Hello Ruth King families,

Next week is the start of a new school year. All new students to Ruth King please arrive on Tuesday September 5th at the front door in the main foyer at 8:25am where you will be greeted by our Principal. Kindergarten students we will see you starting September 8th.

This Week:

Hello Everyone,

It is our final week at Ruth King Elementary for this school year.  Reports will be coming home on Thursday in paper form, but they will also be available on the parent portal if you have signed up for it.  I will send out information on how to sign up tomorrow, in case you are new to the district and have not done so already.

Thank you to the PAC for providing the bouncy castles, dunk tank and ice cream truck on Friday.  Everyone had a fabulous time.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and see you all on the playground on Monday morning.

Respectfully,

Ms. V. Ives

Happy Father’s Day to everyone celebrating today. Hope you are enjoying some family time. I just wanted to thank everyone whom organized and volunteered at the Family Fun Night on Friday. Many families showed up and enjoyed the festivities. I think the PAC probably made some money. Thank you again!!

Only two weeks of school left in this year. There are many fun activities planned. Please make sure to sign any permission forms and send along the appropriate items for the field trips or fun days.

We are looking for a few more volunteers for the morning of June 21st to help with the bannock making station. If you are available, please let me know.

This Week:

Coming Up:

JUNE

26 Grade 5 Year End Trip – Wild Play

27 Grade 5 Celebrations in classrooms

27 Public Board Meeting – 7:00pm

28 Beach Day at Esquimalt Lagoon – all day

29 Year End Assembly – 10:45am

29 Final Summary Reports go home

29 Last Day of school for students!

PAC info:

This year’s PAC AGM is on June 13 via Teams at 6:15pm. We will be electing next year’s council and we are hoping to bring in some new volunteers to join our collaborative team!

All of the council positions need to be filled this year: president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, emergency preparedness rep, SPEAC rep, fundraiser, hot-lunch coordinator and some members at large. We meet virtually, once a month on the second Tuesday.

The positions that we are most in need of are treasurer, fundraiser and hot lunch coordinator. The treasurer does the council’s book-keeping, tracks spending and funds raised and collected, writes out payments, and reports to the council each month. The fundraiser schedules, coordinates and helps run the various fundraising events during the school year, along with other volunteers. Many of these events are repeats of ones that have been done in previous years, and there is a template to follow to organize those.

The hot-lunch coordinator organizes the twice-a-month lunch events, which have currently been split between Pizza Hut and Whitespot. This person will need to have or get their Serving it Right certificate, and be available on the hot lunch days (usually Fridays) to be at the school to help receive the food and distribute it to the classes.

For more information, contact the current PAC at ruthkingpac@gmail.com.

This Week:

Coming Up:

JUNE

19 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

21 National Indigenous Day

22 Rainbow Day – wear any bright colours

23 FUN Day at School – ice cream truck/sprinklers/dunk tank/bouncy castles

26 Grade 5 Year End Trip – Wild Play

27 Public Board Meeting – 7:00pm

28 Beach Day at Esquimalt Lagoon – all day

29 Final Summary Reports go home

29 Last Day of school for students!

This Week:

Coming Up:

JUNE

Popcorn & Smencils (13)

13 PAC Meeting – 6:15pm (virtual) – elections will take place; looking for new members

16 Family Fun Night – PAC sponsored

19 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

21 National Indigenous Day

22 Rainbow Day – wear any bright colours

23 FUN Day at School – ice cream truck/sprinklers/dunk tank/bouncy castles

26 Grade 5 Year End Trip – Wild Play

27 Public Board Meeting – 7:00pm

28 Beach Day at Esquimalt Lagoon – all day

29 Final Summary Reports go home

29 Last Day of school for students!

Lost and Found

Please come in and check out the items which have made theri way to the lost and found area.  At the moment, all items are on display in the front foyer.  If there are unclaimed items at the end of the school year, they will be dropped off at the local Thrift Stores.

Reminders:

• Please remind your child not to bring toys (including Pokemon cards) or other sports equipment like basketballs from home to school unless it is requested by the classroom teacher.  Electronics should also stay at home as well.  Thank you for your continued help with this policy.
• If you are running late, please drop off your child at the front door and let the staff take them to class.
• If your child is going to be away from school, picking up early for appointments, or late picking up, it is important to email your child’s teacher and Ms. Jodi our secretary (jward@sd62.bc.ca) to let them know directly. Also, if you plan to pick up your child early, please email the same people to let them know.

Please do not park in the staff parking lot or spaces on Matson Road when dropping off your children.  There are very limited spaces and if you are parked in the spaces, the Ruth King staff will have no spaces to park.

This Week:

SPRING CONCERT on Thursday, June 1st

Please note that the evening concert is completely at capacity so those that got your forms in on time will get your requested tickets.  There are still available spaces at the afternoon concert at 1:00pm.  Sorry for any inconvenience if you did not get the tickets you were hoping for.  Please be flexible in your thinking, as we have done our best to accomodate your wishes.  Thank you in advance.

Regular Reminders:

• Please do not park in the staff parking lot or staff parking spaces on Matson Road when dropping off your children.  There are very limited spaces and if you are parked in the spaces, the Ruth King staff will have no spaces to park.
• If you are running late, please drop off your child at the front door and let the staff take them to class.  You can pull up to the front doors and drop off.  There is staff there to greet their smiling faces.
• If your child is going to be away from school, picking up early for appointments, or late picking up, it is important to email your child’s teacher and Ms. Jodi our secretary (jward@sd62.bc.ca) to let them know directly. Also, if you plan to pick up your child early, please email the same people to let them know.
• Please remember to keep your children home if they are not feeling well.  We have had to send several students home who have come to school sick.  We are trying to keep everyone safe.  Please follow these guidelines as COVID is still happening.

Please remind your child not to bring toys (including Pokemon cards) or other sports equipment from home to school unless it is requested by the classroom teacher.  Electronics should also stay at home as well.  Thank you for your continued help with this policy.

Coming Up:

JUNE

Popcorn & Smencils (6,13)

2 Track and Field

3 Bottle Drive – RK staff parking lot

5 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

9 Whitespot Lunch – PAC sponsored

9 Welcome to Kindergarten” – AM in the gym

13 PAC Meeting – 6:15pm (virtual)

14 RK/Spencer Indigenous Day Celebrations

16 Family Fun Night – PAC sponsored

21   National Indigenous Day

19 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

23 FUN Day at School – ice cream truck/sprinklers/dunk tank/bouncy castles

26 Grade 5 Year End Trip – Wild Play

27 Public Board Meeting – 7:00pm

28 Beach Day

29 Farewell Assembly – 10:45am

29   Final Summary Reports go home

29 Last Day of school for students!

This Week:

Coming Up:

MAY

Popcorn & Smencils (16,23,30)

27 Bottle Drive – RK staff parking lot

29 Pro D – Non-Instructional Day

30 Public Board Meeting – 7:00pm

31 NED Show – “Mindset Mission” – 1:15pm

JUNE

Popcorn & Smencils (6,13)

1 Spring Concert – “Songs of the Season” – two shows 1:00pm and 6:15pm

2 Fire Drill (Fri 1:30pm)

2 District Elementary Track & Field Day

5 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

9 Whitespot Lunch – PAC sponsored

9 Welcome to Kindergarten” – AM in the gym

13 PAC Meeting – 6:15pm (virtual)

14 RK/Spencer Indigenous Day Celebrations

16 Family Fun Night – PAC sponsored

21   National Indigenous Day

19 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

23 FUN Day at School – ice cream truck/sprinklers/dunk tank/bouncy castles

26 Grade 5 Year End Trip – Wild Play

27 Public Board Meeting – 7:00pm

28 Beach Day

29   Final Summary Reports go home

29 Last Day of school for students!

MESSAGE FROM THE PAC:

This year’s PAC AGM is on June 13 via Teams at 6:15pm. We will be electing next year’s council and we are hoping to bring in some new volunteers to join our collaborative team!

All of the council positions need to be filled this year: president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, emergency preparedness rep, SPEAC rep, fundraiser, hot-lunch coordinator and some members at large. We meet virtually, once a month on the second Tuesday.

The positions that we are most in need of are treasurer, fundraiser and hot lunch coordinator. The treasurer does the council’s book-keeping, tracks spending and funds raised and collected, writes out payments, and reports to the council each month. The fundraiser schedules, coordinates and helps run the various fundraising events during the school year, along with other volunteers. Many of these events are repeats of ones that have been done in previous years, and there is a template to follow to organize those.

The hot-lunch coordinator organizes the twice-a-month lunch events, which have currently been split between Pizza Hut and Whitespot. This person will need to have or get their Serving it Right certificate, and be available on the hot lunch days (usually Fridays) to be at the school to help receive the food and distribute it to the classes.

For more information, contact the current PAC at ruthkingpac@gmail.com.

This Week:

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mom’s on this email!  Hope you are all having a fantastic day with your children.  The weather is beautiful so hopefully you were able to get outside!

As the weather is getting warmer, please have your children wear sunscreen as we are still going outside at recess and lunch.  It is also important to send them with a water bottle.  We do not provide water bottles at school as we have water fountains. Some children do not like the water at school so sending in water is important.

If anyone has an extra fan that they are not using and would like to donate to the school, we would all greatly appreciate it.  The school does not have air conditioning.  Just bring it to the office if you have one to donate. Thank you in advance.

We have many field trips coming up so please make sure you have signed all the appropriate forms and please fill out the consents online if you have not done so already.  They have to be done every year and serveral parents have still not completed them.  See below for the link.  Thank you

Online Consents

Please fill out the Parent Consent Forms online as soon as possible.  This is a requirement for your child to attend school.  Here is the link below and a list of all consents that you must complete.https://consent.sd62.bc.ca/apps/OnlineConsent

Thank you for doing this.

• Aboriginal Education
• Daily Student Health Check Agreement
• General Consent for School Fieldtrips/Activities
• Google Apps for Education Consent
• Internet Access Consent
• Media Consent
• Online Learning Platforms Consent
• School Cash Online Consent (used for lunch program and fundraising etc.)

Coming Up:

MAY

Popcorn & Smencils (16,23,30)

22   Victoria Day – No School

24-27 Aboriginal Awareness Week

26 Pizza Day – PAC sponsored

27 Bottle Drive – RK staff parking lot

29 Pro D – Non-Instructional Day

30 Public Board Meeting – 7:00pm

31 NED Show – “Mindset Mission” – 1:15pm

JUNE

Popcorn & Smencils (6,13)

1 Spring Concert – “Songs of the Season” – two shows 1:00pm and 6:15pm

2 Fire Drill (Fri 1:30pm)

2 District Elementary Track & Field Day

5 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

9 Whitespot Lunch – PAC sponsored

9 Welcome to Kindergarten” – AM in the gym

13 PAC Meeting – 6:15pm (virtual)

14 RK/Spencer Indigenous Day Celebrations

16 Family Fun Night – PAC sponsored

21   National Indigenous Day

19 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

23 FUN Day at School – ice cream truck/sprinklers/dunk tank/bouncy castles

26 Grade 5 Year End Trip – Wild Play

27 Public Board Meeting – 7:00pm

28 Beach Day

29   Final Summary Reports go home

29 Last Day of school for students!

This Week:

Coming Up:

MAY

Popcorn & Smencils (16,23,30)

15 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

16/17 Soccer Jamboree

18 Earthquake Drill (Thurs – 11:00am)

22   Victoria Day – No School

24-27 Aboriginal Awareness Week

26 Pizza Day – PAC sponsored

27 Bottle Drive – RK staff parking lot

26 Family Fun Night – moved to June 16th

29 Pro D – Non-Instructional Day

30 Public Board Meeting – 7:00pm

31 NED Show – “Mindset Mission” – 1:15pm

JUNE

Popcorn & Smencils (6,13)

1 Spring Concert – “Songs of the Season” – two shows 1:00pm and 6:15pm

2 Fire Drill (Fri 1:30pm)

2 District Elementary Track & Field Day

5 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

9 Whitespot Lunch – PAC sponsored

9 Kindergarten Orientation – AM

13 PAC Meeting – 6:15pm (virtual)

16 Family Fun Night – PAC sponsored

21   National Indigenous Day

19 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

23 FUN Day – ice cream truck/sprinklers/dunk tank

26 Grade 5 Year End Trip – Wild Play

27 Public Board Meeting – 7:00pm

28 Beach Day

29   Final Summary Reports go home

29 Last Day of school for students!

Regular Reminders:

• If you are running late, please drop off your child at the front door and let the staff take them to class.
• If your child is going to be away from school, picking up early for appointments, or late picking up, it is important to email your child’s teacher and Ms. Jodi our secretary (jward@sd62.bc.ca) to let them know directly. Also, if you plan to pick up your child early, please email the same people to let them know.
• Please send spare clothes for your child in case of an accident or other situation where they need to change their clothes.
• Please send inside shoes with your child if you have not done so already.  This reduces the amount of cleaning our custodians have to do, therefore keeping our school cleaner.
• Please do not park in the staff parking lot or spaces on Matson Road when dropping off your children.  There are very limited spaces and if you are parked in the spaces, the Ruth King staff will have no spaces to park.
• Please remember to keep your children home if they are not feeling well.  We have had to send several students home who have come to school sick.  We are trying to keep everyone safe.  Please follow these guidelines as COVID is still happening.
• Please remind your child not to bring toys (including Pokemon cards) or other sports equipment from home to school unless it is requested by the classroom teacher.  Electronics should also stay at home as well.  Thank you for your continued help with this policy.

This Week:

Regular Reminders:

• If you are running late, please drop off your child at the front door and let the staff take them to class.  Thank you for this.
• If your child is going to be away from school, picking up early for appointments, or late picking up, it is important to email your child’s teacher and Ms. Jodi our secretary (jward@sd62.bc.ca) to let them know directly. Also, if you plan to pick up your child early, please email the same people to let them know.
• Please send spare clothes for your child in case of an accident or other situation where they need to change their clothes.
• Please send inside shoes with your child if you have not done so already.  This reduces the amount of cleaning our custodians have to do, therefore keeping our school cleaner.
• Please do not park in the staff parking lot or spaces on Matson Road when dropping off your children.  There are very limited spaces and if you are parked in the spaces, the Ruth King staff will have no spaces to park.
• Please remind your child not to bring toys or other sports equipment from home to school unless it is requested by the classroom teacher.  Electronics should also stay at home as well.  Thank you for your continued help with this policy.

Coming Up:

MAY

Popcorn & Smencils (2,9,16,23,30)

9 PAC Meeting – 6:15pm (virtual)

12 Whitespot Lunch – PAC sponsored

15 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

16/17 Soccer Jamboree

18 Earthquake Drill (Thurs – 11:00am)

22   Victoria Day – No School

24-27 Aboriginal Awareness Week

26 Pizza Day – PAC sponsored

27 Bottle Drive – RK staff parking lot

26 Family Fun Night – moved to June 16th

29 Pro D – Non-Instructional Day

30 Public Board Meeting – 7:00pm

31 NED Show – “Mindset Mission” – 1:15pm

JUNE

Popcorn & Smencils (6,13)

1 Spring Concert – “Songs of the Season” – two shows 1:00pm and 6:15pm

2 Fire Drill (Fri 1:30pm)

2 District Elementary Track & Field Day

5 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

9 Whitespot Lunch – PAC sponsored

9 Kindergarten Orientation – AM

13 PAC Meeting – 6:15pm (virtual)

16 Family Fun Night – PAC sponsored

21   National Indigenous Day

19 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

23 FUN Day – ice cream truck/sprinklers/dunk tank

26 Grade 5 Year End Trip – Wild Play

27 Public Board Meeting – 7:00pm

28 Beach Day

29   Final Summary Reports go home

29 Last Day of school for students!

This Week:

Regular Reminders:

• If you are running late, please drop off your child at the front door and let the staff take them to class.
• If your child is going to be away from school, picking up early for appointments, or late picking up, it is important to email your child’s teacher and Ms. Jodi our secretary (jward@sd62.bc.ca) to let them know directly.
• Please send spare clothes for your child in case of an accident or other situation where they need to change their clothes.
• Please send inside shoes with your child if you have not done so already.  This reduces the amount of cleaning our custodians have to do, therefore keeping our school cleaner.
• Please do not park in the staff parking lot or spaces on Matson Road when dropping off your children.  There are very limited spaces and if you are parked in the spaces, the Ruth King staff will have no spaces to park.
• Please remind your child not to bring toys (including Pokemon cards) or other sports equipment from home to school unless it is requested by the classroom teacher.  Electronics should also stay at home as well.  Thank you for your continued help with this policy.

Coming Up:

MAY

Popcorn & Smencils (2,9,16,23,30)

1 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

2 Whole School Photo Day

2 Girls Soccer game @ Ruth King – game starts at 3pm

3 Cross Country Run – Juan de Fuca

9 Girls Soccer game @ Lakewood – game starts at 3pm

9 PAC Meeting – 6:15pm (virtual)

10 Boys Soccer game @ Sangster – game starts at 3pm

12 Whitespot Lunch – PAC sponsored

15 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

16/17 Soccer Jamboree

16 Girls Soccer Jamboree @ John Stubbs – game is from 3-5:30pm

17 Boys Soccer Jamboree @ John Stubbs – game is from 3-5:30pm

18 Earthquake Drill (Thurs – 11:00am)

22   Victoria Day – No School

24-27 Aboriginal Awareness Week

26 Pizza Day – PAC sponsored

27 Bottle Drive – RK staff parking lot

26 Family Fun Night – moved to June 16th

29 Pro D – Non-Instructional Day

30 Public Board Meeting – 7:00pm

31 NED Show – “Mindset Mission” – 1:15pm

UNE

Popcorn & Smencils (6,13)

1 Spring Concert – “Songs of the Season” – two shows 1:00pm and 6:15pm

2 Fire Drill (Fri 1:30pm)

2 District Elementary Track & Field Day

5 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

9 Whitespot Lunch – PAC sponsored

9 Kindergarten Orientation – AM

13 PAC Meeting – 6:15pm (virtual)

16 Family Fun Night – PAC sponsored

21   National Indigenous Day

19 Morning Meeting 9:00am (gym)

23 FUN Day – ice cream truck/sprinklers/dunk tank

26 Grade 5 Year End Trip – Wild Play

27 Public Board Meeting – 7:00pm

28 Beach Day

29   Final Summary Reports go home

29 Last Day of school for students!