May 12, 2025
Good morning RCPS Families,
We hope everyone had a great a wonderful weekend! It is hard to believe we are only 10 days away from our Fun Fair! Please see the updated FAQ letter for the fun fair. Fun Fair
Items are on school cashonline for games and food. There are some cash items as well as the raffle baskets and auction items in the gym. Our school bands will open the event at 5pm on May 29. We look forward to seeing you there and enjoying the Fun Fair fundraiser to raise funds for our playground.
We have our raffle baskets and ask that families participate by donating an item to their class theme basket. Items will be available for auction and fun and games for everyone! See the attached flyer and don’t miss out on this incredible fun fair! We are raising funds for a school gaga pit. Our goal is to raise $6,000 for the gaga pit and installation as well as playground repairs and resources if we exceed our goal. See the attached poster Fun Fair
Fun Fair Auction Thurs, May 29: Please see the attached auction letter and feel free to donate anything to support our fundraiser including an item, services, tickets to a sports game etc. This is a great way to showcase your business to offer something to our school community. Fun Fair Auction
Basket items requested -a reminder that items for our theme baskets for the Fun Fair are due this Friday, May 16. Please see attached link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1js84K4TzRy4i4WFDELY95ko84Idj_1BckrvI9pdjs18/edit?usp=sharing
Fundraiser-Krispy Kreme is coming to RCPS! A reminder Krispy Kreme donuts are available for sale as a gr 8 graduation fundraiser until May 15th. Orders can be placed on schoolcashonline.com for $15 a box. See the attached letter for more details and please order on schoolcashonline.com. Krispy Kreme fundraiser
The Intermediate Gauss Mathematics club solving. This club is made up of a group of Intermediates that has been meeting once per week since the fall to prepare for the contest. This year, the contest runs on Wednesday, May 14 and we have about 54 students participating, with some non-club members as well - our highest number yet! The students writing the test will write it at school on that day. The test will be supervised by Mrs. Betts and they will have one hour to complete 25 multiple choice questions. Thank you to Mrs. Betts for providing this great opportunity and leading the Math Club all year for our students.
Junior Drama Club presents….. “The Paperbag Princess” by Robert Munsch.
Drama Club members have been meeting weekly since March and they have had the opportunity to explore and develop improvisation skills, voice and creative expression. This month we are busy getting ready for our upcoming performances the afternoon of Friday, May 23rd. 1st Showtime will be at 1:45 - 2:15 and the 2nd performance of the play will be 2:20 - 2:50. All primary and junior students will have the chance to watch one of the shows. All parents and family members of Drama Club members are invited to come and watch the show at either timeslot. It is an absolute pleasure working with this incredible group of students and I know you will be so impressed by their talent at showtime. If you have any questions at all please feel free to email Mrs. Armstrong-Cameron at Paula.Armstrong-Cameron@ugdsb.on.ca. Thanks to Mrs. Armstrong-Cameron for providing this great drama opportunity for junior students!
Reminders for the week:
Tues, May 13-School council/Grad meeting- in the library 6-7 pm
Grade 7 vaccines
Wed. May 14-Intermediate Gauss Math test for participating students
Thurs, May 15-Badminton tournament
Kindergarten trip to Butterfly Conservatory
Krispy Kreme fundraiser closes
Friday, May 16-pick up Krispy Creme in the afternoon,
theme basket items due
Rugby tournament