Dear Families,
Thank you to everyone for being so adaptable with the changes in weather this week. The students are always happy to play outside but when the temp and/or wind chill are at -20 degrees the indoor recess occurs, therefore we have had both indoor and outdoor recess this week. We would like to remind families that supervision of students in the morning starts at 8:20 am prior to school, please note that if you drop your child off any earlier they will not be supervised. We also still have many items in the lost and found, if your child(ren) are missing any winter clothing please remind them to check out the lost and found.
Parking
We will be implementing some changes shortly. There is still a safety concern with parking in front of the school, in the bus zone and the misuse of the staff parking area. We have purchased some new signage and will be updating the areas of a new bus zone, drop off area for students (no unattended vehicle or parking area), and will be blocking access to the parking lot. It is necessary to have pylons 5 meters from the cross walk, corners and driveway entrances. We have asked the City of Calgary Police to assist us and are working with the City of Calgary for some new signage as well. We hope to provide you with more details in the upcoming weeks. Thank you to our families who are modelling proper driving, parking and drop off procedures during the school hours. We appreciate your efforts to keep students safe and extending HEART to the community.
Important : Next Year School 2024-2025 Update
If you plan on moving and your child(ren) will not be attending Richmond School, please let the office know as soon as possible. Our student number count is important in our planning for the upcoming school year 2024-2025. Planning for the new school year will be on the agenda at the next School Council Meeting.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Conferences will be held on Thursday, March 21 (evening) and Friday, March 22. Sign up for conferences will come out next week.
Next Week
- Five full days of teaching and learning!
Looking Ahead
- Tuesday, March 12 School Council Meeting 6:30pm
- Wednesday, March 13 Fun Lunch (see below for details)
- Friday, March 14 Grade 6 Vaccinations
- Friday, March 15 St. Patrick’s Day | Spirit Day | Wear Green
Healthy Hunger Update
More fun lunches have been scheduled! If you have created an account with Healthy Hunger you should have been notified twice of the newly scheduled lunches and will be notified as new ones are posted. If you have not yet signed up for an account please visit www.healthyhunger.ca to do so.
Looking Ahead
March 13 - Pita Pit
April 3 - Coco Brooks
Note: April 3rd is the week we return from spring break so it’s advised to order your fun lunch sooner than later so it doesn’t get missed!
If your child is absent on a fun lunch day and you’ve placed an order please call into the school before 11:00am to advise if you will be picking up the lunch, sending it home with a sibling, etc. No phone call means it will be donated to avoid food waste. Thank you!
Upcoming Presentations by Richmond Teachers
March 12 – Human Sexuality Curriculum specific to Grades 4 - 6 only (McGown & Yurchi)
April 9 – Kindergarten (Topper & Bauer)
May 14 – Literacy (Ryan & Birkholz)
Richmond School has Heart!
Mary Ann Fullerton, Principal
Karen Woodrow, Acting Assistant Principal
Kelly Klassen, Admin Assistant (Monday & Tuesday)
Jenn Selby, Admin Assistant (Wednesday – Friday)