Weekly Update May 30-June 3, 2016

Well, the month of May is almost over and the busy month of June will begin!

Monday: Good luck to our students competing in the New Sarepta Elementary High Jump Meet! The meet will be held indoors so we don't have to worry about the rain.

Tuesday: The Grade 4s will be taking part in some Patrol Training for the fall from 12:45-1:45.

Wednesday: Today is a busy day! In the morning, the photographer from Imagine That Photographics will be in the school taking pictures of the school and the students in action. The pictures will be used in the Leduc Family of Schools promotional booklet that Black Gold is currently working on.

In the afternoon, we will be having our Jump Rope for Heart event. The event will start at 12:45 and the students will be jumping in their Family Groups.

Reminder: NO KINDERGARTEN CLASSES and Early Dismissal for Grades 1-6 & Pre-k

Thursday: Good luck to our students competing in the Track Meet today! Students will be leaving in the morning so please ensure your child(ren) have a bagged lunch, running shoes, and are dressed for the weather.

Keep checking out our blog and the teachers' blogs for any updates!

Weekly Update May 24-27, 2016

Can you believe it's Wednesday already?! There are many fun activities going on this week at Willow Park.

Wednesday: We will be having our Talent Show in the afternoon at 1 pm and our Family Kite Night this evening at 6 pm.

Thursday:
- Inuit Presentation for 2H, 2HH, and 5T
- Grade 6 Probability Carnival

Friday: We are hoping to have our Jump Rope for Heart Event today - weather permitting. The event will be outside, so if the weather does not cooperate, it will be postponed for a nicer day. We are asking any students that did some fundraising to bring in their Jump Rope for Heart envelopes so we can start crunching numbers! As of the beginning of the week, we had already raised $1100. Great job, Willow Park!

Other Friday reminders:

- Black Gold Photography Release consent forms are due
- Pizza by the Slice: send your child(ren) with a toonie in the morning so they can have pizza for lunch! Orders accepted until 9 am.
- Spring Photo and Kinder Grad Packages due; please return packages to the school if you are not planning to order. Cash and cheques will be accepted at the school until Friday the 27th; no late orders will be accepted.

Weekly Update May 16-19, 2016

It's a short week for the students this week and next week - a much anticipated long weekend for everyone!

Tuesday: The Div II Choir has their Pizza Party today!

Tuesday & Wednesday: The Kinders will be enjoying an in-class Lego presentation on these 2 days.

Wednesday & Thursday: The grade 6s are heading off on their much anticipated Camp Warwa field trip. They worked so hard to fundraise for this trip so we hope they have an awesome time!

Thursday: The Div I Choir has their Pizza Party today!

Friday: NO SCHOOL! Enjoy the long weekend!  

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Important Parent Information Below

Willow Park Elementary SchoolSpring School Pictures

If you have already paid for your portraits, thank you! 
Your spring portraits have shipped!
You should receive your portraits soon.
Select your favourites and pay online!

1. Go to mylifetouch.ca
2. Log in with your Portrait ID and Access Code, which is on your portrait package insert.
3. Select which sheets you want to purchase and pay online.
4. Please return unpurchased portraits to your school.

Weekly Update May 9-13, 2016

Willow Park has welcomed a few new students from Fort McMurray this week. Our students have done an excellent job of making them feel welcome in their new classrooms - good job, guys! 

Monday: The grade 5s are away all day at the Telus World of Science.

Tuesday: Talent Show auditions begin! Good luck, students! Auditions will continue until Friday.

Thursday: Hot Lunch from Boston Pizza; the grade 6 ELA Provincial Achievement Test Part A.

A huge thank you to all of our Willow Park families that made donations! The amount we collected was truly heart-warming and greatly appreciated by not only us, but by the evacuees as well. We are so proud!

 

Message from Black Gold

BLACK GOLD WELCOMES WILDFIRE EVACUEE STUDENTS

Black Gold Regional Division No. 18 (BGRD) is preparing to make room for students displaced from the Fort McMurray wildfires.

“We are here to help and support these families with students in any way possible,” stated Superintendent Dr. Yanitski.  “All evacuee students are welcome at any Black Gold Regional School. At any of our schools, these students will be welcomed, cared for, respected and have a safe place to learn”.  

Families with students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 can contact any Black Gold Regional School directly in order to register. To find more information about a local program/school, families can visit Find a School (www.blackgold.ca/schools/find-a-school). They can also contact the Division Office at 780.955.6025 to receive contact information about a desired school.

Located directly south of Edmonton, with 31 schools and over 10,500 students, Black Gold Regional Division No. 18 incorporates Beaumont, Calmar, Devon, Leduc, Leduc County, New Humble, New Sarepta, Thorsby, and Warburg.

For more information on Black Gold Regional Division No. 18 and our schools, visit: www.blackgold.ca.

Weekly Update May 2-6, 2016

It is Education Week this week and our staff have come together and planned some super fun activities for the students. Every day this week there is something going on, so be sure to keep updated with this blog or the teachers' blogs.

 

Monday: On Friday last week, the staff came together and put together the Stuntnastics equipment. Stuntnastics is a fun and exciting phys ed unit for the students.

Tuesday: We asked our students to donate any of their gently-used books for today's Book Exchange, and, boy, did we receive! They were so generous! All of the books make for quite the set up on the stage. Any students who donated will receive tokens to purchase new books for themselves. The students who did not donate will have the chance to purchase the books for the prices of $0.10 or $0.25. All proceeds will be donated to the Stollery Children's Hospital.

Wednesday:
- Hats on for Mental Health Day: Your child can wear their favorite hat all day today
- Jump Rope for Heart kick-off assembly at 12:50-1:30 pm
- Early Dismissal for Pre-k and grades 1-6
- NO KINDERGARTEN CLASSES
- May Hot Lunch ordering deadline (Hot Lunch will be provided by Boston Pizza on May 12th)

Thursday:
- Grade 6 Telus World of Science field trip
- Milk & Cookie Day

Friday:
- Pajama
- Stuffie Walk
- School-wide buddy reading