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Orange Shirt Day – Truth And Reconciliation Week

Throughout the week our school recognized Truth and Reconciliation.

Today we honoured survivors of residential schools, by wearing our orange shirts in recognition of the children who survived and those who did not. In classes students engaged in a range of learning and reflection, to deepen our understanding and commitment to Truth and Reconciliation.

Terry Fox Run – Twoonie For Terry

What a great fall day it was to have our annual Terry Fox assemble and run. Students and staff walked or ran 4.5 k.m. in support of this amazing cause. So far, we have raised over $650 from donations and are still counting the proceeds from our snack sales. Way to go WPS!!

School Council Needs You!!........ For Our Casino Oct 8 & 9. We Still Have 10+ Spots

We have already had an amazing response from family and friends to support our upcoming Casino. This valuable resource, provides for so many art-based supplies for our school. We are still in need of volunteers.  Please email wpschoolcasino@gmail.com if you can help.

Celebrating September Birthdays

Thanks to Leadership 9, we will be displaying and honouring monthly student birthdays. More importantly, we will be giving each student who had a birthday in that month, a delicious piece of cake (from Costco). September babies can enjoy a nice slice on October 5th at lunch. And…before you ask, we will celebrate July and August babies in June.

School Swag Clothing - Deadline is Approaching Oct. 9

Please follow the link: https://bigmountain-willowparkfall2023.itemorder.com/shop/sale/

Jacket Racket – Winter Clothing Drive

Willow Park School is helping out, by collecting gently used winter jackets, snow pants, hats and mittens to be distributed to children who need them.

Jacket Racket has been providing clean, gently used winter jackets to Calgary children since the 1980’s. The project runs every year from mid-October to mid-November. Coats, snow pants, hats and mittens are collected, sorted and distributed by a group of dedicated volunteers. The distribution is done through the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catholic School District.

We will be accepting donations for Jacket Racket until Thursday, November 2nd. Please send any donation items to the school’s main office. Thank you to our Grade 6s for taking this on!

Are You Interested In Volunteering At WPS?

There will be many exciting opportunities throughout the school year to volunteer for in school activities/events, as well as out of school field trips.

To be able to volunteer for any of these opportunities you must have completed an Annual Volunteer Registration Form AND have a valid Police Information Check (ePIC). An ePIC can take up to 6 weeks to process. If you have a valid clearance at another CBE school, please contact the school office to see about attaching your information to our database.

Healthy Hunger

Check out www.healthyhunger.ca to sign up and purchase fun and delicious lunches 2x/month. Healthy Hunger is a School Council initiative. Deadline to order next week’s lunch is Friday, Oct 6 by midnight.

All you need is name of our school and then you choose your child’s homeroom teacher.

OCT 11  |   BOOSTER JUICE

Snack Shack

We are pleased to announce the snack shack specials for the next two weeks.

These specials are available for purchase in addition to a wide choice of refreshments and snacks.

All items are subject to change and/or availability.

Please visit our Cafeteria and Menu Page.

Calendar – Upcoming Events

• Sept 29 – National Day of Truth & Reconciliation – No School
• Oct 5 – World Teacher’s Day – be nice to us day J
• Oct 5 – September babies BIRTHDAY CAKE day
• Oct 7-8 – WP School Council – Casino (we need volunteers!)
• Oct 9 – Thanksgiving – No School
• Oct 11 – Booster Juice Fun Lunch
• Oct 17 – School Council 7 p.m. in Learning Commons
• Oct 20 – Non-Instructional Day – No School
• Oct 23 – IPPs go home with students
• Oct 25 – Mucho Burrito Fun Lunch
• Oct 25 – Photo Re-Takes
• Oct 31 – LifeTouch Halloween Photos - $10 each for a 5x7
• Nov 8 – Coco Brooks Fun Lunch