St. Luke Weekly News

Dear St. Luke Families,

Thank-you to all of you who were able to join us on Thursday evening for the Back to School BBQ/Meet the Teacher night. I was so happy to see many of our families enjoying the BBQ and sharing some great conversation. Our teachers were excited to have you in their classrooms and for all to see what a wonderful place St. Luke is. A special thank-you to Trustee Ted Pazek for joining us as well as Micheal Hayden, Director of Transportation, for coming out and enjoying the BBQ with us. I’m sure a few of you missed the visit from Father Jim but he was able to make his way out to St. Luke to say Hello at the end of the evening and we thank him as well for taking the time out of his busy schedule to see us. Thank-you to our School Council/Parent Association for putting together and sponsoring the wonderful BBQ. It was greatly appreciated.

We look forward to our next community event this Tuesday, September 19th. We will be running a path around our community in support of Terry Fox beginning at the school at 1:30pm. Come join us on the run or if you are able to volunteer at a station please contact the school. We will also be collecting Toonies for Terry next week to support cancer research. If you wish to make a donation please click on this link. Terry Fox Donation link

We still have room in our Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Programs. If you would like a school tour or more informaiton about our program please call the school at 780-922-5920.

Have a wonderful weekend enjoying the beautiful weather God has given us!

Let's make this year GLOW!

Cathy Hinger

Principal

Monday, September 18

• School Council/Parent Association Meeting 6:30 Google Meet Link

Tuesday, September 19

• Terry Fox Community Run 1:30
• Priests Visits

• September 18 - School Council/Parnet Association AGM
• September 19 - Terry Fox - Community Run @ 1:30
• September 27 - Bus Evacuations
• September 28 - Bus Evacations - First Rider - Kindergarten
• September 29 - Orange Shirt day in honour of Indigenous students
• October 2 - No School - In lieu of National Day for Truth and Reconcilliation

YOU Are invited!! Please join us in participating in the Terry Fox Run as we run through the community of South Cooking Lake on September 19, 2023 @ 1:30. (Please arrive fifteen minutes early if possible.

Donate! - You can send toonies for Terry with your child if you would like to donate to this cause. Or you can donate online if that is easier for your family. Please click the link HERE or use the QR Code or CLICK the image above.

Please note, reporting your student(s) absent protocols have CHANGED. We no longer have the toll free number or the app logging software available. Please stay tuned over the coming weeks for IT to roll out our new system.

In the mean-time, please CALL the office @ 780-922-5920 and leave a voice-message or email to stl@eics.ab.ca to report absences.

Those students who pre-paid and ordered last year were sent their yearbooks home yesterday.

There are still yearbooks left! - If you would like one, please call Tess in the office and we will get one sorted for you. The cost is $25 which will be added to your powerschool account.

Thank you so much to everyone that came out last night to meet our staff and enjoy our BBQ event.

A special thank you to the volunteers that made it happen:

Shelby Mistecki

Amy Williamson

Amanda Marshall

Meghan Ferguson

Melissa Orr-Langner

Shannon Blyth

Melanie Mazurek

Andria Diduck

Andrew Ferguson

Pete Diogo

Lisa Vandermeulen

Lisa Sweeney

and a big thank you to Brian Kucher for the use of his grill!

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Don't forget, we're kicking off the year with our Annual General Meeting on Monday, September 18 at 6:30pm in the school cafeteria.

Free babysitting will be provided in our gymnasium for anyone that would like to bring their littles!

Hot lunch is available to purchase until the Sunday before delivery. If you haven't already signed up, please see below for the link to get your account started

What is Hot Lunch?

The hot lunch program is coordinated by your St. Luke Parent Council and parent volunteers as a fun option for lunch but also serves as a fundraiser for our St. Luke students. It is an optional program for parents who wish to order in a "hot" meal every Thursday. You pre-order lunches prior to the start of each session and then each Thursday your child's lunch will be delivered to their classroom. There will be 4 sessions offered throughout the school year, with the first session running from September 14th to October 26th.

How do I order Hot Lunch?

ALL parents will need to create a new login as it will not carry over from last year. You are welcome to use the same login/password as last year.

To create a hot lunch account:

• Go to stluke.hotlunches.net
• Click on "Click Here to Register"
• Enter Access Code stluke
• Complete the rest of the registration form. (Including your email address will ensure you receive reminder emails about hot lunch order deadlines, and your child's hot lunch order for the upcoming week)
• Click the "Register Now" button at the bottom
• Follow the instructions to add each child in your family who attends St. Luke. Once your child(ren) are registered, click on "Orders"
• Proceed to order hot lunch for your child(ren)

You must pay with a credit card via Bambora.

The hot lunch online order system requires a small amount of setup time at the beginning as you must register each child you have attending our school prior to ordering hot lunch EACH YEAR. Once the initial setup process is complete, your hot lunch orders for the remainder of the year should be quick and simple.

What if my child is away or sick on a hot lunch day?

If you know your child will miss one of the pre-ordered lunches, please contact Shelby at hotlunchstluke@gmail.com. If there is enough notice, we may be able to cancel and refund your order.

If your child is sick or there is not enough notice to cancel, you can let the team know via hotlunchstluke@gmail.com or via FB messenger if you'd like to have the hot lunch sent home with a sibling, or given to another student at school.

If you have any questions or require support setting up your account or ordering, please do not hesitate to contact Shelby Mistecki at hotlunchstluke@gmail.com.

The students have started to check out books from the library this week, and are very excited! We are very fortunate to have such an extensive library full of wonderful books, and hopefully we can grow it even more this school year.

Please feel free to email me with any questions or concerns tracy.scoggins@eics.ab.ca

It's going to be a great year!!

~ Mrs. Scoggins

Dear Sherwood Park Family of Schools,

Hi everyone! I hope you have all be enjoying every moment of summer!

I know "back to school" emails are already being sent with important reminders for students and their families. Can I ask you to please distribute the following, on behalf of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish? (Posters Below)

1. Sacramental Preparation Reminder in general S'more AND a specific reminder to parents from the Grade 2 and Grade 6 Homeroom Teachers.
   • I will have REGISTRATION FORMS delivered to each school before the first student day. Please have the teachers send these home with students. Parents must come register their child for sacramental preparation at the parish.
2. Alpha - to all EICS staff and parents
3. Catechesis of the Good Shepherd - to all EICS Staff and parents
4. RCIA - to all EICS staff and parents

Thank you friends. Any questions please give me a call 780-467-5470.

If you haven't already done so, please send me the date/time of your school's MEET THE STAFF event so Fr. Jim can plan to attend. Please also send me your requests for schedule clergy visits/school Masses for 2023/2024, again if you haven't already done so.

God's blessings,

Natalie Lavigne

OLPH Parish Pastoral Assistant

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.

Read the latest bulletin from OLPH or visit 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

Mrs. Cathy Hinger

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