Elements' Weekly Update

It's hard to believe that we have completed our first month of school! It's been exciting seeing the students settle into their routines, and your support and encouragement at home has played an important role in the transition.

Looking ahead, we are preparing for Parent Teacher Interviews at the end of the month. This provides a great opportunity to discuss your child's progress and set goals for the months ahead. We look forward to welcoming you into the school and working together to best support our students.

As the weather cools down, please remember to have your students dress for the weather so they are comfortable for outside activities. Fall is officially here and we want to ensure everyone stays warm and healthy!

• September 30 - No School - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• October 2 - Early Dismissal
• October 2 - School Spirit Theme Day!
• October 4 - No School - District Professional Learning Day
• October 5 - World Teachers Day
• October is 7-11 - Read In Week
• October 9 - Oilers or Jersey Theme Day - Oilers Home Opener
• October 14 - No School - Happy Thanksgiving!
• October 15 - School Council and Parent Society Meeting
• October 23 & 24 - Parent Teacher Interviews

October 5 is World Teachers’ Day! World Teachers’ Day recognizes the integral role teachers play in providing quality education to students. On October 5, Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) encourages all of its students, parents, caregivers and community members to show their appreciation for their teachers and the positive impact they make on our lives. EIPS extends its heartfelt thank you to all Division teachers for their dedication, hard work and commitment in guiding and educating students through their kindergarten to Grade 12 years.

Read In Week 2024 is taking place October 7-11.

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. This year’s theme: “Reading Is For Everyone.” Our Read In Week committee has a variety of exciting activities planned to celebrate! Be sure to check next week's Weekly Update for a list of activities.

Fort Saskatchewan Elementary invites all families to participate in Read In Week by reading yourself, with your child or with someone in the community. For more information, visit the Read In Week website.

Be sure to check out Ms. Melnyk's Counsellor Corner page on our school website! This is a great place to look for community resources and to learn about regulation strategies to help our brains and bodies feel safe and calm.

An important aspect of keeping students safe is ensuring they have arrived safely at school. Please communicate your child’s absence, or if they are leaving school early or arriving late. Click on this link to take you to our Contact Us page to keep the school informed. You can also call the school at 780-998-7771 to report absences.

Thank you for your support!

School pictures are ready! To order pictures, log in to your account on mylifetouch.ca or create an account using your child's student ID number.

All families can also log on and order a FREE digital Pictures2Protect Card.

More about the Pictures2Protect program here.

Elk Island Public Schools is on Instagram!

Want reminders and news about EIPS? You can now follow the Division on Instagram @elkislandpublicschools. Stay in the know about what’s going on, from divisionwide celebrations to reminders about important dates and deadlines. You can also connect with EIPS on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and the EIPS website.

Interested in school-specific updates? Follow Fort Saskatchewan Elementary @fortelementary

Please join us for our October School Council and Parent Society Meeting. This is a great opportunity to come together as a community, share ideas, and discuss important topics that impact our students and school. Our next meeting takes place on October 15 at 6:00pm.

Fort Saskatchewan Elementary has been selected by Heartland Petrochemical Complex for the Edmonton Oil Kings Adopt-A-School program. Thanks to their generosity, FSE will receive Oil King tickets for each home game for the 2024-25 season to share with our families.

If you missed the chance to enter your name in the draw for tickets earlier this week, you still can!

Families interested in being entered in the draw for free tickets to the Oil Kings home games this season, please email your name and your student's name and homeroom to general.fse@eips.ca to enter. You only need to submit your name once!

We will be drawing 2 families to win 4 tickets. If your family is drawn and are unable to attend the game, your name will be reentered for future games. Winning families will be contacted by FSE office staff prior to game day. Tickets will be emailed and a Ticketmaster account will be needed to accept the tickets.