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...
The Board and Staff would like to invite you as a family to join us in supporting one of the following two charities this Christmas. Christmas Cheer Board – We have two boxes in our hallway where will happily collect any non-perishable food or gift items for the Christmas Cheer...
On October 19th (next Thursday) we will host 120 teachers from across Manitoba in our Adventure Playground. This all day workshop will be facilitated by Adam Bienenstock (www.naturalplaygrounds.ca) and planned by the Manitoba Physical Education Teachers Association. The workshop will run from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm followed by a...
Due to the weather forecast and our desire to have student pictures taken outside we have pushed postponing Tuesdays pictures till Thursday. For those groups assigned to Wednesday for pictures, nothing changes. For those assigned to Tuesday you will now be having the pictures taken on Thursday. Thanks for your...
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,...
On September 19th the parents of Discovery will gather for our Annual General Meeting (AGM). As a Not-for -Profit organization we will need to elect this coming year’s slate of Board Members. 8 of our 12 Board members are returning so we are searching for 4 new volunteers. Please drop...
Many of you will not have children in room #4 and will have missed all the excitement as their old flooring was removed and their new flooring installed. Here is a picture of the final outcome. What a very nice change. A special thank-you to the always positive staff in...
If you have been paying with cash and will not be using cheques (starting in September) consider filling out an EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) form in the office. The staff would be glad to help you with that.