Growing Together @ STL
January 10, 2025
Faith and Wellness Student Retreat
On Tuesday, January 14 we are excited to announce the arrival of Face to Face Ministries who will be at St. Luke for a full day retreat. They are a highly energetic and faith filled team who inspire and engage kids in their faith. This day is funded through the REAL Foundation - we are grateful for their continued support of Catholic Education.
Also joining us that day is Nick and Steven with Pepy who are going to run physical wellness and connection activities with the students. As well, we will have outdoor play, hopefully with the snowshoes if we still have enough snow!
We are calling on parents to help January 14:
Please complete this form for more information and to help.
What we need help with....
- Helping with supervision during outdoor recess and indoor eating from 11:45am - 12:45pm so all staff can break bread together on this Faith and Wellness retreat day. - To volunteer, please click here. Yes, we still need volunteers! (PS - Enjoy a lunch on us after!)
- One of the wellness sessions during the day will be snowshoeing (weather permitting). If you're able to help strap on snowshoes between (approximately) 8:50 - 9:50am & 10:30am - 11:20am and enjoy some snowshoeing, please complete this form. Thank you in advance for your for help!! Volunteers still needed!
Please complete the volunteer form by Sunday so details can be shared with you on Monday. Thank you in advance for your support!
Celebrating Christmas!
This week we wrapped up our Jesse Tree stories from the Bible, learning about how God prepared the way for Jesus, from Creation to the Star of Bethlehem and Jesus' birth. Each day we came together in prayer and add our ornaments to the Jesse Tree in the library.
Thank you to Mrs. Diduck, St. Luke Catholic School's Chaplain, and the 5&6 class for helping to take us on this beautiful faith journey!
Congratulations!
Congratulations and thank you to one of our inspiring students! At Christmas in the Country, she sold earrings and jewelry that she made herself. With the proceeds from this event, thanks to our community's support, she donated $321 to the Stollery Children's Hospital for their very own Therapy Dog! Thank you for spreading love and for your excellent service leadership!
School Council Meeting
Looking forward to seeing you on Monday, January 13 @ 6:00pm
Some of the topics on the agenda:
- Christmas in the Country
- Next Year @ St. Luke Catholic School
- Advent Concert
- Promoting St. Luke
We invite you to share your perspective and provide your feedback! Your voice matters!
See you on Monday!
Open Houses & Tours for New Families
With registration starting on February 1st, we are excited to share some news for incoming families and children to St. Luke!
School Tours
Thank you for talking-up our school with your family and friends! We appreciate you carrying the St. Luke banner high!
If you know of friends or families who is interested in joining the St. Luke family, please have them contact the school. We are happy to give new families tours, and answer any questions they may have. We are delighted to showcase our amazing school!
Open Houses
We will have a daytime Open House from 9AM - 12PM on Thursday, February 27. Between those times, new and interested families are welcome to come and see us in action!
In the evening on Thursday, February 27, from 6:00pm - 7:00pm, we will also open wide our doors for an Open House for new and interested families. Families are welcome to tour our fantastic school and connect with many of our staff. It's an excellent opportunity for parents to ask questions and gather information.
Thank you for spreading the news about our Open Houses and tours!
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We are excited to offer new nature learning at St. Luke
that provides Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten children full-time programing at St. Luke!!
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New for the 2025-2026 School Year:
~ *NEW* Nature Prekindergarten & Kindergarten Extension ~
- This Nature early learning extension will run on the alternate days of Nature Infused Programming (meaning on the days Nature Infused programs aren't in class)
- Nature Prekinder & Kinder Extension can be coupled with Nature Infused programs for Full-Time, Full-Day Programming at St. Luke (5 days a week)
- Majority of a student's day will be exploring, learning and growing outdoors through play
- Stay tuned for more details, or call us at the school!
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We will continue to offer:
- Nature Infused Prekindergarten ($125/month)
- Nature Infused Kindergarten (no monthly fee)
At the end of January, your child's report card will be available for viewing on your PowerSchool Parent Portal.
This report card is a checkpoint in your child's learning at this point in the year. It outlines where your child's learning achievement is at in comparison to the content, skills and process explored so far this year.
Have your voice heard!
It is an opportunity for you to share your voice with regards to St. Luke's strengths, successes, areas for growth and future directions. The data collected from these surveys will begin to define our 2025-2026 priorities and directions. We will be exploring this more together at the St. Luke School Council meeting on January 13. We hope to see you there!
There are 4 pillars that drive our school's direction:
Faith Formation
Learners and Learning
Wellness
Community Engagement
These are the same four pillars that organize our "Growing Together @ STL" weekly newsletters. Throughout the year, you can see evidence of initiatives, events, activities, opportunities, learning and extra curricular experiences in each of these categories!
- If you are parked in the parking lot out front of the school, please wait for the buses to leave before you back out of the stall and leave the parking lot. Buses start to leave at approximately 2:45pm, just 5 minutes after the bell. If you need to leave before that, please use the gravel parking lot.
- Thank you for ensuring that children are not walking through the parking lot on their own. Please walk with your child.
- Thank you for walking around the buses, and not in between the buses.
- If you are parking on the road, in the front or gravel parking lot, please come and get your children and walk them to your vehicle.
This session will run from December 5th to February 27th on Thursdays, with the exception of Tuesday December 17th to accommodate a field trip that week.
Ordering will remain open for the duration of the session, but only orders paid by the Sunday of each week will be included in that week's order.
We have also included an optional section to donate to St. Luke Families in Need. At the discretion of our School Leadership, these funds can be directed towards school fees, field trip costs, sportswear, etc.
FACEBOOK -Join Us!
If you haven’t already, please join our School Council and Parent Association Facebook page! We are excited to offer this official space to share news and updates about events, fundraising, and more!
Questions or Want to Volunteer?
If you are interested in getting involved in events or have questions for St. Luke's School Council, please email stlukeparentassociation@gmail.com
OLPH (Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish)
Masses at OLPH will be livestreamed. Please join using this link. https://www.facebook.com/olphsherwoodpark/videos/
Visit OLPH Website for more information about the parish and in regards to sacramental preparation.
St. Francis of Assisi Parish
St. Francis of Assisi Parish is administered by Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Sherwood Park. Please contact the parish for confession times and more information.
Clergy: Reverend Jim Corrigan, Pastor
Mass Time: Sunday 11:00
Email Address: StFrancisAssisi.Tofield@caedm.ca
5523 - 50 Street Tofield, AB T0B 4J0
See map: Google Maps
Phone: 780-467-5470
St. Luke Catholic School
Principal
Email: stl@eics.ab.ca
Website: stl.eics.ab.ca
Location: 22139 South Cooking Lake Road, Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
Phone: 780-922-5920
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stlukeeics
Twitter: @stlcs_EICS
