Thank You | Mr. Haensel

As Mr. Haensel wraps up his time at Rideau Park, a BIG Thank You to him for his work with our staff and students throughout the past 3 months. We appreciate the dedication with getting to know our students, our staff and our school and providing us with guidance and care.
Mr. Robertson will resume his duties as principal on Monday, January 22.

Grades Kinder, 6 & 9 | Celebration Photos

Celebration photos were scheduled for this morning. If you want to order a composite photo, please ensure you have returned the order flyer to your child’s homeroom/classroom teacher or to the main office by Friday, January 19, at the latest.

Composite Photo Orders: The $21 composite photo purchase is optional. For payment, the composite photo will be added to MyCBE.

Student Contest | 2024-24 Yearbook Cover Contest

There is still time for students to submit a hand-drawn or digital cover for the 2023-24 Rideau Park School Yearbook. The deadline to submit an entry is this Friday, January 19. Students should bring their cover submission to the office and ensure their name and grade is written on the back of the artwork.

2024 – 25 | High School Registration

On Thursday, January 10, Grade 9 students will have a visit from WCHS counselor Albert Chieng. Mr. Chieng will explain what students entering high school need to think about when choosing courses and the importance of earning high school credits for the official transcript. Students will be touring Western Canada during the afternoon of January 30.

Lottery Information: an email from CBE was sent on January 16 parents/guardians of Grade 9 students regarding the capacity limits at Western Canada for the 2024-25 school year. The lottery will apply to all incoming Grade 10 students. As Grade 9 students at Rideau Park are designated to Western Canada, they are automatically registered for the lottery. Information about the lottery process is linked HERE.

High School Information Guide: The 2024-25 High School Information Guide is available at this link:
Your Introduction to High School: Get Ready – Get Set – Go For It

High School Transfers: For students thinking about transferring to a school not their designated high school, such as an alternative program, the high school transfer process will open on February 1, 2024. Online transfer requests will be accepted until March 15, 2024. The online high school transfer form will be opening on February 1 to accept submissions.

Change of Address for High School: For students who will need to transfer high schools based on a change of address, the Change of Address for High School form should be submitted to the new designated high school, with accompanying proof of the new address.

Open House | Western Canada & Elboya French Immersion

• Tuesday, January 30 – Western Canada High School
• Information Evening for Regular Program, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
• Thursday, February 1 – Elboya School
• Information Evening for French Intensive (Grade 6) & Late French Immersion (Grade 7) programs, 6:00 – 7:30 pm

Parents with questions are invited to email Ms. Watson at kaawatson@cbe.ab.ca.

2024 – 25 | Rideau Park School Registration and Lottery Information

Registration for the 2024 – 25 school year opened on Monday, January 15. This will include Kindergarten registrations and any student who will be new to CBE for the next school year. This is also an important date for students in Grades 1 – 8 who will be transferring to Rideau Park from a CBE school.

Rideau Park will have capacity limits for 2024-25. All new registrations will be included in the lottery draw for placement in our school for next year. To ensure that your registration or transfer is included in the lottery draw, it must be received via School Engage (new to CBE) or at our school office (Transfer Requests) by 12:00 pm on February 13, 2024. Students attending our feeder schools designated to us for Grade 7 will automatically be registered in the lottery.

Any registrations received after 12:00 pm on February 13, 2024, will be added to the callback list (based on the appropriate priority level) in the order they are received.

Parent Volunteer Opportunities | Fun Lunch, Field Trips

Fun Lunch – we require some assistance with sorting the Fun Lunch orders from the Healthy Hunger vendors every second Thursday, starting 11:05 am for approximately 45 minutes. We are asking for assistance in sorting the individual orders and ensuring they get to the students.
Additionally, for upcoming dates, volunteers are needed for:

• January 25 - 1 volunteer needed
• February 8 - 1 volunteer needed
• February 22 – 1 volunteer needed
• March 7 – 2 volunteers needed
• and more dates in the spring months.

If you can help with one or some of these Thursdays, please use this link, on behalf of Parent Society, for sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0E49AFA72DA7F49-funlunch . Thank you for your support.

Campus Calgary Open Minds: There are 4 CCOM off campus trips upcoming where parent volunteers will be needed to assist with supervision. Please contact your child’s teacher if you are available to volunteer.

• Grade 5, Jan 22 - 26: YMCA
• Grade 1 / 2, Feb 26 – Mar 15

Grade 8 & 9 Ski Trips, March 4 & 5: Information for parents and permission forms will be sent home with students in February. Parent volunteers will be needed. Please contact Mr Yackulic if you are available to volunteer.

Important | Student Pick-up and Drop-off

With the colder weather, we have increased congestion with cars trying to drop off closer to the school. Even with the colder weather, we ask your cooperation for the same procedures with pick up and drop off.

Due to increasing safety concerns of neighborhood residents and our student community, policing of city bylaws relating to parking and traffic restrictions will be more strictly enforced in the coming months. Unfortunately, there is no car-accessible front door drop-off or parking availability directly at our school entrance nor from the t-intersection at the front of the school. Continue Reading

Looking Ahead – Upcoming Calendar of Events

Jan 18	Thurs	Grade 9: Western Canada HS Counsellor presentation, pm
Jan 18	Thurs	Homework Hotel, Grade 7: 3:45 – 4:15 pm
Jan 19	Fri	2023-24 Yearbook Cover Contest deadline
Jan 22 - Jan 26		Grade 5 – Campus Calgary Open Minds: YMCA
Jan 23	Tues	Grades 5 – 9: Science Fair Club, Lunch, Rm 11
Jan 25	Thurs	Healthy Hunger Fun Lunch – Cedar’s Deli
Jan 25	Thurs	Homework Hotel, Grade 7: 3:45 – 4:15 pm
Jan 29 – Feb 2		All Grades: Danc3play – school residency
Jan 30	Tues	Grades 5 – 9: Science Fair Club, Lunch, Rm 11
Jan 30	Tues	Grade 9: High School Tour at Western Canada High School
Jan 30	Tues	Last Day of Semester 1
Jan 30	Tues	Report Cards are viewable in PowerSchool
Jan 31	Wed	Semester 2 Begins
Jan 31	Wed	Term 2 Complementary Courses begin
Jan 31	Wed	School Council, virtual meeting, 1:45 pm
Feb 1	Thurs	Homework Hotel, Grade 7: 3:45 – 4:15 pm
Feb 6	Tues	Grades 5 – 9: Science Fair Club, Lunch, Rm 11
Feb 8	Thurs	Healthy Hunger Fun Lunch – Coco Brooks
Feb 8	Thurs	Homework Hotel, Grade 7: 3:45 – 4:15 pm
Feb 13	Tues	Grade 6 Orientation - am
Feb 13	Tues	Grades 5 – 9: Science Fair Club, Lunch, Rm 11
Feb 13	Wed	Lottery Registration Deadline, 12:00 pm (noon)
Feb 15 Feb 16		Teachers’ Convention – no school for students
Feb 19	Mon	Family Day
Feb 20	Tues	Grades 5 – 9: Science Fair Club, Lunch, Rm 11
Feb 22	Thurs	Healthy Hunger Fun Lunch – Edo Japan
Feb 22	Thurs	Homework Hotel, Grade 7: 3:45 – 4:15 pm
Feb 26 – Mar 1		Grades 1 / 2 Ms. Dockrill – Campus Calgary Open Minds: Library School
Feb 27	Tues	Grades 5 – 9: Science Fair Club, Lunch, Rm 11
Feb 29	Thurs	Homework Hotel, Grade 7: 3:45 – 4:15 pm
Mar 4 – Mar 8		Grades 1 / 2 Ms. Nielsen (Ms. Bliek) – Campus Calgary Open Minds: Library School
Mar 4	Mon	Grade 9: Ski trip to Mt Norquay
Mar 5	Tues	Grade 8: Ski Trip to Mt Norquay
Mar 5	Tues	Grades 5 – 9: Science Fair Club, Lunch, Rm 11
Mar 7	Thurs	Homework Hotel, Grade 7: 3:45 – 4:15 pm
Mar 11 – Mar 15		Grades 1 / 2 Ms. McDonald – Campus Calgary Open Minds: Library School
Mar 12	Tues	Grades 5 – 9: Science Fair Club, Lunch, Rm 11
Mar 13	Wed	Grade 6: visit from MP Greg McLean
Mar 14	Thurs	Homework Hotel, Grade 7: 3:45 – 4:15 pm
Mar 15	Fri	Parent Conferences, Grades 7 - 9 only, 1:20 – 3:30 pm