Happy Thanksgiving to all of our families! We hope you enjoy an extra long weekend! Reminder there is no school for students on Monday Oct 12th & Tuesday Oct 13th. We'll see you again on Wednesday Oct 14th!

Parent Council Meeting: Tonight at 6:00pm! We are holding this meeting virtually through Google Meet. If you are interested in joining please let us know before 4:00pm. Email [email protected] with your name and email address to be added to the list (you do not need a prrd8 address to join). You will receive an email at 5:45pm with a link to click on. You will then be 'admitted' to the meeting right before we start. Please consider attending! We are a super fun group 😉

Kindergarten Fun! Today in Kindergarten we took some time to draw some happy and positive pictures for everyone to see while they walk into school to bring a little happiness during these crazy times!! They did awesome and had so much fun 🙂 - Miss Rozdeba

A message from Parent Council: It's raffle time! We are holding our annual fundraiser again selling raffle tickets to provide special programming and items for our students. Due to our current situation with COVID-19, we unfortunately lost our casino in July. This has resulted in about $15,000 lost revenue for our council. Please continue to support our raffle as we very much enjoy providing for our students. Visit your school cash online account, choose the 'Prairie Rose School Division' tab instead of your child's just so you can uncheck the 'myself' box and don't forget your address and phone number! Tickets are $20 each 🤩 Contact Kristine de Blois (403-594-1845) if you have any questions or would like to sign out a book to sell! **item may take 24 hours to be visible**

**Updated as of Nov 2nd** Confused about whether or not your child needs to stay home? Or be tested? Please refer to our COVID Stay-at-Home Guide. It's easy to follow and gives you a breakdown of what to do in each circumstance.

What a great back to school day we had today! It has been wonderful getting to see all teachers and students reconnect in such an awesome way after such a long break. It was also great to feel the energy flow again at our fantastic school. After some uncertainty we have all felt over the last few months we are so happy to be back and excited for a great year here at Irvine School!

It’s Friday! We are three nights away from our first day back to school and we are SOOO EXCITED!! We can’t wait to welcome back our families, students and staff. It’s a thrilling time for us and we look forward to seeing everyone Monday! There have been a few emails already sent out by our school and the school division, please take the time to read through them so you and your child fully understand everything about our return to school. Later today, you will be receiving an email from your child’s home room teacher to inform you of which class you will be in and which doors to enter through. These doors will be your doors for all entries and exits throughout the day. This plan will minimize students crossing paths and congregating in areas outside of their class ‘cohort’. For the first day of school, we are welcoming parents in the building. Please feel free to bring your child and help them feel comfortable. However, you must wear a mask to enter the building. If you don’t have one, we will have disposable ones here for you to use. There is also hand sanitizer on the wall to your right at the front doors as you enter. As always, let your bus driver know if you plan to drop off or pickup your child at any time so they are aware. So get yourselves ready for a great return to Irvine School! Welcome your fellow classmates new and old! We will see you soon!

Hello stakeholders of our Irvine School family. We know many of you have questions about back to school this fall. Irvine School has been working hard to put together a plan that reflects the needs of our school community, while keeping student safety in mind. Our plan is now available for you to read over. We also encourage you to visit the Prairie Rose School Division website where you will find: Re-Entry Scenario 1 Handbook, Frequently Asked Questions Guide, Health Check Assessment Tool, In School and At-Home Learning Options and government guidance documents. Irvine School Re-Entry Plan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FJGhNonPlLdI5vodUOfP1WTAdmIvaUyH/view Link to Prairie Rose School Division Re-Entry Information:https://prrdweb.com/PRSD%20School%20Re-Entry%20Plan.php If you have any questions, please feel free to call the school or send an email. We can’t wait to see you on August 31st.

Guess what! You still have time to order your school supplies! School Start has waived the late fee until August 24th and they WILL be delivered on time for the start of school. Purchasing supplies through this company ensures the students all have the same items according to class needs and maintains consistency so we encourage you to utilize this service (and it saves you from the dreaded store hopping!). If you would still like to purchase on your own, please go to the School Start website at www.schoolstart.ca to print off your child's list. **Remember to choose Irvine School** See you all soon!

School Supplies! Yes we know, it’s not the most favorite time of the year for parents 😆 but did you know you can now order them online?! It’s as easy as ordering pizza 🍕! We have partnered up with an online program called School Start and we have specifically designed packages for each grade level. Visit www.schoolstart.ca, choose your province, town and school then you’ll see a drop down box to choose each grade. In the packages there are required items (these cannot be altered) and optional items (things you might already have that you could reuse). Add to cart, pay and you’re done ✅ Everything is delivered to us at the school and you don’t have a thing to worry about, except those pesky lunches 😉 Deadline for ordering to avoid a late fee is August 15th!

Principals Year End Message: As this one of a kind year comes to an end I wanted to once again thank everyone for their outstanding efforts this school year and especially over the last few months. This school “Covid Era” was challenging to say the least but thanks to the hard work from all the teachers, support staff, students and parents here at Irvine School we were able to come together as one big team to make it through very successfully. At this time I would like to thank Ms. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Huene and Mr. Komistek for the commitment they showed to our students here at Irvine School. We wish Ms. Fitz and Mrs. Huene the best in their well earned retirements. We will miss you! We also have some changes for next year that will include Ms. Rozdeba moving to Kindergarten and Mrs. Karasek moving to our grade ⅔ class. We would also like to welcome two new teachers to Irvine School. We are extremely excited to be adding Natasha Shabley and Colton Sutter to the Irvine School team. Mrs. Shabley comes to us from Parkside School and Mr. Sutter from Dr. Ken Sauer School. If there are any new students who have yet to register for Irvine School for the 2020-21 school year we have registration forms available on our website which can be found at irvineschool.ca. If you have any inquiries in regards to registration you can also email us at [email protected]. For bussing information you can call our transportation supervisor at 403-527-5516 ext 2303. If you haven’t done so yet and are unable to pick up your child's report card here at the school by Friday at noon they will be available at our Divisional Office starting Monday and can be picked up between the hours of 8 am - 4 pm Monday through Thursday. We have been busy over the last few weeks planning for our return at the end of August and do have succinct plans prepared for various scenarios. Once we have more direction from the Government on August 1st we will share what these plans look like that correspond with that direction. These plans include many processes such as “stay at home when sick” procedures, visitor access, bus transportation loading and unloading, parent drop off, etc. We know many of you will have questions about such details in regards to next year and we will do our best to get this information to everyone so there is as little confusion as possible. I would like to remind everyone to make sure their contact information is correct for us here at the school as these messages will be shared via School Messenger as well as on our Irvine School Facebook page. As we end this school year we would like to wish all of our grade 9’s the best of luck as they move on to High School as we here at Irvine School will miss having you with us. We hope everyone has a relaxing, fun and healthy summer break as I know you all have earned it. And even though all the staff here are also excited for a well earned summer break we are just as excited to having everyone return to classes in the fall in as normal a fashion as possible. As always if you have any questions please feel free to email me any time at [email protected]. Once again, thank you all for the continued support we have received from you and have a great break! To watch the end of year video message from PRSD Board Chair Stuart Angle and Superintendent Roger Clarke please click on the following link. https://youtu.be/Xg4Lfc3llOU

Congratulations to Irvine school’s year-end Reading counts draw winners. Snow cone machine winners: Beau Carrier & Kane Bishop!!! Chromebook winners: Emma Pimblet & Lucas Klatt A HUGE thanks to all students who participated in the library’s Reading Counts program! Have a great summer. Seasons Readings.

Congratulations to this month’s Reading Counts draw winners Nash Lehr and Emma Pimblett thanks for taking the time to do virtual reading counts quizzes! Congratulations to our GRIT reader award winners. Love seeing that never give up attitude! 1A- Erica MacKenzie 1/2B-Izzy MacKenzie 2A- Gauge MacKenzie 3A-Lina Jordet 4A-Hillary Hamill 4/5B-Parker Bellamy 5A- Dillan deBlois 5C- Abby Munsch 6A- Kennedy Anhorn 6B- Jenae Elms 7A/B- Reid Vossler 8A/B-Jorja Bell 9A-Avery Whenham 9B-Mia Oland

Principal's Message: As we come to a close entering the final week next week to what has been the most unique school year I think anyone has ever been a part of......I just wanted to take some time to sincerely thank our support staff and teachers for their amazing efforts and commitment to our students here at Irvine School. I am also very proud and grateful to all of our school families for the patience, help and support you all have shown us over these very challenging 13 or so past weeks. This Irvine School Community working together as a complete team is absolutely awesome to be a part of. Thanks to you ALL! Upcoming announcements and reminders: -As you may know our beloved Ms. Fitzgerald is retiring after many dedicated years here at Irvine School and so we are having a Drive By Parade for her on Monday, June 15th between the hours of 1:00 and 2:00 pm. Ms. Fitz will be out in front of the school on the sidewalk during this time, so if you and your students can make it to come say good-bye it would be most appreciated. -A reminder that we will be taking in all remaining Chromebooks, textbooks and library books on Wednesday, June 17th. Please drop them off at the either the school or the Dunmore Office building between 8:30 am and 3:00 pm on this day. If you would like to drop anything off before this time you can drop if off at the school between those same hours any day Monday through Friday. Medicine Hat students who have been getting deliveries from Mr. Rayner will get a message soon in regards to returns. -Our Grade 9 farewell pictures are taking place at the Irvine Museum on Thursday, June 18th between the hours of 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm. (please arrive at your pre-made appointment time only)