School Update 

To the students and families of MRS, 

We want to begin our weekly update with a big thank you to our School Council and Parent Association for their continued support. Our meeting last night demonstrated a continued commitment to improve student learning through residencies, and other wish list item requests, that were approved for spending. 

We also want to share an update for our facility as some of you may have noticed that a disposal bin has been placed back on our tarmac. This also might have you wondering what is happening as we know last year resulted in bins on our tarmac for an entire year. This project should not be the case! We are having the bars removed on our windows and this should be completed over the weekend. It is our understanding that the bin will be removed from our site sometime next week. 

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend. 

MRS Staff 

Upcoming Important Dates 

Oct 27	Healthy Hunger – Kernels (AM Kindergarten & Gr 1-4)
Oct 31	Halloween
Nov 2	Healthy Hunger – Little Caesars
Nov 8	Remembrance Day Assembly
Nov 9	Non-Instruction Day (No School for Students)
Nov 10-14	Fall Break (No School for Students)
Nov 11-12	Fundraising Event (Deerfoot Inn & Casino)  Still need more volunteers  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805044AA4A92DAAFC1-maple1#/
Nov 15	Classes resume
Nov 17	Healthy Hunger – Modern Jelly

Parent Association Update – Casino Fundraiser 

12 More Volunteers Needed - Saturday, Nov. 11 and Sunday, Nov. 12 at the Deerfoot Inn & Casino 

Please do not wait to sign up as a volunteer!  

Our casino fundraiser pays for the next two years of curriculum enriching residencies, technology for the students, musical instruments, gym equipment, books and much more! If we do not have enough volunteers, we will not have a successful fundraiser and our students will miss out on over $65,000 in funding. 

There are still lots of shifts available that you can sign up together with one or more friends to make it a fun evening. Volunteers can be anyone over the age of 18. Training is provided and don't forget a free restaurant meal is included! 

Sign-up Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805044AA4A92DAAFC1-maple1#/ 

Casino Shifts Available:  

Saturday, Nov. 11 @ 6:45pm – 3:45am  

• 1 Banker 
• 2 Cashiers 
• 1 Backup Volunteer   

Saturday, Nov. 11 @ 11:00pm – 3:45am 

• 1 Backup Volunteer   

Sunday, Nov. 12 @ 10:00am – 7:00pm  

• 1 Backup Volunteer   

Sunday, Nov. 12 @ 6:45pm – 3:45am  

• 1 Banker 
• 1 Cashiers 
• 1 Backup Volunteer 

Sunday, Nov. 12 @ 11:00pm – 3:45am  

• 2 Countroom Staff 
• 1 Backup Volunteer 

Thank you to the volunteers who have already signed up! We truly appreciate the gift of your time. Please watch your inboxes, our Casino Coordinator, Cara. P. will contact all volunteers by email before October 28 with a Volunteer Form that must be filled out and returned prior to our casino date. If you have any questions please contact our Casino Coordinator, Cara P., at mapleridgecouncil@gmail.com.   

Upcoming Important Dates:

Saturday, Nov. 11 and Sunday, Nov. 12 - Casino Fundraising Event   

Thursday, Nov. 30 - virtual monthly meeting - includes a presentation from our Grade 1 teachers  

iLab Donations  

We are asking our families to continue with helping restock our iLab materials! iLab projects promote critical thinking skills and encourage students to use design thinking to solve real-world problems.    

If you are willing to donate any of the following items, please drop them off at the front door (in the wagon) or send them with your child. We will be accepting donations until further notice.  

If you have any questions or think you have something not listed that might be useful to our iLab, please email Mrs. Hildebrand at dthildebrand@cbe.ab.ca.   

Small/Med Boxes ex) KD	Shoe Boxes	Cereal Boxes
Cardboard Tubes (No TP)	Plastic Lids/Caps	Q-Tips
Toothpicks	Wine Corks	Magnets
Pipe Cleaners	Shells	Sticks
Clean Plastic Containers	Cardboard	Wood Scraps
Straws	Buttons	Beads
Yarn	Cotton balls	Pom Poms
Popsicle Sticks	Wire	Feathers

Thank you in advance for helping us collect these items and support innovation at Maple Ridge! 

Halloween  With Halloween falling on a Tuesday this year, we will be having a Costume Day on Halloween this year. As students will still be engaged in regular classroom activities, we encourage costumes that allow students to safely participate in the learning. We also ask our students to please refrain from any costumes with costume masks or props (ie) knives, bats, guns etc. Additionally, please leave gory, or violent costumes, at home, as this will allow all students to feel safe in our school environment.