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November 5 - Daylight Savings Time (Fall Back 1 Hour)

November 7 - Parent Teacher Interviews 4:30-7:30 pm (In person)

November 8 - Parent Teacher Interviews 4:30-6:00 pm (Google Meet or telephone)

November 8 - Parent Teacher Interviews 6:00 -7:30 pm (In person)

November 8 - Rememberance Day Liturgy 10:30-11:30 am

November 8 - National Indigenous Veterans Day

November 9 - No School in Lieu of Parent Teacher Interviews

November 10 - No School Stat Holiday

November 11 - Rememberance Day

Novemeber 13- World Kindness Day

Novemeber 15 - Rock your Mocs Day

We will be having our Remembrance Day Liturgy on Wednesday November 8th from 10:30-11:30. If you or someone you know is a member of RCMP, Military, Scouts, Cadets, Girl Guides and are interested in being part of our ceremony, please contact the office at 403-406-7365. For anyone else who would like to attend our Liturgy, please feel free to join us.

We will hand out poppies for the students to wear. If you would like to send your child with a donation to the Legion, we will have a donation box at the office.

A reminder that Parent Teacher Interviews are happening on November 7 & 8 from 4:30-7:30. Our interview options are in-person, telephone and Google meet. Time slots are booking up fast, if you haven't already done so, please use this link to book with your child's teacher. If the teacher you are trying to book with is fully booked, please send them an email and we will try to come up with a solution that works for everyone.

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has partnered with Catholic Social Services (CSS) Giving Tree Christmas Project to provide families, who have children enrolled in school, with gift cards to purchase Christmas gifts. This is a barrier-free program where eligibility is based on referrals from our counseling programs. The focus is on empowering parents to be the solution to their kids' needs- plus they know their children and their interests best!

We are accepting donations for Walmart gift cards only. Donations can be given at the parent-teacher conferences on November 7th and 8th at the counseling booth in the school entrance or dropped off at the St.Lorenzo office until December 4th, 2023. Donors will be given a Christmas tag from our Christmas tree to return with their pledged number of purchased gift cards. Walmart gift cards can be purchased in $25 or $50 amounts. Thank you for your donations and for supporting families within Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools

IMPORTANT: The deadline has passed and we are still waiting for over half our families to fill out this form.

You should have received notification that the 2023-24 Student Information Update form was sent to you. This form is MANDATORY and required by Alberta Education. The information in this form must be updated and current. Please pay close attention to medical and legal alerts as these are often out of date and need to be current. The form can be found by logging into PowerSchool on your browser (not available on the app) and clicking on SchoolEngage at the bottom of the menu on the left hand side. Please take a few minutes to complete this form and submit. CHANGES MUST BE SAVED FOR EACH PAGE BEFORE CLICKING NEXT.

STUDENT INFORMATION UPDATE FORMS ARE PAST DUE AND MANDATORY

Important Information: Please use our North parking lot for parking or out front of the school for drop and go if drivers must remain in their vehicles. Please be considerate of our neighbours across the street and leave that parking for residents only.

School fees are now due. These fees include band, volleyball, bus and 2023-24 school fees.

Please log into your Parent PowerSchool account to view your outsanding fees and make your payment online through RYCOR. If you are unsure how to pay using RYCOR, please follow these steps:

1. Visit your school's website and click on the PowerSchool quick link (or use link above).

2. Sign in using your PowerSchool Username and Password. If you have forgotten either/or please contact the school office for assistance with resetting your password.

3. Click on link, "School Fees and Forms", located on the left-hand side.

4. Please follow the instructions provided on the screen when you are taken to RYCOR. If you have any questions, please contact the school office.

**RYCOR can only be accessed via PC/Tablet, the program does not work using the PowerSchool app.

As our volleyball season starts to wrap up, we would like to remind students and parents that basketball will be up next! Please watch for information coming at the end of the month. As always, please see our SLR Sports Calendar for game times and locations and practice times. This calendar is updated regularily and is the best way to stay on top of everything SLR sports related. If there is ever a change in the schedule, this is where you will find it.

We have exciting news, our POS (debit) machine was installed on Friday and should be ready for use early next week. Students and parents will now be able to pay by cash/cheque/debit/credit. Our next step is setting up our online ordering... Stay tuned for more information! Please see our Order form for November.

Winter weather has arrived! We know it can be tricky to convince teenagers to wear their jackets, but we ask that you please remind your children to dress for the weather as outdoor recess does continue through the winter months.

As noted in the signage at our front entrance, to support the safety in and around our school we have indoor and outdoor cameras.

École Secondaire Notre Dame High School Presents elf - the musical at the Red Deer Memorial Centre. For more information, please see their poster.

Please see poster for more information about this event.

Homestay parents are currently needed for international students. For more information, please see the poster below.