Chester Ronning Chatter

Greetings CRS School Community!

Amazingly, the first two months of the school year are already in our rearview! Our staff and students have been hard at work on learning outcomes and it has been fun to see the quality learning experiences that have been going on in the classrooms. We also had our first round of Parent-Teacher Interviews a couple of weeks ago and I want to thank our families for their engagement - we had over 85% turnout! We look forward to opportunities to welcome families into our building and to talk about the good work that is being done in classes and how to move forward to improve students' learning even more!

And now November has arrived, which is always an important month in elementary school as a time when important work gets done ahead of the Christmas season. (Yes, it does feel crazy to mention that already!) There is also a lot happening during the month of November. Grade 5 volleyball continues, we will be observing Remembrance Day on Nov. 8, the Fall Break takes place Nov. 9-15, and our entire student population is headed to cheer on the Camrose Kodiaks at Hockey Hooky on Nov. 22. It will be a busy month, indeed!

November also tends to be a month when the weather shifts significantly and we can expect dropping temperatures and snow. Please ensure that students are coming to school prepared for outside recess breaks with weather-appropriate clothing. Inevitably, some students will have identical items and things do get dropped or forgotten in boot rooms and on the playground so it is also very helpful when items are labelled. This may or may not be possible for every item but the more we can keep out of our lost and found bin, the better!

As always, please don't hesitate to reach out when you have questions or if there is something that you would like to discuss!

Yours in Education,

Reid Lansing

Principal - Chester Ronning School

BRSD calendar

November 3 - Early Dismissal at 2:11 pm. Theme Day - Grade Color Day - details in photo.

November 9-15 - No school for students.

December 1 - Early Dismissal at 2:11 pm.

December 5 - Staff Collaboration Day - no school for students.

December 22-Jan. 4 - School is closed for the holiday break.

January 5 - School Resumes.

January 30 - Staff Professional Learning day - no school for students.

February 2 - Early Dismissal at 2:11 pm.

February 16-17 - Teachers' Convention - school is closed.

February 20 - Family Day - school closed.

February 21 - Staff Collaboration Day - no school for students.

November 7 - School Council Mom's Pantry Fundraiser starts.

November 8 - Hot lunch Order deadline; Remembrance Service

November Break (9-15)

November 18 - End of term 1

November 22 - Hockey Hooky

November 23 - Picture Retakes

November 25 - Subway Hot lunch

November 30 - Fee Reminders

Chester Ronning School will hold a Service of Remembrance to help our students learn more about the services and sacrifices of Canada’s veterans and peacekeepers so they are not forgotten and future generations of Canadians will continue to live in and strive for, worldwide peace.

Our service will be held on November 8th, from 10:30 - 11:00 am.

You are invited to join us as we observe in songs, wreath laying, and a moment of silence. Poppies will also be given to the students Tuesday morning. Any donations toward the Poppy Fund are appreciated.

CRS is part of a real-time reporting pilot project this year. This means that, rather than producing traditional report cards, our teachers will be working to provide regular and consistent updates in their mark books, which will include comments about student achievement attached directly to the assessment items in the mark book. We are excited about the potential of this change to help create an ongoing dialogue about student achievement with families and to partner more effectively with you in your child’s learning.

Below, you can see how to log in to the PowerSchool Parent Portal to access your child's marks and comments.

All parents have Parent Portal accounts created. You do not need to create a new one.

To log in for the first time, select "Forgot Password" and then follow the instructions from there. If you are having ANY problems, please contact Mrs. MacKay in the office - jmackay@brsd.ab.ca and she can give you a password. We truly want this to be as easy as possible and are happy to help get you logged in and comfortable with the program.

This portal is where you will have access to real-time assessments regarding your child's learning. This is also where you will find the link to SchoolEngage to complete the "Student Verification Forms"

PowerSchool app on Google Play: https://bit.ly/GoogPS

PowerSchool app on Apple App Store: https://apple.co/3ram1iH

District code for the app is NTPH

Each year we are required to provide Alberta Education with a signed and dated "Student Verification Form" for each of our students. This year we have and electronic verification form for this process. It will also include our BRSD FOIP and Technology Use form.

To access and complete this form, you will need to:

1. Log into the parent portal via your web browser (Google Chrome for example).

2. Click on the SchoolEngage icon. You will be redirected to the SchoolEngage site where you can select your child's name.

3. Click on the 2022-2023 Student Verification Form and then on the blue icon in the first column to review the information.

4. Once you have completed your verification, click on the green submit button.

This is incredibly important and we really appreciate your help in getting this completed quickly. These forms were due October 17.

Nov 2 - Mini practice at 3:20-3:50 pm and game against OLMP at 4:00-5:00 pm, pick up at CRS.

Nov. 8 - Game versus Sifton at 3:30-4:30 pm, pick up at CRS.

Nov. 16 - Practice 3:20 - 4:30 pm, pick up at CRS.

Nov. 23 - Game versus Sparling at 3:30-4:30 pm, pick up at CRS.

Nov. 26 - Mini Tournament at Jack Stuart - 8:50 am - 12:00 pm. Parent to provide transportation.

· Games will be played after school from about 3:30pm until 4:30pm.

· Since students are just learning the fundamentals of the game, we do not keep score during the game. Teachers are there to help facilitate the game and learn the rules.

· It is okay if your child can’t make it to a game or two. Just let Mr. Pederson know which games/practices you can’t attend.

· Student need to have a ride arranged for pick up from away games at the school where we are playing by 4:30p.m. Students can walk home from Chester Ronning, if that is how they typically get home from school.

Required Items for each game

- Indoor Running Shoes

- Athletic pants or shorts

- Jersey (provided by teacher each game).

- Water Bottle

Expectations of Behavior

- Be cooperative and communicate positively.

- While visiting other schools for away games or tournaments, each student must be willing to follow rules and be respectful to all players and adults.

- Try your best and have fun.

With your help, we made over $3500 that will be spread among classes and used to support student activities and field trips.

We treated our top 2 sellers to a $25 gift card to the book fair, the top sellers from each class to a pizza lunch, and the top 3 classes will get an extra PE class with Mr. Pederson or Mr. Lansing.

Photo-Mr. Lansing and Mr. Pederson serving pizza to some of our top sellers!

The Book Fair was a success. Thank you to everyone for supporting our book fair. It was wonderful to have families in and see the joy and excitement over books and reading after three years without a book fair. Because of your support we raised over $2800 to put towards new books for our Learning Commons. Thank you to all our staff, students, and parent volunteers - we couldn't have done it without you!

Thank you,

Mrs. Green.

Our staff would like to also thank Mrs. Green for her hard work and extra time to bring this to our school. She is as happy as the student is to find that perfect book!

Mom's Pantry starts November 7.

November 8 order deadline for November 25 Subway day.

Pizza Hot lunch coming in December.

Watch for CRS Spirit Wear - details to come.

Lifetouch Customer Care Contact:
If parents are calling asking questions about their fall photos status, errors on their orders, or how to place orders, please have them call our Lifetouch Customer Care line at 1.866.457.8212 or go to our ordering website, www.mylifetouch.ca

NEW Way of accessing your child’s images online:
Lifetouch Photography is excited to announce the launch of a new way to access photos online. After much safety and security testing, Lifetouch developed a way for families to access their child’s photo using their student ID number.
Go to our website at www.mylifetouch.ca, click on Student ID and follow the detailed instructions to view and order photos.

If you have any questions on this ordering process, please call the Lifetouch Customer Care Line at 1.866.457.8212 or access the live chat on our website, www.mylifetouch.ca
Parents can still access their photos online by using their child’s portrait ID and access code. By enabling the option of using your child’s student ID number, gives people another way to access photos if they lose their proof sheet.

Picture Retakes are on November 23! If your child needs a retake, please send a note to the teacher. The photo company also asks that you return the picture-proof package so they can see what might have been the problem and hope to take a better second try. KTT students needing a retake can come from 9-9:30 am. All other students needing a retake will go after that.

IF CRS families want to continue to have a yearbook we need a parent volunteer(s) to take on this project. If we do not have a volunteer(s) we will not have a yearbook for this school year.

The cost to produce continues to go up reflecting an increase in the purchase price to parents. It is also something that each year we have fewer orders, so the price for families to purchase increases.

Each morning we share a special message on announcements about our Circle of Courage. We have been focusing on Belonging for the first quarter of the year.

One of the messages was: Make sure everyone is included and nobody is playing alone. If you see someone by themselves at recess, ask them to join you!

School Messenger - please text the word "YES" to the number 978-338 to start receiving texts from the school. (standard text message data rates may apply) We often use this to send school reminders about early dismissal days, newsletters, hot lunch reminders, or in the case of a school-wide emergency, this is how we would be in touch with our school families initially in an efficient manner.

If you have signed up but are not receiving the texts or emails, please email Janeece, our admin assistant at jmackay@brsd.ab.ca

Mr. Lansing, Principal - rlansing@brsd.ab.ca

Mr. Pederson, Assistant Principal - npederson@brsd.ab.ca

Chester Ronning School website - cronning.brsd.ab.ca

Battle River School Division website - brsd.ab.ca

Free community spaghetti supper every Wednesday night from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm at the Moose Hall. The community bus goes from Marler Mini Mart and makes a stop at the Moose Hall.