The Bears' Blog... September 24, 23

Read In Week returns on October 2. This year’s theme: “Read In Reimagined.” Through various activities, students will spend the week learning how to reimagine reading—it’s more than just story books—reading happens everywhere and is for everyone, no matter your age.

Read In Week is a divisionwide initiative held annually to encourage a lifelong love of reading and to enhance literacy awareness among students, staff, families and community members. Pine Street invites all families to participate in Read In Week by reading yourself, with your child or with someone in the community.

Don’t forget to share what you’ve learned. Throughout the week, you can post your own stories about Read In Week using the hashtag #eipsreads.

For more information, visit the Read In website.

The health and safety of staff, students and visitors is a top priority. Continue to reinforce the following hygiene habits to protect staff and students from spreading respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19.

· Stay home if you’re feeling sick.

· Wash or sanitize your hands often.

· Cover your coughs and sneezes.

· Avoid touching your face.

· Clean and disinfect high touch surfaces regularly.

· Wear a mask if you get sick or develop symptoms while at school or work.

As per Alberta Health guidelines, staff, students, contractors and visitors who have symptoms of respiratory Illness or test positive for COVID, should stay home until:

· symptoms have improved,

· they feel well enough to resume normal activities, and

· they have been fever-free for 24 hours without using fever-reducing medications.

For anyone who has a respiratory illness or has tested positive for COVID, it is recommended that they wear a mask for a total of 10 days from the onset of symptoms—even if the symptoms have resolved or improved—when in indoor settings with other individuals.

September 27 - School picture day Kindergarten Group A, Grades 1 - 6 and Connections

September 28 - School picture day Kindergarten Group B and PALS

Friday, September 29 - Orange shirt day

Saturday, September 30 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

October 2-6 - Read in week

Thursday, October 5 - World teacher day

Wednesday, October 6 - Early Dismissal 2:15p.m. (no PALS students today)

Friday, October 6 - Professional learning day. No school for students

Monday, October 9 -Thanksgiving holiday (school closed)

Thursday, October 12 - School Advisory Council Meeting 6p.m.

Tuesday, October 17 - School photo retakes

How it Works

Members place and pay for orders online or at one of our community locations before the order deadline at the beginning of each month (see wecanfood.com/calendar/ for dates). Then, on the third week of the month members visit the pop-up depot they selected to pickup their order (see wecanfood.com/locations/ for depots and pickup times).

Payment

We only accept cash payments in-person at depots. We accept credit, debit and paypal for orders made online, or with a pre-arranged visit to our main office (Jerry Forbes Centre). Please call (780.413.4525) to arrange payment at the main office.

Food Basket

A membership is $5 annually. As a member you may select between produce, meat and non-pork meat orders. A food basket can contain as few or as many meat and produce orders as your household needs. A meat order is $20 and a produce order is $15.

Sherwood Park - Strathcona County Thursday / 12pm-1pm Family Resource Centre

Another one of the Seven Sacred Teachings is from the Buffalo. Our First Nations and Métis people years ago respected the buffalo as the buffalo, gave its life and shared every part of its being, showing the deep respect it had for the people. No animal was more important to the existence of Indigenous families than this animal, and its gift provided shelter, clothing and utensils for daily living. Our indigenous people believed themselves to be true caretakers of the great herds, and developed an ongoing relationship with the Buffalo resulting in a relationship that was a true expression of respect. (Solomon, 2011).

Consent packages and information were sent home with Grade 6 students September 21. Please review the information and return the forms to school on Monday, September 25.

. For your child to be immunized in school, consent must be provided to AHS staff verbally, or each consent form must be signed and returned to your child’s school by September 25.

For tips on preparing your child for immunizations, please refer to

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/hp/cdc/if-hp-cdc-ipsm-tips-make-imm-easier-child.pdf

***If you are new to Alberta OR if your child has been immunized at your doctor’s office or pharmacy, AHS Public Health may not have a record of your child’s immunizations. To ensure your child is up to date with all recommended immunizations refer to the schedule at https://www.alberta.ca/immunization-routine-schedule.aspx