BASHAW SCHOOL: MARCH UPDATES

Our next fun lunch will be held on Thursday April 3 and will be TACO IN A BAG. Orders can be made HERE or through our school website. Deadline is March 29.

Hat day is coming up on April 3. Wear a hat and show your school spirit.

Our mini dunkers basketball tournament is coming up April 3. Games will start at 9:20am and will wrap up around 2:20pm

The schedule of games will be distributed closer to the date.

Mark your calendars: April 4 is a PD day for students.

18 students from grades 10-12 will be traveling to Rome and Florence Italy, Innsbruck Austria, Munich Germany, and Prague Czech Republic with Mrs. Dimond and Mr. McIntosh during spring break! Wishing you safe travels as you learn and explore.

BRSD is pleased to announce that 2025-26 school registration is NOW OPEN! Please register on our website. We are excited to welcome new students to begin a new year in 2025-26!

Pre-K Program Highlights

Newsies, the Broadway Musical, is coming to town!! The Bashaw Sr. Drama class is presenting Newsies on June 5-8 at the Bashaw United Church.

Newsies is based on a true event that happened in New York City at the turn of the century that changed the lives of working children. The play highlights the power of standing together to create change against all odds!

In this musical, homeless newsboy Jack Kelly befriends two newcomers to his trade, brothers David and Les Jacobs. When publisher Joseph Pulitzer sets new rules that make it harder for the young newsboys and girls to make a buck, the kids go on strike. The result is an epic movement that is shared with energetic songs, dance and heartfelt characters. This is all portrayed by our amazing drama students who have created choreography, memorable characters and so much energy!!

Be sure to get your tickets to come out for an experience you won’t forget!

• Jr High Badminton practices: Monday and Wednesday 3:45 - 5:45pm

• Sr High badminton practices: Monday 6pm and Thursday 3:45pm

Congratulations to Layna Steele and Marcus Bjoern who represented Bashaw School playing for the All-Star teams this week in Camrose.

On April 12th, from 10am-3pm, we will be hosting our second Power of Girls. For those of you who haven’t heard of it before, it is all about empowering our girls to be the best version of themselves. We held one a few years ago and it was a great day (even though there was a blizzard!). We had sessions for the girls to choose from including: making an essential oil roll on, self-defence class, Zumba and dance class, photographer, group painting (which is still hanging on our wall), service and emotional support dogs, Questions with Mandy, and meditation to wind up our day. We had awesome volunteers who made and served the girls a wonderful lunch. The girls also left with a gift bag of goodies. Our goal for this day is for them to leave feeling like they are empowered and have some tools they can use going forward.

This event is FREE and both food and drinks will be provided.

We are looking for volunteers to support in sessions and serving lunch We are also looking for monetary donations for lanyards, gift bags, and lunch, as we don’t have a budget for the day. Anyone that would be interested in partaking in our day, please reach out.

We are so excited to announce that we currently have Crissy Croteau Photography, Mai Tai/Kickboxing with Spencer, Cindy’s She Shed, Finding the Joy with Janine, The Power of Self-Talk with Alida, Makeup Bags with Dakota, Dog Therapy with Jordyn, Painting with Krista & Lori and Pelican Cove Skincare.

Life as a young lady can be difficult at times. Our other goal is to make sure that they know they are not alone. We have many strong women in our community that have faced adversity and come out on top and thrived. They are such great models for our girls. These ladies are involved in our community and support it in being safe and caring. We are fortunate enough to have some of them join us for the day. The more we support each other the easier life can be!

Thank you,

Sherry Letendre: cell (780) 608-5519 or email: sletendre@brsd.ab.ca

Chelsea Niederlag school (780) 372-3800 or email: cniederlag@brsd.ab.ca

Next Meeting: Wednesday, April 2 at 6:30 PM

You can attend in person or join via GOOGLE MEET

Family Resource Networks (FRNs) deliver prevention and early intervention services, as well as a range of supports that focus on strengthening parenting and caregiving knowledge, social supports and resources, improving child and youth development, building resiliency and fostering well-being.

Strong communities start with strong families. To learn more, click the link below.

https://www.camrosefrc.com/

Be sure to check out this month's career counselling newsletter for information on awards, bursaries, scholarships, and student loans.

April Career Counselling Newsletter

https://cos.brsd.ab.ca/high-school-plus

Make sure to meet with your career counsellor!

Email: tkuchten@brsd.ab.ca and cpracticante@brsd.ab.ca

Please note that our automated attendance calls go out at 9:25am daily. If your child is not at school and we have not heard from a parent/guardian, you will AUTOMATICALLY receive the call indicating that your child/student is not at school.

On days that buses are cancelled, please be advised that attendance typically takes longer and calls are likely to go out before we have gotten through all voicemails, emails, and phone calls. We apologize in advance for the inconvenience.

If your child has an appointment or is sick, please call to let us know, otherwise they will be marked as absent (unexcused). We mark attendance as PARENT CALL when they're away with permission and ILLNESS when they're home sick.

REGARDLESS of the reason ALL students MUST sign-in when they arrive after morning O Canada and MUST sign-out if they're leaving the building (this excludes if they're leaving to go for lunch and intend on coming back - NO sign-out/sign-in is required for lunch).

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Email: dandriatz@brsd.ab.ca asteele@brsd.ab.ca
Website: www.bashaw.brsd.ab.ca
Location: 5304 51 Street Box 69
Phone: 780-372-3800
Facebook: facebook.com/bashaw_school