2024-25 | Casino – Information from Rideau Park Parents’ Association

Rideau Park School Parents Association needs your help! 

Our most important fundraising event is our casino which will be on November 18 and 19, 2024 and will be held at Elbow River Casino. Please consider volunteering for our casino and make a big difference for our students. NO experience necessary. 

This casino is an integral part of our fundraising at Rideau Park School. It raises over $65,000.00 for our school which goes directly to providing our students- your children - with important learning tools and enrichment opportunities. This money pays for items like computers, special events, equipment, etc. 

• Sign Up to volunteer 

2024-25 | Student Enrolment

It is important that we have an accurate accounting of next year’s student enrolment.  If your child will be attending another school next year, please contact the office as soon as possible: RideauPark@cbe.ab.ca .  In your email notification, please include the name of the new school (if known).

2024-25 | Transportation Registration

It is now time to register for school bus transportation service for the 2024-25 school year. 

If your child is eligible for school bus transportation, they must be registered with CBE Transportation in order to ride the bus to and from school.  Families must register by Sunday, June 16 to be added to routes for the start of next school year.  Routes and bus stops are established based on students registered by June 16. 
The registration window is May 16 to June 16 for eligible riders.  Conditional Rider registration will be accepted after June 16.  

More information HERE 

Fun Run & Sports Day, May 31

Fun Run & Sports Day – elementary, May 31 am – several volunteers are needed for this event for it to be successful.  Contact Mr Brush if you can volunteer. 

2023-24 Yearbooks

Last call to order 2023-24 yearbooks!  Yearbooks can be purchased via MyCBE, optional fees. For assistance, contact Florence Janzen: fajanzen@cbe.ab.ca. 

Upcoming | Talent Show Auditions

Auditions will take place on June 11^th or 12^th at lunch. All participants must fill out the Talent Show Application Google form before auditions. Students will be notified of their audition day at the end of next week. Due date to complete the application is Friday, June 7^th.

Sign Up for Talent Show Audition

The Talent Show is scheduled for the afternoon of Monday, June 24.

Contact Ms Dockrill with questions

May & June | Grades 6 & 9 Provincial Achievement Tests

If you know that your child will be absent for any reason during one or more of the scheduled PAT’s, please contact Ms Cochrane (jacochrane@cbe.ab.ca ) as soon as possible to make alternate arrangements to write the test. Provincial testing guidelines will allow a student to write a missed PAT after the scheduled date.  

Dates and times for PATs are listed on our website Calendar Page 

Parent Volunteer Opportunities | May & June

Grade 6 & 9 PATs – Exam Reader – some assistance is required for exam reading for the Grade 6 & 9 PATs in June. Please contact Ms Cochrane if you are available to assist on any of the days/times below: 

• June 12 am – 2 volunteers needed
• June 18 am – 2 volunteers needed
• June 19 am – 2 volunteers needed & pm – 1 volunteer
• June 20 am – 3 volunteers needed

Upcoming | Annual Spring Gardening

Tuesday June 4, 1:00 - 3:30pm

Grab your gardening gloves and bring a rake, weeding tool, shovel, blower or just yourself … we need a crew of parents to tidy up the exterior green spaces around our school. Please join and help keep our school looking its finest for all the upcoming Rideau Park School festivities! 

Grade 9 Farewell

An information notice was sent to families this week with details regarding the Grade 9 Farewell Celebrations.

The dinner and dance for students is scheduled for Thursday, June 6 at The Glencoe Club from 6:00 – 9:00 pm. Students are asked to have transportation arrangements made in advance.  As this is a school sponsored event, there is a permission form that needs to be returned to Mr. Yackulic. The per student cost is $50, payable via MyCBE. 

The celebration assembly for students and families is scheduled for Wednesday, June 26 at 1:30 in the school’s gym.

Please contact Mr Yackulic with questions or for additional information. 

Learning Commons| Library Books

Roses are red

Violets are blue

June is approaching

Library books are soon due 😊

Friday June 7, 2024 

Fun Run & Sports Day – elementary, May 31 am – several volunteers are needed for this event.  Contact Mr Brush if you can volunteer. 

Grade 1 / 2 – Swimming Lessons at Stanley Park Pool, mornings June 17 – 21 – 6 parent volunteers are needed to assist with swimming lessons. Please contact your child’s teacher if you can volunteer. 

Grade 1 / 2 – Calgary Zoo, June 25 – contact your child’s teacher if you are available to volunteer.  More specific information will be shared with parent closer to the date.

Last Day of School | June 27

Thursday, June 27, the last day of the school year, is an early dismissal day. Dismissal time will be our usual early dismissal time of 12:45 pm. The school bus will be operational with its 'Friday' pick up and drop off times.

Important Safety Reminder | Student Pick-up and Drop-off

We ask your cooperation to keep student safety and with respecting our neighbors by following procedures with picking up and dropping off students for school.  

There is no car-accessible front door drop-off, nor parking available directly at our school entrance, nor from the t-intersection at the front of the school.

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