William D. Cuts Newsletter

October 2023

September was a busy month getting everyone settled and back into the routine of school. Volleyball is in full swing with four teams in action. Thank you to Ronald Harvey school for letting our junior teams practice there when some extra gym space has been needed. League play continues through October with playoffs beginning in November.

The cross country team had another strong showing at districts. The school finished in third place overall, with the intermediate girls placing first overall. Four runners medaled, and there were a large number of runners who qualified for zones.

Students participated in various activities on September 29 to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Part of this will be the creation of some student work that will be displayed throughout the courtyard. There was a smudge to start the day and sharing circles to wrap up the activities.

A reminder that there is no school October 9 or 10, picture retakes are on October 5, parent teacher interviews will be held October 12 and 18, and School Council is October 16. More information will come on how to book appointments for the parent teacher interviews.

Thanks for your continued support, and enjoy the lovely fall weather while it lasts.

Cory and Matt

Thursday, Oct. 5 - Picture Retakes

Monday, Oct. 9 - No School, Thanks Giving

Tuesday, Oct. 10 - No School, PD Day

Tuesday, Oct 10 - Friday, Oct. 13 - Book Fair

Wednesday, Oct. 11 - Zone Cross Country

Thursday, Oct 12 - Parent Teacher Interviews, In Person

Wednesday, Oct. 18 - Parent Teacher Interviews, Virtual

Wednesday, Nov. 1 - Early Dismissal 12:00pm - Staff Meeting

Thursday, Nov. 2 - No Stone Left Alone

Thursday, Nov. 9 - No School - P.D. Day

Friday, Nov. 10 - No School - In Lieu of P.T. Interviews

Monday, Nov. 11 - No School - Remembrance Day

Bookings open on Friday, October 6th, 2023

https://wdcuts.schoolappointments.com/

Bunch of stars yesterday.
Congrats to this crew for placing 3rd overall in St. Albert yesterday.

$5.50 per Individual Pizza

Options:

Cheese, Pepperoni and Hawaiian

TO PARTICIPATE IN FUN LUNCH, we ask that you agree to these points below prior to ordering for your child. HealthHunger

1. When you know your child will be away, and have adequate notice, we ask that parents cancel their fun lunch through the Healthy Hunger website directly. This includes instances such as planned out of school field trips, medical or dental appointments, or families choosing to keep their child home for other circumstances. If you know your child is going to be away, please cancel your fun lunch order. Healthy Hunger has a 5 day cut off window where you can cancel your order without issue and receive reimbursement in your original form of payment. For, the cut off is the previous Friday evening.

** As hot lunch starts on Wednesday October 26th the last day to order for that lunch will be Friday Oct 21st

2. We also know there are many instances where students may be unable to attend school unexpectedly and with very little notice. Should your child be away due to illness or any other unexpected circumstance, parents will need to notify our hot lunch coordinator by email to wdcutsparents@gmail.com or telephone the school to make alternate arrangements. This MUST happen before 11 AM on the day of hot lunch. Any other requests, sent in other ways (e.g. to your child’s teacher) or after the deadline, cannot be considered so please plan accordingly.

Please provide specific instructions about what should be done with your child's lunch.

• If you wish to pick up at the school, you may do so only after 12:30 PM on the hot lunch day. Items must be picked up the same day for food safety reasons.

• If you would like the lunch to be sent with another student, please clearly indicate the name of that student and their class number (or teacher).

• We are unable to hold lunches overnight or provide any other arrangements.

**If you do not provide instructions for your child(ren)'s fun lunch prior to 11 AM as outlined above, the volunteers will use their discretion to determine next steps. This may include donating the lunch or discarding it.

of volunteers. We ask that you treat our volunteers with kindness and respect at all times. We could not do this without them!

Thank you for your ongoing support of our fun lunch program. It provides valuable fundraising dollars to our school.

-The WD CUTS FUN Lunch Team wdcutsparents@gmail.com

2023/2024 SEMESTER 1 SCHOOL FEES/OUTSTANDING BALANCE ARE NOW DUE

WE WOULD APPRECIATE PAYMENT IN FULL FOR SEMESTER 1 FEES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Payments can be made through the PowerSchool Parent Portal using a Credit Card or a Visa Debit Card. (Please note that all debit/credit transactions are subject to a 2.4% service charge.) If an online payment is not an option, you may send cash or cheque to the school office with your student (payable to: St. Albert Public Schools 5565).

For Academies: Through PowerSchool you have the option of creating a Payment Plan by adding the academy fee to your basket, (only the academy fee no additional fees) and from there you can create instalments.

If you have any questions/concerns regarding your school fees, please contact Jolene Metcalfe at 780-458-8585 or email jolene.metcalfe@spschools.org

For access to the PowerSchool Parent Portal click here: https://spschools.powerschool.com/public/home.html

If you are having trouble accessing the PowerSchool Parent Portal, please contact: wdc@spschools.org

Lifetouch did our pictures this year. All you need to order your student's pictures is your student's ID number. You can find your student's ID number by logging into your Parent Portal account. Go to your school fees (on a web browser, not the app) and the student ID will be beside any of their fees.

Lifetouch Website

As we near the mid-way mark of the semester, we want to remind parents about the responsibilities students have when using social media platforms, especially those that are video-based:

• Obtain appropriate consent from individuals - peers AND teachers - who appear in video, audio recording and images before forwarding them to other people or posting them to online spaces.
  
  

• Before recording, be transparent about the purpose of the video, audio recording or images. Recording things with underlying motives and posting them out of context is not appropriate.
  
  

• Respect others and communicate in a supportive way. Never participate in harmful, inappropriate or hurtful online behaviours.

We encourage you to have conversations with your children about social media regularly. Supporting them as they transition through adolescence and into adulthood will only help them become the best version of themselves.

For more information about our division policy about Acceptable Use of Technology, please visit the division website.

Email: wdc@spschools.org
Website: wdcuts.spschools.org
Location: 149 Larose Drive, St. Albert, AB, Canada
Phone: 780-458-8585