Hello Rideau Oct. 4 | Fundraiser, Volunteer at Fun Lunches, Walk to School Week, Family Dance,
Hello, Rideau!
Heading into a weekend for gratitude, we continue to express enormous thanks to each member of our learning community for making our school so incredibly great! With tomorrow being World Teachers’ Day, we also express gratitude to our school’s incredible teaching staff (and our entire staff community).
As we continue to welcome warmer weather, we also continue to encourage students to be prepared with layers for varying weather conditions for outdoor learning activities, and for lunchtime, etc.
Mr. T. Robertson
Safety Protocol | Guests to our School
Rideau Park School, like each Calgary Board of Education school, is closed campus. All guests must sign-in immediately upon entry into the school building.
In the mornings, or throughout the day, students are dropped off outside of the main entrance.
Reminder | Attendance
Parents are requested to inform their child's Homeroom teacher as a primary contact about attendance decisions (i.e., reporting absences) in kindergarten and Grades 1 to 5, and the Learning Leader as primary contact in grades 5-9. Learning Leaders are teaching staff with administrative designations.
The more specific you are as parents/guardians with teachers/learning leaders, the more specific the attendance code applied will be.
Kindergarten to Grade 5
Teachers' contact information is available on Our Staff.
Please also include as a carbon copy (CC) within attendance e-mails learning leaders (listed below) for each grade-divisional-level division, too:
- Emily Dockrill (K- Grade 2)
- Katrina Watson (Grades 3-6)
Grades 6-9 (primary contacts, below)
- Katrina Watson (Grades 3-6)
- Shawnalee Redwood (Grade 7)
- Jackie Cochrane, Assistant Principal (Grade 8)
- David Yackulic (Grade 9)
Our student information system, MyCBE provides parents, guardians and students with access to detailed attendance information. For help creating an account or signing in, please visit Technical Support for Students & Parents.
Reminder | Volunteer Clearance
Don’t miss out on an amazing field trip because you haven’t updated your Police Clearance.
Please make sure that your Volunteer Clearance is up to date: https://www.cbe.ab.ca/get-involved/volunteer/Pages/volunteer.aspx
If you have any questions, you can contact the office at RideauPark@cbe.ab.ca
on behalf of Parent Society | Upcoming Fundraiser
Rideau Park School’s Parent Society has presented a save-the-date for an upcoming Parent Social and Fundraiser on the evening of Wednesday, October 11.
More information is available on our website’s Fundraisers and Donations page including a save-the-date event poster and ticket information.
Parent Volunteer Opportunity | Fun Lunch Thursdays
Fun Lunch – we require some assistance with sorting the Fun Lunch orders from the Healthy Hunger vendors every second Thursday. Time commitment would be 30 – 45 minutes starting at 11:05 AM. We ask for assistance in sorting the individual orders and ensuring they get to the students. Please note that all lunches are marked with the child’s name and classroom, and all classes are grouped together when they are delivered to the school front doors by the restaurant at 11:20 AM on the date of the order.
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.
Oct 2 – 6 | International Walk to School Week
Since the first International Walk to School Week in 2000, today students from all thirteen provinces across Canada and from countries around the world (Great Britain, New Zealand, Sweden, Germany & more) participate by walking to school.
Rideau Park School students are encouraged to join in by walking to school each day from October 2 to 6.
International Walk to School Week
Mark Your Calendars
- Oct 2-6: National Healthy Schools Week
- Oct 2-6: International Walk to School Week
- Oct 23-27: Media literacy week
- Nov 13-19: Métis week
- Nov 20: National child day
Offer | on Behalf of Community Health Nurse (Alberta Health Services)
Below are the links for the October parent newsletters (available for download as a PDF as well if needed).
Children: Tips for teaching kids about Indigenous allyship
Teens: Talking with teens about Indigenous allyship
on behalf of Parent Society | upcoming event (Family Dance)
Please join us for the Elementary (Kindergarten to Grade 6) Family Halloween Dance, Thursday October 26, 5:30 to 7:30 in the Gym.
All information in the attached poster and ways to get involved in the sign-up link below:
Looking Ahead – Dates of Significance
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German Heritage Month |
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Looking Ahead – Upcoming Calendar of Events
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Oct 2 - 6 |
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Quebec Trip (FSL 9) |
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Oct 2 - 6 |
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Campus Calgary Open Minds: Science School at Telus Spark: HR 5-1 |
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Oct 5 |
Thurs |
Science School at TELUS Spark: HR 5-2 |
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Oct 9 |
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Thanksgiving (no school) |
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Oct 12 |
Thurs |
Healthy Hunger Fun Lunch – Coco Brooks |
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Oct 13 |
Fri |
Weaselhead Off-Campus Trip: Grade 6 |
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Oct 17 - 19 |
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Band Camp: Grades 7, 8 & 9 Band students |
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Oct 18 |
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School Council |
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Oct 20 |
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Non-instructional Day (no school for students) |
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Oct 26 |
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Healthy Hunger Fun Lunch – Edo Japan |
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Oct 26 |
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Family Halloween Dance – 5:30 – 7:30pm |
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Nov 2 |
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Photo Retakes |
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Nov 2 |
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Healthy Hunger Fun Lunch – Mucho Burrito |
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Nov 8 |
Wed |
Remembrance Day Ceremony (Assembly) - AM |
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Nov 9 |
Thurs |
Non-Instructional Day: System Professional Learning (no school for students) |
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Nov 9 - 14 |
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Fall Break |
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Nov 17 |
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Parent-Teacher Conferences – Jr High only – 1:20-3:30pm |
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Nov 23 |
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Healthy Hunger Fun Lunch – Spolumbo’s |
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Nov 23 |
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Parent-Teacher Conferences – 4:20 – 8:00 pm |
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Nov 24 |
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Parent-Teacher Conferences – 9:00 am – 3:30 pm |