Staffing Update 

We are very excited to make this announcement about staff members who will be joining Rideau Park School:  

• Elenita Klaben will be our new Facility Operator at Rideau Park School.  Ms Klaben will have her first day at Rideau Park on June 25.  Welcome to our school, Ms Klaben! 
• Ms Margaret Wilson will be the Construction and Design teacher. Ms Wilson has most recently worked at H D Cartwright School. She is passionate about Career & Technology Foundations, and we can’t wait for you to meet her.  
• Ms Jennifer Kelsey will be assuming a Learning Leader role as part of our school’s leadership team, in addition to teaching Humanities in our junior high program.  Ms Kelsey has most recently worked at Escuela Eugene Coste School, one of the alternative program schools with a Spanish Immersion focus.  We are excited for you to meet Ms Kelsey at the start of the new school year. 
• Ms Alana Swereda will be returning to our school to teach Kindergarten. Ms Swereda was on parenting leave this year.  She is delighted to meet our new youngest learners in September.   

There are some staff members who will be leaving Rideau Park School for new experiences:  

• Ms Rebecca McDonald has accepted a position at Abbeydale School for 2025-26. Ms McDonald will be teaching in the EES program (Enhanced Educational Supports) at the elementary level. 
• Ms Annie Little has also accepted a position at Queen Elizabeth School. Ms Little will be teaching Physical Education and Wellness to Grade K – 6 students.  
• Ms Laura Greenfield has also accepted a position at Queen Elizabeth School. Ms Greenfield will be teaching Grade 3 students at her new school, 
• Mr Mackenzie Brush has additionally accepted a position at Queen Elizabeth School. Mr Brush will be teaching Grade 6 students at his new school.  

We will miss all of the staff members leaving us and wish them the very best in their new schools.  

2025-26 Transportation Registration, by this Sunday, June 22 

Families are now able to register for school bus service for the 2025-2026 school year.  Registration is available using your MyCBE account 

Families must register by this Sunday, June 22, 2025, for students to be added to routes for the start of the next school year. 

CBE Transportation continues to accept registrations after the deadline; however, processing times for registrations submitted after the June 22 deadline will be delayed. For those registering after the June 22 deadline, it may take until mid-October before your child is able to ride the bus.  More information is available HERE.   

Conditional Rider registration forms will be available via MyCBE after June 22. 

Moving Schools? Contact the Office 

If your child will be attending a different school in September, please give written notice to the office, especially if the school is outside of the school district. Please include the full name and grade of your child, the name of the new school, if known. Rideau Park’s student enrolment is projected to be over-capacity with most grades.  The written notice of attendance elsewhere will help us manage our waiting list for next year's placements.   

Library Books 

The replacement cost for lost or damaged books will be added to school fees and can be paid online through MyCBE account.   

Leaving CBE? Save Your Digital Files 

Students must save digital files/emails they wish to keep to a personal account or drive by June 25.  Read the Don’t Ghost Your Inbox news story posted on our website to learn more.   

Provincial Achievement Test Schedule 

Here we are at the last Provincial Achievement Test of this school year for our Grade 9 Students.  

• Thursday, June 19 – Science 9 & Science 9 K&E.  9:00 am start time

Tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon is the Grade 9 Class Picnic.  Students meet their teachers for attendance, and then we will walk to the picnic location.   

Our Grade 6 Students wrote their last PAT today. Congratulations to our sixes for reaching this milestone!  There are lots of learning activities scheduled through the last day of school, as well as the Fun Run, Indigenous Sports Day, and a trip to Calaway Park next week.   

School Fees Owing 

As our school year is quickly drawing to a close, parents and legal guardians are encouraged to pay outstanding fees through their MyCBE account by June 30.  

Kindergarten Year-End Celebration, June 24 – Kindly RSVP 

To celebrate the completion of their first year of school, the Kindergarten Year-End Celebration is scheduled for June 24 from 9:30 – 10:30 in the school gym.  Parents / Guardians are welcome to attend, as are any siblings from grades 1 – 9.   

Kindly RSVP your attendance at the Kindergarten celebration by June 17 (today).   

Grade 9 Farewell Assembly - June 25, 1:30 pm 

Families are invited to attend the assembly to celebrate and recognize the accomplishment of finishing Grade 9 and moving on to high school. We can accommodate immediate family members for each student at this assembly. If a family member has mobility restrictions, contact Ms Cochrane for reserved seating.    

Parent Volunteer Opportunities 

School Event: Fun Run & Indigenous Sports Day, June 20 

Parent volunteers are needed.  Please sign up to volunteer at the link in your child’s Google Classroom if you are available to volunteer. As with volunteering for all school activities, the Annual Volunteer Registration with a valid Police Information Check is required:  

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

Volunteers are needed for the last Fun Lunch of this school year. You must complete the annual volunteer registration, which includes a valid Police Information Clearance to help out.  

All spots open: 

• June 19 – 1 volunteer needed. Sign Up to volunteer.    

Reminder – Sign Out Procedures when Students Leave School Early 

We are receiving an increasing number of requests to allow students to leave school during instructional time on their own without a parent signing them out. Although we made some exceptions when Mission Bridge was closed to traffic to allow students to meet parents at the end of the footbridge or on their own, the bridge is now open to traffic again, and we need to follow school district guidelines. Students in grades K to 9 must be signed out in person by a parent or adult listed on the ‘school pick up’ list in MyCBE.  Thank you for understanding this important safety and security issue.   

Looking Ahead – Calendar of Events