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November 2025

Monday

• Faith Assembly Grade 5G- All Families Welcome 8:15am
• Boys & Girls Volleyball Game 4-6pm @HR

Tuesday

• Family Wellness worker on site

Wednesday

• Family Wellness Worker on site
• Rock Your Mocks (Wear Your Moccasins)
• Early Dismissal- 2:00pm

Thursday

• Rec & Leadership Millennium Place
• Art Club 2:45 - 4:00pm

Friday

• Grade 4- Waste Presentation
• Kindergarten- Treehouse Puppet workshop (Rescheduled)

Coming up

November 27- Rec and Leadership 7/8- The shop Baseball

School Calendar

Holy Redeemer Parent Council is selling Fresh Christmas greenery from Growing Smiles this year if anyone is interested Please share far and wide- pickup will be at our school.

Add a little something special to your holiday decor or give them to friends and loved ones! These beautiful arrangements last a long time!!!

Order deadline November 18th, delivery December 4th

Proceeds go to Holy Redeemer Parent Council to help activities and programs for the students.

Check out the super cute plushies available this year!!!

Order now!!! holyredeemerparents.growingsmilesfundraising.com

Sweeten the Season & Support Our School Council!

Browse and order delicious chocolates online

Order deadline: November 25, 2025

Pickup at the school: Week of December 08, 2025

Order here: https://fundraising.purdys.com/1993648-133186

Thank you for supporting our students and helping us build unforgettable learning experiences!

The Christmas FundScrip order is due Wednesday, November 26th, and gift cards make great Christmas gifts!

This is how the program works:

You can help support Holy Redeemer School when you make your everyday purchases such as groceries, gas, entertainment, flights, and household items with gift cards. When you purchase these gift cards, which are spent like cash, a rebate automatically goes back to Holy Redeemer.

The average profit per gift card to HR is somewhere between 2 and 10 percent. If for example you purchase a Superstore gift card valued at $100, a $3 profit will have been generated for HR. Families may purchase FundScrip gift cards to help raise funds for the assurance plan, outdoor equipment and extra activities we put on for the students through the school year.

Pass along order forms to your friends and family and get them shopping for you too! We're just encouraging you to pay with gift cards instead of credit/debit/cash for your everyday items and gifts.

How do you order?

Print and complete the attached order form and return it to the School Office with your payment by the order deadline. Cheques (made payable to Holy Redeemer Parents School Council and etransfers to: hrpactreasurer@gmail.com

are accepted forms of payment. If using e-transfer please use password Christmas

Once again, the deadline for this order is November 26th. Gift cards will be delivered to the Holy Redeemer school office approximately 5-7 days after the order deadline…just in time for Christmas!

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Most hot lunches will run again on Fridays, with some Wednesday's and the odd Tuesday or Thursday.

ALL grades along with all staff have the ability to set up an account if they are attending/working on a day we are hosting hot lunch.

We are using the Healthy Hunger Program (healthyhunger.ca) again.

Attached is a letter from Healthy Hunger to parents with instructions on how to register and pay.

Parents have the opportunity to order all at once or a few lunches at a time. With that being said, there is a five-day cut off prior to the hot lunch day.

If parents would like to volunteer - they can touch base with me at mwaritsky@gmail.com or 780-340-9522 - it's only about a 30-40 min commitment! The more volunteers the better, and the more often we can offer hot lunch!

Thanks so much!

Please fill out form HERE

We would like to welcome back Mrs. Lindsay Andreychuk as our School Wellness Worker. Please stay tuned for her updates in this section.

Service Delivery

Each school is staffed with a Family Wellness Worker (FWW), who works under the direction of their School Principal and the Assistant Superintendent of Faith & Wellness. FWW's receive clinical guidance from a Registered Psychologist.

The primary function of the Family Wellness team is to provide social and emotional support to students and families. Family Wellness Workers meet with students and parents to assess needs, set goals, identify required supports, and plan appropriate interventions.

They collaborate with school system staff and community resources to build a “village” of support around students/families who are struggling.

Referrals

Parental consent is required for FWW services.

Referrals to the Family Wellness Program may be made by students, parents/guardians, school administration, teachers, or other school staff (e.g. school counsellor or inclusive learning facilitator, etc.).

Parents and guardians can access these services by speaking with the Principal or contacting the school's Family Wellness Worker directly.

Please take a look at what is happening in the county HERE

Sacramental Preparation at OLPH. Our fall sessions are starting up this month and the children will celebrate these sacraments in December. (We also have support for families who wish to have their children Baptized, to "open the door" to these other sacraments.

Our parish is very grateful for the partnership of our Catholic Schools in the faith formation of our young people and their families! A personal email from the school Principal, the faith leader of the school, could make a special impact on families and encourage them to bring their children here to the Church for their sacraments. It could also be extremely helpful if the Grade 2-4 Homeroom Teachers would personally send parents a message about First Communion & Reconciliation for their children, and if Grade 6-8 Teachers could do so for the Sacrament of Confirmation. Thank you for everything you do!

Please fill out the registration forms below:

First Reconciliation & First Communion for Grade 2 and up

Sacrament of Confirmation for Grades 6 and up

OLPH’s third and final Sacramental Preparation session have began for children’s First Reconciliation & First Communion.

Any questions parents can also contact the church by phone 780-467-5470 ext: 225 OR email sacraments@olph.ca. For future sign up!

Location: 13 Brower Drive, Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
Phone: 780-467-5470