Have You 'Herd'?
The Bison Gazette
Kinosayo Elementary School
Email: kn@spschools.org
Website: https://kino.spschools.org/
Location: 40 Woodlands Road, St. Albert, AB, Canada
Phone: (780)459-3114
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KinosayoElementary
Twitter: @kinosayoelementary
Important Upcoming Dates
- Dec. 23 - Jan. 07: No School (winter break)
- Monday, Jan. 08: Classes resume
- Wednesday, Jan. 10: Early Dismissal (12:20pm, Grades 1-6) + No School (Kindergarten)
- Saturday, Jan. 13: Kindergarten Fair (9:30am, Bellerose Composite High School)
- Monday, Jan. 15: School Council + KPA Meeting (7:00pm)
- Tuesday, Jan. 23: Parent Information Session ~ Internet Safety (see below for details)
Parent Info Session ~ Internet Safety
Presented by RCMP Sgt. Kerry Shima, Supervisor of the Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) in Edmonton.
The internet plays an integral role in everyone’s lives, and when it comes to youth, their social lives exist largely in cyberspace. Over the course of the past four years and through the Global Pandemic, Alberta has experienced a significant increase in cases of child exploitation on the internet. With more users online than ever before, and new apps and software being developed every day, it can be difficult for parents and teachers to keep on top of the latest trending platform. Advancements in technology are exciting and helpful, but it opens an ever-growing gap between the levels of digital literacy between youths and busy adults.
The Northern Alberta Internet Child Exploitation Unit investigates incidents of child luring, sextortion, possession, transmission, and the making of child pornography as well as internet-related voyeurism involving youth. This presentation will focus on education, prevention, and putting parents and teachers in a position to protect their children from online sexual exploitation. The presenters will discuss the role of ICE in Alberta, Sextortion, sharing of intimate images, current online applications and internet platforms, and additional resources which are available to parents so they will be able to better support healthy and productive online experiences for their children and teens.
Where: Paul Kane High School
When: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 (6:30 - 8:30pm)
Who: Parents of St Albert Public Schools
Healthy Hunger ("FUN LUNCH Thursdays")
The next Hot Lunch is January 11th! (As usual, orders must be placed by the previous Saturday.)
Hot lunch will offered each Thursday of the week, throughout the school year. Parents please log onto the Healthy Hunger website (www.healthyhunger.ca), where you may view the available options for your child(ren). Here you are able to select the date, class room and food/drink choices you want for your child. Payment is made online at this time.
Did you know that money raised from this program is given back to the school, helping to enrich our kiddo’s school experience? If you have any questions or comments, or would like to volunteer, please email Kasia at kasiamiller.kawshaw@gmail.com. Fun Lunch is driven by volunteers from the Kinosayo Parent Association.
SOGI
Communicating with parents and other caretakers is an important and sometimes challenging aspect of SOGI-inclusive education. When parents feel informed and engaged, they can be powerful allies who help broaden the conversation about diversity and inclusion beyond the walls of the school environment. When parents feel left in the dark, fear and frustration can drive pushback that becomes difficult to navigate.
SOGI 1 2 3 wants to support your conversations with parents and caretakers, and we’re excited to announce the release of our Parents’ Guide to SOGI in Schools. The guide is written to be easy to read from beginning to end, but each page can also be printed off and shared with people as stand-alone handouts on the topics:
- What is SOGI?
- Conversations at school
- Conversations at home
- Common myths, and
- A curated list of additional resources.
We’ll continue to update and adapt it over time, so please let us know if you have any feedback on the current iteration.
You can download the Parents’ Guide to SOGI in Schools here.
Community Information
Oil King Vouchers
As a means of providing low cost fun activities to groups in our community (schools and parishes in Edmonton and surrounding areas), the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is offering Edmonton Oil King Vouchers that can be used for any regular season home games at Rogers Place for only $15 each.
To arrange pickup of the vouchers contact Ken Gallagher at 587-341-5711 or vp1@ssvpedmonton.ca.