Ryley School News & Views
February 2020 Principal: Mrs. M. Schaade INSIDE THIS ISSUE What’s New at Ryley School:
Students Win ...... Page 2
Basketball ...... Page 3 Happy February!
Encounters ...... Page 3
We are now officially half way through the school year! Senior high exams were Grad Info ...... Page 4 completed on January 30 and the Maplewood portal is open so that students and Pink Shirt Day ...... Page 5 parents can view final marks from semester one. Diploma exam results will be Career Counselling ...... Page 6 able to be viewed on your Alberta Education myPass account. Term 2 report AHS News ...... Page 7 cards were sent home with students on February 3. As we start the second FCSS ...... Page 8-9 semester, I encourage students to continue to work diligently in all of their February Calendar ...... Page 10 courses.
March Calendar ...... Page 11 The Accountability Pillar surveys should have been sent out to you by Alberta Education. Please take the time to fill out the survey as it provides our school with important information that we use to plan for the future. We appreciate your support.
Some staffing updates for semester two: Mr. Manchak will be teaching full time, Ms. Peters will be going on a leave and Mr. McGuire will be covering her leave.
CONTACT US We will be welcoming back Ms. Estey and saying goodbye to Ms. Roe. We will
also be saying goodbye to Ms. Strilchuk. We wish both ladies all the best in their Ryley School future endeavors. 5211 52 Avenue Box 26, Ryley, AB 2020 is a Leap Year, therefore February consists of 29 days. I hope you make T0B 4A0 the most of February 29 because it won’t occur again for another four years. Phone: 780-663-3682 Happy Leap Day! “A day where this time last year and this time next year doesn’t email: [email protected] apply.” Website: https://ryley.brsd.ab.ca/
Facebook: facebook.com/ryleyschool Mrs. Maria Schaade
Twitter: @ryley_school
Through the Royal Canadian Legion's longstanding annual Poster and Literary Contest, Grade 7 and 8 students at Ryley school honoured Canada's veterans through creative art and writing with the theme of remembrance. The Grade 7s participated in the black and white poetry contest. Karlee Patrie won 1st place, Shannon Arbon-Stensrud won 2nd place, and Liam Cameron won 3rd place. The Grade 8s participated in the poetry contest. Jerica Chetney won 1st place, Bailee Kowalchuk won 2nd place, and Amelia Cameron won 3rd place. Legion representatives Annette Short and Jason Hill awarded students in each place with prizes on behalf of the Ryley Legion. A special thank you to the ley Legion and to all those who supported Ryley School students in this contest to remember and honour the sacrifices made by Canadians. Congratulations to the Senior Boys Basketball Team for winning the Quint School Tournament on the week- end. The Boys started off with a 110-41 win over Tofield then in the quarter final beat Wainwright 100-75. In the semi they defeated New Norway 70-58 and then beat Hay Lakes 83-71 to win the 22nd Annual Tournament. Congratulations boys!
Also congratulations to Tianna Ligard and Shyanne Middleton as their Senior Girls combined team with Hay Lakes and Cornerstone placed 4th in the girls portion of the Quint School Tournament.
Student Katie Hrabec receives a $250.00 cheque from Andre’ Nimchuk of the Ryley Lion’s Club to help subsidize her trip to Ottawa with Encounter’s With Canada.
Katie will be staying at the Terry Fox Centre in Ottawa where she will be in the Sports & Fitness week.
Three other students, Hannah Chetney, Taylor Chomik and Quinten Albrecht will also be going to Ottawa later in the month attending the week focusing on Agricultural Technologies. RYLEY GRAD 2020:
The grad class would like to thank all those who helped make our bottle drive on January 25 a success! We were able to raise $2500.00!
The Little Caesars Pizza orders will be delivered to the school on Thursday, February 6, 2020. Please ensure your orders are picked up by the end of the school day.
The next fundraiser will be Vesey's Seeds to be sold the latter part of February, or early March. Details to come!
The 2020 Grad class will be ordering hoodies on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at the lunch break (11:48 am) in the Learning Commons Area. ALL grads NEED to attend to order sizes and agree on a design.
Remember formal grad pictures are Thursday, February 20, 2020 at the school. Each grad is to sign up for a specific time.
Our next parent / grad meeting will be Monday, February 24, 2020 in the Learning Commons Area at 6:00 pm.
NOTICE TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS REGARDING ADVERTISEMENTS
As you know, our schools are important community gathering places. As a result, businesses and individuals may try to take advantage of our spaces to distribute promotional materials of various kinds at schools or school events. In some cases, permission is sought and obtained prior to the distribution, in other cases, the promotional materials are not authorized.
We are writing to advise you that our School Division and Schools do not, and indeed cannot, endorse products or services which may be advertised at our facilities. Our Board, administration, teachers and all staff must be focused on meeting the educational and related needs of our students and community. We cannot, and do not investigate the merits and quality of any service or product offered that may have been promoted at a school or event. Career Counselling February 2020 Newsletter
Check out the Post-Secondary events this winter on the High School Plus site. Details and links to the various events can be found on the calendar toward the bottom of the homepage.
Apprenticeships myPass Financial Support - Trades
Students working in a designated Red Seal trade can apply for a Canada Ap- Do you enjoy hands-on work? Students are reminded to check prenticeship Loan for up to $4000 in- their completed courses, marks, An apprenticeship in a trade is an terest-free for each period of technical and credits in their Detailed Aca- excellent opportunity to carve out a training to cover costs such as tuition, demic Report inside their Alberta career pathway. The Registered Ap- living expenses, tools and equipment. EducationmyPass account. Pro- prenticeship Program (RAP) allows gress toward high school comple- you to start your apprenticeship in The Canada Apprenticeship Incentive tion should also be checked using high school. Student can earn up to Grant is also available to registered the Credential Checklist tool in 1000 hours in their trade and 40 apprentices who need support in their myPass account. credits. getting started in a Red Seal trade. Re- cipients may qualify for up to $1000 per If you are are in grades 11 or 12 year for a maximum of $2000. Appli- and are not able to access your cants may be eligible for the Canada myPass account, please see the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant for office or your career counselling to Women, for qualified trades featuring get set up. If you are in grade 10 low female participation, for up to Check out the Tradesecrets site in and don’t have an account, please $3000 per year to a maximum of $6000. your High School Plus website under know the school will be connecting Work Transitions and Trades for a you to this valuable resource soon! vast number of resources connected to the trades including a chart show- ing high school requirements.
In the Tradesecrets site check for a lists of the trades available in Alberta Look for more opportunities in (Trades & Occupations box and then Financial Assistance in the Trades in Trades & Occupations List). High School Plus under Work Transitions- Trades.
Do you have a plan of action as you start semester two? For example, consider creating daily flash cards from each day’s learnings and then review these cards weekly. This may avoid cramming and stress at the end of the unit and the semester.
February 2020
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
Quint School Tournament Senior Basketball
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Staff Meeting
Report Cards Grad student Winter Walk Early meeting at during REBEL Dismissal noon to order block hoodies Ryley @ Hay You MUST Ryley @ Lakes (Boys) attend Round Hill Sr BB Jr BB Ryley @ Little Caesar Forestburg delivery at end Sr BB of day
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
CCA @ Ryley CCA @ Ryley (Boys) Jr BB Sr BB
Hanna Tournament Senior Basketball
Teacher’s Convention No School 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Family Day Bashaw @ Ryley @ Formal grad Holiday Ryley (Boys) Tofield photo day Sr BB Jr BB No School Stettler Tournament Senior Basketball
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Parent / Grad Pink Shirt Day Staff meeting at Collaboration 6:30 pm Day in Learning Commons No School
15 Student Days March 2020
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Staff Meeting Staff Collaboration Early Day Dismissal No School
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Spring Break
29 30 31
Classes Resume
14 Student Days