School Council & Parent Association

There will be a meeting of the Rideau Park School Council, followed by the Parent Association meeting on Wednesday, Jan 22 at 7:00 pm. All parents of Rideau students are invited to attend. 

Information | High School Programs

All Grade 9 students have been designated to their high school. Students are designated to schools according to their home address.  You can find your designated high school by using the Find A School tool at the main CBE website.

Student Tour: students will be touring Western Canada on Jan 27 during the afternoon. An information letter has been emailed to parents and a paper copy has been sent home with students.  The signed permission forms must be returned by this Friday, Jan 24.

Open House: Western Canada High School is hosting an Open House this coming Monday, Jan 27, 4:00 - 6:00 pm.  More information at this LINK

High School Course Requests: Submitting high school course requests, for both academic and complementary subjects, is the next step for students.  The window for submitting course requests is Feb 10 through Mar 15, 2025.

For Western Canada, students will be required to enter their course requests into PowerSchool starting February 10 and return a paper form that they’ve reviewed choices with their parents/guardians. For other high schools, information will be shared with the individual students when the information is received.

High School Transfer Form: the transfer form for high school transfers opens on Feb. 10. This is an online form. Transfers are considered for specific programs or sequence of courses, address change, and IB Program. High school transfers via the online form will be accepted until Mar 15, 2025.

International Baccalaureate (IB) Program: students who are interested in the IB program must complete the Expression of Interest form and email it, along with a copy of the January report card, to their designated IB school. 

For Western Canada, the completed Expression of Interest form & Report Card should be emailed to Susan Rivers. 

Volunteer Opportunities

At least 2 volunteers are needed to assist with the Grade 9 student tour of Western Canada High School on January 27  If available to volunteer, please contact Ms Cochrane.

Elementary families: If you are available to volunteer to assist with supervising students for the Hitmen 'Be Brave" Hockey Game on February 26, please contact your child's/children's' teacher.

Upcoming | Online Report Cards Available Jan 27

Families can view, download or print online report cards for kindergarten to Grade 12 students on Monday, Jan. 27 until May 30, 2025 through MyCBE.  

Logging into MyCBE to view a report card for the first time?  This LINK can help you navigate to find and view a report card. 

Resources | CBE Family Literacy Week

Families across Calgary are invited to join the Calgary Board of Education in celebrating Family Literacy Week from Jan. 26 to Feb. 2, with a focus on environmental learning through the theme “Learn to Be Green, Together.” 

Resources are available at this LINK. 

Fun Lunch, Healthy Hunger | on behalf of RPS’ Parent Society

The Rideau Park Parent Association is again coordinating a bi-monthly ‘Fun Lunch’ with Healthy Hunger.  This is also a great fundraiser for the school with a portion of sales being returned to the school.  Participation is completely voluntary with a variety of healthy lunch vendors to choose from.  

Parent Volunteer opportunity: for each fun lunch Thursday, parent volunteers are needed to help sort orders and deliver to classrooms.  Time commitment is about an hour, with the start time at 11:00 am.  If available to help on one or some Thursdays, you must complete the annual volunteer registration, which includes a valid Police Information Clearance. 

Volunteers are needed for:

• Jan. 23 – 1 volunteer (tomorrow)
• Feb. 6 – 1 volunteer
• Feb. 20 – 2 volunteers 

Sign Up to volunteer for the above dates and/or future dates.   

Upcoming | Grades K, 6 & 9 Celebration Photos

The Lifetouch photographers will be returning to Rideau Park on Thursday, Feb 6 to take the Celebration Photos for students in Kindergarten, Grade 6 & Grade 9.  These photos are to celebrate our Kinders who will be moving up to the mandatory schooling of Grade 1; our Grade 6 students who will be finishing elementary school; and our Grade 9 students who will be finishing junior high and moving on to high school.  Every student in Grade K, 6 & 9 will have a celebration photo taken. 

Hats and gowns will not be worn for these photos.  However, as they are a celebration photo, students are encouraged to wear clothing suitable for a celebration, or clothing that is a bit more ‘dressed up’ than they would typically wear on a school day. 

Student Drop-off & Pick-up

For students being driven directly to school, the drop-off zones are labeled on this map on the school’s website.  There is no car-accessible front door drop-off availability at our school entrance, the alley or the staff parking lot.  The same applies for student pick-up at dismissal time (ie front of school, alley & staff parking lot is not available for pick-up).

More information at the Parking & Drop-off page.  

Looking Ahead – Calendar of Events