RBES News: Weekly Update: April 16, 2017

Hello Robina Families,

We hope you are enjoying your Easter Break. We had a short but active week! We were happy to have drum fit again for Phys Ed classes and the teachers did a fantastic job of leading their own lessons this year. Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun in the process.

Personally I was away for most of the week at the 2017 uLead Conference in Banff. Presenters at the conference included Alberta’s Minister of Education, the Honourable David Eggen, New South Wales’ Minister of Education, the Honourable Adrian Picolli, Simon Breakspear (Sydney, Australia), Carol Campbell (OISE), Gillian Hamilton (Glasgow) and talented educational leaders from around the world. Several other notable education leaders from around the world also attended and participated in many of the sessions. It was also the kickoff for the #WomenEdCanada movement in a very uplifting and empowering pre-conference. The information and learning was incredible and I am eager to share the knowledge in our community.

We have some staff changes to share with you. We are sad to let you know that Mr. Larson will be leaving our school. He will be moving to the new school in Beaumont, Champs Vallee, as the Assistant Principal. Although the school will not be ready for students until January 2018, the Admin team will be starting right away preparing and planning for the new school. We would like to wish Mr. Larson all the best in his new school and to let him know we will miss him terribly! However, as they say, the show must go on! We are excited to announce that we have hired Mr. Jared Coffin as our new Assistant Principal and we are looking forward to his start in a couple of weeks. Mr. Coffin hopes to come visit a couple of times before he officially starts to say hello and to meet everyone. He is coming to us from Beau Meadow School in Beaumont and is very excited to be joining the Raptors family!

As many of you know, Mrs. Kuntz will be going on maternity leave! Her last day was this last Thursday. We can't wait to meet her new 'wee' one. In her classroom, we would like to welcome Miss Hunter. She is excited to be joining our team and has been volunteering in the classroom for awhile to help 1A have a smooth transition.

Swimming

The last two full weeks of June will be swimming lessons for Grades 1-4. More information will be coming out soon. There will also be free swim times for K-4s.

School Council Information

Alberta School Councils’ Association in partnership with the Robina Baker School Council invite you to an interactive and informative workshop explaining the School council purpose and the Fundraising Association Partnership purpose.

The Fundraising Committee Meeting will be at 5 on Monday April 24 followed at 6:30 by the workshop at the school. If you are attending the workshop please RSVP, as we will order pizza for supper, to rbescouncil@gmail.com.

Hot Lunch Update

The menu has been uploaded until the end of June and you can now order. Deadline to order is still the last Friday of the previous month. For May orders the deadline is April 28 and for June it is May 26.

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Staff Appreciation Lunch

We are looking for volunteers to help cover supervision on April 26 so that the teachers can be at the teacher appreciation lunch. If you can help out, please email rbescouncil@gmail.com so that we can organize the Staff Appreciation Luncheon.

We will be hosting a Kindergarten Information Night on Wednesday, April 26 at 7 pm! This event is a great opportunity for families and children to tour the school, meet the teachers, and learn more about the program! If you have a child registered in Pre-Kindergarten or Kindergarten next year, please join us. If you know of a family with children ready to come to school and have not registered yet, please let them know we still have room and they are welcome to come to the parent night too.

GREAT NEWS!! OUR PK PROGRAM WILL BE MOVING BACK TO THE RBES BUILDING FOR THE FALL!