Dear Cougar Families,

Autumn reminds us of what is to come - cold snowy days! It is that time of year when the mitten bin comes out of the closet and inventory of last year’s winter wear is taken. As we prepare for the colder weather, please ensure that your child is coming to school with weather appropriate apparel. Mittens, toques and a warm jacket are essential in order to feel cozy and comfortable outside during recesses. Labelling all items with your child’s name, helps us decrease the amount of articles that are sent to the lost and found bin.

École Corinthia Park will now be reporting formative and summative assessments on PowerSchool. This means that you will no longer be getting a paper copy of your child’s report card, but will be able to log into your parent PowerSchool portal and view comments and grades as they are published. Teachers will be adding comments and checking off outcomes as they are achieved, but term grades will not be posted until November 30th. Please visit our school website @ ecps.blackgold.ca for information regarding our ÉCPS Assessment Policy and Foundations. We are excited to be using this new program, as it will allow our parents to have their child’s academic progress at their fingertips.

Thank you to all of you who were able to come out and attend our “Meet the Family Night” in September. It was a huge success and attendance was outstanding! We appreciate our parent partnerships and the ongoing support we receive.

Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving and a lovely autumn season.

Mrs. S. McCubbing

Principal: Mrs. S. McCubbing Telephone: (780) 986-8404

Assistant Principal: Mme Djordjevic Fax: (780) 986-8508

http://ecps.blackgold.ca

October 2, 2017

le 02 octobre 2017

COUNSELLOR’S CORNER:

Welcome back to another great school year at ÉCPS! Our school counsellors are Mlle. Mugford and Mr. Maron. They oversee whole-school mental health initiatives, connect parents to community services and talk to students when needed. If you have any concerns about your child, please talk to their homeroom teacher first, and they will help you figure out the best plan for your child!

BOOK FAIR:

Our Scholastic book fair is coming, October 23 to 26!

This is a great opportunity to buy books for your

family and to help the library at the same time. We'll

be open until 3:45 p.m. on the Monday and Thursday, but

the book fair will stay open through the evenings until

interviews are finished on the Tuesday and Wednesday.

If you'd like to volunteer, let the librarian know! We

really depend on our volunteers to keep our book fairs

running. Please call: 780-986-8404

Parent/Teacher Conferences :

Will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 24th @ 3:45 - 5:30 p.m. and 6:15 - 8:00 p.m. and

Wednesday, October 25th @ 3:45 - 6:00 p.m.

INTERVIEWS FOR ALL STUDENTS will be arranged ON-LINE ONLY, starting on

Monday, October 16th. Parents are asked to REGISTER AT: http://ecps.schoolappointments.com to

book an appointment. A full registration information sheet is attached to this newsletter. All

interviews will take place in the individual teacher’s classroom and will be set for 12 minutes each.

You must re-register each year. Thank you.

What a School Counsellor Does: What a School Counsellor Does Not:

Work with all students to create a safe, and positive

school environment.

Meet individually with students to do brief, solution

focused counselling.

Collaborate with parents, homeroom teachers and

administration.

Help create links between home, school and outside

services.

Help provide education and resources in regards to

our Mental Health programs (Mind Up and Zones of

Regulation)

Work with only “problem” children

Facilitate any type of therapy

Meet individually with students regularly to do long

term mental health therapy/counselling

Handle discipline or assign consequences

Collaborate with only one person. A team approach

always works best!

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PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION:

Our next Parents’ Association/School Council meeting will be on October 5th, @ 7:00 p.m. in the staff room. Everyone is welcome to attend.

CALLING IN FOR AN ABSENCE:

Please help us by phoning the school at

780-986-8404 if your child is going to be

absent. Our answering machine takes

messages from approximately 4:00 p.m.

each day to 8:00 a.m. the following day,

as well as on the weekends and holidays.

We will be contacting you using our call

out system after 9:10 a.m. and 1:05 p.m.

if we have not received a message and

your child is absent. Your cooperation in

notifying the school is appreciated, as it

simplifies the process.

EARLY DISMISSAL

Early dismissals are the first Wednesday of each

month, October – June. There will be NO

Kindergarten or Pre-K classes on these days.

The next Early dismissal is;

October 4th

School will be dismissed at 2:25 p.m.

SCHOOL PHOTO RETAKE DAY:

Retakes are scheduled for Tuesday, October 24th, 2017. If your child did

not get their picture taken on the original day and you sent back the form stating you wanted to have a

retake done, they will be called down to get it done. As well, if your child

was absent that day they will be called down, thanks.

ABSENCES & LATES:

The School Act is explicit in its expectations regarding the requirement that all students

under the age of sixteen shall attend school. Educational research is equally clear in its

confirmation that regular and punctual attendance benefit both individual students

and their classmates. In each of the three reporting periods, a student will be permitted

eight excused and/or unexcused lates for the morning or afternoon. Students surpassing

eight lates will be contacted following our order of events (please refer to the school

agenda). Our school is committed to assisting all students in experiencing successes at

school. Please help them arrive on time.

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ÉCPS Empower Rangers:

We’re excited for another wonderful year! The

Empower Rangers are students from grade

4 - 6 who are looking to change the world! We

are going to be organizing events to raise

awareness about local and global issues.

Watch the newsletters and listen to the

announcements to hear about what the

Empower Rangers are doing!

OCTOBER’S CHARACTER & CITIZENSHIP THEME

RESPECT

I will do what is necessary to respect myself, others, my surroundings,

and do what is necessary for others to respect me, as well.

PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION HALLOWEEN FAMILY DANCE:

Our Parents’ Association is hosting a Halloween Family Dance on Friday, October 27th, from 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Dress up, come out, and join the fun. Since this is a family dance, admission will only be allowed if a parent accompanies his/her child (Grades Pre-K to Gr. 6). If an elementary child is dropped off without a parent, he/she will be asked to phone home to get his/her parents to come back and pick him/her up. There will be pizza order forms sent home, as well, we will have a concession, so please feel free to bring money to purchase something. Come and enjoy the fun filled family night.

HALLOWEEN DRESS UP DAY & DRESS CODE:

When selecting a costume for your child, please remember that we do not want to promote violence. Please, keep the costume tasteful, and do keep

our school’s dress code in mind. No toy weapons are allowed.

Individual classroom Halloween parties will be held on Tuesday, October 31st, following the costume parade at 1:00 p.m. Speak to your

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FOOD BANK – FALL ROUND UP:

The Empower Ranger team is excited to host the Fall Food Bank Round Up! Bring

in a food bank item October 2nd - 6th, and get your name entered in the draw for a

classroom pizza party. Make sure to check out the sculptures created by the

Empower Rangers in the front foyer using all the donated food!

We encourage each student to bring one item. The following are examples: Kraft Dinner,

Mayonnaise, Cheez Whiz, Canned Soup, Canned Vegetables, Juice Boxes (small & large),

Pancake Mix, Powdered Milk, Long Grain Rice, Minute Rice, Cooking Oil, Canned

Meats, Canned Salmon, Peanut Butter, Jam, Hamburger Helper and

Soda Crackers.

Thank you for your donations!

Junior Health Champs:

"Comprehensive School Health is an important element for

the health and wellness of all our students, their families and

our school community. A partnership within our school

community will plan and organize school-wide events to help

make our community a leader in healthy living and

mindfulness. Stay tuned for our upcoming school events."

Please find below a link with additional information.

http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/school/csh/if-sch-csh-

oct-2017-healthy-children.pdf

VOLUNTEERS - PLEASE SIGN IN:

If you are volunteering at

École Corinthia Park School,

please sign your name in the binder in

the front office, and pick up your “guest

tag”. The name tag will identify you as a

guest in our school for students and staff.

By doing so, we will be sure to invite eve-

ryone to our Volunteer Appreciation Con-

cert every spring. Please remember to

return your tags to the office and sign

out, this way we know you have left the

building. Thank you.

PARENTS’ E-MAIL ADDRESS:

To ensure good communication,

if you have an e-mail address,

please provide it to your child’s

teacher or call the office. This

will enable him/her to keep you

aware of homework and any

other important information.

NEWSLETTER ON THE WEB:

The newsletter will be e-mailed home as well as the link at the start of each

month and you will be able to view it via the web. We will only be making a few hard copies to have at the school, if you

wish to pick one up.

The School Web Page is: http://ecps.blackgold.ca

NUT AWARE SCHOOL & CLASSROOMS:

In response to a couple of inquiries, a reminder of ÉCPS Peanut Allergy Policy is in order. ÉCPS may

have, “Nut Aware” classrooms. If no one in a classroom has a peanut allergy, peanut products are

allowed. However, if a student has a peanut allergy, his/her classroom is designated as a “Nut

Aware” classroom. In “Nut Aware” classrooms, families are discouraged from bringing peanut

products to school, a “Nut Aware Classroom” sign is posted on the door; teachers, parents, &

students work together to develop a reasonable & appropriate plan.

“Nut Free” classrooms cannot be guaranteed because schools cannot ensure that the classroom is completely free of nuts, & they also cannot guarantee other parents will not send peanuts/nuts to school. We believe it’s best to educate students and not give them a false sense of security - we may put them at a bigger risk because they may be complacent. Food allergies need to be respected. It’s a manageable condition - not something of which we need to be afraid.

2017 - 2018 SCHOOL FEES:

Kindergarten: $ 80.00

Recorder: (Grade 4’s only) $ 7.00

Replacement Agenda: $ 8.00

Method of Payment: School fees are due by September 30th, 2017.

We are now asking that all fess are paid on-line. Please refer to the

Acorn package for the online payment system. Any questions please

contact Mrs. Birch at the office.

**Lost or damaged library books will be added to your students

Power School account.

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EMERGENCY LUNCHES:

Once again this year, we are accepting donations

for our emergency lunch program. Some very

helpful items are; bread, jam, peanut butter,

granola bars, plastic spoons & forks. This

program will also be subsidized by our hot lunch

program. Any donations would be greatly

accepted.

TERRY FOX RUN/WALK:

On Thursday, September 14th, ÉCPS staff,

students and families participated in our annual

Terry Fox Run/Walk. Staff and students were able

to raise over $567.20 for cancer research!

Way to go, Cougars! Thank you very much for

your support!

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PARKING IN THE BACK ALLEY:

Neighbours living along the alley west of our school are having difficulty entering and exiting their property at

arrival and dismissal times because of the number of vehicles obstructing their passage. Even though the bylaw

allows one to load/unload passengers for a period not exceeding five minutes, they would appreciate it if you did not

park there at all because of the obstruction. I understand their concern for student safety. We do not have

crosswalks or safety patrollers in the alley, and the congestion will make it difficult for students to enter and exit

the alley safely. I too would like all of our families to use Corinthia Drive; this way our students can cross safely at

the crosswalks with the assistance of our safety patrollers. I’m anticipating your understanding on this issue. If

you wish to speak with me, please stop in at the office.

1. No person shall park a vehicle in an alley unless a sign otherwise permits except for the following purposes:

a) The loading or unloading of goods from a commercial vehicle for a period not exceeding thirty (30) minutes, or

b) The loading or unloading of goods or passengers from a vehicle other than a commercial vehicle for a period not

exceeding five (5) minutes.

2. Notwithstanding Section (a) and (b) above, no person while loading or unloading passengers of goods shall park

a vehicle in such a manner as may obstruct the passage of other vehicles.

BUS LOOP SAFETY/USE OF THE CROSSWALKS:

To prevent injury to members of our school family, single vehicle traffic will not be permitted in the loop between 8:00 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. This time represents the highest potential risk to

Students; only school busses plus 15 passenger vans will be authorized in the loop and students who require a disables parking spot at that time. Student pick-up may be made along the north and south sidewalks of

Corinthia Drive. Students and parents are directed to use the loop sidewalk to make their way to the waiting private vehicles. In order to ensure our students’ safety and in keeping with traffic regulations, please make

sure you park at least 5 meters away from the crosswalks. Also, if you are parked on the south side of Corinthia Drive when picking up your child after school, please ensure that he/she uses the crosswalk to cross the street. There is absolutely, NO STOPPING on Corinthia Drive to pick up your child. Our

Safety Patrollers are working diligently to keep your children safe. We appreciate your assistance.

CHOIR NEWS:

After a fantastic performance last year, the Grade 3 ÉCPS choir has once again been asked to perform the National Anthem on the ice at an Oil Kings home game at Rogers Place arena! We are extremely excited about this opportunity. We will be performing on Saturday, November 4, 2017.

A letter outlining information will be sent home after choir rehearsal on October 4th. Tickets will be available through your Power School portal account from October 5th to October 19th until midnight. Please see the letter sent home with your child for more information.

ADMAZING SAVINGS TICKET PACK:

Once again, we are excited to be selling the ADmazing Savings Ticket Pack, for $20 per book. This coupon book offers various savings at participating grocery, dining, leisure, shopping, home improvements, pampering, travel and auto care. These booklets can be purchased for Edmonton and Area, Red Deer and Area or Calgary and Area. You can come to the office and purchase the books or envelopes were sent home with each youngest or only student, and you can simply return them to the classroom teacher. We will call for the envelopes in every couple of days and fill the orders. The sale will take place between Sept. 26th to Oct.6th. Thank you for your support.

The Yarn Love Club

Calling all yarnies! If you know how to knit,

crochet or loom, or are looking to learn

how, please join Mme Schmidt

every Wednesday starting October 11th,

from 3:15 - 4:15 PM in the Learning

Commons. Meetings will not be held on

early dismissal Wednesdays. All level of

skills welcome! Please get a permission

form from Mme Schmidt. We can't wait to

learn and create together!

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MILK PROGRAM:

Milk cards may be purchased on-line through the Power School Portal. Ten milk cost

$9.00 and twenty milk cost $18.00 The students who run the milk program will not accept

cash for milk. We do not allow students to purchase more than one milk at a time.

Wristband Challenge: For the months of October to May, there will be a

wristband box in the school office, where

students can drop off their used LRC wristbands

on which they have written their name and grade.

Wristbands will be drawn at the end of the

month, and those students whose names are

drawn will win a,

Leduc Recreation Centre Pass

for themselves and a parent!

We would like to thank the Leduc Recreation

Centre for supporting our students’ efforts to be

active and healthy.

ART ROOM DONATIONS:

Our art room is in need of a few items, if you have any of the following

at home and would like to donate them, we would appreciate it.

Paper Plates - of any size Magazines Newspapers

Pine Cones Pom Poms Flyers

Popsicle Sticks Ribbon Material

String / Yarn Toilet paper & paper towel tubes

CROSS COUNTRY NEWS: The ÉCPS Cross country team participated in the

LDAA Meet on Sept. 26. The Cougars did an awesome job at this meet. We had 12 top ten

finishes, and they were fantastic ambassadors for our school We have one meet left; Tuesday,

October 3rd is the Coloniale Classic X-Country meet in Beaumont. Mrs. Weatherby and

Mrs. Huber want to thank all the runners for a fantastic X-Country season!

Go Cougars Go!

POPCORN DATES:

Thursday, October 26th

Thursday, November 23rd

Thursday, December 14th

Thursday, January 18th

Thursday, February 15th

Thursday, March 8th

Thursday, April 26th

Thursday, May 31st

Thursday, June 21st

50cents per bag - Max 2 per students

A huge Thank you to C.J. Metal for donating a

Popcorn Machine to our school.

We truly appreciate it.

2017-2018 Parent Association Executive:

Chair: Sarah Slater Vice-Chair: Angela Fox

Secretary: Julie Warner Treasurer: Heather Blain

Committee Chairs:

Popcorn: Corinne Boyle

Bake Sale: Genalle Ehrstein

Special Events: Lisa Kruk

Fundraising: Michelle Mack

Bingo: Josephine Dodman

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REMINDER:

The office is a very busy place, and our front office staff work incredibly hard to keep the school running smoothly. If

possible, please write any reminders in your child’s agenda or tell them before they leave for school in the morning.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

HOT LUNCH/HOT DOG - REMINDER:

If you have not already checked out how to order hot lunch or hot dog items online, please go to:

https://ecolecorinthiaparkschool.hotlunches.net/admin/

Enter our school access code: ECPHL

The program then guides you through entering your information. Our hot lunch and hot dogs are pre-ordered and

pre-paid, with strict deadlines and no exceptions. The monthly orders always open on the first of the month and close

ÉCPS BINGO:

This year we are going to have each bingo assigned to a particular Grade. Below you will see the dates and which Grade is responsible to work the Bingo’s. Parents are free to sign up for dates outside of the ones assigned to the grades if they want. Please contact Josephine Dodman if you can help out with any of these Bingos. You can reach her at the following e-mail address: ecpsbingos@live.ca Thank you for you help, we appreciate it.

ÉCPS Parents’ Association is happy to share the results of the Bingo Survey. We were delighted to receive feedback from 97 parents. Your input is greatly appreciated. Based on this, we are proceeding with Bingo as a form of fundraising for the students at ÉCPS! f you have any questions or concerns, please contact Josephine at ecpsbingos@live.ca

October - Thursday, Oct. 26 at 5:30 ~ Grade 6’s - 11 volunteers April - Sunday, April 22 at 5:30 ~ Kindergarten - 11 volunteers

November - Saturday, Nov 18 at 11:45 ~ Grades 4 & 5 - 14 volunteers May - Saturday, May 19 at 5:30 ~ Grades 5 & 6 - 14 volunteers

January - Wednesday, January 24 at 5:30 ~ Grade 3 - 11 volunteers June - Friday, June 1 at 11:45 ~ Grade 4 - 11 volunteers

February - Saturday, Feb 24 at 11:45 ~ Grade 2 - 11 volunteers July - Saturday, July 7 at 5:30 ~ Grades 2 & 3 - 11 volunteers

March - Thursday, Mar 1 at 5:30 ~ Grade 1 - 11 volunteers

NEXT HOT DOG DAY:

October 11, 2017

BAKE SALE:

Please remember that our bake sale offers “NUT FREE BAKING”. If you are bringing

store bought baking, be sure that it is “nut free” and deliver it in its original packaging.

Each item will be 50 cents. Please bring in 24 baking items. Thank you.

BAKE SALE DATES & CLASSES:

Tuesday, October 17th - Gr. 4 Mugford & Gr. 2 Harry

Tuesday, Nov. 7th - ECS-PM Traverse, Gr. 5 Taphorn & 6 Creurer-Barber

Tuesday, Dec. 12th - Gr. 3 Cyre & Gr. 1 Yakimoski

Tuesday, Jan. 16th - Gr. 4 Ostapek & Gr. 2 White

Tuesday, Feb. 13th - ECS-AM Traverse, ECS-AM Weatherby & Gr. 5 Baulkham

Tuesday, Mar. 20th - Gr. 6 Côté, Gr. 1 Huber & Gr. 6 Sims

Tuesday, Apr. 24th - Gr. 3 Schmidt & Gr. 2 Lange

Tuesday, May 15th - Gr. 1 Boisvert & Gr. 4 Devine

Tuesday, June 5th - Gr. 5 Desjardins & Gr. 3 Jackson

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

Division 1

1H - Angus McLean

Brooke Paquet

1B - Erica Delaroche

Savannah Nykiforuk

1Y - Owen Brewster

Alyssandra Motum

2W - Deacon Engelage

Jayden Tanner

2H - Cole Lawrence

Brayden Nelson

2L - Ibrahem Jooya

Lawrence Simpson

3C - Destini Calahaisn

Thatcher Moore

Jacob Widmark

3J - Emily Baker

Deklan Bouvier

Keenan Watson

3S - Shillah James

Karys Mack

Shaimis Sawyer

Division 2

4D - Preston Gerry

Arrianna MacCuish

4M - Danika Bier

Kaitlin Fowler

4O - Mackenzie Macdougall

Chloe Penner

Ethan Welch

5T - Bella Davies

5B - Gillian Barron

Addison Kerr

5D - Brynn Huber

Ryder Hogan

6S - Austin Calahaisn

Georgia Moore

6C - Kayley Jackson

Mark Seath

6CB - Jackson Kruk

Katelyn Laverdiere

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Leduc Food

Bank Drive Oct. 2nd - 6th

2 Monthly

Assembly

@ 8:45 a.m.

3 X-Country

Coloniale

Classic in

Beaumont

After School

4 NO ECS Today

Early Dismissal

@ 2:25 p.m.

5 PA/SC Meeting

@ 7:00 p.m.

6 Hot Lunch

Pick up for

Food Bank

7

8

9 Thanksgiving

Day

NO

SCHOOL

10

11 Hot Dog Day

Author Visit PM

Crochet Club

starts today

3:15 - 4:15

12

13

Hot Lunch

14

15

16

17 Bake Sale -

Gr. 4 Mugford

& 2 Harry

18

19 Hot Lunch

20

PD Day

No School

21

22

23

24

Re-Take Day

25

26 Popcorn Day

Bingo - Evening

27 Hot Lunch

Halloween

Dance

6:00 - 8:30 p.m.

28

29

30

31

1

PD Day

No School

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Halloween

Parade @

1:00 PM

Classroom

Parties in PM