Dear Families, 

It was a busy week this week, and our first School Council meeting of the year happened on Tuesday evening.  It was lovely to see so many of you in person!

As we move into the weekend know that the Larch’s are changing and we hope you are able to spend some time enjoying the last few warm days. 

- Mr. Connelly & Ms. Paxton

 

Updates this coming week for families are:

Terry Fox Activities

Next week is Spirit Week and the Terry Fox Run at West Ridge School. Students are encouraged to participate in the different themes to earn points for their homeroom class.

Monday = PJ day

*There is no theme on Tuesday as it is picture day here at West Ridge

Wednesday = wear pink day

Thursday = Tropical Thursday

Friday = Raptor swag day for the Terry Fox Run.

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here will be a dunk tank here on Friday, October 6^th for the Terry Fox run.  Students will have the opportunity to purchase throws for our Dunk Tank fundraiser to support the Terry Fox Foundation. It will be one throw for $2.00 or three for $5.00. These will be on sale during lunch every day next week.

There will also be raffle tickets available for sale for students to have the opportunity to shave a teacher's head or wax some teacher's legs!  Finally, there will be a hit-them-with-your-best-shot water balloon throw on Thursday at lunch, where students can pay a dollar to throw water balloons at their favorite teachers.

Let's show up and raise a bunch of money for a great cause.

 

From our Day of Truth and Reconciliation:

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This week, on September 26^th, students and staff participated in whole school activities around Truth and Reconciliation. We watched a video about allyship with Indigenous people, discussed what it means to be an ally on this journey of Truth and Reconciliation and shared our commitments about allyship on orange cutouts that are being fashioned into an orange shirt installation on a bulletin board in one of our main hallways.  We also were very fortunate to listen to a book by Indigenous author Christina Fox/iitsisaanoowa called Journey of the Heart/a'poohsin iskitsipahpi.  We are grateful that she gave her permission to share it, and students wrote some thoughtful responses to quotes from the book.  We will be creating a special thank you to Christina from our school community, and sending it to her very soon.

Thank you to all students for participating so thoughtfully.

Here are some links to events for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation that are happening in Mohkinstis/Calgary area this weekend on September 30th:

https://cochrane.ca/2324/Odagugiciye-ApciyabicBuilding-Relationsh?mibextid=Zxz2cZ  (Pow wow in Cochrane)

https://www.artscommons.ca/whats-on/elders-story-project?mibextid=Zxz2cZ

(Elders Story Project, Films and Indigenous Makers Market at Arts Commons—all activities are free)

 

PE Weekly Update

Our cross-country team competed in the final meet of the season and had another outstanding performance. Our athletes had multiple top 20 finishes across all age categories. We are waiting on final results from the league and we’ll report those results once we have them.

Our girls soccer team lost a heart-breaker in the final seconds in their second game against Bishop Pinkham on Monday and then came up just short again against Griffith Woods 1-0 on Wednesday. The girls are back in action on October 2 at 4:30pm at A.E. Cross. Good luck ladies!

The boys soccer team finished their game against Pinkham in a 2-2 draw. They’re back in action again tonight at 4:30pm at West Ridge field against Griffith Woods. Their final game of the season is on October 3 at 4:30pm at A.E. Cross. Good luck in your final games gentlemen.

The first Grade 5 developmental basketball session is happening on October 6 from 7:30-8:15am. This session is open to any students in Grade 5 who are interested in learning more about the game of basketball.

 

Basketball Games 

We remind spectators that while at the school watching games, there are no in and out privileges and CBE code of conduct for students still applies. We all wish to enjoy watching our student athletes compete in a respectful and safe environment. We have also come to a decision as a basketball division (Bishop Pinkham, AE Cross, Griffith Woods, Mount Royal, Vincent Massey, and West Ridge Schools) that any student wishing to be a spectator at away games must be accompanied by a parent/guardian for the duration of the game.

 

 

Messages from School Council & Society

 

Council Meeting

Thank you to all who came out to our first council meeting of the year.  If you couldn't make it and want to know what was talked about, you go check out the minutes here (it might take a day or two for them to show up) 

Our next council meeting will be on Oct 25 at 6:30pm and we'll be discussing the budget that evening along with any other important updates.

We'd love to bring in a few speakers for parents and/or students.  If there's a topic you feel is very important, helpful, informative, please send us your suggestions!!  wrscouncil@gmail.com

Casino

We are in need of some volunteers to help out with our casino November 3-6. Please sign up here for this fun event!   https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B054BABAE22A4FD0-november#/

Healthy Hunger

An on-going fundraiser throughout the year!  Order lunches for your kids here www.healthyhunger.ca

Stay in the Loop

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Quick links always available at www.westspringswestridge.ca  (FYI - West Springs School has their Bow River Meats and Simple Simon Pies available to order right now if you want to throw some support their way)

Check out the school's website for updates too!  https://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/westridge/get-involved/pages/default.aspx