St. Patrick Catholic School

October

• Monday 9th- No School- Happy Thanksgiving
• Friday 13th- Hot Lunch- East Side Marios
• Wednesday 18th- School pictures
• Thursday 19th- School pictures
• Friday 20th- Evidence of Learning goes home
• Friday 20th- Hot Lunch- Chopped Leaf
• Tuesday 24th- Three Way Conferences-PM
• Thursday 26th- Three Way Conferences-PM
• Friday 27th- Hot Lunch- Panago Pizza

We’re excited to announce that the ability to submit student absences is now available in PowerSchool!

PowerSchool can also continue to be used to view grades and report cards, pay fees, and update student information (including medical information).

You can view the EICS Parent Technology Handbook for further details on these items.

Our Elk Island Catholic Schools IT department is continuing to work on implementing additional features, so keep an eye out in our Smores for future updates!

This year at St.Pat's we have implemented a School Behaviour Matrix. This matrix was created by students and staff at the end of last school year on how to use our school spaces appropriately and continue to make our school an AMAZING place to learn and grow!

My name is Erica Lucas, I am the new chair of Parent council! I am honoured to take on this new role,and can’t wait for the year ahead. I joined parent council 6 years ago when my daughter started kindergarten, was a director for one year and have been the treasurer for the past 3 years. I love being involved in the school and school activities. We have lots of great parents on parents council with lots of great ideas. We look forward to planning fun activities for the kids/staff and would like to extend a warm welcome to any parents wanting to join! Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions! Parent council can be reached at stpatspac@gmail.com or on our Facebook page St.Pats Parent Council!

School Council Committee for the 2023/24 school year

Chair- Erica Lucas

Vice-Chair- Heather Parker

Treasurer- Kirsten Gunderson

Secretary-Anne Driver

Director-Janelle Evenson

Director- Megan Howell

School fees are now posted and can be paid on Powerschool. If you have any questions please contact the office.

Reminder to register for hot lunch!

Each year you have to register your child for hot lunch with their new teacher.

Register at https://stpats.hotlunches.net

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.

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. To report an absense call the school office or email stps@eics.ab.ca

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 3:10 pm. It is very difficult to track down 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.

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School Facebook Page St. Patrick Catholic School Camrose

Facebook School Council Page St. Pat's School Council

Our busing is through Battle River School Division. If you have busing questions or still need to register for busing call 780-672-6131.

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

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.

Click HERE to see the following school calendars:

• St. Patrick School Calendar
• Regular/Early Dismissal Bell Schedules
• Pre-Kindergarten (4 year old) Calendar
• Mon/Wed Kindergarten Calendar
• Tues/Thurs Kindergarten Calendar
• OLMP School Calendar

IMAGINE... BELIEVE... ACHIEVE...

Email: michelle.nanias@eics.ab.ca
Website: https://stp.eics.ab.ca/
Location: 4816-53 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 0Y2
Phone: 780-672-2177