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RED DEER LAKE SCHOOL

MARCH 2017 NEWSLETTER

ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE

Although our years in elementary school were many years ago, we are certain about some things: we were definitely not talking about our amygdala, prefrontal cortex, nor our hippo-campus, especially in regards to the impact of these brain areas on our own learning! Times have certainly changed and brain research provides us and students with some powerful in-formation. As part of the health curriculum, many teachers are using Mind Up resources to help stu-dents understand what is going on in their bodies as they learn. In turn they are able to see the impact that stress and anxiety can have upon learning, and most importantly, are able to take steps to help reduce stress and improve learning. Another important goal of learning about the brain is the development of empathy and compassion for other students, but also for themselves. To this end, these lessons can impact our ability to improve relationships and the mental health of all students in our building. If you are interested in learning more, please talk to your child’s teacher, our Learning Coaches Mrs. LaBrash and Mrs. Holt, or talk to your School Council leaders. We would be happy to include a short presentation for parents at an upcoming School Council meeting, if interest is there. In RDL these days, we have a new Grade 6 student government for the 2nd half of the year, as well as newly trained Grade 5 Peer Mediators on the playground, helping out the younger students. Grade 4 students continue to recycle for the school, and many students made a big impact on our Heart to Heart day on February 17th, volunteering at various organiza-tions as well as making donations of food and other items. We are proud of our Dragons and so we end February with an assembly to celebrate the many accomplishments so far this year; as well, it’s our chance to wear PINK in support of the anti-bullying movement.

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Administra ve Message cont... There are many exciting things going on this month at RDL. From band trips to U of C, Camp Caroline or Banff, to Basketball finals, to Science Fair and an Astrophysical Obser-vatory, to skiing and skating, it’s an engaging and interesting month. Be sure to keep in-formed through agendas, notes home, and the RDL website. We hope to see many of you at our Parent-Teacher Interviews and Student-Led Confer-ences on March 1st and 2nd.

Grade 7-9 Parent-Teacher Interviews will be the regular, drop-in format in the gym on both days. You don’t need an appointment for these, just come by when it is convenient for you. We do not anticipate any long waits. Grade 6 teachers have sent home information specific to their interviews/conferences. Grade 1 to 5 teachers look forward to a new approach this spring: Student-Led Conferences. We hope that all parents will bring their children and have them show you various school work and tasks to give you an idea about their learning. This is a great opportunity for your child to show you a taste of their school day, and they are so excited to share with you! Unlike past years, these Spring conferences are NOT by invitation, they are for ALL students and parents. Grades 1 & 2 parents, please sign-up online (see our website), whereas grades 3-5 are a drop-in format, hosting sur-names A-M on Wednesday and surnames N-Z on Thursday. If this does not work for your family, please contact your child’s teacher and we will certainly make a switch.

Yours in learning, Shannon Culbert, Principal Judy Leyden, Vice-Principal

178093 -112 St. W. Foothills, AB T1S 0V8 T: (403) 938-5984 F: (403)873-9565 http://reddeerlake.fsd38.ab.ca

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Su Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Feb 27th

Hot Lunch Or-ders open on-line

1 Student Led P/T Conferences 4-7pm

Parent Meeting Camp Caroline 7pm

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Student Led P/T Conferences 4-7pm

G9 FCHS talk @ RDL

G9 Centennial talk @ RDL

3 No School PD Day

Sr. Boy’s Bball Zones @ RDL (Fri&Sat)

Sr. Girl’s Bball @ JPII (Fri & Sat)

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Boston Pizza HL

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Hot Dogs HL

G6 Bball Fun Games

HL Ordering Closed

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OPA HL

G4-6 Olympic Oval

G9 Trip to FCHS

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Parent Council 7pm

GK-3 Olympic Oval

Science Fair

HL Payments Due!

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Jugo Juice HL

Outdoor Ed X-Country Skiing

G7 Camp Caroline

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No School PD Day

G7 Camp Caroline

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Subway HL

Parent Meeting Banff Retreat 6:30pm

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G1-3 Ski Trip

G8/9 & Drama Cast Banff Retreat

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G9 FCHS Open House (eve)

G8/9 & Drama Cast Banff Retreat

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Hot Dogs HL

G4-6 Ski Trip

G8/9 & Drama Cast Banff Retreat

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M. Burrito HL

SPRING PHOTOS

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Quiznos HL

Learner Profiles Home

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March 2017

Book Fair

Book Fair

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OFFICE NOTES

It is imperative that we know in the office whether a student is present in the school. This is extreme-ly important in case of an emergency. Please en-sure, when your child is leaving early, that the per-son picking up comes into the office and signs stu-dent out. Thank you for your understanding.

Students must enter the school in the morning through their assigned doors. Front door entrance should only be used when child is late after 8:38am.

LEARNING COMMONS

The Scholastic Book Fair has arrived!

We will be open during the school day

from Feb 28th to Mar 2nd 8:45am to

3:30pm. As well as on the evenings of

Parent/Teacher Conferences , Mar 1st

& 2nd, 4pm to 7pm.

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE WITH MR. DUBS  

Please note that Mr. Dubs will only be available for interviews on Wed March 1st from 

3:30pm to 4:45pm in the gym, and Thurs March 2nd from 4pm to 7pm .   

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BAND CORNER

BAND DATES:

March 1st—Mandatory Parent Meeting for Grade 7 Camp Caroline 7pm

March 15th to 17th— Grade 7 Band to Camp Caroline

March 20th—Mandatory Parent Meeting for Grade 8/9 Band & Drama Banff Fine Arts Retreat 6:30pm

March 22nd to 24th– Grade 8/9 Band & Drama Banff Fine Arts Retreat

April 5th—Grade 6 Beginner Band Festival in High River

April 27th to 29th—Grade 7 Band Calgary Performing Arts Festival at Mount Royal University (exact date TBA)

May 12th—Grade 8/9 Band Alberta Provincial Band Festival at Red Deer College

June 7th—Grades 6 to 9 Year End Band Concert at RDL 7pm

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PEER MEDIATION

A huge thank‐you goes out to the students in 5A for their hard work, dedica on and commitment to the Peer Media ng Program so far this year. The students and staff on the playground at RDL are very fortunate to have a team that cares so much about the students’ safety and well‐ being.

Welcome to the students in 5B who are now the new members of the Peer Medi‐a ng Team.   RDL students and staff look forward to the hard work, dedica on and commitment that you will be providing throughout the remainder of the Peer Medi‐a ng Program at our school.

The new team consists of the following members: 

Braydyn Assels ne                                         Lexa MacDaly 

Grayson Bamford                                            Keira Matheson 

Hanna Camp                                                    Peter McKeen 

Claire Chatwin                                                 Seth Neilson 

Presley Crook                                                   Reid Nurkowski 

Tara Den Hoed                                                 Carter Perreault 

Jonathan Duffill                                               Giorgio Saccomani 

Mia Fleshman                                                  Boston Sanderson 

Maya Jans                                                         Ashton Schlenker 

Finn Jones                                                         Payton Shaw 

Jamison Kloster                                               Jade Thibeau 

Kaeyln Lytwyn                                                 Sarah Thomas 

Owen Vanin                                                      Kaiah Vogt 

Jace Walker 

 

Good luck to all the peer mediators.   Looking forward to the work you will do for our RDL Dragons! 

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PARENT COUNCIL 

WELCOME - ORDERING FOR SPRING 2017 HOT LUNCHES WILL OPEN February 27, 2017, and close March 10, 2017.

As you are ordering please keep in mind whether your child will be away on a school outing. In the event your child is absent from school on the day of a hot lunch his or her lunch will be do-nated to another child in the class.

Payments must be made by March 14, 2017. Payments can be made by Paypal, cash or cheque. If you are paying by cheque please make it payable to FCREC (Foothills Cultural & Recrea-tional Enrichment Centre).

Please note that we unfortunately cannot process late orders and any orders not paid by March 14th will be cancelled.

Access Code is RDLSPRING2017HL

The hot lunch program is run by Parent Council. If you have any questions or problems please contact Shannon Thomas at shan-non.thomas@shaw.ca or 403-478-9392.

**To access the Hot Lunch Website go to http://reddeerlake.fsd38.ab.ca/ **

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MISCELANIOUS

Calling all Dads!

We are in special need of male chaperones for our grade 8/9 band and drama retreat to Banff on Mar 22-

Wanted: Before and after school care starting April 2017 for a Grade 1 student. We are located east of the school in the Spruce Meadows area. Please contact Ben at 403-998-0927.

It is with great sadness that we pass along the news of the passing of

former RDL teacher Ms Judy Tannas, who taught Kindergarten here

for many years. She will be fondly remembered by many Drag-

ons. The link to her obituary is here: h p://www.lylereeves.com/obituaries/

Judy‐Tannas/#!/Obituary

Foothills Composite High School/ Alberta High School of Fine Arts will be hosting a Fentanyl and other illicit drug awareness night on March 13th at 7:00 pm and we are opening the doors to the community. Please share this information with ALL of your families and open your phone lines to encourage people to RSVP. I will be contacting all the schools the Monday March 13th to get a rough estimate of our numbers for that evening-so please keep track. Thank you so much for spreading the word, I think that this will be very informative and helpful to our families. Please use the following message:

“NOPE TO DOPE.”

NO POSITIVE END TO DOPE

If you have a son or daughter in Junior High or High School they could be exposed to legal or illicit drugs such as Fentanyl. Fentanyl is a deadly opiate drug that is in our community, province and country. A panel of guest speakers are speaking out about the deadly drug to bring an evening of awareness and prevention to all Okotoks and Foothills residents.

This evening will provide families with professional advice in what to look for in your child if you suspect they are using Marijuana, or experiencing with other drugs.

This evening should not be missed, to stop the drug intruder and to give our youth a future!

Please RSVP to your son or daughters school so that we know how many people to anticipate.

Please direct any further question to Gina Kilbreath kilbreathg@fsd38.ab.ca

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