Merci beaucoup et Thank you to all for being part of our Fall Fling / Meet the Teacher and for making this event a great success. It was a wonderful day yesterday and it was incredible to have our whole teaching staff in attendance. We would like to acknowledge our School Council who funded the event and especially the parents who organized the Fall Fling: Jenny Kirkpatrick, Ali Mair, Claire Knechtel and Erin Sharp. Thank you to all the parents who volunteered their time at the event to make it a success – we couldn’t have done it without volunteers. Also, a big thank you to Marble Slab Creamery for donating the ice cream treats and gourmet Poco Popcorn! We appreciate the support and generosity shown for this school event - lots of smiles for miles!

A great time was had by all, including William Reid’s Owl Mascot who has yet to be named...

Oktoberfest is Coming – November 2

Mark your calendars and book your babysitters for Thursday, November 2. We are excited to announce we will be having Oktoberfest, our biennial fundraising event, at The Trop at 7pm. Stay tuned for more information and what this means to you as a parent. We need more volunteers to help put on this event, so if you would like to join the organizing committee please contact Rosalyn.

Terry Fox Run and PE Update

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Terry Fox Run fundraiser! This has been one of our most successful Terry Fox events as we have doubled our school goal and raised $2 066! Thank you to all those who donated, participated and spread awareness. We are continuing with our LaCrosse in the gym all next week. There are some cool pictures posted on our Twitter account @WilliamReid_CBE.

Reminder Lifetouch Picture Day Tuesday September 26 2023

All students will have their school photo and class photo taken on Tuesday September 26 2023. Retake Day will be Wednesday October 25, 2023.

Reminder Mission to Recycle with ARMA

Please join the staff and students at William Reid as we plan to embark on a mission to refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose and recycle! We have been offered a wonderful opportunity to help raise funds that will be put towards a student inspired goal such as a William Reid reusable item for each student and/or a water bottle fill station in the school. We will be partnering with the Alberta Recycling Management Authority (ARMA), which is the province’s leading authority on recycling, overseeing all aspects of end-of-life processing of electronics, paint, tires, and used oil materials. Along with William Reid, ARMA is looking to host a community round-up event on October 26, 2023. The school would serve as a drop-off point for unused electronics and beverage containers and bottles in a half-day event. We will be inviting other schools in the area to join us in our efforts by bringing their broken electronics and bottles to our school after 3 pm on the day of the event. If you have any questions about this event, please contact Mme Ferguson at kaferguson@cbe.ab.ca.

Upcoming

Sept 26 Picture Day
Sept 28 Healthy Hunger Special Lunch
Sept 29 National TRC day
Oct 2 - 6 Walk to School Week
Oct 25 Picture Re-Take Day
Oct 26 Recycle Day 3:00PM
Nov 2 Oktoberfest

Important Links

• Mabel’s Labels
• Donations

If you have any questions please call the school at 403-777-6940 or email us at williamreid@cbe.ab.ca.

This is our last week of September and it’s hard to believe time flies...

Hand to heart,

Mme Christine Stiles and Mme Sheri Bullough
William Reid School