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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
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TPD Day June 12
The last day of school is
Thursday
June 25th
June 1, 2015
We are in disbelief that it’s soon to be June and we have but a few weeks of school left. As we journey together during these last weeks of school, we remind ourselves and the children to “finish strong!” We will have one more newsletter to say goodbye to staff and students leaving, and introduce you to our new staff.
École St. Mary School June 2015 Newsletter
Principal: M. Mo St. Amand Vice-Principal: Mme Paulette Belisle
Phone: 791-7365 Fax: 791-3559 Website: http://www.rcsd.ca/?
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Inside this Issue:
September Plans 2
Transportation
Alert 2
In the Library 3
Milk Cards 3
Lost & Found 3
Mathletics 3
Cdn Parents for
French 4
CSCC 5&6
Appropriate
Dress 6
Board of
Trustees 7
Regina Catholic Schools
ÉCOLE ST. MARY 140 MCINTOSH STREET NORTH
REGINA, SK S4R 4Z9 1-306-791-7365
www.rcsd.ca
M. Mo St. Amand, Directeur Mme Paulette Belisle, Directrice adjointe
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“Education is
learning what you
didn't even know
you didn't
know.”
Daniel J. Boorstin
TRANSPORTATION ALERT
Throughout the summer transportation will be undergoing optimization on all routes. This may result in your child(ren) to have a new route or pick up and drop off time come September 2015. Please ensure that you have subscribed to the transportation portal and frequently check it during the last week of summer holidays until the mid-September when routes should be finalized. This will also allow you to receive emails throughout the school year when buses will be delayed. The website is https://bus.rcsd.ca/. If you are experiencing difficulties logging in please email your child’s Student ID, birth date, school and grade to [email protected] for assistance.
Have a great summer everyone.
SEPTEMBER PLANS
Is your family moving? Please call the school office at (306)791-7365 if you know that you are moving over the summer and your children will be leaving St. Mary. This information is helpful when we are creating our classrooms and our class lists. When creating the class lists we take many factors into consideration including, but not limited to: class size, gender and age of each student, academic ability, maturity level, learning styles, levels of independence, work habits, physical stature, and social & emotional relationships. We consider all these factors as a team and, using our professional judgment, make the best decisions possible for all of the students involved to create effective classrooms. While it is difficult to grant parent requests concerning the specific classroom placement of their child, we do appreciate being made aware of specific student needs of which we may not be aware. We cannot promise that we will accommodate your requests, but we will take them into consideration. If you have any concerns or requests regarding your child’s placement, please forward it by email to M. St. Amand ([email protected]) and we can take those concerns into consideration as we work through the process.
IN THE LIBRARY
Starting in September the price for milk cards will be increased to $20.
MILK CARDS
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“It is only as
we develop others that
we permanently
succeed. “
Harvey S. Firestone
It is that time of year again to return items to their rightful owners. PLEASE stop by in the coming days to check for items and take them back home.
LOST AND FOUND
Thank you to all who attended our St. Mary Superhero Literacy night and book sale. It was a great success! We invite all students to now get reading to log all your reading minutes in the Scholastic Reading Contest. This reading contest runs from May 20th – June 15th! Students can log their reading minutes with the username and password provided by their classroom teacher at www.scholastic.com/summer .
MATHLETICS
Congratulations on your excellent Mathletics participation École St. Mary! Class winners of the popcorn party are Mme Gluck’s Grade 3/4’s, Mme Dietrich’s Grade 2’s and Mme Anderson’s Grade 6/7’s.
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Every child comes with the message
that God is not yet discouraged of
man.
- Rabindranath Tagore
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CANADIAN PARENTS FOR FRENCH REGINA CHAPTER
CPF Regina is hosting a family tour to Gravelbourg’s 15th Annual Summer Solstice—festival d’été on June 20
Enjoy an eclectic selection of multi-art and multicultural festivities that take place in a captivating architectural setting of Gravelbourg, a small, historically francophone town in southern Saskatchewan. We’ve taken care of the transportation with a chartered bus to Gravelbourg and back. We also have the opportunity for personal tours of various local attractions for our group. The festival d’été’s Kids’ Corner includes face painting, crafts, games, bouncy castle, entertainment, and more! Not to miss are the sidewalk sale, street fair, fabulous food, and the solstice parade! CPF Members: $25/person or $80 per family CPF Non Members: $35/person or $110 per family Email: [email protected] for more information. Register by June 1.
Fête du Soleil -2015 Fête du Soleil is a week long day camp offered by the Regina Chapter of Canadian Parents for French (CPF). Fête provides children with opportunities to experience and use French in a stimulating but relaxed setting outside the classroom. Children will receive a Fête du Soleil t-shirt and will enjoy many activities involving arts and crafts, music, drama, sports and science. This quality program is led by bilingual monitors that facilitate day camps through Saskatchewan for other CPF chapters. Age: Entering Grade 1 to Grade 5. Those attending should understand basic instruction in French. Dates: June 20-24, 2015, 9 am-4pm daily (8am-5pm with before and after care). Location: University of Regina—Language Institute theatre, plus various field trips! Fees: $150/child; optional before and after care: $30 CPF membership is required. Household memberships are $25/year or $60/3 years. You can become a member online at cpf.ca/en/membership. Registration deadline June 15, 2015. Please visit sk.cpf.ca/chapter/regina for the registration form and payment information.
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CSCC
Message from the CSCC Chair, Colin Wensley: A huge thank you to all the parents, staff, and administration for helping make this past year wonderful. A special thank you to the rest of the Executive for all the work you do making things better for our kids; we’ve had a lot of fun this past year and it was a joy to lead. The AGM was held on May 19th and I am pleased to introduce the new Executive for 2015-2016: Colin Wensley-Chair, Tonya Warren-Vice, Crystal Waller-Treasurer, Garnet Caplette-Secretary, Erin Rockabar-Director, Shauntel Lemon-Director, Christina Milo-Director, Taryn Lorencz-Director, Taylor Paul-Director, Sarah Coolican-MAL, and Marina Aleshechkina-MAL. Welcome new Executive! Special thanks to Donna Kadash, Tracy Carroll, and James Gulak for their past tireless service! Here are a few upcoming items of note. Come out and get involved and have some fun as we celebrate another school year! June 5th Family Movie Night – The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water On Friday, June 5th, the CSCC is pleased to announce that we will be presenting The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water as our last Family Movie for the current school year. Doors Open: 6:30pm Movie Starts: 7:00pm Cost: $10 per family with CSCC membership, $15 without
Memberships available at the Door Popcorn, candy, and water canteen will be available for a nominal fee A special bonus - the movie DVD will be raffled off to one lucky attendee!
June 9th – Freezie Day! As part of the annual tradition, the CSCC will be handing on a frozen treat for each child! Hopefully it is a hot day! June 14th CSCC & NRG Schoolyard Cleanup & BBQ Join us on Sunday, June 14th as the CSCC and Normanview Residents Group join forces to clean up the St. Mary schoolyard and share in a great day of BBQ, Music, and face painting. We are looking for people to volunteer and enjoy the day with everyone. A great way to have students involved cleaning up the park and having some fun. Below is a rough timeline
9 am – Volunteers assemble at Ken Jenkins playground to clean-up parks in the area. 11am – Volunteers assemble at École St. Mary for clean-up of the park and schoolyard. 11:30am – 1pm: BBQ, music, and Face painting!
A nominal fee will be charged for food and drink. Proceeds to go towards the Playground Project.
June 18th Hot Lunch Day On Thursday, June 18th, the CSCC is pleased to provide a Hot Lunch. Food will be provided by DQ. Stay tuned for details. Monthly Meetings The June CSCC meeting will be on Tuesday, June 9th at 7pm –Offsite Location TBD. All parents welcome to attend. Contact Colin or school for location details.
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Playground Committee Contact Colin (306-531-6957) for details. Parent Classroom Reps The CSCC is looking for one parent volunteer to represent each of the approximately 20 classrooms. Duties including acting as a liaison between the parents in your children's class and the CSCC, making phone calls, etc. to advise of upcoming events. Please contact Colin for details. Facebook Like us on Facebook at École St. Mary (community). We will be using this as one way of communicating with parents for upcoming events. https://www.facebook.com/pages/%C3%89cole-St-Mary/275170212691567?ref=br_tf
With the warmer weather we want to remind students and parents that students need to dress in appropriate clothing for a Catholic School and the educational program that they are taking. Wearing appropriate clothing at school shows that we value self-respect. Examples of clothing that is not acceptable are: low cut tops, being able to see bra straps, spaghetti straps, skirts/shorts shorter than extended finger length when standing, pants pulled down to reveal midriffs and shirts with phrases or messages inappropriate for our Catholic setting. Students who come to school wearing inappropriate clothing will be asked to change into something more acceptable or be provided with a change of more appropriate attire. We thank you for your support in this.
APPROPRIATE DRESS
COLOUR ME
Regina Catholic Schools
Greetings from your Regina Catholic School Division Board of Trustees!
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Thank-you to all students, staff, and families for making this year at the Regina Catholic School Division an overwhelming success! It has been our pleasure to serve you as your Board of Trustees. This year’s Moving in Faith event, held on Sunday, May 24th, was a great showcase of our community coming together to celebrate faith, family, fitness and fun. Together, we raised over $1,700 for the Archdiocese of Regina’s Youth Camps and Ministries. Thank you to all families who attended and to everyone who helped make this event such a great experience. Members of our Board also enjoyed the opportunity to attend many of the exciting events at our schools this past month, including Holy Rosary Community School’s 100th anniversary, St. Francis School’s 50th anniversary, Prayer Jam at Dr. Martin LeBoldus Catholic High School, Miller Comprehensive Catholic High School’s Career Day and more. Our Board had the opportunity to meet with the CSCC representatives to discuss what lies ahead in our Building a Vision for the Future planning. We thank our representatives from our high schools, French Immersion schools, and all other elementary schools. We greatly value the dialogue and look forward to keeping you informed as we progress through the planning process. As trustees, we would like to extend our congratulations to all graduating students and we pray that God’s blessings be with them as they move on to another stage of their lives. In addition, our sincere best wishes to our retiring staff members. We thank them for their commitment and many years of dedicated service to our students and to the Regina Catholic School Division. We wish everyone a safe, relaxing, and revitalizing summer holiday and look forward to seeing you all again for the 2015 – 2016 school year.
