Dear Parents and Guardians,

I hope everyone had a good weekend despite the weather. It's hard to believe we are entering the last week of May!

A big thank-you to the Peterborough Ultimate Frisbee league for hosting a school clinic to teach students in grade 3-6 the skills of ultimate frisbee last Friday. Students had a lot of fun and there is more information in the community section below for anyone interested in learning more about the Peterborough League.

This week our School Council will hosting a Scholastic Book Fair in our school library. Please see the information in the newsletter below for more information. All classes will have an opportunity to view the book fair on Monday and a different time throughout the week to make a purchase.

Good Luck to all of our Jr. students who will be representing Roger Neilson PS at the area meet at TASS on Thursday this week. We look forward to hearing about results!

On June 6th, there will be one last Family Movie night of the year hosted by school council. Please see the flyer in the newsletter below.

A reminder that if your child is on a bus this year, please make sure you read the information under the STSCO section reminding families that for the upcoming school year, you must OPT-IN for a bus to school.

Have a great week everyone!

~Mr. Coulter

May 26th - May 30th - Scholastic Book Fair

May 29th - Peterborough Area School Track and Field Event @ TASS

June 2nd - June 6th - Grade 3 and 6 EQAO Assessment

June 6th - Family Movie Night Hosted by School Council

June 9th - PA DAY - Schools Closed to Students

June 11th - Lakers Lacrosse Clinic

June 12th - Jr. Ultimate Frisbee Tournament

June 18th - RNPS Fun Day in Recognition of Roger Neilson's Birthday

June 23rd - RNPS Talent Show - More info to come

June 25th - Volunteer Appreciation Team - More info to come shortly

June 25th - Report Cards Go Home

June 26th - Last Day of School

May is recognized as Asian Heritage Month, South Asian Heritage Month, Dutch Heritage Month and Jewish Heritage Month

May 23-31 - National AccessAbility Week

May 28 - Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)

May 30 - Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikhism)

Once again, our school council is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair this week to help raise funds to support our school library! Each class will have an opportunity to come to our fair during the week. The link below has more information on the books available for purchase. Parents and caregivers are welcome to pop in any time as well. Here are the hours of the upcoming event!

Monday 26th 9am - 5pm

Tuesday 27th 9am - 5pm

Wednesday 28th 9am - 5pm

Thursday 29th 3pm - 6pm

Friday 9am - 5pm

Information has been sent home with our grade 3 and 6 students who will be writing the Provincial EQAO Reading, Writing and Math assessments next week. Grade 3's will be writing during the first block and grade 6's will be writing during the 2nd block. If you have a child in grade 3 or grade 6, we ask for your support to ensure that students are on time and in attendance at school during administration of EQAO. As always, a good sleep and a healthy breakfast is always supportive of student success!

Student Transportation Services of Central Ontario (STSCO), which oversees busing in Peterborough, Northumberland and Clarington, will be continuing the “opt-in” program for next school year. The opt-in program requires families to confirm their children’s intent to ride the school bus if they are eligible for transportation. Messaging about opting-in will be shared directly by STSCO with all eligible families. For more information on the opt-in process, visit

Registration for Kindergarten for 25/26 is now underway! Please pass the word along to anyone in our Roger Neilson PS area and direct them to the KPR website where parents/guardians can register on-line: www.kprschools.ca/kindergarten

JK (Y1) students have the option of going to French Immersion in SK (Y2). The French Immersion opportunity for Roger Neilson PS students is at Prince of Wales PS and transportation will be provided to qualifying students. If you are interested in registering your child for this program, please fill out this link. An information session about this program will be coming soon.

This year we will offer, through Lunchbox on School Cash Online a different “hot lunch” every Wednesday. All money raised from our hot lunch program will go to our school nutrition program. LINK TO SCHOOL CASH ONLINE

If you are interested in volunteering at Roger Neilson PS, this is great news! However, you do need to have a police check on file with us. These last for one year from when they were issued. We have a letter that you will need from us in the school office. The link to get a police check can be found here: Link for Police Check

Please connect with our office to provide you with the letter that is needed to complete the check.

We would like to thank the "Children's Breakfast Clubs" for their support with our morning nutrition program. This started last week! Each day ALL students are offered something to eat in the morning when they come into the school. Not all students choose to take something to eat, but many do. We recognize the importance nutrition has on learning. However, running a school wide program comes with a cost. We are hoping that families can donate to our program if their child is accessing it in the mornings. Look for this opportunity on school cash online this week. $5 per month, which is roughly 25 cents a day would really help us out. Thanks for considering!

A reminder, if your child is going to be absent, you can use the "very user-friendly" School Messenger app (a free download), to let us know. You can also call the student absence reporting system at 1-844-434-8119. This number is available 24 hours a day. Complete attendance information can be found at this link: https://www.kprschools.ca/en/our-schools/attendance-and-absences.aspx

We recognize that our parking lot is a concern. We sometimes do not have enough spots for our staff. The bus company has also asked that we continue to have room for them to safely enter our parking lot. We kindly ask families to not enter our parking lot with your car as it becomes crowed and unsafe for our school buses. We know this is not ideal, especially in inclement weather, but we thank-you for your support with this!

Before and after school can be very busy with picking up and dropping off students with many little ones around. We have also been asked to remind everyone to watch the language we use during this time around our students. Thank-you!

Arriving by car? Cars will not be permitted in the school parking lot BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL. Students are to be dropped off on one of the side streets and can use the sidewalks to walk to a designated entrance.

Arriving by bus? A staff member will be at the bus drop-off location to assist students getting off of the bus and to greet students. Students will go directly to their designated entrance.

Arriving by foot? Students are to use the marked crosswalks when arriving at the school. A staff member will be monitoring the entrances.

Arriving by bike or scooter? Please park your bike/scooter at the racks on the left side of the front of the school and then proceed to the sidewalks to enter the yard. For safety reasons, students are NOT ALLOWED to ride bikes or scooters in our parking lot. Please make sure to walk them to the rack when on school property.

Late to school? If you arrive after the gates have been locked, please go directly to front of the school, press the buzzer and wait for further instructions.

Please ring the buzzer when arriving at the front door of the school and sign-in at the main office. We kindly ask that parents and caregivers not be in the hallways or going to classrooms during school hours unless they are volunteering.

Should you wish to speak with a teacher regarding your child’s progress, an appointment can be made by contacting the office or the teacher directly by email. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. Your child’s safety and education is our number one priority.

Most communication from Roger Neilson and our KPR board office is delivered via text messaging or email. If you have not opted into these services and would like to, please do so. For text messaging, your cell number must be in our system. You can opt into text messages by simply texting the word “yes” to the number 978338. If your phone number or email is not registered in the school system, or you have changed your number, please call the school to update: 705-745-6456.

This Weekly Newsletter will be sent via email every Sunday evening, please check it for weekly updates!

Here is a link to our: School Code of Conduct

9:10am - Morning Bell - Students Enter School

10:50 - 11:30 - Nutrition Break #1

1:10-1:50pm - Nutrition Break #2

3:30pm - Leaving Bell (Gates Open for Parents to Pick Students up on Yard)

Email: kevin_coulter@kprdsb.ca
Website: rogerneilson.kprdsb.ca/
Location: 550 Erskine Avenue, Peterborough, ON, Canada
Phone: 705-745-6456 Twitter: @rogerneilson_ps

RNPS School Council Chairs 2024 - 2025:

Amanda Bush

Superintendent of Student Achievement:

Jodi Sepkowski

(705) 742-9773 ext. 2061

jodi_sepkowski@kprdsb.ca

Trustees:

Rose Kitney

rose_ kitney@kprdsb.ca

Steve Russell

steve_russell@kprdsb.ca