Thursday, November 26, 2015

Weekly Update Nov 26, 2016

No School Tomorrow- PD Day


Extra Cookie Dough & Fruit For Sale:

Apple Juice: 5L Bag in a box $16
Apple Raspberry Juice: 5L Bag in a box $14

Cookie Dough $19
Rainbow
Oatmeal Raisin
Double Chocolate
Dark & White Chocolate Chunk
Chocolate Chip

Please come in to the school to pick up.

Devon Christmas Elves 

We are collecting non-perishable food items, toys and gifts for the Devon Christmas Elves.  This
year the Christmas Elves have asked that we attempt to gather board games and pajamas as
these are always in high need.  For a list of the most needed food items, click here.  Of course, any donation is always welcome!   Donations will be accepted until Thursday, December 10.

Thank you to Mrs. Forchuk and Mrs. Tewitz for heading up the food drive and Mr. Henderson,


Christmas Concerts

Please mark your calendars for our Annual Christmas Concerts December 7-9.

Monday, December 7 - Grade 3 & 4 students
Tuesday, December 8 - Grade 1& 2 students
Wednesday, December 9 - Kindergarten students

Details are available on our website.

Head Lice Checks

We will once again be doing head lice checks. As a preventative measure we will have trained
volunteers at the school three or four times throughout the school year or on an as needed
basis to check the students for head lice.    We have information on our website for what to
look for and what to do if you find something.

Friday, November 20, 2015

Weekly Update November 20, 2015

Twin Day
Friday was Twin Day and we all had a chance to dress up as a twin. Some classes all dressed the same.  










Assembly Update
We are continuing our theme of manners and kindness in our assemblies this month.  We also had a special presentation by the Devon Legion who generously donated $4,100 to be used towards our technology initiative.  Pictured here are (left to right) Mrs. Galloway, RBES Parent Council Chair, Mr. Larson, Pastor Larry Froese Charity Review and Nick Semeniuk First Vice President.



Our Student of the Week Winners:


Wristband Challenge Winner:

There is no assembly next week, as there is No School Friday, November 27. 



Thank You from the Fundraising Committee
The Fundraising Committee would like to say thank you for supporting our popcorn sales, Christmas cards and Fundscrip orders!    As always, if you have any ideas about fundraising or want to volunteer, please contact us at rbesfundraising@gmail.com

Cookie Dough & Fruit Fundraiser
If you ordered fruit or cookie dough, you can pick it up Monday after school until 7 pm

Operation Christmas Child

Thank you to all of the Robina Baker Families that sent in shoeboxes.  This year, we sent 35 boxes to children in need.  Thank you.


Devon Christmas Elves
Robina Baker is once again supporting the Devon Christmas Elves.  Our students are helping the Christmas Elves by colouring their flyers that you will see when they are delivered through the Devon Dispatch soon!
We are also collecting non-perishable food items, toys and gifts.  This year the Christmas Elves have asked that we attempt to gather board games and pajamas as these are always in high need.  For a list of the most needed food items, click here.  Of course, –any donation is always welcome!   Donations will be accepted until Thursday, December 10.  Thank you to Mrs. Forchuk and Mrs. Tewitz for heading up the food drive and Mr. Henderson, the gift drive.

Christmas Concerts
Please mark your calendars for our Annual Christmas Concerts December 7-9.  Please note that we have switched the grade 1s and 2s to Tuesday and the Grade 3s and 4s to Monday.   Details are available on our website.

Bus Scan Cards
If you child rides the bus, they need to scan on and off the bus for safety. It is extremely helpful in an emergency situation.  During the assembly this week we talked about the importance of scanning to all students. 

Travelling Art Program
Every year we have the touring Art program come to our school.  It is a great program to expose children to Canadian artists.  Every class has art one piece displayed in the classroom. We also like to tell a story with one art piece that travels from class to class.   The first class started the story with “The Adventures of Jack the Rabbit” and every class then adds to and develops the story.  We will publish the story when it is complete!



"Coats for Families" Program
 Leduc & District Emergency Shelter Association - the Hub is once again offering winter wear, at no cost, to those who need it in the Leduc area.
Available: Children's Winter Coats
                  Adult Winter Coats
                  Toques, gloves, mittens, scarves, warm socks, boots
Where: Leduc Legion building 5210 50 Ave
When: Tuesday through Fridays 1pm to 5pm

Emergency Preparedness
Throughout the year, we have been practicing our School Emergency Procedures. 
We have already practiced an Emergency Evacuation and will continue throughout the year. 

Emergency Evacuations used to be called Fire Drills. Fire Drills are just one reason to evacuate the building
Over the next few months will be practicing the following emergency procedures: “Hold & Secure” and “Lockdown”.               
These are more serious in nature and we wanted you to be aware.   Please note that differences - information on our emergency procedures can be found on our school website or by clicking this link.
In a real event, each parent would receive notification via the Power School Alert email and texting system.

We practice these drills throughout the year to be prepared and create a culture of preparedness, not a culture of being scared.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Weekly Update: November 10, 2015

Good Afternoon Robina Baker Families!

I would like to thank everyone who came out for our beautiful Remembrance Day ceremony. If you would like to see a clip of some of the wonderful singing or some pictures, please visit our FaceBook link here: https://www.facebook.com/Robina-Baker-Elementary-School-207898802567459/ .


Many hands helped to make our Remembrance Day ceremony possible. I would like to send special thank you's out to:

Mrs. Stanksi - teaching the students to sing the songs so beautifully
Mr. Larson - hosting the assembly
Jeremy Wilson, Sue Faraschuk, Rod Chiesa, Dave Watt, Janice Morris, Michael Laveck- our distinguished guests who formed our color guard
Cheyenne Buryn - led us in O'Canada
Grade 4 students - reciting "In Flander's Fields"
Titus and Erin - Grade 1 students laying the wreath
The Physed classes who helped set up the gym
Riddick , Jaydin and Mrs. Rowland - clean up crew

And a BIG THANK YOU to anyone else I may have inadvertently missed who helped make today's ceremony happen.

UPCOMING DATES TO NOTE:

Wednesday, Nov. 11: Remembrance Day - NO SCHOOL
Thursday & Friday, Nov. 12 & 13: Mid Term Break - NO SCHOOL
Monday, Nov. 16: Christmas Elves kick off  (toy and food donations)
Tuesday, Nov. 17: Picture Retakes
Friday, Nov. 20: Operation Christmas Child Shoe Boxes are due!
Friday, Nov. 20: Twin Dress Up Day

Have a fantastic long weekend!


Sunday, November 8, 2015

Weekly Update: November 6, 2015

Hello Robina Families,

This update is a longer one, so sit back with your favourite morning beverage, put your feet up and have a good read. 

You will notice that our school will be participating in both Operation Christmas Child and the Devon Christmas Elves Campaign. The support for Operation Christmas Child was outstanding last year and although we want to continue to help support those in 3rd world countries if we can, we don't want to ignore those in our own community who are in need. We are sharing the information for both now so that you can decide which charity initiative you would like to support in the event you are unable to support both. 

Thank you to all the parents who came out for the teacher meetings this past week. It was wonderful to see so many of you attend as well as support our library with a Book Fair purchase.  The library will receive roughly $3,000.00 in books thanks to support of the book fair. Delphine in 2C, Brody in 1D and Serenity in 3D were the golden ticket winners and Heaven and 3A each won $25 dollars in book fair prizes.  Also Mrs. Webb sends out a huge thank you to Shantell Galloway and Kristina Rowland for volunteering as well as Mrs. Milson and the parent council for help packing up.

CHRISTMAS CARDS WITH YOUR CHILD'S ART ORDERS:

Orders for these Christmas cards will be accepted until Tuesday, November 10th. If you didn't come to the teacher meetings, you missed out on seeing your child's art for the cards. Please contact your child's teacher to make arrangements to see the art if you need to before ordering. CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR A COPY OF THE ORDER FORM.

ASSEMBLY UPADATE:

Our new theme of the month is good manners and kindness. BGRS School Trustee, Sandy Koroll came to present long service awards to several staff members. Congratulations to the following staff on reaching your milestones: Mrs. Courtemache, Mrs. Pennycook, Miss Betty, Mrs. Luciw, Mrs. Boida, Mrs. Mullen, Mrs. Murtha-Toles and Mrs. Horrocks.


This week we had a wonderful presentation from the Epilepsy Society in Edmonton. They presented two puppet shows to explain what epilepsy and seizures are and to explain what to do in an emergency.


We also had Pastor Gil in to talk about Operation Christmas Child. We will be starting our shoe box campaign shortly and details will be sent home on Monday or Tuesday.



CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS WEEK'S STUDENT OF THE WEEK WINNERS!




A MESSAGE FROM THE DEVON CHRISTMAS ELVES:



We are asking RBES Families to consider supporting our Devon Christmas Elves Campaign, which assists Devon and area families in need. The school campaign kicks off on Nov. 16th and runs to Dec. 10th. Students in all grades will be asked to bring in non-perishable food items and/or gifts (new pyjamas, books or toys). Mrs. Forchuk and Mrs. Tewitz are heading up the food drive and Mr. Henderson, the gift drive. Please look forward to more detailed information about donating on November 16th.

PIZZA WITH THE PRINCIPAL WINNERS!

Congratulations to October's Pizza with the Principal Winners. We will be enjoying our pizza lunch on Tuesday, November 10 at noon.


MESSAGE FROM FUNDRAISING COUNCIL:

BIG NEWS! POPCORN DAY, Monday - November 9th. If interested please bring $1 on Monday.

Custom Christmas card orders will be accepted till Tuesday, November 10th.  $10 for 10 Custom Cards, a great way to support your school.  

Fundscrip a fantastic way to kick off your Christmas shopping and support your school.  Paperwork/order forms went home Friday November 6/ 15 and must be returned to the school by November 20/ 15.  

We are always looking for volunteers.  We are currently setting up our Dance committee so if you think that is something your might enjoy email us at rbesfundraising@gmail.com.

As always THANK YOU for supporting our school.   


UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER:

Monday, Nov. 9:  Poppcorn Day - bring a loonie


Tuesday, Nov. 10: Remembrance Day Assembly @ 10:45 - All parents invited to attend and students are provided with a poppy to wear. We are taking a silver collection for the poppies.


Tuesday, Nov. 10: Formal Dress Up Day
Tuesday, Nov. 10: Christmas Card Art orders are Due!
Wednesday, Nov. 11: Remembrance Day - NO SCHOOL
Thursday & Friday, Nov. 12 & 13: Mid Term Break - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, Nov. 17: Picture Retakes
Friday, Nov. 20: Twin Dress Up Day



Have a wonderful weekend,