Weekly Update Newsletter

Good Afternoon LLR Families,

Thank you to all of our Read-in-Week Volunteer Readers who visited our school to share their favorite stories.

Just a reminder that there is no school tomorrow as it is a Professional Learning Day for staff.

We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and has the opportunity to enjoy time with family and friends.

We look forward to seeing students back on Tuesday!

OCTOBER

Oct. 7 - No School: Staff Professional Learning Day & Last Day to Order Hot Lunch

Oct. 10 - No School: Happy Thanksgiving!

Oct 11 - School Council @ 6:30 in the school library; Parent Action Society (PAS) Meeting @ 7:30pm

Oct 12- Orange and Blue Day

Oct. 17 - ICON Kinder retakes (Group A)

Oct. 18 - ICON Picture retakes

Oct. 20 - Linking Generation Visit #2

Oct. 25 & 26 - Parent Teacher Interviews

Oct 28 & 29- JR Volleyball Halloween Howler Tournament

A reminder that everyone is always welcome and invited to attend our School Council and Parent Action Society (PAS) meetings. We have our next School Council Meeting (View Agenda Here) on Tuesday, October 11 in the school library at 6:30PM. Following the School Council Meeting, we will have a PAS meeting at 7:30PM. Our new PAS Executive will be elected at this time. PAS Agenda will be available next week before the meeting. Families also have the opportunity to join virtually using the following Microsoft Teams Link. We hope to see you there!

Last Chance to Order!!

Visit our Hot Lunch website (lakelandridge.hotlunches.net)

We will be accepting orders until the end of day on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2022.

Unfortunately, we will not be able to accept any late orders, as it is crucial that we get the hot lunch orders into the vendors with enough time for them to prepare for them.

For those parents with child(ren) in the Tuesday/Thursday Kindergarten (K2) class,

NOT TO WORRY – WE HAVE YOUR BACKS TOO!!

You still order for our Monday hot lunches, however we have made special arrangements for those lunches to be prepared and distributed to your kiddos on Tuesday

If you have any questions please contact our Hot Lunch Coordinator, Kathi Engel via email at lakelandridgehotlunch@gmail.com

As part of the physical education program, all Lakeland Ridge grade 4, 5, 6 and 7 students have the opportunity to spend a day at Sunridge Ski Area in Edmonton. This winter, students will board a bus on January 24, 2023 at 8:45 am for Sunridge Ski Area and return to the school at 3:00 pm. Please sign into ParentPortal, select your Gr 4, 5, 6, 7 student and scroll down to School Items, select Sunridge Ski Fieldtrip – January 24, 2023 and complete.

In order to provide Sunridge Ski Area with our fieldtrip details this form needs to be completed by October 31, 2022.

Please contact the school office at 780.416.9018 if you have any questions.

Visit https://lakelandstudent2022.itemorder.com/shop/home/ to purchase Lakeland Ridges latest Wolf Wear. The store closes mid-October.

Lakeland Ridge School fees have now been applied to your child’s student account. Please log into your PowerSchool Parent Portal account to view and pay these fees. If your child does not stay for lunch at all during the school year contact the office at 780.416.9018 by October 14, 2022, to have the fee removed. If you have already made a payment, please check your account again for any changes/updates.

If a yearbook is desired, please add it to your cart when you pay your school fees.

Fees are due 30 days following assessment as per Administrative Procedure 505 – School and Administrative Fees.

If you are experiencing difficulty in meeting this commitment to pay fees, please contact our Business Manager, Cathy Eyben to arrange installments or review the Division’s fee waiver process on the EIPS website. The deadline for receipt of a Waiver Application is December 15, 2022. No applications will be accepted after this date.

Please check your child’s student account throughout the year for any changes, and/or additions (i.e., Optional Fieldtrips, Athletic Team Fees).

For more information about school fees, waivers and payment deadlines, visit www.eips.ca/schools/fees and Lakeland Ridge Fees. Alternatively, contact Cathy Eyben, Business Manager at Lakeland Ridge at 780-416-9018.

Schools throughout Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) are celebrating School Bus Safety Week October 16-22. The theme: ‘Make the World Green, Ride Yellow,’ which focuses on transportation choice and the environment. Throughout the week, various activities are planned, including information sessions, bus-safety lesson plans and bus-evacuation drills.

As part of School Bus Safety Week, Lakeland Ridge reminds students and families all Division school buses are equipped with a bus-pass scanner, GPS technology, the Child Check-Mate system and surveillance equipment, which allows Student Transportation to better monitor and manage its more than 170 buses. Families and students also have access to the Traversa Ride 360 app, a mobile tool to help determine the location of a bus, projected arrival times and when a child is scanned onto a bus.

For more information visit EIPS Student Transportation or contact 780-417-8151.

If your student requires medication to be accessible at the school such as Tylenol, Advil, Benadryl, Reactine, and Tums, please fill out the Medication Management Plan and return it with the medication to Mrs. Desaulniers in the office or email return the form to general.LLR@eips.ca.

Students are not permitted to administer their own medication at school. All medication should be provided in its original packaging and labelled with student’s name. All medication will be stored in the office with administering recorded.

Want to know when things are happening? We have an athletics calendar on the LLR school website. https://www.lakelandridge.ca/athletics/athletics-calendar. Please visit often as our Athletics staff will update as often as they can. Please feel free to contact Mr. Fisher (our Athletics Director) if you have any questions or require more information.

EIPS has begun migrating school and Division forms to the online Permission Click platform. 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.

Upcoming Events and Important Dates

• On November 17, Rupertsland Institute presents the Get Ahead of Your Future job fair at the Edmonton Convention Centre for Métis Nation of Alberta students ages 15-17. To find out more or register for the event, email careerfairs@rupertsland.org.

• Gallery@501 in Sherwood Park has a wonderful Alex Janvier exhibit—on now until November 20—“The Healing Language of Alex Janvier” by world-renowned Denesuline artist, Alex Janvier, from Cold Lake First Nations, Treaty 6 Territory. Curated in partnership with the Janvier Gallery and Gallery@501, this exhibition features paintings, sketchbook drawings, video and audio works that reflect Janvier’s experiences within Canada’s residential school system.

• Strathcona Museum and Archives has two exhibits featuring Indigenous artists—Aaron Paquette’s immersive mural, The Past Shows Us The Way, and Shakihi: The Art of Connie Kulhavy.

• Strathcona County Hall in Sherwood Park is showcasing Métis artist Heather Shillinglaw’s art piece miyotamon nanas - it is a good road in all directions.

Direct Student Support

• The Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) is continuing its partnership with Dolly Parton Imagination Library for its Oskaya Ayamichikewak Young Readers Program. MNA citizens can sign up for free children’s books mailed home each month. Learn more

• Each year, the Métis Nation of Alberta provides scholarships to reward outstanding academic achievement. Scholarships are open to Métis students pursuing post-secondary education. Scholarship recipients receive both monetary reward and recognition during the Métis Week celebration in November. The deadline for scholarship applications is October 31—of the current year. More information and applications forms are available on the MNA website.

• Jordan’s Principle: Learn more about Jordan’s Principle and the funding supports available for First Nations children—visit the Assembly of First Nations and Government of Canada resources.

• Welcome to Leaha Atcheynum, the newest member of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education team. Leaha identifies as a proud Métis woman with Cree ancestry and comes to us from Jackfish Lake, Saskatchewan, where her family still resides on their traditional Métis land. Her great-grandmother (chapan) comes from Saulteux First Nation and her great-grandfather was a French settler. Leaha is married into Sweetgrass First Nation where her husband and children are registered treaty members. Leaha and her family reside just east of Chipman, Alberta. She is an advisor with the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education team where she supports staff, students, families and communities. Leaha has a degree in social work from the University of Regina.

Resources of Interest

• Interested in learning more about how your school is engaging in truth-telling and the reconciliation process? Connect with Jennifer Rice, the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education Lead Teacher at Lakeland Ridge School.

• Interested in learning more about EIPS Division-wide work in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education? Connect with the Central Services Team and read the Division’s monthly blog.

• NextGen Book Club is holding its next meeting at Fort Edmonton’s Indigenous Peoples’ Experience on October 4. At the meeting, participants will discuss Five Little Indians. Refer to the event details for more information and to purchase a ticket.

• You may have noticed some recent and important additions at EIPS Central Services and at each Division school. Continuing on our learning journey of truth, understanding the meaning behind our land acknowledgement, and our commitment to the reconciliation process, the Treaty 6 and Métis Nation flag are now permanently displayed at each EIPS site. The official flag raising ceremony at Central Services happened in June and can be watched in its entirety here or a shortened video highlighting the Board of Trustees commitment can be watched here. Please check with the lead teacher to find out more about the flag unveiling at your school.

We would like to highlight the Boys and Girls Club's new Teen Hub. It is located behind the building where Franklin’s Inn used to be. They offer a lot of activity programs. Check out the link for more information.

The "Raise the Grade" program may also be another beneficial activity for our students who are looking for more support after school. They also have a Dungeons and Dragons club every second Wednesday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m..

If you have a child who could benefit from these programs we encourage you to check it out.

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Email: general.llr@eips.ca
Website: https://www.lakelandridge.ca/
Location: 101 Crimson Drive, Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
Phone: 780-416-9018
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Twitter: @LakelandRidge