2023 October Newsletter

Please help us welcome our new Educational Assistants Dianna Ness and Celeste Boehlke. For a complete list of staff and assignments please visit our website by clicking on the following link https://jcc.plrd.ab.ca/staff

If you have not done so already, please return your signed registration forms along with FOIP and offsite consent forms for each of your children. A reminder to parents that the school requires a copy of each student’s birth certificate as verification of student’s eligibility to be registered in school if that has not already been provided. Parents please sign the registration form (page 3) and ensure that any new home or cell phone numbers and an up to date email address are provided. Fees for Junior and Senior High Options are due Monday, October 30. Cheques can be made payable to Prairie Land or you can use our new School Cash Online https://plrd.schoolcashonline.com/

Students will be dismissed from school at 2:35 pm on Tuesday, October 3 to allow staff to hold a staff meeting.

• Tuesday, October 3 - Early Dismissal @ 2:35 pm
• Wednesday, October 4 - SWAT Team Meeting @ 11:44 am
• Friday, October 6 - Little Caesars Pizza Order Forms Due
• Friday, October 6 - Terry Fox Run @ 2:00 pm
• Monday, October 9 - No School - Thanksgiving Day
• Thursday, October 12 - Agriculture Conference in Red Deer
• Friday, October 13 - 2022-2023 Grade 10-12 Awards Ceremony @ 2:00 pm in the Theatre
• Friday, October 20 - Sigmund Brouwer Presentation
• Monday, October 23 - Educational Liaison Association of Alberta (ELAA) Post Secondary Event in the North Gym (Grade 10-11 and interested Grade 12) 1:00-3:00 pm
• Monday, October 23 - Little Caesars Pizza Pickup @ 3:00-5:00 pm in the Theatre
• Wednesday, October 25 - Grade 7-12 Pre Report Card Interviews @ 4:00-7:00 pm
• Wednesday, November 1 - Grade 9 - Take Our Kids to Work Day
• Thursday, November 2 - Picture Retakes

• Tuesday, October 10 - Pizza Hot Lunch (K-6)
• Tuesday, October 17 - Freson Hot Lunch (K-6) Chicken Fingers & Veggies
• Tuesday, October 24 - Subway Hot Lunch (K-6)
• Tuesday, October 31 - Karin Miller Cheeseburger Hot Lunch (K-6)

• Monday, October 2 - Junior Girls Volleyball in Delia (Team Black and Gold)
• Wednesday, October 4 - Senior High Girls Volleyball in Drumheller (Grade 11 &12)
• Thursday, October 5 - Cross Country in Hardisty (Grade 4-12)
• Friday, October 6 - Senior High Football Game vs Breton @ 4:30 pm (Grade 10-12)
• Wednesday, October 11 - Cross Country Zones in Trochu (Grade 4-12)
• Wednesday, October 11 - Senior High Girls Volleyball in Trochu (Grade 11 & 12)
• Thursday, October 12 - Cross Country in Bashaw (Grade 4-12)
• Friday, October 13 & Saturday, October 14 - Senior High Girls Volleyball Tournament in Forestburg (Grade 11 & 12)
• Saturday, October 14 - Bantam Football Game vs. Stettler @ 11:00 am (Grade 7-9)
• Saturday, October 14 - Senior High Football Game in Edson (Grade 10-12)
• Monday, October 16 - JV Girls Volleyball in Delia (Grade 10 & 11)
• Wednesday, October 18 - Senior High Girls Volleyball in Acme (Grade 11 & 12)
• Thursday, October 19 - JV Girls Volleyball in Morrin (Grade 10 & 11)
• Friday, October 20 - Senior High Football Game in Millwoods (Grade 10-12)
• Friday, October 20 & Saturday, October 21 - Junior High Girls Volleyball in Strathmore (Team Black and Gold - Grade 7-9)
• Friday, October 20 & Saturday, October 21 - Senior High Girls Volleyball in Stettler (Grade 11 & 12)
• Saturday, October 21 - Bantam Football in Drumheller @ 3:00 pm (Grade 7-9)
• Wednesday, October 25 - Senior High Girls Volleyball in Three Hills (Grade 11 & 12)
• Saturday, October 28 - Junior High Girls Volleyball in Strathmore (team Black & Gold - Grade 7-9)
• Saturday, October 28 - Senior High Football Game vs. Hinton in Camrose (Grade 10-12)

Chemistry 30 students completed a calorimetry lab on Wednesday last week to sharpen their skills with energy transfer in chemical reactions. Students have been learning how this is related to the calories we eat in our food.

Congratulations to all runners who participated in the Wainwright Cross Country Race on Tuesday, September 26th. Ryley Hickle placed 1st, Joffrey Wood placed 2nd and Emmitt Olsen placed 7th.

Students have been playing a variety of Indigenous Games in Physical Education classes this past week

Little Caesars Pizza Kit Fundraising

JC Charyk School Council is doing their annual Little Caesars Pizza fundraiser. Paper copies were sent home with students in ECS - grade 9. Copies can also be picked up in the office. If you are interested in ordering online (there is a small transaction fee charged by Little Caesars), follow the online link below, and enter ID #426763.

All orders (paper or online) must be in to the school office by noon on Friday, October 6. Pizza will be delivered on Monday, October 23 and must be picked up in the theatre between 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm. https://www.pizzakit.ca/fundraising-products?shop=1&t=lc&sf=1

Dear Parents/Guardians,

At J.C. Charyk Hanna School, one of our greatest priorities is ensuring that all our students arrive safely at school each and every day.

To enhance our existing absence-checking procedure, we are introducing a new, more efficient student absence reporting system called SafeArrival. This new system will reduce the time it takes to verify student attendance, make it easy for you to report your child’s absence and easy for staff to respond to unexplained student absences.

With SafeArrival, you are asked to report your child’s absence in advance using any of these 3 convenient methods:

1. Using your mobile device, download and install the SchoolMessenger app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store go.schoolmessenger.ca (CANADA)). The first time you use the app, select Sign Up to create your account. Select Attendance then Report an Absence.

2. Use the SafeArrival website, go.schoolmessenger.ca (CANADA). The first time you use the website, select Sign Up to create your account. Select Attendance then Report an Absence.

3. Call the toll-free number 833-657-6535 to report an absence using the automated phone system.

These options are available 24 hours/day, 7 days a week. Future absences can be reported at any time.

In addition, we will use the SchoolMessenger Communicate automated notification system to contact parents whose child is absent when the absence was not reported in advance. The automated notification system will attempt to contact parents at multiple contact points until a reason is submitted for the absence. If our system is unable to reach the designated contacts, office staff will follow up (for students in K-6).

If you report your child’s absence in advance using the SafeArrival toll-free number, website or mobile app, you will NOT receive these notifications.

Starting Friday, September 1, please report absences in advance using SafeArrival. You will still be able to send notes, call or email the school to report an absence within 48 hours.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation as we implement this new system.

Friday, October 20:

• 12:30-1:30 pm - Grade 1-8 Presentation
• 2:00-3:00 pm - Grade 7 Workshop

Don't hesitate to reach out if you need anything!

Phone: 403-854-3642

Email: jccharykschool@plrd.ab.ca

Website: https://jcc.plrd.ab.ca/

Address: Box 1270 Hanna, Alberta T0J 1P0

801 4th Street W. Hanna