Madonna Catholic School News

Dear Families,

It has been a wonderful spring so far! We loved seeing so many of you at our recent Games Night. It was great to see our students and families playing together and building such a strong community.

In the Gospel this Sunday, May 3, Jesus tells us a story about a vine and its branches (John 15). He says that He is the vine and we are the branches. Just like a branch needs to stay attached to the vine to grow healthy fruit, we stay "connected" to Jesus to grow in kindness and love.

Our school community is a lot like that vine. We are all connected, and we grow best when we work together!

To keep our school vine growing strong, we invite you to one of our upcoming school events listed below. Did you know that the final School Council meeting of the year is on May 13? Even if you can only attend one or two meetings a year, your time is a great investment in your child’s education. We would love to hear your ideas and have you stay involved. All are welcome!

Thank you for helping our school community bloom!

Warmly,

Fiona Wimmer, Assistant Principal

Cathy Hinger, Principal

May 4 - Digital Citizenship Presentation @ HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL 6:30pm

May 6 - Living Rosary 1:00pm in school gym

May 8 - Library Clean Up - see info below

May 9 - Catholic Education Sunday at 5pm Mass

May 13 - FINAL School Council Meeting & AGM @ 6:30pm

May 21 - Jump Rope for Heart @ Madonna

**Reminder that every Wednesday the school dismisses @ 2:13pm

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

Thank you doesn't seem adequate to all of the time, effort and talent it takes to coordinate the many moving parts that make up our annual games night. Big shout out to Elle Lyrette Krystin Bajer, Danja Robinson and Kanika Chadha for leading our Parent Council team through the many layers of organizing for this big fundraising event. By all accounts it was a very successful event with the final total to be shared soon! Thank you to all of our families who made the effort to attend, volunteer and drive during the winter weather and make this such a special evening for all. Final tally of funds raised will be shared at our May 13th Annual General Meeting- all are welcome to hear the total amount and come and learn where the funds will be directed!

Our entire school collected all of our used felts and sent them to grade 1B and 1M classrooms to be counted last week...these will be shared with our partners at Staples who will ensure these get recycled and stay OUT of the landfill! A total of 605 markers were redirected from this one month project - way to go Madonna!!

Check out this time lapsed video from our kindergarten classroom showing the hatching of a new baby chick! It has been a true pleasure to have witnessed their development over the last few weeks and we will miss them when they move to their new home on the farm this weekend.

2L found some sunshine last week and headed outside! They developed their math skills by finding non-standard units of measure in nature, like leaves, sticks and rocks to practice measuring.

Executive Positions

Chairperson - Co-Chairs: Elle Lyrette & Kanika Chadha

• Presides over meetings, maintains order, and ensures the council’s business is conducted efficiently.
• Acts as an ex-officio member of all committees and coordinates their formation, reporting, and dissolution.
• Prepares and provides an annual report to the board by June 15, which must include:
  • A summary of the year's activities.
  • A financial statement of handled funds.
  • Copies of all meeting minutes.
  • A summary of projected unfinished business.
• Note: The Chair may not make motions or debate while presiding. To participate in a debate, they must temporarily hand the chair to someone else before speaking from the floor.

Secretary - Elle Lyrette *looking to having someone replace her*

• Attends all meetings and keeps accurate minutes (or ensures a replacement does so if absent).
• Maintains a record of all council and executive members.
• Manages correspondence, sends necessary meeting notices, and maintains the official Minute Book at the school.

Treasurer - currently held by Krystin Senger *need a new parent for 2026-2027

• Receives and deposits all council funds into the designated financial institution.
• Maintains accurate records using acceptable bookkeeping methods.
• Provides detailed financial reports on receipts and disbursements whenever requested.
• Prepares financial submissions for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and the School Board, providing a copy to the Secretary for council records.

Get Involved

Each of these executive positions becomes available at our Annual General Meeting. Please consider joining the team to help move our Council forward this year. If you have any questions, members of the School Council can be reached at madonnacses@gmail.com.

OLPH (Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish)

Masses at OLPH will be livestreamed. Please join using this link. https://www.facebook.com/olphsherwoodpark/videos/

Visit OLPH Website for more information about the parish and in regards to sacramental preparation.

Visit www.facebook.com/olphsherwoodpark