Shining Bright @ Madonna!

Once baptized, we are guided and strengthened by the Holy Spirit, the third part of the Holy Trinity:

Our Father, God.

His Son, Jesus.

The Holy Spirit

MAY:

20 - Monday

• No School - Hope you are enjoying your long weekend!

• School Assembly focusing on Wellness
• Grade 4 Boys Friendship Workshop
• Grade 4 Art Club

• Prayer Club in the Chapel at First Recess
• Students Services Team meets to ensure success for all students
• Teacher Leads Collaborative 2024-2025 Planning Meeting

• OLPH Clergy visit in classrooms

• Kindergarten visit to Malvern Park
• Volunteer Tea at 1:00 PM. All are welcome so we can say Thank You!

Enjoy your long weekend! We will see on you on Tuesday, May 21st!

Thanks to our ABJ Leadership Team Friends, Madonna Catholic School students from K-3 will enjoy a Carnival following mass! Mom's & Dad's if you would like to join mass and circulate with your child's class during the Carnival, thank you for reaching out to your child's teacher!

Grade 4 students will be in Drumheller for their year end field trip.

We are calling on your help for more parts for our Loose Parts Play!

We are looking for the following items:

• shovels
• gently used blankets
• milk crates
• flex/accordion dryer venting (clean)
• used cooking & kitchen items (no rust please)
• thick rope
• used ski poles
• PVC pipes of all lengths and diameter

Thank you to the Jackson family for the fantastic donation of dimensional lumber! The kids are having a blast with these new additions!

Now that the weather is fantastic, Loose Parts Play is becoming more popular. Thank you for your help in providing MCS students with more opportunities for creative outdoor play!

Thank you in advance for your donations. Items can be brought to the office. On your most generous behalf, we will happily deliver items to the Loose Parts Play Team!

Check out these photos of Heartleigh in 3V at the powwow and sharing her Indigenous heritage. She is a fancy dancer, who has been acknowledge in the indigenous community. We are so proud of Heartleigh's journey!

The Nutrition Program provides:

• healthy breakfasts to children
• many options to introduce new foods
• sustenance for optimal learning.

May's Menu Plan:

Wed May 22 & Thursday May 23

Monday May 27 & Friday May 31

With extra grab n go items on the other days

We can always use more help!

If you can spare a little time, we could really use your help! And it doesn't need to be during the breakfast program hours! There's plenty to help with!

For more information or to help on a regular basis, please contact Jem jemliveyoung@yahoo.ca

Please see Mrs. Roberts in the office for volunteer forms.

Thank you to all of our families who have kept up-to-date with their school fees and ensuring there is a $0 balance on them!

In these last few months of the school year, it is important that all school fees are paid. This means that field trip fees are paid before your child's field trip in order for your child to attend.

To pay for your child's school fees or check your balance, please click here to access your PowerSchool Parent Portal

If you have any questions about field trip fees, please contact your child's teacher. Should there be a challenge paying school fees, please contact Mme Gravelle at 780-467-7972.

Your child's safety is very important to us. Keeping everyone safe is a combined effort between home and school. We thank you for your continued partnership to keep the Madonna Catholic School family safe and healthy.

As the weather begins to get better, and the sun rises earlier, this is a friendly reminder that supervision begins at 8:28am and children are to be in the school 10 minutes later at the start of learning at 8:38am.

Thank you for ensuring that your children arrive prior to 8:38am.

If you decide to drop your child off prior to the start of supervision at 8:28am, please know they will be unsupervised and school doors are locked until 8:28am. If you have any questions, please reach out to Madonna's Principal, Mme Gravelle at 780-467-7972.

Sunday Mass: 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM and 7:00 PM.

If parents have any questions, they can also contact the church by phone 780-467-5470 or email sacraments@olph.ca

MAY:

29: Class Pictures

30: Class Pictures

31: Grade 4 Tour of OLPH School

June:

3: Kindergarten & 2L Strathcona Wilderness Center Field Trip

4: Last Library Book Exchange

5: Early Dismissal at 2:13 PM

5: Spirit Day - Dress like your Teacher!

5-6: Grade 4 Students in Drumheller

6: Year End Mass at ABJ - Everyone is invited

6: School Carnival at ABJ

11: All Library books are due!

11: 1 S/W Reading to the Horses & Farm Visit

12: 1B Reading to the Horse & Farm Visit

13: 3V, 3&4G, 4P going swimming

17: 2/3O, 3V and 3&4G Field trip to Telus World of Science

17: Gr 4 visit to St.T's

18: Kindergarten & 4P Strathcona Wilderness Center Field Trip

19: Transition Day - Student's Visiting the next Grade Classroom!

21: National Indigenous Day

24: Grade 4 Farewell at 1PM

25: School Fun Day

26: Last Day for Students