March 10 - 16, 2025

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Our annual Carnaval event was once again graced with amazing weather! We had so much fun with all the events and activities throughout our afternoon on Thursday. Thank you so much to Mme Boswell, parent volunteers and our grade 6 helpers for making this event a huge success!

We also handed out our first PAWSitives this week! So fun. Our students are so great and looking for lots of ways to share their PAWSitivity with our school community. Thanks again to Council for supporting this fun and motivating initiative.

Paving the Way for your Child's Success!

David Irvine on March 11, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.. Raising a child to become a responsible, respectful, resilient citizen requires deliberate action, intentional focus, and a strong, supportive community. Raising kids to be accountable and capable can be challenging and it takes courage to be a parent. With over forty years of experience as a family therapist, leadership advisor, author, parent, and grandparent, David Irvine offers a unique perspective for raising capable young people in a post pandemic world. Come prepared for an inspiring and thought-provoking presentation that will support, challenge, and shift the way you parent.

Virtual Link: Meeting Registration - Zoom

The Battle of the Books competition with Ardrossan Elementary will be in our gym on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. We're looking forward to challenging our literacy knowledge again M. Verhoeff's Ardrossan students' knowledge. Should be fun! A huge thank you to Mme Milanovic for creating this amazing opportunity for not only our Grizzlies, but the Bisons from Ardrossan Elementary!

Finally, remember to check your Parent Portal for your students' report card this Friday at 3:30 p.m.

Have an amazing week everyone!

Please follow this link to watch our announcement: Le 7 mars

We all know that our École Parc Élémentaire education team and community is second to none and we want to offer a way to celebrate all those little acts of greatness that can sometimes go unnoticed!

This year we are launching Grizzlies' Greatness. This is your opportunity recognize those individuals who you think help make EPE special, welcoming, unique and an over great place to be!! So if you are thankful for the way that a staff member is always smiling and offering a kind welcome in the halls, that new teacher who is making their mark in our school with their energy and ideas or that EA who is making those valuable connections, we want to know about it.

To participate all you have to do is complete the form below- that's it! EPE school council will do the rest! A council member will take your comments place them in a card and deliver it to the staff member on your behalf!

Please click here to access form.

What's happening this week at École Parc:

Mar 10

• Class of the week ECS B
• Grade 4 Battle of the Books Practice

Mar 11

• Grade 5 Battle of the Books Practice

Mar 12

• School Council Meeting
• Grade 6 Battle of the Books Practice

• Battle of the Books Showdown Competition
• Ardrossan Elementary coming to Ecole Parc for the competition at 1:00 p.m.

Mar 14

• Term 2 Report Cards Published

UPCOMING DATES:

Mar 17

• Class of the week ECS A
• Hot Lunch: Panago

Mar 18

• Vertically Inclined Class 51/61 and 62
• Hot Lunch: Panago

Mar 21-30

• Spring Break!

Mar 31

• Class of the week Quest
• Hot Lunch: Cobs

Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) wants to hear from you. Every year, EIPS conducts a feedback survey to gauge its progress toward meeting the goals and priorities outlined in its Four-Year Education Plan. Collectively, the Division uses the survey feedback to help guide future planning, decision-making and strategies—all aimed at enhancing student learning and better serving the wider community.

Complete the 2024-25 EIPS Annual Feedback Survey: For Parents and Caregivers by March 21.

The Alberta Education Assurance survey gathers feedback on the quality of education provided by school authorities and their schools. Schools and school authorities use this information to understand how they are doing and plan for the future. Grades 4, 7 and 10 parents and caregivers have received information directly from the school on how to complete the survey. Complete the Alberta Education Assurance survey by March 21—learn more. For questions or concerns, contact the school.

The numbers are in! With just over $4700 in sales, including 38 books purchased for the classroom, we were able to earn $2710.84 in Scholastic credit for the school! The library already used $960 of this to take books that were at the fair. Thank you to everyone who helped make our sale a success. Another thank you goes out to all the book fair helpers – great job!

Battle of the Books

Congratulations to all our competitors! Great job reading and preparing for our first competition! The second competition will take place on March 12 also at 1 PM where we will be facing off against M. Verhoeff’s new school, Ardrossan Elementary.

The winners were as follows:

Grade 4: 1st place Hudson

2nd place Emma

3rd place Ali

Grade 5: 1st place Lennox

2nd place Aiden

3rd place Scott

Grade 6: 1st place Sasha

2nd place William

3rd place Sawyer

If your child loses a library or home reading book, please contact the school. If the book is not found within 30 days, the cost of the resource will be assigned to the “Fees” section of your PowerSchool account. Please note, if the book is found within 30 days, a refund will be granted. However, if the book is found after 30 days, a refund will not be granted as we will have purchased a replacement for the library’s collection.

Please check out the linked March First Nations, Métis and Inuit Newsletter. on supports and upcoming events!

Hello Grizzly families,

Ordering Hot Lunch will be changing effective January 2025. Families will need to create an account with Munchalunch. I have included a document with steps to complete this account. Hot lunches will still be offered every other Monday(changed Wednesday if Monday is a holiday) and Tuesday and will have a rotating schedule of local vendors as we are currently doing. Families will still be able to order one at a time or as far in advance as they like. The deadline for ordering will be 7-10 days prior to hot lunch and will change with the vendor offering that week. Please note that the deadline to order the first Hot Lunch will be December 30th, 2024 at noon. We understand this change is not ideal mid year but it was necessary to keep our hot lunch program running.

Please head to https://munchalunch.com/schools/parc to create your account or follow the instructions on the document attached to this email.

For any other questions, please reach out to EPESchoolcouncil@gmail.com.

Please cancel any future orders you have purchased with Lunchbox. Follow the attached instructions to do so.

2025 Hot Lunch Dates:

We look forward to serving Hot Lunch with this new platform and thank you for the continuing support.

Genista

Hot Lunch Coordinator

Ecole Parc Elementaire School Council/Fundraising Society

We are lucky to have such a generous community and we often have some lunches donated by EPE families. We would like to gather a list of students that we can gift these to. If you'd like to be added to this list, please email general.epe@eips.ca Please include your child's information and if they have any allergies.

The EPE school council and fundraising society is looking to build a resource library to help parents support their children in French literacy. With the support of the Alberta School Council Engagement Grant, we have purchased 21 French/English dictionaries. In addition to having both languages, they are illustrated and are a great tool for parents, particularly those learning French with their children. The dictionaries are free on a first come first serve basis and can be collected at the office.

If you have a suggestion for a parent learning resource or educational opportunity please contact school council at epeschoolcouncil@gmail.com.

This year in attempt to be more accessible we will be trialing various meeting formats including virtual options. Meeting will be held on the following Wednesdays at 7pm

October 9th

November 27

January 15th

February 12th

March 12th

April 9th

May 14th

June 11th

For information about our School Council and Fundraising society, please visit our website at:

https://www.epeschoolcouncil.com/

EIPS’ Annual Education Results Report 2023-24 is now available online. The report details how EIPS is doing relative to Alberta Education’s performance measures; how it’s supporting students to achieve the best possible outcomes; and its successes, challenges and priority strategies moving forward. A brief overview of the report is also available.

Did you know you can sync the school calendar to your own calendar? Simply, visit https://www.ecoleparc.ca and click on the applicable subscription option:

· Download to iCal

· Add to Google Calendar

· Subscribe to Calendar

NOTE: Options are located above the calendar.

Once you click on the desired subscription option, follow the instructions. Within seconds, your calendar will contain all École Parc Élémentaire’s important dates including holidays, school-closures days, planned activities, events and more.

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. We ask that you contact us ahead of time for early pickups so that we may have your student ready on time. We understand that there may be last minute situations. Thank you.

School fees

All fees were due as of October 31, 2024. Fees can be paid on the PowerSchool Parent Portal .

If you have not paid your fees, please contact the office to make payment arrangements.

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 them online using Visa or MasterCard. All fees are due within 30 days of being posted.

For the safety of our students, a reminder that this lane is for QUICK student drop off only. Please park on the street if you need to walk with your student into the school.

A reminder to our families that please avoid sending nut products to school with your student as we have some very severe allergies. We appreciate your support in keeping all our students safe!

EIPS has three administrative procedures (APs) that address the Division’s code of conduct:

· AP 311: Welcoming, Caring, Respectful and Safe Learning Environments for Students

· AP 350: Student Code of Conduct

· AP 351: Student Conduct on School Buses

The Division, and École Parc Élémentaire, are committed to ensuring all members of the school community are provided with welcoming, caring, respectful and safe learning environments that respect diversity and foster a sense of belonging. EIPS encourages all students, staff and families to review the procedures to understand and practice the conduct expected throughout the Division.

Did you know each EIPS bus is equipped with video surveillance, and many school sites have video monitoring equipment?

Video surveillance and equipment help:

· ensure the safety of all students, staff, drivers and property; and

· discourage destructive acts.

As needed, EIPS school administration and Student Transportation staff review video recordings, in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act. The recordings assist schools and the Division with monitoring student and driver conduct and may be used as evidence in a disciplinary matter.

For more information about the collection, use and disclosure of personal information, contact the EIPS FOIP Co-ordinator at 780-464-3477.