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During National Truth and Reconciliation Week, our school is engaging in meaningful activities to honour Indigenous peoples and the importance that Every Child Matters. Students created classroom murals to visually express this message, and also participated in outdoor story walks to deepen their understanding. On Friday, staff and students wore orange shirts to show support and remembrance. We came together for a student led school-wide assembly to reflect as a community, and our Grade 6 students took part in a smudge ceremony to experience and learn about this important tradition.

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 30 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (No School)

OCTOBER

Oct.1 - Early Out & Wacky Hair Day!

Oct.2 - Linking Generations Orientation

Oct.3 - Professional Learning Day (No School)

Oct.7 - PT Interview Bookings Open

Oct.9 - Photo retakes (KA-9)

Oct.10 - Photo retakes (KB only)

Oct.13 - Thanksgiving Day (No School)

Oct.14 - Linking Generations

Oct.14-17 - Scholastic Book Fair

Oct.15-16 Parent/Teacher Interviews

Oct.20 - Municipal Election (LLR hosting a polling station)

Oct.21 - Linking Generations

Oct.21 - School Council Meeting 6:30pm

Oct.24-25 - Howler Volleyball Tournament

*More dates to come! Check our school website for the most up-to-date information.

2025-26 School Fees

School fees for the 2025-26 school year have now been added to student accounts. Please log in to your PowerSchool Parent Portal account, go to “Student Fees” to view and pay these fees. Fees are due within 30 days of being assessed. Fee payments can be made online via the PowerSchool Parent Portal using Visa, MasterCard. Fee payments can be made in person at Lakeland Ridge School office using Debit, Cash, Cheque, Visa, MasterCard. If you require assistance accessing your PowerSchool Parent Portal account, contact the school at 780-416-9018.

If circumstances exist where you are unable to pay your school fees, you can apply to have certain fees waived by submitting an Application for Waiver of Fees, see EIPS Waiver of Fees.

Applications for Waiver for Fees form is due to Elk Island Public Schools Treasurer by December 15, 2025. Past due amounts will be sent to Collections.

For more information about school fees, waivers, and payment deadlines visit Waiver of Fees.

Noon Supervision Fee

If your child does not stay for lunch at all during 2025/26 school year, and you would like the fee removed. You must send an email with the students’ full name and grade and ‘does not stay for lunch at all, remove fee” to general.LLR@eips.ca by October 20/25 to have the fee removed.

Yearbook 2025-26

Remember to order your 2025-26 yearbook!! Log in to your PowerSchool Parent Portal account, go to “Student Fees”, scroll down to bottom of page under School Items, Select Yearbook and pay. All yearbooks are preordered and sales close MARCH 17, 2026.

Did you purchase a yearbook for the 2024-25 school year? Our vendor is currently producing them. Once we receive the yearbooks, we will distribute them to all students who purchased one.

Sunridge Ski Fieldtrip (Grades 4, 5, 6 and 7)

This winter, all Lakeland Ridge grade 4, 5, 6 and 7 students will have the opportunity to spend a day at Sunridge Ski Area in Edmonton on January 20, 2026.

Sign into your PowerSchool Parent Portal account, select your grade 4, 5, 6, 7 student, select Fees, scroll down to School Items, select Sunridge Ski Fieldtrip- January 20, 2026, complete, submit and pay.

This form needs to be completed and paid by October 31,2025. Permission Click fieldtrip forms will be sent out in January.

As we must submit our numbers before the fieldtrip, there are no refunds available after December 31, 2025.

Our first Parent Action Society meeting and Annual General Meeting will be on October 28th at 6:30pm in our library learning commons. PAS is the fundraising branch of our parent community that raises funds throughout the school year to support the school's initiatives. For example, new this year to Lakeland, PAS will be paying for transportation to and from the swimming pool for grade 3 swimming lessons.

Many times throughout the year we look for volunteers to organize and help with fundraising activities, such as hot lunch. If you are interested in helping out or would like more information please feel free to reach out to the current PAS chair at llrpaschair@gmail.com.

More information and previous PAS meeting minutes can be found on our Parent Action Society page of the school website.

More information about the meeting along with an agenda will be send out closer to the meeting date.

Parents, please remind your children to sign out at the office prior to leaving school grounds regardless of what time of day they are exiting. We are finding that students are calling or texting home from their devices, getting permission from parents allowing them to leave, then leaving without first letting the office know. Students should be making these calls from the office, and then signing out before they go, so we can update their attendance.

If you call or email the school to give permission for your child to leave, we make a note of it, but if your child does not check out on their way, their attendance does not get updated and you’ll likely end up with an email reporting their absence.

If students arrive to school late, or return to the school following an appointment, they need to check in to the office so we can update their attendance and make note of the time they came in.

Thank you for helping us keep all of our wonderful students safe and accounted for. They are our reason for being here every day!

If your child requires medication to be accessible at the school such as Tylenol, Advil, Benadryl, Reactine or Tums, please fill out the Medication Management Plan forms below.

Students are not permitted to administer their own medication at school. All medication should be provided in its original packaging and labelled with student’s name. All medication will be stored in the office with administering recorded.

LLR Child/Student Medication Management Plan

https://permission.click/x6QEx/ca

If your child has a medical diagnosis that requires an emergency medical plan please fill out the form below:

Medical Emergency Plan - Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Epilepsy and Diabetes

https://permission.click/0KWMb/ca

If your child has a medical condition not listed above that requires an emergency medical plan, please contact our school counsellor:

Contact Us - Counsellor

All exterior doors, including the front entrance doors, will always be locked, and opened only for student and visitor access during designated school entry times.

Our front entrance is equipped with a doorbell and camera linked to the front office. Visitors seeking entry into the school are required to use the main entrance and ring the bell for assistance. Please remember to sign in at the office on our iPad. For safety reasons, it is imperative that we are aware of who is in the building and where there are helping out just in case of an emergency.

Volleyball tryouts for senior teams have already begun with junior tryouts starting next week.

Check out our Athletics calendar for updates.

The Government of Alberta has passed the Fairness and Safety in Sport Act which went into effect September 1, 2025.

Parents of every athlete 12 years of age or older who wish to play on a female-only sports team or in a female-only league will be required to confirm in writing that the athlete meets all the eligibility requirements as set out in the Fairness and Safety in Sport Act and Fairness and Safety in Sport Regulation before they are able to compete. At Lakeland Ridge, eligibility declarations will be sent out to guardians once team rosters have been established.

You can find more information on this legislation on this website: Ensuring fairness and safety in sport | Alberta.ca.

This year, Lakeland Ridge is hosting a private childcare company, called Nature Wanderers Childcare. They will offer childcare for Kindergarten age students on off days as well as before and after school care for students up to age 12.

For any inquiries please reach out to Nature Wanderers directly.