{"id":3736,"date":"2023-03-31T08:02:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T15:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/mapleridge\/?p=3736"},"modified":"2023-03-31T08:02:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T15:02:32","slug":"friday-blast-march-31st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/mapleridge\/friday-blast-march-31st\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Blast &#8211; March 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday Blast<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maple Ridge Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday, March 31, 2023<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HAPPY SPRING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cheery daffodils are blooming on the school grounds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEMAINE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the week of April 3<sup>rd<\/sup> to 6<sup>th<\/sup>, MRE is celebrating Semaine de la Francophonie.\u00a0 This is an occasion to acknowledge French Speakers from all over the globe.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, April 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, all students will be given a classic French snack \u2014a butter and sugar crepe.\u00a0 A food truck called Creperie de la Boheme will be set up at the back of the school for the day.<\/p>\n<p>Please let your child\u2019s teacher know of any allergies or food sensitivities.\u00a0 The crepes do not contain nuts but may have come in contact with them.\u00a0 We will arrange for an alternate treat for students with food allergies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LOST AND FOUND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only 2 lonely items this week.\u00a0 Do you recognize them?\u00a0 They\u2019ll be waiting for you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLYWOOD AND PAINT DONATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We already have enough plywood donations for our school wide project fence decorating project.\u00a0 Thank you to everyone who contributed!<\/p>\n<p>We are still looking for bright\u00a0<strong>outdoor<\/strong>\u00a0paint and primer.\u00a0 Remnants are fine.\u00a0 Please drop them off at the office area.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOT LUNCHES <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday, April 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 Pizza Pizza<\/p>\n<p>Friday, April 28<sup>th<\/sup> SNACK DAY \u2013 Cobbs Bread<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UPCOMING HOT LUNCHES<\/p>\n<p>Friday April 14 &#8211; Hot Lunch\u00a0 (Pizza Pizza)<\/p>\n<p>Friday April 28- Snack\u00a0 (COBBS bread)<\/p>\n<p>Friday May 5 &#8211; Snack\u00a0 (Tim Hortons Donuts )<\/p>\n<p>Friday May 19 &#8211; Hot Lunch\u00a0 (Subway)<\/p>\n<p>Friday June 2 &#8211; Snack (TCBY &#8211; frozen yogurt)<\/p>\n<p>Friday June 16 &#8211; Hot Lunch\/Carnival (Pizza Pizza)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The session is set to open for orders on Monday March 27 with the first hot lunch (pizza pizza) closing on<\/p>\n<p>April 6th.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring Book Fair<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bookfair dates are April 17th, 18th, and 19th<br \/>\nThe fair will be open at recess lunch and after school<br \/>\nPAC will be looking for volunteers to help each day. Stay tuned for volunteer times and sign up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEEK OF April 3-6\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, April 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Creperie de la Boheme (Whole School)<\/p>\n<p>Young Actors Project all day<\/p>\n<p>6:00 pm Bingo Night planning meeting (library)<\/p>\n<p>7:00 pm Spring Dance planning meeting (library)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, April 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fruit\/Veggie Delivery: Cheddar Cheese<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, April 5\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, April 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, April 7 and Monday, April 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good Friday \/ Easter Monday \u2013 Classes Not In Session<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PAC UPDATES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BINGO PLANNING \/ DANCE PLANNING MEETING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There will be a Bingo planning meeting and a Spring Family Dance planning meeting on Monday, April 3<sup>rd<\/sup>.\u00a0 The Bingo planning meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the MRE library, followed by the Spring Family Dance planning meeting at 7:00 p.m.\u00a0 Anyone interested in helping plan these terrific events is welcome to join!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PAC MEETING\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The next PAC meeting is on <strong>Monday, April 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the school library.<\/strong>\u00a0 All parents and guardians of MRE students are members of the PAC and are welcome to attend the meetings.\u00a0 We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p>The Gr. 7 leaving planning meeting is right beforehand at 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>GRADE 7 LEAVING MEETING\u2026 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There will be a Gr. 7 leaving meeting at 6:00 p.m. immediately before the PAC meeting on Monday, April 11<sup>th<\/sup>. All Grade 7 parents and students accompanied by a parent are welcome to join!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEUFELD ORDER PICK UP <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you ordered from the Neufeld Farms fundraiser, items will be available for pick up on Wednesday, May 10<sup>th<\/sup> at 6:30 p.m. \u2013 pick up in the roundabout.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PAC INFO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did you know that our PAC has a website?\u00a0 Don\u2019t miss out on exciting upcoming dates and events happening at MRE.\u00a0 Register now!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to mre.parentcouncil.net<\/li>\n<li>Click on &#8220;Click Here to Register&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Enter Access Code <strong>MREPAC <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Complete the rest of the registration form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>*<strong>NOTE: <\/strong>By listing your email address when you register, you are giving permission to receive PAC notices by email. You may withdraw this consent at any time by responding to emails you receive with a request to unsubscribe from your PAC notice <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday Blast Maple Ridge Elementary Friday, March 31, 2023 &nbsp; HAPPY SPRING The cheery daffodils are blooming on the school grounds. &nbsp; SEMAINE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE During the week of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/mapleridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/mapleridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/mapleridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/mapleridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/mapleridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/mapleridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3737,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/mapleridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3736\/revisions\/3737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/mapleridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/mapleridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/mapleridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/mapleridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}