The Weekly Update #4

Welcome to October!

We have had a great start up to the year, full of lots of learning! Students are settling into their routines, and as I visit classrooms, I see high engagement in the lessons and learning. Our athletic programs have also started up with cross country running and volleyball starting in the past month! Our cross country team did fantastic this month, and a few of our high school students are off to provincials next weekend. Go TIGERs! We are super appreciative to our team coaches and their dedication to our school.

We have had great weather thus far this fall, including last Friday on our Terry Fox run. Thank you to all of our families for helping us to meet our fundraising goal. Students enjoyed their ice cream treat in recognition of their efforts this week! We also want to say thank you to our School Council volunteers who came in to BBQ hotdogs for all of our students on that day as well.

We have a very busy week next week, with lots of events including the book fair, school photos, and parent teacher interviews. We hope to see many of you on Thursday evening!

Also coming up on October 31st, we will be having our Halloween activities, including pumpkin carving in the morning for elementary students (supported by our secondary students), our costume parade at 1pm, and our elementary dance and secondary pumpkin painting in the afternoon. More information will be sent out about these events later in the month!

As always, if you have any questions about school events or your child's learning, we encourage you to reach out to teachers and school administrators.

Have a great long weekend, everyone!

Our first set of parent teacher interviews will be on October 17th, from 3:30 until 8:30. Parents are encouraged to come in and meet with teachers to discuss their child's progress. Please sign up for your interviews here.

Our Cross Country team participated in the Bashaw, Camrose and New Norway races, representing our school and doing us proud! Our students had great results this season, and some of our Senior Athletes will be heading to Provincials next weekend!

A reminder to parents, this year BRSD has moved to Real-Time Reporting, meaning that all student marks are online and teachers will be commenting on assignments online to report on student progress. Report cards will no longer be issued throughout the year.

During parent teacher interviews, we will have staff members available to help parents get set up on the PowerSchool portal and app if they are not already set up. If you are having difficulty accessing the information, please reach out to the school office for support.

We had a beautiful day for the run this year! HLS Parent Council kicked off the event with a barbeque hot dog lunch for all students - thank you so much! Funds raised surpassed our school goal of $1200! Well done Hay Lakes students!

We are so grateful for a donation to our Breakfast Program! Rosemary Arnett stopped by to present a cheque from Our Saviour Lutheran Church here in Hay Lakes to Mrs. Nordin and Mrs. Howell, our amazing Breakfast Club team. Thank you so much!

Our Fall Book Fair is coming soon! It will be open to students and parents October 15th - 18th. You are welcome to attend the Fair during your student's scheduled time or at any time during our scheduled hours. Flyers will be sent home the week of October 7th - watch for them in your child's backpack! For updates on the Book Fair and for previews of what's available, click here.

Our school event calendar can be found on our website here. This calendar can be added to your own Google Calendar or iCalendar. This is a great way to make sure you are aware of upcoming events at the school!

• October 14th - Thanksgiving Day - SCHOOLS CLOSED
  
• October 15 - 18th - Scholastic Book Fair
• October 16th - School Photos
• October 17th - Parent/Teacher Interviews
• October 23rd - Take Me Outside Day
• October 31st - Halloween activities
• November 1st - PD Day - No school for students

Upcoming Games:

Jr. High Girls & Boys:

• October 16 - Hay lakes @ Bashaw
  
• October 23 - Hay Lakes @ CCA
• October 25 & 26 - Hay Lakes @ Bashaw

Sr. High Girls:

• October 15 - New Norway @ Hay Lakes
  
• October 17 - Hay Lakes @ Forestburg
• October 22 - Daysland @ Hay Lakes
  
• October 24 - Holden @ Hay Lakes
• October 29 - Bashaw @ Hay Lakes

Some of our Hay Lakes Grade 6 students attended the Jump Start Beginner Band Clinic on the weekend, where they received extra help and instruction from experts to build on their current skills.

Please take some time to read the monthly message from Superintendent Rhae-Ann Holoien.

If you are interested in purchasing school clothing, please check out the link below - they make great gifts! Show your TIGER pride!

Lil' Buckaroo Design

We will be participating in Take Me Outside Day on Wednesday, October 23rd. It is a day meant to raise awareness about outdoor learning by spending at least one hour of class time outside, engaging in topics about outdoor learning. For more information, click here.

This is a fun, FREE program for students in grades 9 - 12.

Please check out the latest newsletter from our Career Counsellor, Mrs. Carla Praticante here"

Career Counselling News

Just a reminder that Battle River School Division has moved to online consent forms, and these consent forms/permission forms are located on your child's Rycor account (the same place you order hot lunch and pay for School Fees).

You can find the link on the Hay Lakes School Website here:

https://haylakes.brsd.ab.ca/

• Once on the Website click the black box on the right hand side - Quick Links
• Click Online Payments/ordering
• Click Online Payments & Ordering

• Sign in to your account - here you will see all the items available (hot lunch, milk and permission forms etc)
• Select the form you are looking for
  
• Fill out all the information (many fields will be marked mandatory and will not allow you to proceed until the form has been completely filled out)
  
• Once this form is filled out, select the blue box in the bottom right hand corner "add to cart"
  

** Please note this next step**

Once the form has been added to the cart you MUST sign it out of the cart - if there is a fee assigned it will prompt you here for payment. If no payment is required you will still need to confirm the items in your cart to finalize the completion of this form.

**If you do not finalize the items in your cart the form will not be processed and will not be completed.**

If you have any questions please contact the office (780-878-3368) and we will gladly assist you.

We've got an Instagram account! It's a great way to keep up on upcoming events.

Please follow us at @haylakestigers