William D. Cuts Newsletter

June 2023

As we look forward to the end of school and the start of summer, we still have a number of activities before the end of June. Make sure you check the calendar in this newsletter so you don’t miss out on anything.

Rugby and track were the last of athletics to wrap up with successful seasons in both. Congratulations to all the athletes who made districts and zones in track. The fine arts night was another wonderful evening that featured displays from the Art classes and a production of “Sleepy Hollow” from the Drama program.

School exams start on June 20 and run through the 27th. Students are allowed to leave once their exams are finished with permission from a parent provided to the homeroom teacher. There will be study sessions in the afternoon for all those students remaining at school. The year will be capped off with our awards night on June 29 and report cards will be released on the morning of June 30.

Mr. Albrecht and Mr. Tripp

Wednesday, June 7 - Early Dismissal 12:00pm, staff mtg and Gr. 9 Farewell

Tuesday, June 20 - Language Arts part B

Wednesday, June 21- National Aboriginal Day

Thursday, June 22 - Math part A

Friday, June 23 - Math part B

Monday, June 26 - Social

Tuesday, June 27 - Science

Wednesday, June 28 - Gr.9 Day Out in Wabamun, Gr. 7 & 8 Smiles Day, Early Dismissal 12:00pm

Thursday, June 29 - Awards Night

Wednesday, June 7 is grade the 9 farewell.

Come to the school at 4:30 dressed in your best. A group picture will be taken at 5:00pm.

Then join us in the gym for a special presentation. A dance will follow for the grade 9 students only.

If grade 9 students are wanting to bring a guest to the dance that do not attend our school. Please see Mr. Albrecht to have the guest registered.

W. D. Cuts School Track and Field meet was held on Tuesday, may 9th at Fowler Track. Top athletes in each grade level were awarded their gold medals following our school meet.

Congratulations to all of the grade winners!

W D Cuts Track and Field Team competed at the Zone 5 track championships which were held on Thursday June 1st, at Strathcona Athletic Park in Sherwood Park. Congratulations to all Cuts athletes for representing St. Albert and bringing home 16 medals. Silas and Keegan brought home 3 medals each. Easton, Alexandra and Isla brought home 2 medals each and Aaron, Claire, Taleah, and Sarah each brought home 1.

Easton Herman broke his own school records in the 1200m and 2000m. Taleah Tagg Broke her own school record in the high jump, and Silas Kerbes set a new school record in triple jump.

Congratulations to all athletes on a great season.

Easton Herman-800m, 1200m, 2000m

Silas Kerbes-800m, Triple Jump, High Jump

Alexandra Watson-400m,800m, Triple Jump

Nolan Margetson-High Jump

Sarah Lenz-High Jump, Triple Jump

Talea Tagg-High Jump, Shot Put

Leah Burch-Triple Jump,Javelin, High Jump, Shot Put

Aaron Ma-Relay

Claire Letain-Relay

Isla Mitchell-400m, 800m

Keegan Grannary- 800m, 1200m, Javelin, 400m

Brody Rushton- High Jump

Natalia Martell- Discus

Jake Burkell -800m

Jack Dorval 1200m

Ruby Driscoll 1200m

Connor Giger 2000m

Finn Werner 2000m

Rachel Arthurs Discus

Juliet Rankin High Jump

Patrick Foster Long Jump

Check out our division's online Art Show

The yoga classes have enjoyed going to Lahari Yoga in May.

Registration for the 2023 - 2024 school year is now open.

Returning St. Albert Public School students can find the registration form in their PowerSchool Portal

New students to St. Albert Public Schools please fill out the New Student Registration From

Deadline to purchase 2022 - 2023 Yearbook is June19th.

Log into PowerSchool to order yours.

Reminder:

WE WOULD APPRECIATE PAYMENT IN FULL FOR FEES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Payments can be made through the PowerSchool Parent Portal using a Credit Card or a Visa Debit Card. (Please note that all debit/credit transactions are subject to a 2.4% service charge.) If an online payment is not an option, you may send cash or cheque to the school office with your student (payable to: St. Albert Public Schools 5565).

If you have any questions/concerns regarding your school fees, please contact Jolene Metcalfe at 780-458-8585 or email jolene.metcalfe@spschools.org

For access to the PowerSchool Parent Portal click here: https://spschools.powerschool.com/public/home.html

If you are having trouble accessing the PowerSchool Parent Portal, please contact: wdc@spschools.org

June 14 - Nitza's

June 21 - Subway

TO PARTICIPATE IN FUN LUNCH, we ask that you agree to these points below prior to ordering for your child. HealthHunger

1. When you know your child will be away, and have adequate notice, we ask that parents cancel their fun lunch through the Healthy Hunger website directly. This includes instances such as planned out of school field trips, medical or dental appointments, or families choosing to keep their child home for other circumstances. If you know your child is going to be away, please cancel your fun lunch order. Healthy Hunger has a 5 day cut off window where you can cancel your order without issue and receive reimbursement in your original form of payment. For, the cut off is the previous Friday evening.

** As hot lunch starts on Wednesday October 26th the last day to order for that lunch will be Friday Oct 21st

2. We also know there are many instances where students may be unable to attend school unexpectedly and with very little notice. Should your child be away due to illness or any other unexpected circumstance, parents will need to notify our hot lunch coordinator by email to wdcutsparents@gmail.com or telephone the school to make alternate arrangements. This MUST happen before 11 AM on the day of hot lunch. Any other requests, sent in other ways (e.g. to your child’s teacher) or after the deadline, cannot be considered so please plan accordingly.

Please provide specific instructions about what should be done with your child's lunch.

• If you wish to pick up at the school, you may do so only after 12:30 PM on the hot lunch day. Items must be picked up the same day for food safety reasons.

• If you would like the lunch to be sent with another student, please clearly indicate the name of that student and their class number (or teacher).

• We are unable to hold lunches overnight or provide any other arrangements.

**If you do not provide instructions for your child(ren)'s fun lunch prior to 11 AM as outlined above, the volunteers will use their discretion to determine next steps. This may include donating the lunch or discarding it.

of volunteers. We ask that you treat our volunteers with kindness and respect at all times. We could not do this without them!

Thank you for your ongoing support of our fun lunch program. It provides valuable fundraising dollars to our school.

-The WD CUTS FUN Lunch Team wdcutsparents@gmail.com

HealthyHunger

As we near the mid-way mark of the semester, we want to remind parents about the responsibilities students have when using social media platforms, especially those that are video-based:

• Obtain appropriate consent from individuals - peers AND teachers - who appear in video, audio recording and images before forwarding them to other people or posting them to online spaces.
  
  

• Before recording, be transparent about the purpose of the video, audio recording or images. Recording things with underlying motives and posting them out of context is not appropriate.
  
  

• Respect others and communicate in a supportive way. Never participate in harmful, inappropriate or hurtful online behaviours.

We encourage you to have conversations with your children about social media regularly. Supporting them as they transition through adolescence and into adulthood will only help them become the best version of themselves.

For more information about our division policy about Acceptable Use of Technology, please visit the division website.

Email: wdc@spschools.org
Website: wdcuts.spschools.org
Location: 149 Larose Drive, St. Albert, AB, Canada
Phone: 780-458-8585