Leduc Estates School 95 Alton Drive

Leduc, Alberta T9E 5K4

Phone (780) 986—6750

Fax (780) 986—6752

Les.blackgold.ca

Principal: Mrs. Carla Fisher V.P: Mr. Greg Luchak

May 6, 2016

Principal’s Message

To Be a Volunteer To be a volunteer, it takes...

Generosity, a willingness to give your time to others

Understanding, because their lives might be very different from your own

Empathy, an ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes and feel what

they must feel

Compassion, to truly care about making someone else's life better

Patience, because the process doesn't always go as smoothly as it might

Dedication, to stick with the project and see it through

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Leduc Estates School’s Volunteers have shown these qualities and so much

more, so thank you for all that you do!

Student safety is always one of our biggest concerns! Every day staff patrols

the front bus loop to ensure students make it into and out of the building

safely. The bus loop is closed to cars when the buses are on site. Once

buses have departed the loop, it is open for drop-offs and pick-ups but no

parking. If your son or daughter is not ready to be picked up at the curb,

please circle around in order to maintain the flow of traffic. I appreciate your

support in keeping our students safe.

The last meeting of the year for your Parents’ Association will be held on June

2, 2016, at 7:00 PM. We invite everyone to join us in the school library. I

would like to encourage any parent who is interested in learning more

about School Council and Parents’ Association to come out to these

meetings. An update regarding school staffing for the 2016/17 school

year will also be provided at this meeting.

C.Fisher

Principal

Page 2 Jump Rope for Heart

We will be holding our Jump Rope for

Heart fundraising event for the Heart and

Stroke Foundation on May 13th. If you re-

ceived a pledge envelope and haven't re-

turned it yet, please do so immediately.

Thank you for your support of this very

worthwhile cause.

Library News

We are getting close to the end of the school year,

so please ensure your children are returning their

library books on time. The library will be closed for

checking out books at the end of May.

Thank you.,

Sheila Ankerstein

Library Clerk

Volunteer Appreciation Tea

We held our annual Volunteer Appreciation

Tea on May 5th. We were so pleased to see

so many volunteers come out. We really ap-

preciate all you do to make Leduc Estates

School a great place to be!

KinderCare/Before and After

School Care

Black Gold Regional Schools has

approved our request to operate

these programs once again. Our

license with Alberta Children Services requires that we have

new forms annually. Due to ca-

pacity regulations, attendance/

registration will be on a first re-

ceived, first paid basis. These

forms will be available on June

1st both online and in the school.

Spring Dance

On April 21st we had our annual Family

Dance. This year's theme was "Western"

and many students and parents could be

seen on the dance floor decked out in their

western wear. Thank you to all of our par-

ent and staff volunteers for making the

evening a fun time for all. We would like to

offer a special thanks to the dance coordi-

nator, Koren Lightning-Earle.

We do not offer refunds for milk cards or the

Out of School Care Program/KinderCare Program.

As the end of the school year gets closer, we will

be happy to sell partial cards. Please contact the

office for assistance.

Reminder...

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Reminders:

Grade 1 - 6 School Hours: 8:45 - 3:05

Entry Bell: 8:42 am

Classes Start: 8:45 am

Recess: 10:20 am - 10:30 am

Lunch Dismissal: 12:05 pm

Classes Resume: 12:50 pm

Bus Dismissal: 2:55 pm

Dismissal: 3:05 pm

*Supervisors are outside at 8:25 am

ECS School Hours:

AM Class - 8:42 am - 11:30am

PM Class - 12:15 pm - 3:05 pm

Student Absences

For the safety of our students, it is extremely

important to notify the school if your child will

be late or absent. If the school is not notified,

we are obligated to phone your home or office

to confirm the absence.

For your convenience, you may leave a message

concerning absences on the voicemail system

from 4:00 pm to 8:00 am, or you can send an e-

mail to sandy.musteca@gshare.blackgold.ca

and/or jody.jones@gshare.blackgold.ca.

Visitors to our School

All parents and visitors must check in at the

office when visiting our school. A visitor pass

is required if you are going any further than

the front foyer.

No School

May 20th- PD Day

May 23rd - Victoria Day

Early Dismissal

June 1st— classes dismiss at 2:20

Hot Lunch

May 13 - Panago Pizza

May 27—Mucho Burrito

June 3—Boston Pizza

June 10 - Subway

Milk Program

Milk cards are $15.00 for 20 milk.

Wristband Challenge

In partnership with the City of Leduc and the

Leduc Recreation Center (LRC), we are once

again participating in the “Wristband Challenge.”

After students visit the LRC they can bring

their wristband to the office to enter a

monthly draw for an LRC pass. Make sure that

the student name is written on the wristband.

This months winners are: Sarah O, Myla M,

Javan U and Cohen V.

Dogs on School Property

Just a reminder that if you

walk to school with your dog,

please wait for your child/

children behind the fence on

the public sidewalk.

A Note of Thanks

We would like to thank all of the parents and extended family who came to our annual Volun-

teer Appreciation Tea; we enjoyed honoring and thanking you in our special way.

A very big thank you to our “Leaders in Action” group who have helped out on many of our activ-

ities this year. This is a group of dedicated grade 6 students who volunteer to

assist with many of our activities, delivering hot lunch and working with our

younger students.

A big thank you to Mrs. Lightning Earle and her committee for their work on

the Family Dance.

Thank you to Hippy Dog DJ Services for donating the DJ services for the

dance.

Thank you to our volunteer moms & dads for coming in and helping out with Microwave days,

Hot Lunch days and whenever else they are needed.

Thank you to the Doryk family for donating a rug to Mrs. Bliss’s classroom.

We would also like to thank Don Delancy for donating to our art department.

Thank you to Craig’s No Frills for donating 20 large tubs of yougurt for our Healthy Champions

Program.

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2015—2016 Provincial Achievement Exams

Our students in grade 6 participate yearly in the Alberta Education Provincial Achievement Testing

Program.

The following is the schedule for the May/June 2016 administration of the PAT. (Please note that

these dates are set by Alberta Education and schools must adhere to these dates and times).

Please ensure that your grade six students arrive at school on time on these days.

Date Time Subject

Thursday, May 12th 9:00—11:00 am English LA Part A

Wednesday, June 15th 9:00-10:00 am English LA Part B

Thursday, June 16th 9:00—10:15 am Math

Friday, June 17th 9:00—10:00 am Science

Monday, June 20th 9:00—10:00 am Social Studies

“I am Girl” wrapped up in April. One of our students, Brady, in grade 1,

along with his little sister, set up a lemon-

ade stand to raise money for Jump Rope

for Heart. Together they raised $51.15.

On April 16th, Nolan D & Kye F represented Leduc Es-

tates School in the Black Gold Optimist Club’s Grade 5

Spelling Bee. They studied hard and did great! Nolan

won 2nd place and Kye won 3rd. Wonderful job boys!

Grade 4, 5 & 6 students had lots of fun during French

Culture Day. They built Eiffle Towers, had snacks at

Café Lavoie, posed for the photo booth and much more!

An amended 2016—2017 Black Gold Regional Division No. 18 (BGRD) School

Year Calendar has been posted on the Black Gold Website at http://www.blackgold.ca/news-calendar/division-annual-calendar-2/.

This amendment reflects the revision to the Alberta Education Provincial

Achievement Tests (PAT) and Diploma Examination schedule after our Board of

Education approved the calendar. The following dates are affected for PATs: June 16, 19 and 28.

Alberta Education has granted permission for BGRD to reschedule the June 29 PAT to June 22.

Leduc Central Interact Club

The Leduc Central

Intract Club is run by

Leduc Composite High

School students and is

the high school version

of the Rotary Club. They

are organizing a book

drive to raise funds for

Leduc and District

Emergency Shelter As-

sociation and have asked

that we set up a book

collecting bin at our

school. They will be col-

lecting old/lightly used

books that students/

parents no longer desire.

If you have any books

you would like to donate,

please send them to the

school with your child to

put in the book box.

Thank you