Healthy Hunger Fun Lunch (Subway) hosted by School Council – December 18, 2024
Winter Activity Day for all Riverside Students – December 19, 2024
Winter Solstice celebrations – December 20, 2024
Winter Break (school closed) - December 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
Classes resume after Winter Break – January 6, 2025
Athletics - See updates on our Athletics Page
Planning is very much under way for the upcoming Winter Solstice celebrations (please find additional information below). We are all so excited to share in this wonderful celebration with our entire school community and to share our space with you. Our community is an amazing one for so many reasons – and the way we all come together at this time of year is no exception. Thank you to all those involved for making this happen.
The Activity Day events for next week will also be tremendous! It is important for us all to take opportunities to pause and invest time in building connections with each other. The research on this matter is abundantly clear: students who feel connected to their school staff and who feel like they belong perform better in almost all measures – academic and emotional.
You will receive information from your child’s teacher regarding Spirit Week activities next week. I am looking forward to seeing the creativity of our incredible staff and students on display!
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Winter Uniform purchasing windows
Please see below for an update on upcoming purchase windows from McCarthy Uniforms:
“I just wanted to send a reminder through to you that the next purchasing window for uniform begins next week on Wednesday December 18th, and will run until January 31st 2025. I ask that you please advise your school communities to ensure that they do not miss out during this window.
I do wish to note a couple of items that will impact your families that need to purchase:
- Due to the Canada Post strike, we are currently unable to ship out packages to home, and any packages to be shipped will go out once the strike is over. We recommend that parents choose the In-Store Pick Up option to avoid any delays.
- Our store, and head office, will be closed from end of day Saturday December 21st, and will re-open on January 2nd, 2025, at 10am. Any orders placed during this time will be filled in January.”
Winter Solstice celebration updates
We have celebrated Winter Solstice as one of our science-based celebrations for the last 19 years. Many teachers teach about the seasonal changes and science of what is happening with the Earth on the solstice. Many cultures throughout history have celebrated and acknowledged the changing of seasons and the Winter Solstice as an important time to slow down and heal.
As a school community, we also celebrate this changing of seasons with an annual family potluck. The potluck will occur from 11:15 – 12:00. Parents are invited to come and enjoy a lunch with their children in their classroom. Some teachers will have a sign- up set up, others will just allow everyone to bring whatever they want – this will be communicated by your homeroom teacher.
Riverside School has partnered with the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter for the past 19 years. Both online donations and cash/gift card donations will be collected. We are asking kids that participate in the spirit days to make a small donation as well. The fundraising link is here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/riverside-schools-cwes-fundraising-page-2/
If you have any questions, please feel free to email your child’s homeroom teacher.
Healthy Hunger, December version (from School Council)
Our next healthy hunger fun lunch will be Wednesday, December 18th. Please create an account or login at https://Healthyhunger.ca if you would like to order. This fun lunch will again be provided by Subway, though different options will be available in the new year.
Steve Radder, Principal
Riverside School