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Kinosayo Elementary School
Email: kn@spschools.org
Website: https://kino.spschools.org/
Location: 40 Woodlands Road, St. Albert, AB, Canada
Phone: (780)459-3114
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KinosayoElementary
Important Upcoming Dates
- Wednesday, May 01: Early Dismissal (12:20pm, Grades 1-6) + No School (Kindergarten)
- Wednesday, May 01: KPA Free Parent Engagement Session ("2SLGBTQ+ Explained")
- Monday, May 06: School Council + KPA Meeting (7pm)
- Thursday, May 16: KPA Free Parent Engagement Session ("When to Get Help for your Little Mouse")
- Friday, May 17: No School (PD Day)
- Monday, May 20: No School (Victoria Day)
- Thursday, May 30: Kino Community BBQ (5:30-7:30pm)
Call for Volunteers!
It's nearly time to start planting or community garden again!
If there are any people (like our volunteer grandmas!) who would like to help prep the garden areas at the school so that they are ready for planting once the frost is done, we'd love the help!
Please reach out to Lisa Gonsalvez at lisa.gonsalvez@spschools.org for more information.
KPA Information
April Showers Bring May Flowers!
The Kinosayo Parents Association wants to help you get your yard ready for spring with our Salisbury Gift Card Fundraiser. Help support the KPA by purchasing your Salisbury Gift Cards. They can be used at the Enjoy Centre by Salisbury in St. Albert and the Salisbury Greenhouse in Sherwood Park.
Gift Cards come in $25, $50, $100, and $250 denominations and will be ready for pick up on May 9th and 10th (just in time for Mother’s Day!).
Proceeds raised from the Salisbury Gift Cards will help the KPA purchase new Chromebooks, a new inclusive playground, gym equipment, library equipment, and MORE for Kinosayo Elementary School.
Order Deadline is Wednesday, May 1, 2024.
Order forms have been sent home; check your kiddos backpack or fill out this Google form. Payment can be cash, cheque or EMT (EMTs can be sent to keenofundraising@gmail.com).
There are school-wide prizes to be won! Check out the information contained in the Google form for all the details!
Healthy Hunger ("FUN LUNCH Thursdays")
The next Hot Lunch is May 2nd! (As usual, orders must be placed by the previous Saturday.)
Hot lunch will offered each Thursday of the week, throughout the school year. Parents please log onto the Healthy Hunger website (www.healthyhunger.ca), where you may view the available options for your child(ren). Here you are able to select the date, class room and food/drink choices you want for your child. Payment is made online at this time.
Looking dairy-free or gluten-free options? Check out the items from Booster Juice and Boston Pizza!
Did you know that money raised from this program is given back to the school, helping to enrich our kiddo’s school experience? If you have any questions or comments, or would like to volunteer, please email Kasia at kasiamiller.kawshaw@gmail.com. Fun Lunch is driven by volunteers from the Kinosayo Parent Association.
SoapBox Derby
The Family Resource Centre is looking for 50 St Albert kiddos to participate in the SoapBox Derby free of charge!
FRC is responsible for registering 50 community racers who get to participate in the day and race free of charge. Community racers do not build their carts as there is a cost associated with each kit. the FRC is fortunate that local businesses and the car club members prebuild carts for the community racers to participate. However, each racer is responsible for their helmet.
Guidelines and conditions:
- Age requirement (6 to 14 year old)
- The racer must be a resident of St. Albert
- Referred by a community partner
- Participant in the cart fitting day. Last year we hosted a BBQ here at our centre and had a great evening while kids picked their carts and had a test run in late May or early June.
- Attend the race and have FUN on June 15th.
Here is the link for the event, providing more information: https://www.stalbertsoapboxderby.ca/
If any families would like to volunteer for the event to help with set up, race day etc, there are many options as well. About 100 volunteers are needed.
Information from Division Office
Engagement on cellphone use in schools
The Honourable Demetrios Nicolaides, Minister of Education, has a targeted engagement to hear from teachers, parents, and other staff about cellphone use in schools.
You are invited to participate in an online survey about the future of cellphone use in elementary, junior high, and senior high schools. You can access the survey at Survey Link. Please share this information parents and encourage them to share their views. The survey will be open until May 3, 2024. Input from this targeted engagement will help inform potential future government direction.
If you have any questions, please contact Nathan Freed, Executive Director, Field Services, at nathan.freed@gov.ab.ca or 780-427-5378 (toll free by first dialing 310‑0000).