St. Luke Weekly Memo

As we begin our second week online I hope that you and your families are all managing to keep safe.

I wanted to thank you all as parents and guardians for your support. I am particularly appreciative for everything that you have been doing to support learning from home as you juggle the challenges today. The school has received a number of messages of thanks and support over the past few week and we are grateful. Thank you.

I would like to thank all of the teaching staff and support staff who have continued to work exceptionally hard to ensure that the students are able to continue with their studies. I hope that your son/daughter has continued to find accessing the work via the Google Classroom to be straight-forward and helpful. Although nothing can replace the impact of students being in school to receive the direct instruction and immediate feedback from their teachers, the use of the Google Classroom has enabled us to provide the students with the next best thing. Attendance on google classroom from students has been very good. I know that this week will be just as good.

Please do remember to contact us if you need any support.

Stay Safe Everyone!

Cathy Hinger

Principal

Sherwood Park…. Elk Island Catholic Schools (EICS) Board Chair Ted Paszek provided the following statement after the April 21st EICS Board of Trustees public meeting regarding Alberta Education’s draft Kindergarten-Grade 6 curriculum

“Elk Island Catholic Schools will not be piloting Alberta’s draft K-6 curriculum but will continue to work with our administration, teachers, and parent community in reviewing the curriculum and providing suggested revisions to the Ministry of Education,” stated EICS Board Chair Ted Paszek. “As a Division, our key priority remains continuity of student learning during the COVID-19 world pandemic. Piloting a new curriculum places more pressure on teachers and schools while we work through recovering from the impacts of the pandemic.”

EICS consultants and teaching staff from each school reviewed the seven curriculum documents providing valuable input. The Division engaged the parent community, school council chairs, and other stakeholders through a survey seeking community input.

Moving forward, EICS will continue to provide professional development opportunities and support all staff in their roles.

April 26 - April 30: ONLINE LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS

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 sacremental preparation.

Read the lastest bullitin from OLPH. First Sunday of Lent!

www.facebook.com/olphsherwoodpark

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(at)caedm.ca

5523 - 50 Street Tofield, AB T0B 4J0

See map: Google Maps

Phone: 780-467-5470

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

SPIRIT WEAR FUNDRAISER

Thank you to everyone that participated in our Spirit Wear Fundraising campaign in March! With your support, we were successful in raising $188.70 in support of our students.

Please note, refunds have been issued to those that purchased items where the minimum order was not reached.

ST. LUKE PARENT ASSOCIATION SPRING FUNDRAISER

Though we have had to cancel our annual St. Luke Plant Sale again this year, we are proud to continue to support local with the sale of gift certificates for South Cooking Lake Greenhouses. While we will miss seeing everyone come out for this much anticipated annual community event, we are happy to continue to provide the opportunity to help people beautify their spaces as well as purchase the perfect Mother’s Day gift, all while supporting the students of St. Luke as well as our local and much-loved greenhouse.

Things to know:

• Certificates are sold in $25.00 denominations only
• Funds for purchase can be e-transferred to St. Luke Parent Association at stlukepatreasurer@gmail.com (no password necessary)
• Please put your child’s full name in the memo area as gift certificates will be sent home with your oldest child. If other arrangements are needed, please send your request to the email address above
• If you prefer to pay via cheque, please send your request to the above email address to make arrangements
• The last day for gift certificate sales will be June 9, 2021
• SCL Greenhouses is scheduled to open April 22nd! Be prepared to shop as they started running out of stock by May long weekend last year!

Please check out SCL Greenhouses website at http://www.southcookinglakegreenhouses.ca for information on shopping, hours and items available for the 2021 season.