St. Patrick Catholic School-

Weekly Bulletin-September 9th- 2022 "Better Together"

UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday, September 12th- Practice Fire Dill
Wednesday, September 14th- Meet the Staff 6:30pm-7:30pm
Thursday, September 22nd- School Council Meeting at the school- 7pm
Tuesday, September 27th- Terry Fox Run- more information to follow
Thursday, September 28th- Mass at St. Francis Xavier Church- all are welcome
Friday, September 29th- First Cross Country Run
Friday, September 29th- Orange Shirt Day
Friday, September 30th- No School- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Better together

On Tuesday we had our back to school assembly. We talked about our school theme of "Better Together" One body in Christ and what that means at our school and in our daily lives. We introduced our staff and ended the assembly with a staff vs. teacher game where the students won an extra 10 minutes of recess. We truly are better together!

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DROP OFF/PICK UP PROCEDURES

STUDENT ENTRANCES

Please use the following designated entrances for your child. See MAP in PDF below.

These entrances are to be used for morning arrival (drop-off), recesses, and departure (pick-up) in the afternoon. The front entrance will be designated for our PRE-K and ECS students.

South Front entrance- PRE-K, Kindergarten

N.East entrance (Gr. 3/4 portable wing)- 3G, 3F, 3O

S.East entrance (directly adjacent to STAFF parking lot)- 2K, 2L,2M

North entrance (Gr. 3/4 portable wing)- 4K, 4D, 4B, 4W/C

West entrance (Gr. 1 wing)- 1B,1W, 1S

ARRIVAL

Students who arrive on the bus will go directly to their designated entrances where they will see a marked pylon and will line-up with their homeroom. Students who get dropped off by families should arrive no earlier than 8:15 and proceed to their marked line up. Students will wait in their area until their teacher signals them into the boot room. With rain/inclement weather, staff will be available to expedite this process where students would access classrooms earlier.

PLEASE NOTE: We have NO OUTSIDE SUPERVISION available earlier than 8:10 am so please do not drop off your child before that.

**Late students will be required to enter through the front doors. Proceed directly to office to check in.**

DEPARTURE

Under the direction of their teacher students will be dismissed at the bell at the end of the day. Bus students will report directly to respective bus line-ups and parents picking children up can wait outside of entrance or at a designated meeting spot (arranged with your child).

safety drills

In the next few months as a school we will be practicing our Emergency Drills. This will include 3 practice fire drills, 1 practice lockdown and 1 shelter in place.

iRwIN COMES TO KINDERGARTEN b/k

Kindergarten BK had a special visitor this week. Irvin will be the class pet( owl stuffie) that will travel home with the students to record all their adventures and bring back to share with their classmates. Welcome to St. Pats Irwin.

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OUTDOOR CLOTHING

Please remember to send your child with appropriate clothing for the weather. We want our students to enjoy their recess and being properly dressed can make that happen.

SCHOOL OFFICE REMINDERS...

SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS

The office hours are: 8:00 - 3:30 during scheduled school days.

If calling during lunch time (12:00 - 12:30) please leave a message and Ms. Miller will return your call as soon as she can.

Remember to phone and book an appointment if you need to come into the school @ 780-672-2177.

Parent Volunteers

Parents wanting to volunteer at the school or for field trips need to have a Criminal Record Check, Child Intervention Check and sign a Volunteer Confidentiality Undertaking form.

Request forms for these can be picked up at the school office. If you are unsure if you have these documents already completed you can call the office and we can check. These checks can take a while to process so if you are wanting to volunteer please get these done ASAP.

END OF DAY PHONE MESSAGES TO STUDENTS

If you have a message to pass onto your child for end of day arrangements please call the school office no later than 2:45 pm due to the end of day staggered dismissal times.

It is very difficult to find a child once they have left the classroom at the end of the school day.

PARENT/VISITORS - SCHOOL ACCESS

All visitors to the school must sign in at the office.

You can follow our school events at....

Twitter-@StPatrickSch2

School Facebook Page(new)- St. Patrick Catholic School Camrose

Facebook School Council Page- St.Pat's School Council

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SCHOOL PATROL-in front of school

We do have our Gr. 4's provide crosswalk patrol in front of the school but this likely will NOT occur for a few weeks until they have been properly trained. Please be careful using the crosswalks as our front street (53 Ave) is very busy before and after school.

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NO PICK-UP/DROP-OFF FROM STAFF PARKING LOT

Please make alternate plans for pick-up/drop-off location as our Staff parking lot is no longer available as an option. This area has become far too congested in the past and is an extreme OH&S concern. Please look at streets/locations that are close to your child' designated entrance where you can safely guide them.. While we understand that this takes away some convenience, we are more concerned about the safety of your children. Please see the attached pic showing some highlighted safe alternatives considerations for drop-off/pick-up.

****PLEASE STAY CLEAR FROM BUS LANES AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR DAY AND AT THE END OF OUR DAY*****

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