accounted for. We are so pleased that our staff and children did exactly...
Today we practiced moving to our indoor shelter-in-place area in case there was ever a Tornado. We did allow two sleeping infants to stay in their beds as we knew this was a drill and not the real thing. We squished everyone else into a hallway and bathroom in the...
Building improvements continue to take place here at the Centre thanks to the successful fundraising efforts of you our families and the help of other funders. We would like to especially thank the Community Places program for the $12,000 that they contributed to our last project. This grant along with...
Discovery is blessed to have a beautiful and nurturing environment for children to learn and grow in. The building we occupy is aging and it requires constant repairs and upgrades. In order to maintain the high quality environment that we have become accustomed to, we along with some support from...