St. Patrick's Blog Week of April 27th, 2015

St. Patrick's Blog

Week of April 27th, 2015

School Site Accommodation

A reminder that there will be a second accommodation proposal meeting on May 11th at 7:00pm, reviewing the options around the site consideration for St. Patrick’s Intermediate School.  This meeting will be held in the auditorium at St. Patrick High School.  A further reminder that this meeting, as well as the past meeting on April 13th are the formal opportunities to get information and ask questions of the board.  If you have any questions outside this meeting or would like to clarify any issues, please contact the school.

School Council Meeting and Parent Presentation: Kids and Drugs

A large group of parents was treated to an excellent presentation on Kids and Drugs this past week at St. Patrick’s.  We had a community police officer, a representative from Rideauwood Addictions Services, as well as a member from the Parole and Probation present on recognizing warning signs and how to react around drug issues.  Our presenters answered many questions from the audience, and parents left indicating that they had some great strategies to work with when discussing with their children.

Our School Council met last week as well and discussed the disbursement of some of our PRO grant monies (parents reaching out).  Our next meeting will be on Monday, May 4th at 7:00 pm.

Grade 8 Year End Celebration excursion to La Ronde

Information forms and parent permission are due on Tuesday, April 28th for the Grade 8 year end excursion to La Ronde amusement park (website) on June 18th, 2015.  This trip is an end-of-year celebration for the grade 8 students at St. Patrick’s Intermediate and will proceed rain or shine.  Students participating in the field trip will travel by bus to the amusement park.  They will depart from the school at 8:00 am and return at 8:00 pm.  The subsidized cost of the trip (including park entrance and transportation) is $45 - this is a great savings off the regular park admission of $61.99 (not including transportation).  As part of the registration process, we would encourage parents and guardians to forward payment for the trip by using our School Cash Online system.  More information is available below.

School Cash Online

We are actively encouraging our parent and guardian community to sign up for our School Cash online program.  This web-based software allows parents to go online and pay for school excursions, sports wear, student fees etc.  Our St. Patrick’s Intermediate school yearbook will be available for purchase online this week, and student fees for our year end trips for grade 7 and 8 students can also be taken care of online.  Please visit https://ocsb.schoolcashonline.com to register.  If you have any questions about the process or are having technical issues, please call 1-866-961-1803 or email parenthelp@schoolcashonline.com for the Parent Help Desk

Have a great week;

Sean Kelly