Dear Families,

Thank you to ALL our swimming volunteers, especially our dads! We look forward to honoring ALL volunteers at our Volunteer Tea next Thursday.

Student engagement is high in many areas, academics and planning for activities and upcoming events. We are proud of the work they continue to do through HEART.

Wishing all father’s and significant others in our student’s life a “Happy Father’s Day”, may the sky be blue (smoke free) and the sunshine warm as your families celebrate you.

Activity Day Volunteers

This year our annual Richmond School Activity Day will be held on Friday, June 20, 2025 from 9:40AM – 12:00PM. We will have a variety of outdoor Indigenous activities, games and other stations for students to engage with. Richmond School staff will plan and lead the activities, however we are looking for volunteers to help run the stations.

Please note that all volunteers must have current volunteer clearance. Richmond School has amazing volunteers and parent support. We appreciate all you do for our amazing school community.

If you are able to volunteer for our activity day, please complete this online form: https://forms.office.com/r/F8jBcRbJm3

Spring Celebration and 75th Anniversary Performance Videos

Thank you for returning the consent forms necessary for sharing the student performances at the Spring Celebration (K-3) and 75th Anniversary (K-6). So far, the videos from Ms. Topper’s, Ms. Birkholz’ and Ms. Calder’s class have been shared using Google Classroom. Other class performances are waiting for just a few more forms to be returned before they may be shared too. All assembly videos will be deleted no later than June 30th 2025. Without permission from all families of students in the video(s), the videos cannot be shared by the school. On average, each class requires one more permission form to be completed. Please reach out to Mr. Goodridge. (adgoodridge@cbe.ab.ca) with any questions.

Transportation

Please note that families are now able to register for the yellow school service for the 2025-26 school year. Families must register by Sunday, June 22, 2025 for students to be added to routes for the start of the new school year. Registration is done through your MyCBE account. The Calgary Board of Education has re-evaluated walk/bus zone. Please check the following links for more information:

https://www.cbe.ab.ca/news-centre/Pages/Register-Now-for-Yellow-School-Bus-Service-for-2025-26.aspx

https://www.cbe.ab.ca/news-centre/Pages/Walk-Zone-Changes-for-the-2025-26-School-Year.aspx

Kindergarten

Morning and Afternoon Kindergarten students will attend in the afternoon only on Thursday June 19 so that they may perform together for the Volunteer Tea.

Morning and Afternoon Kindergarten students will attend in the morning on Friday, June 20 so that they may all participate in our Activity Day.

Next Week:

  • Tuesday, June 17, Gr 6 PAT Mathematics Part B
  • Wednesday, June 18, Gr 6 PAT Social Studies
  • Wednesday, June 18, The Lunch Lady Fun Lunch
  • Thursday, June 19, AM Kindergarten and PM Kindergarten attend 12:11pm-3:13pm
  • Thursday, June 19, Volunteer Tea, 2:00pm
  • Friday, June 20, Activity Day, all classes participate
  • Friday, June 20, early dismissal, AM Kindergarten and PM Kindergarten attends 8:25am-12:16pm

Looking Ahead:

  • Wednesday, June 25, Report Cards available to view online
  • Wednesday, June 25, last day of classes for PM Kindergarten
  • Thursday, June 26, last day of classes before Summer Break, early dismissal, AM Kindergarten attends 8:25am-12:16pm
  • Friday, June 27, School Office closes at 12:00pm for Summer Break


Richmond School Council Update

Fun Lunch

The next Fun Lunch, and final one of the school year, with Health Hunger is on Wednesday, June 18 with Subway. The order deadline is today, Friday, June 13. All parents who have children in Grades 1 - 6 who would like to participate in the school's fun lunches will have to visit the webpage Healthy Hunger and follow the instructions on that page. Please note you will choose RICHMOND SCHOOL (not Richmond Elementary) from the drop down. Even if you have registered/ordered in previous years, you will need to register again to select your child's new class in order to place an order. Once registered you will also receive an email notifying you every time a new fun lunch is posted.

The deadline to order is the Friday prior to the Fun Lunch Day.

If you have any questions regarding fun lunches, please reach out to Denise Wanchulak at denisewanchulak@gmail.com

On behalf of the Parent Council,
Nadine Griffith & Melissa Frankiw (Co-chairs)

Richmond School has Heart!

Mary Ann Fullerton, Principal
Chris Southworth, Assistant Principal
Bernice Gocal, Administrative Assistant
Diane Chorney, School Secretary