Happy Mother's Day - Sunday, May 11
RICHMOUND SCHOOL/COMMUNITY
NEWSLETTER
With A “YOU” In it!
Sponsored by the Richmound Lions Club
May 8, 2008
It is the mission of Richmound School to inspire collective
and individual excellence while promoting lifelong learning.
Grad 2008 - On behalf of the Richmound school staff, we would like to congratulate & thank Renee & the Grad planning committee for their hard work in planning, organizing, & leading the Graduation Celebrations. GREAT JOB!
Thank You - to those families who attended the Richmound School Parent Transition meeting. The discussions & your questions are very useful in the current transition process we are attempting to embrace. Please, if you have any questions regarding your family's transition process; please do not hesitate to contact the school. At this time, we are continuing to collaborate with the receiving schools, Burstall & Fox Valley, to develop opportunities for transition activities. We will inform you of these plans as soon as they become formalized. This is just a reminder that if you have a clear indication of your child's intent of schools, please submit your transportation transition planning form to the school as soon as possible. THANK YOU!
Thank You –Thanks to Renee who has accepted the role as SRC Advisor for the remainder of the school year! Your continued dedication & commitment to our students is most valuable & very much appreciated. THANKS!!!
SRC
Gym Blast – On Friday, May 9th students from Burstall & Fox Valley will be traveling to Richmound to participate in Gym Blast with the Richmound grade 6 – 12 students. The SRC is pleased to be sponsoring this event which will build school spirit & allow our students to get to know kids from neighbouring schools who will be their classmates next year. Be sure to check out the Richmound School website for pictures after the event.
Milk Week – May 12th – 16th
Monday – Milk Chug-A-Lug will be held in the Home Ec. Room @ 11:45 a.m. Everyone Welcome!
Tuesday – How Big is the Herd? Students are to find how many cows (pictures) are hidden within the school. A milk draw will take place amongst all the students with the right answer!
Wednesday – White Out Wednesday! Everyone in the school is asked to dress in all white for the day. Our school will be a sea of white!
Thursday – Kindergarten to Grade 6 Students – Pin the Tail on the Cow! Mystery Milk (X) – Certain milks will be specially marked with an “X” on the bottom. Students who purchase the specially marked cartons receive a prize!
Friday – Milk Sale - $.50! Milk is for sale until we run out!
Throughout the Week – Mystery Mooer– Using a different classroom each day – one person from the daily group will “MOO” over the intercom during the morning announcement. Students will try to guess who the “Mystery Mooer” is!!!
Prizes will be handed out throughout the week!
Nutrition Program - There have been a couple of concerns regarding wastage of fruit being distributed for the school snack program. It is unfortunate that apples & bananas are being found barely or even uneaten. There are many students in our school who are benefiting from the snack program & it would be unfortunate if the school was required to retire the program. PLEASE, remind your children to take & eat only what they can eat & please do not waste. A survey, for the students, will be distributed shortly regarding the snack program. WE APPRECIATE & THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!
Pancake Breakfast– On Tuesday, May 20th the Cypress Credit Union will be sponsoring a pancake breakfast. Thank you very much to the ladies at the CU for always supporting Richmound School activities.
Noon Lunch – This Friday’s feature will be chicken burgers ($3) & grad cake ($.50). Proceeds from this week’s noon lunch will go towards adding more pages to the last Richmound School yearbook. Thank you for your continued support. Next week’s noon lunch will be grilled cheese sandwiches followed by taco-in-a-bag. We then wrap up the month of May with Subway.
Track & Field – The Richmound School Track & Field Meet will be held on Monday, May 26th with the alternate day being Wednesday, May 28th. Any parents, who would like to volunteer to help with the events or with the hot dog noon lunch that day, please call Renee.
Kindergarten Parents Please Note Change: There will be Kindergarten on Monday, May 26th. It has been decided that the K-Kids are going to be participating in the Track & Field events.
Burstall School – welcomes those families who would like to take a tour of the school next week to please call the Burstall School Office Manager (Janine O’Neill) to book an appointment. Remember to specify if there are certain teachers/grade levels that you would like to get in contact with. Please remember to call Richmound School if your child(ren) are going to be missing for this purpose.
Phone Book Recycling – Richmound School will once again be collecting phonebooks for recycling. For every phonebook that we collect we receive $.10. Please bring your old phonebooks to the school. There is a box outside the principal office. Salvaging one ton of paper saves 12 trees. Last year, this program helped to recycle over 150 tons of paper. Old phonebooks are used to make things like new phonebooks, egg cartons, ceiling tiles, cereal boxes & toilet paper. Thank you for helping our environment & our school. The last day for drop off will be Friday, May 23rd.
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Notice to Richmound & Area Businesses – Any business/individuals we missed contacting who would like to take out an ad in the Richmound School Yearbook (last one as K-12 school) please contact Renee Glass or Linda Anderst at the school. Rates are: business card - $25 & ¼ page - $45.
2007/2008 Yearbook
Reminder: The cost is no longer included in your Student Fees. We will once again have a hard cover, full-colour book, for the same price as last year! For one yearbook, please send $30. Families can order 2 for $50 or 3 for $70. To order, please fill in the order form below & send a cheque made out to Richmound School. We also have 2006/2007 yearbooks available for $30.
Name: ________________________________________________ Number Ordered: ____________
Amount Paid: _____________________________ I would like a 2005/2006 Yearbook: ____________
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OOOPS! – With apologies, Kirby Maier was regrettably excluded from being called for an Academic Honor Roll Award at the Graduation Ceremonies. CONGRATLUATIONS Kirby on your academic achievement, & once again, apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. – Mrs. Sawby
No School– Monday, May 19th - Victoria Day (Victoria Koch Day – For those Richmound residents! Ha!!!)
Thought For The Day- Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish. - Barbara Sher
This Day In History – 1969 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio Canada bans all tobacco advertising on CBC/SRC radio & television networks.
Community News
Arena Plant Fundraiser – Plant sale will be held Sunday, May 11th, 18th & 25th in Brenda Fandrick’s garage. Sale will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each Sunday. We will once again have a wide variety of annuals & perennials including black earth, potting soil, manure, peat moss, etc. Spring is here – happy planting!!!
Community Cookbooks – The cookbooks can be purchased at the Post Office for $15 each. No I.O.U.’s will be accepted. Thank you.
From the School Community Council– If anyone from Richmound wishes to be on the Fox Valley School Community Council, they must be elected at the Fox Valley annual SCC meeting this coming Monday night – May 12th. According to Jerry Elliot, Chinook School Division SCC Coordinator, the rules state that if no functioning school remains in a sending community, that community is not automatically entitled to a position on the SCC of the receiving school. Terrilynn Koch has indicated that she will be seeking a position on the Fox Valley SCC. If anyone else is interested, nomination forms are available at the Richmound School from Renee. Nominations will also be called from those in attendance at the meeting. The next step, of course, is for enough people to show up at the Fox Valley meeting on Monday night to cast their votes to ensure that we have Richmound representation on the Fox Valley SCC. Voting will only take place if the number of people nominated exceeds the number of positions to be filled (at least four). For more information regarding the Monday meeting or the Fox Valley SCC, call Brenda Bakanec (chairperson). The regular Richmound SCC meeting is coming up later this month. The time we have left is short but we are still here to listen to your questions and concerns.
Richmound Soccer – Soccer will be held Friday evenings @ 5:30 p.m. starting Friday, May 9th at the ball diamond south of the school. Please bring a soccer ball labeled with your name. Please bring your registration forms.
St. Mary’s - * Father Joe will lead us on Sunday, May 11th in a 10 a.m. Mother’s Day mass. St. Mary’s wishes all Mothers many Blessings! Coffee to follow mass. Everyone welcome! * Abbie Bachmeier, Kage Hellman & Victoria Koch are celebrating their First Communion & Confirmation on Sunday, May 25th, 2008. *Please Note that the clean up that was scheduled for Thursday has been postponed due to weather. A new date will be announced.
Bridal Shower – A Bridal Shower for Melissa Horst will be held on Sunday, June 1st @ 1 p.m. at the Cocoa Bean Café in Redcliff (#3, 108 Broadway Ave. E – next to Pharmasave). Everyone welcome. For more information you can call Mary.
Fox Valley & District Cooperative Loans – Any business interested in getting LOANS as of May 1/08 at a very LOW INTEREST RATE – 3 ½% at a maximum of $15,000 per application, phone Cameron Schmaltz at Schmaltz Insurance daily at 666-2066 for more information.
R.M. of Enterprise No. 142
2008 Dust Control – All R.M. of Enterprise No. 142 ratepayers’ yard sites (compressor sites) within 20 metres of the municipal road allowance are eligible for the R.M. subsidized 200 metre strip of material. The material that will be used by the R.M. for dust control in 2008 is not finalized at this time. The charge to the ratepayer for each 200 metre site is $300. Any extension to the 200 metre site that was requested by the ratepayer will be charged to the ratepayer at full cost (as per dust control vendor rates). For more information please call YOUR COUNCILLOR. To place your dust control order contact the R.M. office @ 669-2000. Deadline date is May 9th.
McLaren Lake Regional Park– Open May 1 to September 15, 2008. Located just 8km west & 18km south of Richmound, SK. Daily Pass $5 & Seasonal Pass $30. The following amenities are available: Campsites (Electrical $15/day or $90/week & Non-Electrical $12/day or $72/week), Fishing, Concession, Boat Launch, Playground, Ball Diamonds, Picnic Tables, Showers, Fire wood & Ice. Pets are welcome. For more information or for campsite bookings call 306-669-4824.
Community Auction - Saturday, May 24th
Our date is drawing near & we would like to provide
a list of items for sale in next week’s newsletter.
Please contact any of the following with items that you may wish to donate.
Tom Tuchscherer @ 669-6420, Al Korol @ 669-2145
or Terry Fauth (evenings only) @ 669-2161.
We will be selling by live auction, silent auction &
garage sale, so let us know what you have.
Our school may be closing but our community remains vibrant!
Richmound Economic Development Committee
Lions Mother’s Day Brunch
Sunday, May 11th
from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at the Richmound Community Hall.
There will be a gift for all Mom’s.
