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Submit your child’s absence via email: staattendance@rdcrs.ca or call our attendance line 403-346-8951 press 1. Please provide students name, class and reason for absence.

For upcoming important dates please see the school calendar.

STA School Calendar

This form is required by your child's school and will, take approximately 2-3 minutes to complete.

How to access the **RDCRS Student Information Update Form - 2024-2025:

• Log in to the PowerSchool Parent Portal from a PC, Mac, or Chromebook: Click Here

• If you are unsure of your username/password, use the "Forgot Username or Password?" link to reset it, or feel free to contact your child's school for assistance.

• In PowerSchool, select the "School Engage" button (scroll down and select the last button on the left-hand side)

• In School Engage, select the Students tab, then select your child’s name.

• Look for the **RDCRS Student Information Update Form - 2024-2025 on the right-hand side of the screen.

• To open the form, click the blue, "Open" button under **RDCRS Student Information Update Form - 2024-2025.

• After opening the form, please look over the information carefully and make updates if necessary. Advance through the pages using the Next button at the bottom of the page.

• Complete the process by clicking the Submit button at the bottom of the last page.

𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐘 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌

Two sugar cookies stuffed with cotton candy ice cream on a bed of whipped cream, drizzled with caramel sauce,

topped with house-made cotton candy with powdered sugar

$1 from every ice cream sandwich sold will go towards St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School - supporting their fundraising efforts for field trips, guest speakers and retreat opportunities for their students.

● Schoology will continue to be the primary platform used for communication and sharing of information. You will use the same information to log in that you established last year if you were in attendance at STA or were in attendance at an RDCRS elementary school for 2023/24 (i.e. Holy Family, St. Elizabeth Seton, St. Martin de Porres, Father Henri, Maryview etc.)

● For students that are new to STA and RDCRS please know that we will be sending a unique (specific to your child only) QR code home which will provide you the information to sign up for Schoology.

PARENT LOGIN.

● All parents are required to have a PowerSchool account. This program allows parents to access information about attendance, and school fees and update student information in the fall & spring.

● Student Update Forms will be accessible in PowerSchool in the coming weeks.

● Once your Student Update Form is available in PowerSchool (you will receive an email notification)

https://rdcrs.powerschool.com/public/home.html

Online Informed Consent

Thank you to all our parents who have completed the necessary informed consents in RYCOR. We appreciate your prompt attention to this important matter. These forms are required by our insurance provider and must be completed as soon as possible to ensure that all students can fully participate in our school activities. Please note that these consents apply to all students and cover the following:

● Athletics: This one-time form covers all sports try-outs and rosters throughout the year.

● Mass: As all students attend school Mass at St. Mary’s, this form is necessary for participation. If you haven’t yet completed these forms, please do so at your earliest convenience to ensure there are no delays in your child's participation. Thank you for your cooperation!

https://rdcrs.powerschool.com/public/home.html

A huge thank you goes out to all our parents who actively support the School Council. Our School Council is a great way to be informed about what is happening in the school, give your input, ask questions, and help make the school a better place.

Please consider joining this year, all are welcome to attend. Our Annual General Meeting will be on September 24 @ 7:00 PM here at STA. We love to have parents join and become part of this amazing community. We have lots of openings in our Executive Positions.

We thank you for your support and are so grateful to work together with you. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions on how to enhance our school community.

Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) residential school commemoration event held in Williams Lake, BC, Canada, in 2013. It grew out of Phyllis' story of having her shiny new orange shirt taken away on her first day of school at the Mission. It has become an opportunity to keep the discussion on all aspects of residential schools happening annually.

Our division will recognize Orange Shirt Day on Friday, September 27th, 2024. Please encourage your child to wear an orange shirt on this day.

If you would like to purchase an orange shirt please login to Rycor to make a purchase. Order deadline Sept 25, 2024.

• Limiting Distractions in Alberta Classrooms - Alberta Education
  
• Ministerial Order
  
• Please review the expectations as a family. We will be making some changes to our existing cell phone policy
• Phone Expectations to specifically include all Personal Mobile Devices (PMD) to align with Alberta

Education’s Ministerial Order. Expectations include the following:
i. All personal mobile devices need to be powered off / silent and stored in student lockers
ii. Students may not access social media on school networks or school devices

• Parents will be notified via email for first and second offenses, PMDs will be confiscated and stored in the office for the student to pick up at the end of the day. On third and subsequent offenses a school administrator will contact the parent and the parent will be responsible for picking up the PMD from the office.

Counselling Introduction and "The Middle School Maze"

Link Here

The Sacrament of Penance, Confession, or Reconciliation...

This sacrament is one of the two sacraments of healing, the other being the Sacrament of the Sick. Reconciliation is where God forgives us all of our sins and reconciles us with the church community.

For more information on the meaning and importance of this beautiful sacrament please scroll down.

Please click below to find out more!

1st Reconciliation & 1st Eucharist Registration

The Final Sacrament of Initiation...

Confirmation is the sacrament where God the Holy Spirit makes us strong to serve in the kingdom of God! Without Confirmation, a person is not fully a member of the Church. This sacrament finishes the saving work that was begun at Baptism.

Please scroll down for more information.

Confirmation Registration

Menus are available on our website. Please consider pre-ordering your child's lunch. When lunches are pre-ordered, your student's lunch will be ready for them at their lunch break.