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Principal’ Message

Stewardship Corner Thank you to Mrs. Olson for

leading our students through

their Sacraments of Confirma-

tion & First Eucharist

preparation.

MAY EVENTS

Sacraments of Confirmation & First Eucharist

Pizza Sale

World Catholic Education Day in North Battleford

RIVIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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May 2017

Teacher PD

Victoria Day

Faith Day

May 8

May 22

May 23

NO SCHOOL DAYS:

Mrs. Frances Weber

May is the month when we honor mothers. Mothers’ Day may have begun centuries ago. The fourth Sunday of Lent was once called ‘Mothering Sun-day”. On this day, children visited the church where they had been baptized and offered gifts to their “mother” church for the new life of baptism they had received from her. Later, children brought trinkets and cakes to their own mothers, thanking them for all they had done in their children’s lives. During the month of May, we recognize all mothers and express our love and reverence for them. May is also considered the month of Mary, the mother of Jesus. As we begin the month of May, we are very proud to be celebrating Catholic Education Week May 21-27. Catholic Education Week is a welcome oppor-tunity to celebrate the Mission of our Catholic Schools as we strive to inte-grate the Gospel values of Jesus Christ in every aspect of the school’s life and curriculum. Throughout Catholic Education Week we ask you to reflect on the significance of Catholic Education’s presence and contribution in our Church and in our society.

We pray… Hail Mary, Full of Grace,

The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou among women,

And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God,

Pray for us sinners, Now and at the hour of our death.

Amen

Kindergarten Orientation for our new Kindergarten

students will be held on Friday, May 19th at 11:00

AM. Students that have registered for the 2017-

2018 are welcome to come with their families for a

tour of the school and to meet Mrs. Booth!

Rivier Elementary School is still accepting Kinder-

garten Registrations for 2017-2018. Students

must be 5 years of age by December 31, 2017. Kin-

dergarten will be held on Tuesday’s, Thursday’s

and scheduled Monday’s.

Congratulations to Lexie Jones and Maya Doucette, as their Re-

membrance day posters went on to the provincial level where

they won second in their categories. What a great accomplish-

ment!

Kindergarten Orientation Nut Free School

Provincial Winners for Remembrance Day

Rivier Elementary School will now be a NUT FREE SCHOOL, effective immediately. We have a student with a severe nut allergy.

We ask parents to not send any snack or lunch items containing peanut butter, pea-nuts, or any other type of nut (almonds, walnuts, sesame seeds, trail mix, etc…) Please be aware of snack foods, as they need to indicate “made in a peanut free facility” or “nut free”.

Please ensure if your child(ren) has peanut butter for breakfast that their hands are washed thoroughly and teeth are brushed before coming to school.

Thank you for your understanding.

We ask that the students do not

arrive before 8:30 am. Staff

supervision does not

start until then.


Connie McGrath, B.A., B.Ed., is a mother, grandmother, and teacher, who has been reading children's pic-

ture books for a long time. She knows firsthand that reading to children creates a special bond. She has

taught pre-Kindergarten to grade 12, including gifted, remedial, and English as an Alternative Language. Sas-

katoon is home.

We are pleased to be hosting author Connie McGrath on May 2nd! Connie has written two books, “In

Search of a Smile” and “Thank You for Bringing Me”. We look forward to meeting her!

Library News

Check out our May activities:

May 5th –Plaid Day

Wear your plaid clothes that day.

May 18th-Career Day

Dress up like what you want to be when you grow up.

It’s $0.50 if you dress up and if you don’t you pay $0.25.

Sacrament of Confirmation & First Eucharist

Congratulations to our students that are receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation and First Eucharist on

May 7th! May the gifts of the Holy Spirit always inspire you!

Rory Booth Rhian Celis

Avery Duret Logan Fisher

Ethan Gaboury Davin Hart

Jada Kajner Jerald Laguyo

Jorja Parker Harley Patoine

Kali Patoine Matthew Tkachuk

Wyatt Youst

School Fundraisers

Joy of Learning


Light a Candle at Church: Let your child choose a special person to light a candle for.

Dress in Purple: Explain how

purple is a color of mourning but also a color of royalty – Jesus the King.

Write a Note to a Clergy Member: Whether it be local or farther away, have your kids choose a person to write a letter to. Maybe your kid wants to write a thank you letter. It could even be a letter asking questions about our faith. You might get a great response!

Get a Fast Food Fish Sand-

wich: This is the one time of year that advertisers take Catholics into account. I like to support that idea by feasting on some fatty good-ness.

Go on a Garden Walk: Ex-plain the story of the Garden of Gethsemane while you meander.

We’d like to remind parents of practices being established by our school division. Hopefully we nev-er have a situation where we have to use them, but we all need to be aware of what will happen in case of an emergency.

Hold & Secure Protective measures applied in school build-ings under circumstances of secu-rity concern due to threats to school occupants from events oc-curring near the school. All exteri-or doors are locked. The regular activities in the school continue. Access to and exit from the school are controlled and monitored through effective communication with parent/guardians/caregivers.

Lockdown is used in a serious emergency situation where the threat is inside a school, on or very near to school property. A Lockdown minimizes access and visibility in an effort to shelter stu-dents, staff and visitors in secure locations. Similar to a Hold & Se-cure, all outer doors are locked; however a Lockdown requires that all students be kept in class-rooms or other designated loca-tions and that inner doors also be locked where possible. Entry to, and exit from, the building is re-stricted to emergency services personnel only.

During a Lockdown, lights are turned off in the classroom/office, curtains/blinds are closed where possible, cell phone use is restrict-ed and all people inside the build-ing should remain quiet. During a Lockdown, school phones will not be answered as the administration is tending to the ongoing situa-tion. As cell phone use is restrict-ed, students are asked not to use phones until cleared to do so.

Hold and Secure

June Dates to Note

It’s hard to believe June is right around the corner! It will be a busy month, so please note the following June days for events:

June 2 nd BBQ & Heritage Hoopla at the Museurm

June 7th Track and Field in Medstead (This will be a K Day)

June 9 th Grade 4-6 Ball Tournament

June 20th Year End Mass at 10:30 AM

June 28 Awards Day at 12:30 PM, Early Dismissal

June 28 Last Day of School

June 30 Report Card Pick Up

Pizza Sale!

May 16th @ Noon

Orders due May 4th


216 2nd Street West

PO Box 678

Spiritwood, SK

S0J 2M0

Phone: 306-883-2382

Fax: 306-883-2326

Website: http://rv.loccsd.ca/

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Student of the Week

Accelerated Reader Check out our top 3 readers from each class with the highest amount of

Accelerated Reader points! Keep up the great job!

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 2 Grade 3

Ace Alejo Avery Duret Matthew Tkachuk Avarie Conacher

Olivia Haggarty Myah Marin Kalib Lendvay Neve Lafond

Liam Simonar Daelyn Turgeon Bodie Dewhurst Amelia Gatzke

Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6

Emeri Simonar Alex Tkachuk Jayden Dauvin Nithyan Manoj

Alea Beaulac Dalton Sanders Sophie Lafond Lexie Jones

Alexa Dauvin Mackenzie Marin Mackenzie Prescesky Aidyn Duret

Jaici Woytiuk May 2 Reese Hujber May 26

Davin Hart May 13 Andrew Gauthier May 28

Ryland Gatzke May 13 Kayden Tiringer May 31

James Scott May 14

Lance Pano May 21

Congratulations to

all of our

“Students of

the Week” that

received

recognition in

April!


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