Good afternoon caregivers of Arnold H. McLeod School,

This is the weekly voicemail message for Friday June 7^th:

Mrs. Davidson, our school librarian, is asking for all students to check under their beds and their bookcases for any stray library books that need to make their way back to their rightful place.  Your attention and help with this are greatly appreciated.

We have a large number of field trips happening next week.  Please ensure that your child has returned their permission slip and payment for the trip prior to the trip.  As well, each child should bring sunscreen, a hat, water, and their lunch on the day of the field trip.  Please also note that there are no cafeteria orders for a day when your child is on a field trip.

As of right now, the last day of school, June 21^st, is still a full day.  Students will be dismissed as usual.  Report cards cannot be given out prior to dismissal.  If your child will be absent on that day or leaving early, please send in a self-addressed stamped envelope and your child’s report card will be mailed to you. Alternatively, you can simply look at the report card on the Parent Portal.

Please join us in celebrating Mrs. MacNeill’s retirement on Thursday June 20^th from 3:30 – 4:30 pm for a drop-in reception at AHM.  We look forward to celebrating her wonderful career.

Please note that the cafeteria will be closing on Friday June 14^th.  We would like to thank all of our volunteers and cafeteria staff for their wonderful work! There is no word yet on cafeteria services for the fall.

Should you wish your child to take a bus to a location that is not your home for the 2024-2025 school year or if you are in a shared custody situation with bussing to two locations, you will need to fill in an Alternate Conveyance form.  Please contact your child’s teacher for a form. The forms are filled in now to allow transportation to process the forms over the summer and avoid up to a three week wait in September for bussing to be arranged. The school cannot speed up this process in the Fall.

Regarding bussing in the fall, with the increased demands on bussing for next year it is possible that your child may not receive bussing if you live within 1.5 km of the school, even though your child takes the bus this year.  We want to give parents ample notice to make other arrangements to get their child to school.

A reminder as well that next year all K-5 students will have their day end at 2:45 pm.  Please ensure that your daycare is aware of this change.

Beginning next fall, AHM will be going paperless for the forms that are sent home during the first week of school.  All parents will be required to fill the forms in online.  This is done through School Cash Net. Please register via the district website under the “School Fees and Forms” before beginning of the year.  This initiative will allow us to save a considerable amount of paper and you to save time by completing the forms prior to the school year beginning.

That’s all for this week.  Thanks for reading.  Have a great weekend.