WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER @ OLA

Monday, June 19th

• Volunteer Appreciation and Christian Leadership Awards Assembly at 9am - Please join us!

Tuesday, June 20th

• Grade 3 attending a celebration of Indigenous history, culture, and fun at Old Fort!
  

Wednesday, June 21st

• National Indigenous Peoples Day
• Grade 4 Year End Field Trip to Millenium Place

Thursday, June 22nd

• T/TH Kindergarten Field Trip to Edmonton Valley Zoo

Friday, June 23rd

• M/W Kindergarten Field Trip to Edmonton Valley Zoo

As Jesus sent his disciples to continue his work and mission, so too the Church is sent by Jesus. The Church is his continuing presence on earth. Every member of the Church is sent by Jesus to contribute to this mission.

Monday, June 26th

• School Faith Assembly 9:00am - All Welcome!
• Fun Run at 9:15am

Tuesday, June 27th

• Last Day of School! Report cards shared with families on Wednesday, June 28th

Many professional considerations are taking into account when determining optimal learning environments for all students next year. At OLA, staff work diligently every day to build connections and foster relationships with ALL students, regardless of class, and this makes transitioning so much easier. Every child is a part of community and not just one homeroom. Students next year will continue to be part of grade level teams, loved and supported by all OLA staff.

Your child's homeroom is now visible in PowerSchool. What is important to know is that while your child will have a homeroom teacher placement, they will be a part of team, which will also include our Student Support team.

Students' Homeroom placement for the 2023-2024 school year will be available in the Powerschool Parent Portal. *This is only applicable to current students in K-3 at OLA (this does not apply to students coming from other schools or grade fours heading to SJPII).

To see your child's homeroom placement for next year:

Login into PowerSchool Parent Portal

Click on child's name tab at the top of the page

Click on "Additional Resources" in the left hand column

Click on "Next Year Placements"

Repeat for each child.

New teams will be connecting with your child on Monday, June 26th.

Thank-you for your continued trust in all we do!

We are so excited to share our amazing OLA team for the 2023-2024 school year. Here are the staff members who will be learning and growing together with you and your children! Welcome back so many familiar faces, and welcome to the newest members of the OLA Team!

Pre-K: Mrs. Andrea Boyle

Kindergarten: Mrs. Caitlin Maclean

Grade 1: Ms. Jordan Lakeman

Grade 1/2: Mrs. Tara Kucy

Grade 2: Ms. Stanna Kelava

Grade 3 Team: Ms. Jenna Tichkowsky & Ms. Kiera O'Toole

Grade 4: Ms. Nicole Cyca

Music: Mrs. Donamarie Lukie

Collaborative Response Coordinator: Mrs. Andrea Boyle

Family Wellness Worker: Mrs. Eleanor Heesing

Chaplain: Mrs. Donamarie Lukie

Library Tech: Mrs. May-Lee Buban

Secretary: Mrs. Melanie Preville

Assistant Principal: Ms. Stephanie Bennett

Principal: Mrs. Michele Yuzdepski

Educational Assistant: Mrs. Kim Liber

*Educational Assistants: TBA

Some upcoming transition plans to help our students prepare for next year:

• Grade fours have met their new Principal, Mr. Rob Stecyk and had a school visit
• Teachers, along with our Student Support Team have created class compositions based on professional criteria and optimal learning environments for each student
• Teachers and Student Support Team met in collaboration to prepare for new classes
• Monday, June 26(Kindergarten students will be visiting their new class another day in June) Students will visit their new teacher and classroom for a period
• Students with ISPs had and will continue to have transition meetings with the current team and next year's team. Many thanks to Ms.Keleva for her dedicated efforts in coordinating all these meetings.
• As always, please continue to communicate important information with our team, beginning with your child's teacher, so we can support your child. There are many dedicated people who wrap around your child every day to provide positive and caring faith and learning journeys for each student.

At OLA, staff work diligently every day to build connections and foster relationships with ALL students, regardless of class, they are all "our kids" and this makes transitioning so much easier. Thank-you for your continued trust in all we do!

Celebrate Summer BINGO at Fort Saskatchewan Public Library!

Everyone’s invited to welcome in summer! The library’s Summer BINGO challenge will help you get out and about and trying new things – or reading your favorite books in the sun! Pick up your monthly summer BINGO card at the Library or play virtually using the Beanstack app. Mark BINGO squares by completing an activity - or “buy” a square by reading for 30 minutes. Kids can earn weekly prizes and completed BINGO cards can be turned in for a new book that’s yours to keep! Teens and adults can play, too, and will earn Booksale Book Bucks and weekly entries into two amazing grand prizes. The games begin Monday, July 3rd!

For more information on the BINGO challenge and the library’s great summer programs, visit https://fspl.ca/ or call 780-998-4275.

If you have any ideas or feedback, please send us an email at schoolcouncil.ola@gmail.com

Consultant

Safety First! Teach and practice with your child their full name, address, and their phone number, discuss when to share these things. Make sure they know your name and the name of trusted adults. Teach how to cross the street safely and always cross with an adult. Summer is the time to learn about bike safety, water safety, sun safety, and vehicle safety on road trips. Practice talking about what an emergency is and how to call 911. Practice asking for help for things that are hot, sharp, dangerous or too high to reach. Whenever you are out and about, take time to discuss these age appropriate safety lessons. Visit safekids.org for more great info!

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Use those eyes! Have your little one help around the house to empty and sort the clean cutlery, fold tea towels or sort socks. Do puzzles. Play eye spy and matching games!

SLP

Go on a Nature Hunt and use higher level vocabulary words when you find objects. Your child does not have to use these words, the focus is on hearing and understanding the words.

• Instead of saying “the rock is big” you could say “the rock is gigantic”

• Instead of saying “we’re jumping” you could say “we’re leaping”

What if just one conversation could make a difference? Rapid Access Counselling appointments are available, free for families or else pay what you can, from anywhere in Alberta within one week. Book through https://www.racalberta.ca/, or call 1.877.244.2360 (toll-free).

A repeatable single session therapy program, RAC is designed to help with a one-time boost, or one forward-step at a time with a bigger issue.

• Easy booking online at https://www.racalberta.ca/
• call 1.877.244.2360 toll-free – and hear back from a warm professional within 1 business day.
• No travel required
• no cost for minors or caregivers of minors
• More than 85% of clients report hopelessness, anxiety and distress levels are reduced after just one appointment
• Self-referral; no waitlist; no cap to number of sessions
• Phone or video sessions available week days and evenings, usually within 3 business days
• Confidential, Self-directed, Strength-based
• Qualified therapists work with families with kids of any age, couples, and individuals

**Clients are encouraged to contact 1.877.244.2360 if they would like to use RAC, but aren’t a minor or a caregiver of a minor – we have pay-whatever-you-can Rapid Access Counselling for you as well! **

Kindergarten registration for EICS schools is OPEN and available online.

Elk Island Catholic Schools invites and welcomes families of young learners into our faith-based, inclusive Pre-Kindergarten classrooms. EICS offers a variety of Pre­-Kindergarten programs to support all of our little learners. ALL early learners are welcome! Thank you for your interest in Elk Island Catholic Schools, we look forward to journeying with you and your child! We have programs to support both Pre-K PUF Learners & Independent Learners

Click here to learn about our Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs.

Our Lady of the Angels Parish

The 2023-2024 school year calendars have been approved by the EICS Board of Trustees and are now available for viewing.

Please visit the EICS blog post linked here.

9622 Sherridon Drive

Fort Saskatchewan, AB

T8L 1W7

Email: ola@eics.ab.ca
Website: https://ola.eics.ab.ca
Location: 9622 Sherridon Drive, Fort Saskatchewan, AB, Canada
Phone: (780)998-3716