St. Luke Weekly Memo

June 25, 2021

Welcome to our New Assistant Principal!

Mrs. Sharilynn Shakeshaft hails from a small acreage outside of Kitscoty, Alberta and moved to the big city of Edmonton to graduate from the University of Alberta to work in the criminology field. After serving young offenders and working at theYouth Emergency Shelter for a few years, she went back to school and studied as a biochemistry major and math minor. Once that was finished, she went into education, and has been blessed with the opportunity to teach various subjects from Kindergarten through Grade 12 and settled in junior high and high school Math and Science. Mrs. Shakeshaft went on to graduate from the U of A once again, with her Masters Degree in Educational Leadership and Administration, and has since had varying degrees administrative roles in all of the schools she’s taught. She taught junior high and high school Math and Science in Canmore at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy (where she also coached basketball and badminton) and most recently at Sacred Heart Catholic School of the Performing Arts in Wetaskiwin, where she melded her love for Drama with Academics and was the head of the Drama department.

Mrs. Shakeshaft is also devoted to her home Parish of Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Edmonton, which serves the needs of people in the area. She is on the PPC committee and is also their acting secretary. Joseph, her son, is an altar server, Elizabeth sings in the choir, and Steve is on the maintenance committee.

Mrs. Shakeshaft has been married to her husband Steve for 14 years, and they have two children; Joseph who will be going into Grade 8 and Elizabeth who will be going into Grade 6. Her interests include dance (she directed the Alberta Ukrainian Dance Association for a few years and has taught dance and figure skating choreo across BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan), swimming, paddle boarding, skiing, hiking and camping.

Mrs. Shakeshaft is thrilled to have the opportunity to be moving to St. Luke’s and can not wait to meet all of you!

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Our St. Luke Team for 2021-2022

Pre-Kindergarten Program Assistant: Ms. Jessica Koehli

Kindergarten Teacher: Mrs. Monique Jean-Burns

Grade 1 Teacher: Miss. Michelle Suddaby

Grade 2 Teacher: Mrs. Erica Odiobala

Grade 3 Teacher: Mrs. Andrea Kroeker

Grade ¾ Teacher Madam Hayden

Middle School Teaching Team: Mr. Brant Driedger, Mrs. Leanne Evans, Mrs. Sharilynn Shakeshaft

Music Teacher/Options - Mr. Larry Grudzinski

Collaborative Response Coordinator: Ms.Yasmin Aktar

Family Wellness Worker: Mrs. Sarah McCann

Educational Assistants: Mrs. Selene Sorenson and Ms. Tracy Haubrich

School Secretary: Mrs. Paula Rumley

School Library Tech: Mrs. Tracy Scoggins

Assistant Principal: Mrs. Sharilynn Shakeshaft

Principal: Mrs. Cathy Hinger

Important information for Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten

Important information was emailed to our families with Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten students. In the package was information about the program as well as a calendar for the upcoming school year. If you did not receive your package please give the school a call at 780-922-5920 so we can get this information out to you.

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Report Cards

Report cards are avaiable to view online through Powerschool on Friday, June 25 at 3:30pm.

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Staggered Entries Dates for the Fall

In September we will begin our year with a staggered entry. Only half of our students will be attending on Wednesday and the other half on Thursday. This allows teachers a chance to get to know their students and organize them before the whole class is together. All students in Grade 1- 8 with their last names beginning from A to K will be attending the first day of school on Wednesday September 1. Students with the last names beginning with the letters L to Z will attend on Thursday, September 2. The first full day back to school for all students is Friday September 3.

**Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten students will also have a staggered entry on Thursday September 2 and Friday September 3. Teachers will contact students as to the day they will be attending.

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School Supply List 2021-2022

Below are the links to your child's supply list for the 2021-2022 school year. Students in grade 4 and up will also need to include a technology device as part of EICS's one-to-one technology program. You can choose to order your school supplies from Staples Tools for Schools program or from any other retailer. Staples Back-to-School Shopping season prices will be reflected from July 14 onwards. For more information please visit https://www.staples.ca/pages/schooltools#parents and select your child’s school and grade.

Pre - K - No supplies required

Computers Avaiable for Families

EICS has a one-to-one technology program where students from grade 4 and up will need to acquire a device. This year we will be replacing the computers on the computer cart which means that we will have a few older devices that can be purchased by our grade 1 - 3 students. The two devices that are available are the ASUS Chromebook Flip $40 or the Lenovo N22 Chromebook $20. These used Chromebooks will be factory reset and inspected before they are available to buy and will be sold as is. Please see the attach letter if you are interested in purchasing a device.

Staples also has a one-to-one program with new devices for families. Please see below for more information.

Chromebooks Buy-Back Letter

Staples One to One Technology Program