Rivier Elementary School

Welcome back Rivier Families!  It was so wonderful to see our students back today!  

Please take a look at the September calendar.  This indicates our Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten days and any upcoming activities, including days off and early dismissal days.

Each student will be sent home with a paper copy of the monthly calendar for your records.

September 2021 Newsletter

October has arrived!  This month is a busy one at Rivier.  Please make sure to take the time to read through our newsletter as it is jampacked with information and activities.

Wishing you a bountiful harvest and more sunshine filled days this month!

October 2021 Newsletter Link

Good afternoon,

Please see the attached letters that outline the SHA "Test to Protect' program as well as a letter from our Director providing more details regarding this intiative. 

Director Letter

SHA Letter

The first Tuesday of each month at Rivier is BE KIND DAY!

We encourage students to wear their Be Kind shirts (you can order them online at our Entripy Shop: https://rivierelementary.entripyshops.com/

Every month students that are "caught" doing a random act of kindness are entered into a draw for a Spiritwood Confectionary gift certificate.  Keep up being kind Rivier!  

Sacred Heart Church is doing an Online Silent Auction on Facebook from October 31 - November 7. This is their main fundraiser for the year (as they are unable to hold the Fall Supper)

The Parish Council welcomes donations of new items, services, homemade canning or quilting etc... (so many possibilities)! If you would like to donate, please drop your items off at Rivier before October 20 or with Veronica at the church.

Please see the attached flyer.

Thank you for supporting your Catholic Church!

School pictures were sent home with students last week.  There are 2 ways to order:  

1.  Online using your codes on your order form.

2.  Fill in the paper order form and return to the school by November 2, 2021.  

Retakes will be available on Wednesday, November 17 to any students who missed picture day or need a re-do! 

Please take some time to read through the November newsletter.  We encourage our families to have students complete the math challenge for the month!  Mrs. Olson has great prizes to be won! 

The snow has arrived!  And that means.....it's time to fill in our Winter Weather Policy for our students in Kindergarten-Grade 6.  

I invite you to please fill in the following link at your earliest convenience regarding the 2 options in our Winter Weather Policy.  

Reminder:  there is NO SCHOOL in lieu of Remembrance Day tomorrow, and there is NO SCHOOL on Friday, November 12 due to a Teacher Planning Day.  

Monday, November 15 is a Kindergarten day.  Please remember to send winter clothing with your children to school-toques, mitts, ski pants and winter boots.

Have a snowy, safe long weekend!  

The Rivier School Community Council (SCC) is holding a FundScrip Gift Card Fundraiser from November 18 - December 3.  The funds raised through this fundraiser will go toward supporting Rivier School activities and to help pay for the new playground equipment. 

We invite you to support our fundraising efforts by purchasing gift cards for your favorite retailers or restaurants from the many choices available and offering this opportunity to your friends and family as well. 

Gift cards will be delivered by December 17, so they would make wonderful Christmas gifts!  Please return your orders and payment (Cheque payable to Rivier Elementary School). 

Students will be sent home with a fundraising package today.  If you would like more order forms, please feel free to photocopy or ask the school for some more.

Thank you for your support!

Deadline to order:  Friday, December 3

(sorry no late orders accepted)

Please see the following important information to note:

*Mom's Pantry Pick-Up is tomorrow afternoon. We hope to have things sorted for 3:00 PM pickup until 5:30 PM. Please make sure your items are picked up as we do not have freezer space to hold it.

*SLC (Student Led Conferences) are tomorrow (Wed-November 24) and Thursday, November 25. You will have received a message in your EDSBY mailbox "Rivier November SLC 2021" for those of you that have booked a time slot. Please open this message and click on the link prior to your scheduled time. The teacher will let you into the Google Meet when it is your session. We encourage you to have your child on the meet with you.

*Friday, November 26 is Retake Day! For those that have asked to have retakes, the photographer will be ready at 1:00 PM. It is also Jersey Day! We invite you to wear your hockey, baseball, football jersey etc...

*Monday, November 29 there will be NO SCHOOL due to Teacher PD.

*FundScrip Gift Card Fundraiser orders and money are due back on Friday, December 3. No exceptions for late orders.

Please see the following poster for information regarding Covid-19 vaccinations in Spiritwood. 

This December - give the gift of learning:  4 Seasons of Reconciliation Online Course.
 
Made available by RBC for all Canadians. we invite you to share the '4 Seasons of Reconciliation' course with your family, friends and colleagues. 
 
Free seats in our online truth and reconciliation course from Reconciliation Education and First Nations University of Canada are available now until December 31st.
 
Please use the following link to register:

https://www.reconciliationeducation.ca/rbc?mc_cid=2ee86af6ee&mc_eid=0981068eb5

We hope you are all staying warm this morning! If you have not had the chance to fill out our Winter Weather Policy form via Google Form Link, please do so as soon as possible.

The link is below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1THvZj6DGehoId3I9zzfKLYCWXz8T96ezLpce4exWayA/edit?usp=sharing

We hope you enjoy our virtual Christmas Concert!

From the staff & students at Rivier Elementary School--Merry Christmas!  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk1C7QyYVpU

Our school plans to partake in Skating and Curling activities in January and February. We hope these plans do not change, as restrictions are ever changing within the province and school divisions. We will be skating and curling in our classroom cohorts.

We would ask that any students who do not have skates or a CSA approved helmet, please contact your child's teacher. We do have a limited supply of various sizes of skates and helmets available for use.

Kindergarten Skating (12:30 - 2:00 PM) Thursday's: January 13, 20, 27 and February 3

Grade 1/2 Skating (12:30 - 2:00 PM) Wednesday's: January 12, 19, 26 and February 2

Grade 3/4 Skating (9:00 - 10:30 AM) Thursday's: January 13, 20, 27 and February 3

Grade 5/6 Curling (9:00 -10:30 AM) Thursday's: January 13, 20, 27 and February 3

*Grade 5/6 students-if you have a broom at home, please bring it with you on curling days.

Kindergarten & Grade 1/2 Students--we welcome parents to drive and come and tie skates at the rink (no additional family members).

Grade 3/4 and 5/6 will be walking to the rink with their classroom.

The following rules apply to parents volunteering and coming to the rink with the school:

• Proof of vaccination must be provided to Mrs. Olson prior to our skating dates. This is a school division policy.
• If you are transporting students-you must have a valid package policy, driver's license and a criminal record check all shown at the school office.
• Masks are required to be worn in the vehicle while transporting students, as well as at the skating rink.

Please contact Mrs. Turgeon in the office if you are able to volunteer with Kindergarten or Grade 1/2 for skating.

Happy New Year!  Please see the following attachment for the January calendar.

New close contact protocols for #SK students were announced on January 5, 2022. Please help to keep our schools safe and healthy for everyone.

Happy 2022!  Please see the attached link for the January newsletter.  

It’s already been 15 years since two boys chose to take action against bullying behaviour by encouraging their peers to wear pink!   Their actions sparked a world-wide movement shedding light on the issues surrounding bullying and inspiring others to Be Someone’s Hero by speaking up when they see bullying happening. Since then, over 250,000 people in Saskatchewan have participated in Pink Day celebrations. We encourage you to join us this year and help change the culture around bullying in our province by standing up and wearing pink!  Pink Shirt Day is Wednesday, February 16, 2022.  (Kindergarten students are welcome to wear on Tues, Feb 15).

We are giving our students/family members an opportunity to purchase a Pink Day Shirt at a cost of $12.00 each.  This is an optional purchase and you are welcome to wear previous years’ shirts (or anything pink) on that day!

If you would like to order:

1. Head to https://loccsd.schoolcashonline.com/ and log in (or sign up for an account).  Pick your shirt size and for which child you are ordering it for and pay online!  Quick and easy!  (no need to send back an order form)

OR

2. Fill in the order form sent home with your child, and bring it back prior to January 14.

Happy New Year! It is certainly nice to be seeing some nicer weather and to have many of our students back at school with us this week.

As we return to school for the second part of the 2021-2022 school year, we ask that each of our families take a few things into consideration.

• If you child is feeling ill, please keep him/her at home until he or she is symptom free. We are in the midst of a normal cold and flu season, and the symptoms of the new variant are very similar to that of a common cold. It’s best to be safe and keep your children home in an effort to reduce the spread of any illness.
• Please consider doing regular rapid tests. We have COVID-19 antigen rapid tests available at the school for our families. If you have not yet requested a kit for your family feel free to contact our office to request one. Rapid testing kits are also available from the Spiritwood Town Office and the Spiritwood Co-op.
• Please notify the school immediately if your child tests positive for COVID (306-883-2382).

We thank you for your cooperation, patience and understanding as we continue to work at providing a safe and productive learning and work environment for all our students and staff. Take care and stay safe. We wish you all the best in 2022.

Our Skating and Curling fun begins this week!  There is a limited supply of helmets and skates available for use, if you have not yet found some for your child. 

Skating (K-Grade 4)

Please make sure your child has skates and a helmet.  All students are required to wear a helmet on the ice.  Extra mitts are a bonus for skating!  Masks are able to be taken off while skating.

Grade 1/2 Skating:  Wednesday's (Jan 12, 19, 26, Feb 2) from 12:30 - 2:00 PM

Grade 3/4 Skating:  Thursdays (Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3) from 9:00 - 10:30 AM

Kindergarten Skating:  Thursday's (Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3) from 12:30 - 2:00 PM

Curling (Grade 5/6)

Please make sure your child has a helmet for curling.  All students are required to wear one on the ice surface.  If your child has their own curling broom and/or slider, please send it with them.  We will be using our indoor shoes on the ice surface.  Masks must be worn on the ice surface.

Grade 5/6 Curling:  Thursdays (Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3) from 9:00 - 10:30 AM

If there are any parents with children in Kindergarten or Grade 1/2 we love helpers! Please contact Mrs. Turgeon in the office if you can assist.

 Please see the following to assist us with driving students or helping at the rink:

*Proof of Vaccination must be show to the school

*Valid Package Policy/Driver's License shown to the school (if driving students)

*Masks must be worn while transporting students.  ​

Have a great day and enjoy the warm weather!

The last day to order Pink Shirts for Pink Shirt Day on February 16 is tomorrow (Friday, January 14)!  Please make sure to return your order form and money or order online through School Cash!  

https://loccsd.schoolcashonline.com/

Letter from Mrs. Olson

*With the rising number of COVID cases in our community and surrounding areas, I have made the difficult decision to restrict our scheduled skating and curling times to students and staff ONLY for the next few weeks. *  

We want to do our best to ensure that our students and staff can continue to stay healthy and attend school in person, therefore we want to try to keep our cohorts as tight as possible.  We certainly appreciate having parents help by driivng our younger students to and from the rink and with tying skates and we love having you join us during our out of school activities, however we fell that keeping our cohorts tight is in everyone's best interest at this time.  

We will have staff available to transport our younger students to and from the rink and to tie skates and will ensure that there is enough on ice supervision at each skating/curling session.

We thank each of you for your understanding and we pray that things will begin to improve soon.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me (Ginelle Olson at 306-883-2382).

Skating (K-Grade 4)

Please make sure your child has skates and a helmet.  All students are required to wear a helmet on the ice.  Extra mitts are a bonus for skating!  Masks are able to be taken off while skating.

Grade 1/2 Skating:  Wednesday's (Jan 19, 26, Feb 2) from 12:30 - 2:00 PM

Grade 3/4 Skating:  Thursdays (Jan 20, 27, Feb 3) from 9:00 - 10:30 AM

Kindergarten Skating:  Thursday's (Jan 20, 27, Feb 3) from 12:30 - 2:00 PM

Curling (Grade 5/6)

Please make sure your child has a helmet for curling.  All students are required to wear one on the ice surface.  If your child has their own curling broom and/or slider, please send it with them.  We will be using our indoor shoes on the ice surface.  Masks must be worn on the ice surface.

Grade 5/6 Curling:  Thursdays (Jan 20, 27, Feb 3) from 9:00 - 10:30 AM

Rivier Day is Tuesday, February 8 and we will be having a pizza lunch sale!  Orders are due back before February 1.

Pizza slices are $4.00 EACH.
(Cheese or Pepperoni).

Drinks are an additional $1.00. (Chocolate Milk or Juice Box)

Students have been sent home with a Pizza Order Form.  If you are ordering with cash/cheque-PLEASE FILL IN A PAPER FORM WITH YOUR ORDER.

If you are ordering via School Cash--PLEASE DO NOT FILL IN A PAPER FORM. SCHOOL CASH ONLINE RECORDS YOUR ORDER.  https://loccsd.schoolcashonline.com/

Due to unforeseen circumstances our Grade 1/2 students will not be going skating on Wednesday, January 26  and our Kindergarten students will not be going skating on Thursday, January 27 as previously planned. 

We look forward to our next planned skating date on Wednesday, February 2 for Grade 1/2 and Thursday, February 3 for Kindergarten. 

Rivier & Hartley Clark will begin accepting Pre-Kindergarten applicatons for the 2022-2023 school year beginning Tuesday, February 1.  

LOCCSD & Living Skies SD Pre-Kindergarten programs support vulnerable children between the ages of 3-5, who meet the criteria determined by the Ministry of Education. Pre-K days are full days on Wednesday & Friday.

Please contact Rivier Elementary School office or Hartley Clark School for more information and an application.

Applications forms are available HERE: PK APPLICATION FORM

Please email application forms to [email protected] or drop off at Rivier or Hartley Clark School beginning February 1.

Those on the wait list for the current year or those currently enrolled as 3 years olds must re-apply for the upcoming year.

Make sure to join our event on our Facebook Page-Rivier Day Facebook Online Auction.  Bidding begins on Monday, January 31 and runs until 3:00 PM on Tuesday, February 8.  We will be adding new items this week up until auction time.  It's not to late if you would still like to donate.  Please send Mrs. Turgeon in the office a message.

Thank you for your support!

RIVIER DAY FACEBOOK AUCTION