Sep 18 - 22, 2023

Weekly Gazette Sept 18-22

September has so far been bringing us stellar weather! Fingers crossed this stays the same for our Terry Fox, Meet the Teacher, and Movie night events that are all happening on Friday, Sept. 22. We are so excited to have a great day with our students and families!

So what is happening on Friday, Sept. 22 at École Parc?!

Terry Fox Run

Our Kindergarten to Grade 6 classes will be invited to the gym at 10:45 am on Friday, Sept. 22. We will be having a short presentation about Terry Fox. Following the presentation, teachers will lead their classes outside for a run around the track at about 11:15 a.m. Parents are welcome to come join us for this great event!

We are not collecting money in person for this event but donations can be made online HERE

Meet the Teacher

Our informal, drop-in style Meet the Teacher event is from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Please head to your child's classroom to meet their teacher.

Food Trucks Available from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. we will have food trucks available in the field on the back side of our gym. You might want to grab a bite before the show!

• We have invited the following food trucks to our event:

  • Mini Donut King

  • Casa 12 Doce Mexican Food

  • Poutine World

Family Movie Night: The Super Mario Bros movie begins at approximately 7:15 p.m. and will run until approximately 8:45 p.m. The movie will be shown in the soccer field behind our school. You may want to bring lawn chairs, blankets, pillows and whatever else you may need for a comfy movie night. We recommend bringing frisbees, balls, or other outdoor activities to keep busy between the end of Meet the Teacher and the start of the movie. There will be roughly an hour between the two events.

Please follow this link to watch our announcements: Le 18 sept

What's happening this week at École Parc:

Sep 18-Bus Evacuation-Kindergarten A PM

Sep 19-Bus Evacuation-Whole School, Kindergarten B PM

Sep 19- Ecole Parc Playground Expansion Committee Meeting in Library 6:00 PM

Sep 22-Terry Fox Run-All Day

Sep 22-Meet the Teacher-Whole School 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Sep 22-Family Movie Night 7:00 pm

Upcoming Dates to be aware of

Sep 26-School Photos-ECS B, Gr 1-6

Sep 27-School Photos-ECS A, PALS AM and PM, Kindergarten Transitions

Sep 29-Orange Shirt Day

Sep 30-National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Ecole Parc Elementaire is participating in the Terry Fox School Run! We are so proud to be a part of this Canadian tradition in the fight against cancer. Please support our student’s fundraising efforts and please donate here!

If your student is absent, being picked up early or will be arriving late, we ask that you please email our attendance email at EPEAttendance@eips.ca or call the school at 780-998-3741. Please send any DQ permissions to this email as well.

If your child requires any medication, please go online to ecoleparc.ca to access the form. Please do not send medication with your child. Please let us know if your child has any medical alert so that we may have the appropriate forms filled out.

Forest of Reading

It’s time to vote! Everyone who read some of these books is eligible to vote. You have until September 25 to email me your favorite (jennifer.milanovic@eips.ca)! There are some excellent books in that list – I am hard pressed to choose just one!

This is the adult program but we do run some of the children’s programs as well. We will be starting that as soon as the new nominee lists are released and we purchase the books. Remember, kids who see their adults read will be more likely to succeed at reading, too!

Read-In week is October 2-5 and fast approaching!

In addition to the guest readers who are coming in to read with our students we have many reading activities planned for the week. Students will be reading with other students; dropping everything and reading; 'reimagining' (the theme for this year) book covers and endings; and creating their own bookmarks. In addition to this, the spirit day in October is dress like a book character. These can be very simple (think red ribbon in your hair and carry around a book and you are Matilda) so hopefully we'll see lots of book characters around the school!

We would love to have parent volunteers come read to our classes. The theme this year is Read-In Reimagined so bring a book (or borrow one from our library) and your imagination and help us spread reading love! You may read in either French or English. If you are interested in volunteering please contact school librarian Jennifer Milanovic either by email (jennifer.milanovic@eips.ca) or by phone (780-998-3741). Once you arrive at the school to volunteer you will be asked to fill in a Permission Click Volunteer form. You can then check in at the library and Mrs. Milanovic can give you your reading schedule.

Meet your School Counselor!

An event bringing together First Nations, Métis and Inuit families in the Fort

The EIPS Correction and Verification Form is available online through your PowerSchool Parent Portal. Use the form to access and update your child’s records information—including address, parent and guardian information, emergency contacts and medical information. Reviewing the form and submitting updates ensures the school has the most up-to-date information regarding your child.

When reviewing the form, pay close attention to all listed phone numbers, email addresses and emergency contact information. Also, if you recently moved, now is the time to ensure the Division has your updated address. Throughout the year, the Division and school uses the listed information to communicate with families about important information, including updates, the latest news and events.

EIPS Correction and Verification Form

Review and update the form by Sept. 22, 2023. For more information about the PowerSchool Correction and Verification Form, contact the school office at 780-998-3741.

School fee information for the 2023-24 school year will be posted on the PowerSchool Parent Portal in late September. All fees are due within 30 days of being posted. To access your fee information, simply log in to the PowerSchool Parent Portal and go to “Student Fees.” There you can view your fees and pay online using a credit card.

Don’t forget to log in to the PowerSchool Parent Portal regularly throughout the year. Fees are often added to your child’s account to cover the cost of certain school activities such as field trips, class projects, athletic-team fees and more. Additionally, junior high and senior high fees can change as courses are added and deleted.

If you’re unable to pay your school fees, you can apply to have certain fees waived by submitting an Application for a Waiver of Fees. The application deadline is Dec. 15, 2023.

For more information about school fees, waivers and payment deadlines visit eips.ca. Alternatively, contact Sherri Prince, Business Manager at Ecole Parc at 780-998-3741.

The PowerSchool Parent Portal is an interactive web-based platform where parents and guardians can access attendance, grades and fee information for all students registered in the Division, as well as provide updates to family contact information as needed. One account provides access to the information about all students in your family, and the account remains active for as long as you have students registered in EIPS—there’s no need to create a new account each year. All new EIPS students are automatically connected to the applicable parent or guardian account.

For new EIPS families:

1. Go to https://powerschool.eips.ca/public.

2. In the ‘Username’ field, input the email address you provided on your child’s registration form.

3. Select ‘Forgot Password.’ You’ll receive an email with a link to create a new password.

4. Return to the main PowerSchool Parent Portal page and log in with your email address and new password.

Ecole Parc and the Division use the SchoolMessenger platform for communicating with families—through both phone and email. Be sure to add communications@eips.ca to your safe sender list to avoid having important messages funneled into your junk mail folder.

You can directly manage your phone and email subscription preferences through SchoolMessenger. Simply log in to your account—or create one if you don’t already have one—and select the message types you’d like to receive to each phone number and email address on file.

The easiest way to stay connected is to download the SchoolMessenger app. Get the latest updates direct to your mobile device and enable push notifications to never miss a message. Families can also check back on past messages—for up to 30 days—directly in the app rather than searching to find an old message buried in your inbox. Download the SchoolMessenger app from the App Store or Google Play today.

EIPS uses the online Permission Click platform for many school and Division forms. The system makes the form submission process for families simple and straightforward. Forms are also easily accessible and fillable from your mobile device. Families will generally receive forms in one of two ways—sent as a link within a SchoolMessenger email or in a direct email from Permission Click sent to the first parent or guardian on record in PowerSchool. Be sure to add notifications@permissionclick.com to your safe sender list to ensure required forms aren’t mistakenly directed to your junk mail folder.

Hello EPE families,

I would like to introduce myself as the new chair for both the school council and fundraising society. My name is Amanda. I have been acting as vice chair for the past 4 years. My family and I have been Grizzlies since our eldest was in kindergarten (he is now in grade 5!)

We held our annual AGM last Wednesday and have an amazing new executive board joining me for this school year. I would like to welcome, Michelle Poitras as our new vice chair, and Danielle Rusk as our new secretary. Jasmyne Garbe will resume her position as treasurer, while Rebecca Milburn will join us as our hot lunch coordinator.

I would also like to extend immense gratitude to our outgoing executive members and coordinator Jennifer Dechaine (Chair), Amy Archibald (secretary), and Leanna Bechtel (hot lunch coordinator).

For those who are not aware, the role of our school council and fundraising society is to support the exceptional team and students who make EPE so special. This is done with many initiatives like purchasing supplemental learning and recreational materials for students and staff and supporting cultural experiences like Carnivale. We strive to be both community and environmentally minded and are always looking for suggestions and volunteers to help us keep improving. We’ll be busy planning for this year in the next few weeks so stay tuned to the gazette for details of what we are doing.

Meetings are open to all EPE families not just the executive so please come and join us at our next meeting on October 11, 2023 @7pm.

Hope to see you there!

Amanda Shand

During the 2022/23 school year staff identified that the playground structures were not meeting the needs of all the students, both in type of structure, and space available for students to play. When the playground structure was first built in 2013 there were 180 students in the school. We now have 326. The population has doubled and we have a larger group of students in the PALS and Division 1 (K-3) age group. The existing play structure is designed for ages 5-12. We need an additional play area that meets the needs of students aged 4-8. The goal is to have the project completed within 3 years.

We are excited to hit the ground running with this and officially kick things off this year. We are always looking for more volunteers to join the committee. We meet once a month, time commitment is flexible and there is always lots to do and input needed.

If you are interested in joining the committee or would like more information please feel free to email us at ecoleparcplaygroundexpansion@gmail.com.

Our next meeting will be Tuesday September 19th @ 6:00 PM in the school library.