RAIDERS UPDATE

Raiders Updates

Brr! That temperature sure dropped this week. To keep our hallways and floors clean and safe, we are asking students to wear footwear for outside and a separate pair of indoor shoes. Help us keep the water and sand off our floors. Also, if you are in need of some ice melt for your sidewalks and driveways, contact the school to purchase a pail...only $30 and ready for pick up!

Our basketball season is underway! With Grade 5/6 teams participating in their first games on Wednesday and we wish them luck as they head to Leduc Composite High School this weekend for their tournament.

As we have started new CTF options, please check your child's PowerSchool account for fees. These fees are critical as we plan the course! If you have questions, please contact the office.

New to Riverview is our Learning Lab! Teachers can assign students to a designated learning space at lunch recess to complete assignments, catch up on work, or even complete missed assignments! Check your child's PowerSchool grades to see if your child could benefit from this space. Teachers may also take advantage of this time and assign students to the Learning Lab. This is a great opportunity for helping our students learn to prioritize their academics, and learn attitudes and behaviours to be successful for the future.

Wishing you all a lovely (and warm) weekend. Stay safe!

IMPORTANT! School Fees due now!

BG Technology fees, CTF fees and field trip fees if applicable are on your parent portal. We appreciate your attention to this! We cannot run our CTF courses without the fees! Thank you!

Please reach out to our office staff if you would like to set up a payment plan for your fees. Breaking the payments up over the school year can allow you to pay your fees without the stress of paying everything all at once.

Office and Important dates:

INTEGROUS - Our November Raider disposition of the month - the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change

Starting this week we will be collecting by class for our Food Bank donations. If everyone who is able to can send one item per student in we will be in great shape come time for pick up. Class with the best collections will receive a tasty treat. Stay tuned for pictures! Leduc Food Bank supports our students throughout the year. Just a note - the Dollar Store is a great place to pick up items for donation.

Grade 5 skating - Nov 26 - 29
Grade 6 skating - Nov 25-29
Monday. December 2 - PD - NO SCHOOL
Junior High skating - December 9 - 11
Wednesday, December 11 - Grade 5/6 Winter Concert @ 2:00 pm; everyone is welcome!
Wednesday, December 11 - Winter Concert @ 6:00 pm; Concession will be available. Devon Christmas Elves will have a tin that evening available for your silver donation.
Winter Break - December 23 to January 6

Looking for Arts and Crafts donations:

If anyone please has any of the following to donate to our elementary art classes, we'd be ever so grateful:

Yarn, bits and baubles, toilet paper tubes (Cricut tubes are too thick), pony beads/beads of any kind, tissue paper, embroidery floss, used Christmas cards, brown paper lunch bags, Christmas muffin liners, ribbon, fabric pieces & any other items you may have laying around. Thank you SO much!

Counsellor's Corner

Well, it feels like winter hit with a vengeance; stay warm!

The following resources and connections posted below are offered to support our Alberta families. They are brought to us by Community Education Services and are put together by AHS. Webinars where pre-registration is required, but they are FREE.

Mental Health for Highly Sensitive Teens; Unique Struggles for these Emotional Feelers November 28th at 10 am Click HERE to register.

Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder December 4th at 10 am Click HERE to register.

40+ previously recorded presentations can be viewed, anytime, on the CES YouTube playlist.

In case you are interested: a comprehensive list of contact numbers and links for local support: AHS Contacts for Mental Health. In addition, CLICK HERE to access a list of Community Clinics and Crisis Information.

My name is Ronda Kehoe, and I am the Learning Support Teacher as well as our school counsellor. I am not a therapist, but can support students as things come up. Life happens! My role supports students' individual learning and wellness needs as well as acting as a liaison to community and AHS resources. I can be reached through our main office phone at 780-987-2204 or by email at ronda.kehoe@blackgold.ca. Don't hesitate to reach out!

RMS School Council & Fundraisers

To order Ice Melt: Please call the school to let us know how many you would like to order. Payment can be made by cash or cheque to RMS Fundraising Council or Etransfer - rmsfundraisingcouncil@gmail.com. Thank you as always for your support!!