St. Patrick Catholic School
Weekly Bulletin-September 24th, 2021
Upcoming Events
SEPTEMBER
- Tuesday, 28th- Orange Shirt Day
- Wednesday, 29th- Cross Country Running Meet Grade 3 and 4- New Norway
- Thursday, 30th- School Fees Due
- Thursday, 30th- No School- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
OCTOBER
- Friday, 1st- No School/ Staff PD
- Monday, 4th- Terry Fox Run
- Tuesday, 5th- Grade 4 Bible Presentation and Student Leadership Retreat
- Wednesday 6th-Picture Day
- Thursday 7th- Picture Day
- Thursday 7th- Thanksgiving Celebration Virtual with Father Kris- Led by 3 Blackburn
- Monday 11th- Thanksgiving- Day off
- Thursday, 14th- Apple Fundraiser Due
- Thursday 21st- School Council Meeting Virtual- 7pm
- Thursday, 28th- Apple Fundraiser Pick up- 4-7pm
We are giving out a large number of masks each week. Please send a mask/face covering or two with your child each day they come to school. If your child comes to school without a mask/face covering multiple days in a row we will be calling home for someone to bring them a mask/face covering.
School Attendance
A reminder for all families that the AHS Daily Assessment needs to be completed and actioned each morning prior to coming to school. If your child is experiencing symptoms please choose:
“Flu-like symptoms”
“other illness or injury” If they are experiencing symptoms that you do not deem to be flu-like, or your child has a medical appointment.
“parent excused.” If your child is experiencing no symptoms at all, please choose this. The parent excused absence should only be chosen if you are keeping your child home for a reason that does not pertain to a medical issue. (i.e dance competition)
The child’s attendance is a parent’s indication that this has been completed and the child is able to come to school. Once this messaging is sent out, we should not normally be following up with parents who select parent excused as an absence code. Asking for a medical note for a pre-existing condition should also only occur in rare cases in consultation with admin.
Our guideline for how we handle students with presenting symptoms during the day is the AHS Daily Assessment. If you have any questions, please speak to your admin.
Emergency Drills
During the school year we complete a variety of school safety drills such as Fire Drills, Shelter in Place, Lock Downs and Hold and Secure. We complete these drills to ensure our students and staff are safe in every circumstance that could occur.
When we get closer to the Lock Down drills we will be informing parents through this newsletter as sometimes Lock Downs can be scary for students. We encourage conversations at home about this drill. Teachers will also be preparing students through conversations during class time.
Maxine from grade 2 sharing her Joke of the Day!
Cross Country Running
Open to all grade 3 & 4 students!
Race Schedule:
New Norway Spartan - Wednesday, September 29th. Elementary walk through 10:00am - girls run at 11:00am, boys run at 11:20am approx. Elementary awards; 12:05pm. They run a 2.2KM course. **Students need to bring a bagged lunch; there is also a full concession. Students are responsible for their own money.
Vikings - Thursday October 7th. Elementary walk through 10:00am – grades 3 and 4 run at 10:30am. Elementary awards; 11:10am. They run a 1.5Km course. We will be back at school by approx. 12:00pm. **Students are to pack a few snacks and water**
Rebel Town & Country Run - Wednesday, October 13th. Elementary walk through 10:00am - grade 3 run at 11:00 am, grade 4 run at 11:30. They run a 2.2KM course. **Students need to bring a bagged lunch; there is also a full concession. Students are responsible for their own money.
*Cost: The cost for all three races including transportation is $35.00. It will be applied to your Power school fees. Please pay before the first race, thank you.*
**Please have the attached permission form returned to your classroom teacher by Monday, September 20th**
Run Happy!
Mr. Ernst
Mr. Doll
Some beautiful fall art by 1West
SCHOOL OFFICE REMINDERS...
END OF DAY PHONE MESSAGES TO STUDENTS
If you have a message to pass onto your child for end of day arrangements please call the school office
no later than 2:45 pm .
It is very difficult to find a child once they have left the classroom at the end of the school day.
St. Patrick Catholic School Apple Fundraiser
Order forms went home today with students. Please refer to the form on how to order.
Our School Council Facebook Page has a wealth of information on school events!
Grade 1B painting pictures using warm and cool colors.
MANY THANKS FOR OUR BREAKFAST CLUB DONATIONS!
Thank you to our St.Pat's families and Broker's Marine & Sport Ltd for their generous donation to our St.Pat's Breakfast for Learning.
TERRY FOX RUN
St. Patrick Catholic School is proud to be participating in this year’s Terry Fox School Run. Our Event will take place Monday October 4th, 2021.
Let’s get our fundraising going and show everyone how we can “try like Terry”!. Every little bit helps.
Our school goal is set to $5000. Let's see if we can blow it out of the water again this year.
Click the link to donate or set up your own fundraising page.
http://www.terryfox.ca/StPatrickSchoolCamrose.
Together, we can all make a difference. #terryfoxschoolruns #tryliketerry @terryfoxfoundation
SCHOOL PATROL-in front of school
We do have our Gr. 4's provide crosswalk patrol in front of the school but this likely will NOT occur for a few weeks until they have been properly trained. Please be careful using the crosswalks as our front street (53 Ave) is very busy before and after school.
****PLEASE STAY CLEAR FROM BUS LANES AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR DAY AND AT THE END OF OUR DAY*****
St. Patrick Catholic School
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