Friday Blast – Jan. 24

Friday Blast

Maple Ridge Elementary

Friday, Jan. 24^th, 2025

       

THIS WEEK 

Our school is buzzing with student activity before and after school as well as during the day! Basketball practices and games, the Reading Centre and all of our after-school programs provide great opportunities for our students to make extra social connections and acquire new skills.

 

NEXT WEEK

Monday, Jan. 27^th

8:30 am – 10:20:  Planet Ice (Div. 3 & 4)

Tuesday, Jan. 28^th

Pro D Day – school not in session

Wednesday, Jan. 29^th

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Soccer Afterschool program (for those registered)

Thursday, Jan. 30^th

7:30 am – 8:15 am: Boys Basketball Practice

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Girls Basketball Practice

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Art Afterschool program (for those registered)

Friday, Jan. 31^st

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Dance Afterschool program (for those registered)

 

PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Our next PAC meeting will be Monday Feb 10th, 6:30pm in the MRE library.

All are welcome to attend!  If child care is needed please reach to pac.mre@gmail.comor via our facebook page (Maple Ridge Elementary PAC) prior.

 

Hot Lunch is open for orders: https://mre.parentcouncil.net

Streats Hot Lunch Day Feb 7 (orders due by Jan 31)

TCBY snack day Feb 21 (orders due by Feb 14)

Pizza Pizza Hot Lunch Day Mar 7 (orders due by Feb 28)

 

Santa Mall 

Tins… Boxes… Bags… Oh My!

We hope your child enjoyed their Santa Mall gift! To help us keep things organized for future events, we kindly ask that you return the boxes, bags, and bins that the gifts came home in. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated and will help us continue offering fun activities for our students. Please send them back with your child as soon as possible. They can be placed in the Santa Mall Donation Bin in front of the office.

 

INCLEMENT WEATHER PROCEDURES: SNOW

As the weather cools, please review the school district’s inclement weather procedures as they relate to snowfall and possible school closures.

The decision to close schools due to accumulating snowfall is ultimately the responsibility of the superintendent, who must balance the safety of students, staff and parents with the need to provide learning. The decision is not taken lightly and is the result of a carefully thought-out process that is reviewed after each experience and refined if necessary.

Except in rare circumstances, no announcement will be made if schools are open.

The decision to close schools is made by 6:30 a.m. Details are:

• posted on the SD42 Website (www.sd42.ca).
• posted on the SD42 Facebook feed (SD42Facebook);
• posted on the SD42 Twitter feed (@sd42news);
• shared with News 1130, CKNW, and CBC 690 radio stations.

Please note: The district supports individual and family decisions regarding safety. Parents/guardians have primary responsibility for their children’s safe travel to school. If, for any reason, there are personal concerns about the ability to travel safely to school, other arrangements should be made.

 

Board Meeting Highlights (January 15, 2025) 

Board meeting highlights from the January 15, 2025, public meeting can be found on the district website: https://www.sd42.ca/assets/media/2025-01-15-Board-Meeting-Highlights.pdf

 

Education Assistant Program at Ridge Meadows College

If you or someone you know may be interested in a career working with children and youth with diverse abilities, Ridge Meadows College (operated by SD42) still has seats available for the January 2025 cohort of its Education Assistant (EA) program. The demand for this job is high as the province faces a shortage of EAs and virtually all graduates of the program move on to work in school districts across B.C., including Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows School District No. 42. If you’d like to learn more about the program, you can visit the website at https://rmcollege.sd42.ca/program/education-assistant/. In addition to the EA program, RMC also has programs in administration, early childhood education, community support and others.

 

IN OUR COMMUNITY

 

Foundry News

The Foundry provides mental health care, substance use services, physical and sexual health care, youth, and family peer supports, and social services to youth aged 12-24 years of age. It provides drop-in counselling as well as various social events that your child can attend. This is a terrific way to build positive connections with others within the Maple Ridge community.