The Leader In Me
Lakeland Ridge School has always been on the cutting edge of new initiatives and we are continuing this tradition by taking part in a revolutionary program, based on Stephen Covey's popular book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, called The Leader In Me. We are just in the planning phase of this innovative program so please check back often to learn more. To have a sneak peek at the philosophy and to hear about the components of this program please explore the following link: http://www.theleaderinme.org/what-is-the-leader-in-me/
Read The Leader In Me blog to hear what other schools have to say about their experience with this program: http://www.theleaderinme.org/blog/
Should you have any questions or would like to know how you can be more involved please contact Mrs. Karen MacDonald at 780-416-9018 or email her at karen.macdonald@eips.ca.
Re-Imagining our Sherwood Park Schools: Student, Program, and Boundary Planning
Community Consultation
As part of the Re-Imagining our Sherwood Park Schools: Student, Program, and Boundary Planning project, Elk Island Public Schools is conducting a series of community consultation meetings to gather input and feedback from our parents, students, and staff. This project will look at school boundaries and possible grade configurations in Sherwood Park, and how changes in either of these areas might impact programming in our schools. Our key stakeholders will be looking at demographic and population issues and trends in Sherwood Park, and brainstorming how we can best:
· make use of our facilities,
· consider various grade configurations, and
· provide programming
for the maximum benefit of all our students, now and in the future.
The first conversations will take place throughout February and March. To facilitate the parent conversation, Lakeland Ridge School will be hosting a special School Council meeting on Thursday, Feb. 23rd at 6:30 pm, and we invite all parents to join us for this meeting.
At this meeting, parents will have the opportunity to review information about the current and projected statuses of our Sherwood Park schools and put forward some questions and ideas about how we should move forward. The information gathered at this meeting will help inform the conversations at later stages in the process.
We encourage you to take this opportunity to share your input on student, program, and boundary planning for our Sherwood Park schools. Your involvement will help ensure we put forward the best possible recommendations for the maximum benefit of all students.
To help us anticipate attendance numbers for this School Council meeting, if possible, please RSVP to the school office at 780 416-9018 to let us know if you plan to join us for this conversation.
For more information about this project, please contact Principal Karen MacDonald at 780 416-9018.
February Howler
The February newsletter is available online. Visit the News tab to view or download it.
Student/ Parent/ Teacher Conferences
Wednesday, February 15th and Thursday, February 16th, 2012
All students and their parents are invited and encouraged to attend our Student/Parent/Teacher Conferences on Wednesday, February 15th and Thursday, February 16th to review goals, share information about students’ work habits, organizational skills, learning needs and progress prior to report card time. Report cards will be issued on Thursday, March 22nd.
Elementary Only
We have introduced a new online booking system for our conferences this year. Parents are now able to schedule their own interviews. The website is www.schoolbookings.net and our event code is F3UPY. The bookings will open on Friday, February 3rd at 7:00 p.m. and close on Tuesday, February 14th at 7:00 p.m.
Simply log onto the website and follow the 3 easy steps:
Step 1: Enter your details (your name, the student name and your email address)
Step 2: Choose the teachers
Step 3: Choose times
When you are finished, an email confirming your times will arrive in your inbox. If something comes up and you are unable to keep your scheduled conference time, you can return to the site and cancel or change your bookings.
If you are having trouble accessing the website or if you do not have access to a computer, please contact the school office (780) 416-9018.
Because this is a special time for your child, SIBLINGS ARE NOT TO BE PRESENT DURING THE CONFERENCES. Childcare services will NOT be provided due to limited space.
Junior High Only
All junior high teachers will be available in the Kona (large) gym on Wednesday, February 15th and Thursday, February 16th (4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.). Please note that Mrs. Mair will be conducting homeroom interviews for elementary students. Should you wish to meet with her regarding your junior high student, please contact her via email or by phoning the school office (780) 416-9018. The following staff members will be available for interviews in the Kona gymnasium. Interviews will be conducted on a walk-in basis.
Mr. Wyn Humphries, French/Band/4-6 Music
Mr. Rod Leatherdale, Assistant Principal
Mrs. Janna MacLean, Grade 6 Art/Grade 5 Health/Grade 2-2 Art and Social
Ms. Lynn Mekechuk, Assistant Principal
Mrs. Shannon Ossinger, French/Health
Mrs. Jennifer Rice, K-3 Music
Mrs. Karen MacDonald (Principal) will be available in the school office.
A BOOK FAIR WILL BE HELD IN THE LIBRARY DURING STUDENT/PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES ON BOTH EVENINGS!
PowerSchool is Here!
Important Information for Junior High Parents
This year Elk Island Public Schools introduced a new student information system. It allows the parents of junior and senior high students the opportunity to access their son's/daughter's attendance and grades through a secure computer portal. Our parent information evening about the system and how to access it was held on Monday, October 4th. If you were unable to attend the meeting, we sent home information to you. Instructions and secure passwords were given to your son/daughter in sealed envelopes. If you didn't receive your information, please ask your son/daughter for it or contact the school.
The following instructional video is meant to help parents with logging into the Parent Portal of PowerSchool. It is presented in two formats, Quicktime (.mov) and Windows Media Player (.wmv). Please choose the link that works with your computer software.
The links are as follows:
http://www.eipscommserv.ca/PowerSchool/ParentLoginWeb.wmv
http://www.eipscommserv.ca/PowerSchool/ParentLoginWeb.mov
Please Note:
EVERY Sunday between 9:00 and 10:00 pm, PowerSchool will be unavailable due to a scheduled regular maintenance.
To visit our Parent Portal and view information about your child's attendance and progress, please click the following link:
https://powerschool.eips.ca/public/
Attention all PowerSchool Users,
Pearson, the makers of PowerSchool , have released the next generation of PowerSchool – PowerSchool 7. Elk Island Public Schools will be migrating to the new version during the Teacher’s Convention weekend, February 9 to 12, 2012. We are updating to the new program at that time to create as little disruption to Semester 2 as possible.
Starting Wednesday, February 8 at 6:00 p.m. and continuing until Monday, February 13, 6:00 a.m. PowerSchool will be unavailable to all users, this includes Parent Portal access.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation!
Next Step
Please click on the link below to learn about some exciting opportunities being offered by Elk Island Public Schools and Next Step Continuing Education.
Junior High Student Enrichment (pdf)
Registration is easy with our Online Registration system. Find details about how to register and other courses offered by Next Step Continuing Education at eipscontinuinged.ca. Registrations are also accepted by phone (780-467-7292), by fax (780-449-3530) or in person at our office, located in Salisbury Composite High School.
