Tiger News

Welcome back to another exciting school year at Hay Lakes! As we are into our third week of school, I just want to take some time once again to let all parents and guardians know that we are so happy to have you and your families as part of our community. As we move into the year, know that all of our teachers and school staff are here to do everything they can to support your children in their learning.

I would encourage all parents to come to our first School Council meeting that will be taking place on Thursday, September 26th at 7pm in the School Learning Commons (Library). We would love to have more parents come out to these meetings to hear what is going on in our school, and to be part of the conversation about how we can continue to make Hay Lakes School a great place for all.

As always, if there is ever anything you need, or if you have questions about the school or events that are going on at the school, we encourage you to reach out to the school office for information.

Here's to a great 2024-2025 school year!

-Mr. MacKenzie

Our Junior and Senior High Volleyball teams have been working hard to prepare for the beginning of their seasons. We are appreciative of all of our coaches who are supporting these teams!

We will once again be streaming our live home games - you can check them out on the YouTube Livestream by searching Hay Lakes School.

There are several upcoming races including Bashaw on September 19th, Camrose on September 26th, and New Norway on October 10th. Permission forms are online now!

Practices are on Mondays and Wednesdays:

• Gr. 4-6 - 3:15 to 4:00
• Jr/Sr - 3:45 to 4:45

On Friday, October 4, 2024, students will be participating in the annual Terry Fox School Run. Our fundraising goal this year is $13.00 per student. That's $1 for each province and territory. If we meet our school goal of $1200 the students will receive a frozen treat to enjoy.

Parents and siblings are welcome to join us for the walk/run.

To donate, please follow this link.

Our first School (Parent) Council Meeting will be taking place on Thursday, September 26th at 7pm in the school Learning Commons (Library). We'd love to see lots of parents there!

Not sure about what type of commitment you can give? You can do as much or as little as you want with our School Council. While volunteering for events is greatly appreciated, even if parents are able to attend our meetings that happen once every two months, we would love to have you there with us!

In past years, as a school we used to send home a paper copy of the registration form to be updated for all students. This process is now done through PowerSchool Portal, and is important to update every year.

To access this information, you must use a web browser, not the PowerSchool App. All parents have access to the portal through our website, and click here to find it. Once in the portal, you need to look for the "School Engage" icon on the left hand side. All parents have a username, which would follow this structure: firstname.lastname. If you've forgotten your password, you can request one from there.

You should have received an email in early August asking you to update your information. This is a very important process as it gives you the opportunity to update your contact information, emergency contacts, and many other things. It also asks you to sign forms for Acceptable Use of Technology and to indicate your FOIP preferences for your child(ren). This forms must be completed by the end of September. If they are not complete, we will be reaching out to remind parents, but we may have to limit internet access to students if these forms are not complete.

If you need assistance completing these forms, please contact the office.

• September 19th - Bashaw Cross Country Race
• September 26th - Camrose Cross Country Race
• September 27th - Orange Shirt Day
• September 30th - Truth and Reconciliation Day - NO SCHOOL
• October 4th - Terry Fox School Run
• October 11th - PD Day - NO SCHOOL
• October 14th - Thanksgiving Day - NO SCHOOL
• October 15th - 18th - Scholastic Book Fair
• October 16th - School Photos

We still have extra yearbooks for sale from last year! If students want to bring $30 to school, we can make sure they get one. Get one before they are all gone!

Our Learning Commons has been gifted with 130 brand new books and 7 boxes of Lego from First Book Canada! We are so appreciative of this donation to our school - it's a value of over $3000!

A big thank you to our Learning Commons Facilitator, Mrs. Lynette Irvine, for taking the time to organize this and go and collect these items!

If you are interested in purchasing school clothing, please check out the link below! It could make a great back-to-school gift, or something to consider as a Christmas gift! Show your TIGER Pride!

Lil' Buckaroo Design

The Hay Lakes Society for Youth Development would like to send a big Thank You to the 2024 Grads. This amazing class has donated $290 to our society so we can continue supporting the students of Hay Lakes School. Thank you so much and all the best in your future adventures!

Our custodial contractor, R&L Landcare & Janitorial is looking for a part-time employee to help with keeping our school clean for our students. Please see the information about the position below:

R&L Landcare & Janitorial is currently hiring for a custodial position for Hay Lakes School located at Hay Lakes Alberta. The position is part time for 3 - 3.5 hours every school day outside of school hours. Hours of work can vary to suit a schedule to work within the applicants time requirements.

A clean and up to date criminal records is required.

The successful applicant must be able to work with other staff or alone.

The successful applicant will be required to work a regular shift during any of the periodic breaks in the school schedule during November, December, Spring Break in March or April and the Summer break in July - August.

Possible Start Date: ASAP.

For further info. call Rick @780-678-5825 or email a resume to

rl.landcarejanitorial@gmail.com

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! A great way to keep up on upcoming events.

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