Sunday, September 6, 2015

Weekly Update: September 6, 2015


Hello Robina Families,

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all students and parents back to RBES and to extend an extra warm welcome to our new students and families! We are happy to have you all as a part of our Robina Baker Community. What a wonderful "Back to School" week we have had with your children. It was so great to see everyone after the Summer Break and see how much some of the students have changed and to hear all about their summer adventures.

STAFF UPDATES

I would also like to extend a warm welcome to Miss Clark who is new to us in Grade 1 this year and Ms. Garlough who is teaching Kindergarten (M/W class). Of course we also have a new Assistant Principal, Mr. Larson, whom a number of you met in June and we are happy to have him as part of the Robina Family!

It is with a heavy heart that I share this next bit of news. The Robina Baker Staff learned that we had to bid farewell to our beloved Mrs. Becker last week. She has gone on to a new adventure and we wish her nothing but the best!! We will all miss her very much as no one reads a story quite like she does with all those fantastic voices. Farewell and Best Wishes Mrs. Becker! 

In the meantime, Mr. Larson and I will be interviewing at the beginning of next week for a new librarian and our library program will be underway shortly. Some of the teachers have been learning to check out books and so some students may have already had the chance to get a library book. We will let you know as soon as we have hired our new librarian.

STAFF LIST FOR 2015-16

PK (at RMS) - Ms. Wilson, Mrs. Warrell, Mrs. Forchuk
ECS (AM/PM) - Mrs. Waters, Mrs. Pennycook
ECS (M/W) - Mrs. Garlough, Mrs. Boida
ECS (T/TH) - Mrs. Mullen, Mrs. Pigford, Mrs. Boida
1A - Miss Clark
1B - Mrs. Kaluza, Mrs. Thorsen (am), Mrs. Warrell (pm)
1C - Mrs. Luciw
1D - Mrs. Nutall, Mrs. Collings
2A - Ms. Angell, Mrs. Ostonal
2B - Mrs. Murtha-Toles
2C - Mrs. Suter, Miss Ostonal
3A - Mrs. Ferguson / Mr. Larson
3B - Mrs. Forchuk / Mrs. Tewitz
3C - Mrs. Milson
3D - Mrs. Rothfos, Ms. Rowland
4A - Mrs. Fleming
4B - Mr. Henderson, Mrs. Courtemanche
4C - Mrs. Spreen
Music - Mrs. Stanski
LST (Learning Support Teacher) - Ms. Wilson
Secretaries - Mrs. Chiesa, Mrs. Horrocks
Custodians - Ms. Betty St. Louis, Ms. Helene Rose

Please visit our website for regularly updated information: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/

As well each teacher in our school has a classroom blog that will be updated on a weekly basis. You can see a list of the blogs here: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/about/staff-contacts/ then scroll down to your child's teacher and you can choose to email them directly from the link below their picture or click on the word link to go their blog. You can also access their blog from the main website page by clicking on About and then choosing Staff Contacts/Blogs from the drop down menu.

CLASS TIMES / SCHEDULE

Grade 1 - 4 - * Line up in designated class lines at main entrance in the morning. The remainder of the day, students use their designated boot room and exit from those doors.

8:25 - Doors Open / First Bell
8:35 - First class begins
10:10 - Morning Recess
11:55 - Lunch Recess
12:20 - Eating time
12:45 - Classes resume
3:06 - End of the day Bell

ECS - AM

8:30 - 11:15 - *Students line up at NW entrance (closest to the parking lot)
Mrs. Waters opens door for students at 8:25

ECS - PM

12:20 - 3:05 - Students line up at NW entrance (closest to the parking lot)
Mrs. Waters opens door for students at 12:15

ECS - M/W and T/Th

Same schedule as the 1 - 4 students, except *Students line up at NW entrance (closest to the parking lot) and Mrs. Garlough and Mrs. Mullen open door at 8:25

SCHOOL MAGNET

Each family should have received one school magnet with the oldest child on the first day of school. If you did not receive one, please contact the office.

SCHOOL FEES

School fees are due by the end of September. ECS fees are $110 which a number of you have already paid - THANK YOU! Gr. 1 - 4 fees are $60 per child. School Fees can be paid using the parent portal on Power School, which is our preferred method or you can bring in a cheque to the school office. If there are any hardship issues and you are not able to pay this fee, please let us know in the office. We are also able to set up a pay schedule for you, so that the whole fee doesn't have to be paid at once. 

CROSS COUNTRY

Cross country has started! Practices will be Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at lunch. Mr. Henderson is coaching along with some other staff volunteers. If you have any questions, please let him know. He can be reached by email at: trevor.henderson@blackgold.ca 

MEET THE STAFF / COMMUNITY PICNIC

Meet the Staff event along with a 65th town of Devon Celebration event. Open to all RBES families and community members.
Date: September 17
What: Community Picnic
When: 5:00 – 6:30 pm Hot Dog Bar-b-que
6:30 – 7:00 pm Meet the Staff
Where: Robina Baker Field and Open House to the School

COMMUNICATION

School and office communication is virtually paperless. There will be the odd item that goes home on paper, however, most communication is done through Power School through Alert Solutions 2. Please make sure that you let the office know when your contact information changes so that you are always in the loop. As well, we keep both our blog and our website up to date. We keep our google calendar (that everyone can subscribe to) updated daily (http://rbesnews.blogspot.ca/p/calendar.html) - this is just one of the spots you can find our calendar. Most teachers have a link on their blog and the calendar is also on our main website. Mrs. Horrocks also creates digital announcements that run on the tv in our foyer.

School website: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/

Office Email: 
Mrs. Kloschinsky: kathy.kloschinsky@blackgold.ca

STUDENT ATTENDANCE

Student attendance and lates are recorded twice per day. Please contact the office to let us know if your child is going to be absent or late. You can call and leave a message at 780-987-3705 or email maureen.horrocks@blackgold.ca . All attendance phone calls are now done by our automated system and you will receive a voice message, email and/or text when your child is absent or late if you have not given us advance notice. Please call in to let us know why your child is absent as soon as possible after receiving automated contact. Thank you in advance for your cooperation with your child's attendance.

PAC (Parent Advisory Council) and RBES Fundraising Committee Update

As you are aware our RBES Fundraising Committee has already started the SUTP fundraiser. Information and a sample book came home last week with one of your children. This fundraiser ends on Thursday, October 15. All proceeds go to help out with various Robina Baker projects. Last year our fundraising committee worked hard to get established and we had a late start to our fundraising efforts. That money has been put aside and a motion was passed to pay for the Student Agendas. A big thank you goes out to all of our parents for their support in fundraisers. A regular monthly update will be posted after each monthly meeting so all parents can be kept up to date on what is happening with both our PAC and fundraising committee.

Our first AGM for the year for both groups will be held on Wednesday, September 30 at 6:30 pm in the staff room. We will start with the Fundraiser meeting first at 6:30 followed by the PAC meeting at 7:30. All RBES parents are welcome to attend. You don't have to sit on the executive to attend meetings. We would love for you to come out and have a voice in our school.

If you have any questions or concerns, please be sure to contact us in the office.

Warmest Regards,


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