Admin Message
I hope this message finds you well as we embrace another exciting month at New Sarepta Elementary School. It’s been a great month filled with achievements, growth, and collaborative efforts that truly reflect the spirit of our exceptional school community.
This month our students joined the High School to honour those who have served in the military and sacrificed for their country for Remembrance Day. Thank you to Mr. Richardson at NSCHS for organizing this very meaningful and thoughtful event.
We celebrated kindness week in November, which is a fantastic way to promote positivity, resilience and encourage acts of kindness within a community.
As we look ahead, there are some exciting events on the horizon. Our Grade 5-6 basketball teams have begun their season, their next game is Dec 5th, with the year-end tournament happening in January.
It is a great privilege to celebrate the holidays with so many excited young people. To see the Holidays through the eyes of a child is truly magical. I am extremely proud of our students and very excited for our Christmas Concert this year on December 20th.
I wish you all the best this winter (spring-ish) season.
Mr. Froland
December – Important Dates
December 4 – PD Day – No School for Students
December 1-15 – NSES Christmas Elves
December 5 – Gr 5/6 Girls & Div 2 Boys Basketball Games-East Elementary (Leduc)
December 13 – Christmas Concert Decorating – 1:00pm
December 18 – Christmas Sweater Theme Day
December 19 – Plaid Flannel Theme Day
December 20 – Christmas Concert & Christmas Concert Attire Theme Day
December 21 – Sabre Day (wear Green) & Toque Theme Day
December 21 – Skating-Gr 6-11:00-12:00/Gr 1/2H & 2MK-12:30-1:30/Gr 3-1:30-2:30
December 22 – Pajama Theme Day
December 22 – Skating-Gr 1N-11:00-12:00/Gr 4-12:30-1:30/Gr 5-1:30-2:30
December 25-29 – Christmas Break – No School
January 1-5 – Christmas Break – No School
NSES Lost & Found
Lost & found items will now be located on tables outside the office. Please remind your children to check it regularly and if you are in the school, remember to have a look. There will no longer be items posted on the website. Periodically, items not claimed will be donated.
The current items will be donated after Parent-Teacher Interviews, so make sure you have a look!
Scholastic Book Fair
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to all the parents, guardians, and students that have shopped at the book fair so far! It is a huge success, and I am overwhelmed by the generosity of our wonderful school community! Your generosity will provide many additional books for the library in the months to come. ~ Mrs. Noble
Kindergarten would like to ask if anyone has colourful buttons at home to donate we would be very grateful!! We will be using buttons for sorting and to add to our art activities for the month!
Tis the Season of Giving: This year in Kindergarten we are once again permitted the gift of giving. Our classes will create a wreath of warmth to build a beautiful bulletin board. We will collect new or slightly used hats, mitts, scarves to donate to charities in and around the New Sarepta area. This shows the children how wonderful it feels to give to others who are less fortunate but also it creates a community spirit of giving in the classroom. We will be discussing the importance of care for others and new items will be given to FCSS to support Christmas Elves.
Christmas Elves Food Drive
Send non-perishable food donations for our local Christmas Elves program which helps support our New Sarepta community families in need. We have a table set up outside the office to showcase our community’s generosity. The deadline is December 15. Thank you to Lucille Erickson at FCSS for coordinating this fantastic initiative.
The New Sarepta Christmas Elves appreciates your non-perishable food donations (please no expired food or home preserves). Please know that all canned and dry food items are accepted and appreciated. Thank you for your donations!
What food items are most needed? *Pasta *Pasta Sauce *Peanut Butter *Canned Soup *Habitant Soup *Campbell’s Chunky Soup *Canned Ham
Li’l Buckaroo Design – Spirit Wear
We are very fortunate to have an amazing local business to provide NSES Sabre Spirit Wear to our school community. If you missed out on the earlier order or just want to add to your collection, check out the website and see all the awesome designs – https://lilbuckaroodesign.ca/content/new-sarepta-elementary/.
Character Ed
What an exciting December we have planned for CEC. We will be saying farewell to Miss Jenna who will be going on maternity leave. From the staff and students at NSE we wish Miss Jenna a wonderful time with her family as they await the arrival of their new baby. Students for Sabre Day on November 23rd spoke about kindness and taking care of others. Our Sabre Day theme was Twin Day. It is a great example of finding your support and the people around you. During December the students read the book Spot a little Kindness and created posters for Christmas Elves. In December students are learning about Empathy and Confidence. We will be doing fun Christmas activities on December 21st to wrap up our 2023 year and heading into the holiday season. We wish you and your family a happy and healthy break. Mrs. Hiller and Miss Jenna
Hour Zero Program
Black Gold School Division uses the Hour Zero School Emergency Program to prepare for and respond to emergencies. A detailed summary of the program can be located in the BGDS Emergency Program Brochure.
Please contact the office if you have any questions about our emergency response drills.
Christmas Concert News
Wednesday December 20th – 1:00pm and 7:00pm
NSES is thrilled to present a Holiday Classic – Charlie Brown Christmas on Wednesday, December 20th. The grade 6 students have worked tirelessly to polish their performance for you this year. As always there will be an afternoon and evening performance. Each family is guaranteed 2 tickets per family for the evening showing. Ticket RSVP will be online November 30 at 4:00pm on PowerSchool. On the same form, you can request up to 5 more tickets on a first come first serve basis (there is no guarantee that we can accommodate all requests). NSES students DO NOT require a ticket.
Parents, if you are interested please help us decorate the stage on December 13th at 1:00pm. The Silver Collection Cash Donation Music Fund is available for donations all year round through the PowerSchool portal and at the concert for your convenience. Let’s celebrate this joyous season like Sabres!
As always there will be an afternoon and evening performance. Special thanks to Crystal Murch for volunteering her time and talents to help make amazing props and stage sets!
Recorders
Grade 5 & 6 students please bring your recorder back to school. If you need to purchase a recorder please buy one from Mrs. Kruk through PowerSchool. The recorders will be purchased at a school discount.
NSES Milk Program
Milk cards are available for purchase on your child’s PowerSchool account. You are also welcome to send cash or cheques to the school office. Milk costs $1 per milk. Milk cards are available in $10 and $20.
LRC Free Family Passes
NSES has two Family Passes to the Leduc Recreation Centre (LRC) for our families to borrow. These passes can be reserved by emailing the office at [email protected] and MUST be reserved by a parent or guardian. Passes can be sent home with your child. Passes can be borrowed for 1-week and will be loaned from Friday to Thursday. Pickup/sending home the passes on Friday and need to be returned by Thursday. A lost/late pass may result in up to a $20 charge for replacement.
Volunteer Forms
Anyone wishing to volunteer at NSES must complete a Volunteer form. The form can be accessed in PowerSchool under Student Forms/Fees. Should you require a paper copy, speak to your child’s teacher or the office.
Attendance Notifications
For all attendance related messages, please email [email protected], or call the office at 780-941-3927. Please relay specific details as to why the student is absent, for example, weather, no bus, symptoms of sickness, etc.
PowerSchool
Black Gold PowerSchool functions best using a browser to access.
For any PowerSchool issues, please contact the school office for assistance. The RESET PASSWORD function will NOT work from the program but the secretaries would be happy to help you out. Call 780-941-3927 or email [email protected].