The BISON Bulletin

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Monday Sept. 23rd - Weekly Faith Assembly ✝️
Monday Sept. 23- Inside Out Day! Wear your clothes inside out.

Monday Sept. 23rd - "Passport to Wellness" (Gr 4)

Monday Sept. 23rd - Gr 1 Friendship Club

Tuesday Sept. 24th - Kinder Bus Safety

Tuesday Sept. 24- "Tie" Day. Wear a tie, a tie dye shirt or a bow tie.

Wednesday Sept 25th- Pyjama Day!

Wednesday Sept. 25th- Bison Lunch Winners Gr 1-5 🦬

Wednesday Sept 25th - Gr 2 Friendship Club
Wednesday Sept 25th - "Passport to Wellness" (Gr 3, 1A, 5)
Thursday, Sept 26th- Backwards Day! Put on your clothes backwards

Friday Sept. 27th - NO KINDER CLASSES

Friday Sept. 27th - "Orange Shirt Day" - WEAR ORANGE

Friday Sept.27th- 8:45am- 9:15am Grades 4-5 Bison Breakfast! 🦬

Friday Sept. 27th - 10:00am Truth & Reconciliation Assembly ALL PARENTS WELCOME

FridaySept. 27th - Truth & Reconciliation Classroom based activities

Friday Sept. 27th - 10:00am-1:30pm District Cross Country Run (Gr 4 & 5 Qualifiers)

Monday Sept. 30th - No School- National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

Tuesday Oct. 1st- Morinville Food Bank Collection Begins! (Bring in a food item for our community)
Wednesday Oct 2nd- Picture Day!

Saturday Oct 5- World Teacher's Day!

Thank you to Father Trini for leading us in our Opening Liturgy this week and to our Grade 5 students who assisted him. We also thank all of our parents who were able to join us. It was wonderful to gather as a faith community.

A BIG thank you to all of our Bison families for supporting our Terry Fox Run. Our school raised $305.00 to help support cancer research and sent prayers of healing for all those families who have been affected by cancer.

Get your BISON WEAR today

Online ordering is now open only until September 30th!

Click on the link below to view our store

Orders will be received by the end of October

LINK IS HERE

If you ordered a yearbook from last year, you should now have received your copy with your child. Please note that we still have a few extra copies at the office available for purchase on a first come basis for $20.00, please email Mrs. Gagne sgagne@gsacrd.ab.ca if you are interested.

Need a break from making lunches?

Don't miss out on getting your child's HEALTHY HUNGER order!

Our next date is:

• Oct 23rd - Subway

Link to order: https://healthyhunger.ca/

Hello families - please log into your parent portal to pay your child's 2024-2025 registration fees.

As part of our Safe and Caring School protocols, we have been busy reviewing and practicing a number of safety drills with our students - fire drills, hold-and-secure, lockdown, and shelter-in-place. They have been doing an amazing job learning our procedures.

We invite ALL PARENTS AND GUARDIANS to come on out and get involved with our School Council. We have such a great group of engaged parents. School Council & Friends of SKTA are both wonderful ways for parents & guardians to get involved and support our school and it's initiatives. All parents & guardians with children registered at SKTA are welcome to join!

Participating in School Council allows individuals to share their voice and their talents with the school community and serve our students. Any families who would like to review the Agenda's and Minutes can access them on our SKTA website (CLICK HERE) Join a Great Community of Parents/Guardians on our ST. KATERI ACADEMY PARENTS facebook page!

A heartfelt thank you to the amazing parents and guardians who stepped up to take on leadership roles this year in our Parent Council and Friends of SKTA! We appreciate your commitment and time in helping shape SKTA in such a positive way. We are glad to have you on board!

Parent Council: sktacouncil@gmail.com

Board Chair- Jamie Hayward
Vice Co-Chairs- Megan Dettling and Chris Postill

Secretary- Dalainya Bruinsma

Friends of SKTA Council: Fundraisingskta@gmail.com

Board Chair- Karra Krywko

Vice-Chair- Stacey Knievel

Treasurer- Jenell Desrosiers

Secretary- Lennae Wiens
Healthy Hunger Rep- Shauntel Hancock

Members at Large: Shanalee Brenneis & Glenda Smith

Our meetings for this year are as follows:

Thursday, October 24

Wednesday, November 27

December- no meeting

Thursday, January 16

Thursday, February 13

Wednesday, March 19

Wednesday, April 16

Wednesday, May 21

Wednesday, June 18 (Offsite)

Our Divisional 3 year faith theme is: Growing in the Trinity: Love, Mercy & Grace. Moving into our second year, we will be focusing on "Growing in Mercy, with the Son". As we seek to animate this theme throughout the year we will be sharing with our students an understanding of the undeniable mercy we receive from Jesus Christ and how we are meant to grant this same mercy to others.

As we move into a new school year we pray for God's blessing on all our students and families, may we all seek to build the Kingdom of heaven, here on earth at St. Kateri Academy. We invite all families to keep our school and school community in your prayers throughout this school year!

As members of the St. Jean Baptiste community, we have also included a link to our parish website for families to easily access. LINK HERE

As we enter a new school year, we would like to remind families of a few items to help ensure a successful year.

Pick Up & Drop Off

• For those families driving to school we ask that the drop - off lane be for 'quick' drop off's and pick ups.
• If you are choosing to walk your child(ren) to their specific doors, please park in the parking lot and NOT in the drop off lane.
• For those parents parking across the road from the school, please DO NOT park in the roundabout as our buses need to turn in this area to come into our pick-up zone.
  
• Parents/Guardians are asked to remain outside of the school when dropping off and picking up students.
• If your child normally travels on the bus, Please let your child's teacher know if they will NOT be riding the bus home so our busses are not waiting at the end of the day.

• Parents/Guardians who require assistance at the office are to 'ring' the door bell at the front and enter by the closest door to the bell. Then come directly to the school office for assistance.
  
• Parents/Guardians wishing to volunteer with the school are required to fill out annually our 'Volunteer Form' which can be obtained from the office.
• Parents/Guardians who need to contact their child(ren) are to call the school and we will notify the student(s).
• Parents/Guardians wishing to meet with administration or staff may reach out via email or call to make an appointment during office hours.

• Regular communication is key for all school stakeholders.
• If you require information or clarification please reach out to your child(ren)'s teachers via email or you may call and leave a message for them at the office.
• If you require assistance from the administration please feel free to communicate via email or call the school office directly.

• Please remember our children are always watching us and we expect our parents and guardians to be co-teachers with us, teaching them appropriate community relations by treating everyone with respect, compassion and kindness.

Safety

• As part of our ongoing commitment to maintaining a safe and secure environment for all students and staff, we would like to inform you that video monitoring and/or audio recording may be used on school property, including school buses. For more information please access our Administrative Procedure 165 on our division website linked HERE