We are grateful for our grade six Junior Leaders for leading our Remembrance Day assembly. These students set up, emceed, ran the technology, placed a wreath, decorated the gym with student art and cleaned up afterwards. Four of our grade two students shared what peace means to them and two grade five students led us in a school-wide song with Mr. Hall. Thank you all for your assistance to mark this commemorative event. We are very proud of our Riverbend students! 

Please note that November 10-12 is the Fall Break and Remembrance Day holiday. Classes will resume Thursday, November 13. 

The Week Ahead: 

Updates and Information: 

Photo Day 

School photos will be taken on Wednesday, November 19^th.  

Retakes will be on Tuesday, December 9^th. 

Jacket Racket 

We are collecting gently used winter gear in any child or adult size, including jackets, snowpants, mittens/gloves, toques and scarves. These will be donated through the Jacket Racket organization to Calgarians in need. Our Junior Leaders will be working on this initiative to give back to our community. The new deadline for donations is Friday, November 14^th. 

If there is a parent who could volunteer to drop off our donations on Monday, November 17^th between 10 am – noon, please contact Mrs. Poole (dmpoole@cbe.ab.ca). The location is near the Flying Squirrel SE location, off 52^nd Street SE. 

Lunchroom Supervision – Annual Registration Required 

Lunch Supervision is a user pay service and is offered to all students in Grades 1- 6 for an annual fee.  

If your child is staying at school during the daily lunch break, they must be registered for Lunch Supervision. You can register and pay your fees using your MyCBE/PowerSchool account. 

You can also find information and user support on how to register on the MYCBE Technical Support page 

https://support.cbe.ab.ca/mycbe-student-fees-registration 

From School Council: 

Casino – Volunteers Required! 

The Riverbend Elementary school has our next Casino Fundraiser, December 5th & 6th, at the Deerfoot Inn & Casino (1000-1500 35 St SE)    

Please see link below to sign up for a shift.  Descriptions of each position are noted below for your reference.  No prior experience is required; there is a paid AGLC employee on site to train and assist volunteers throughout the entire shift.    

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C4DABA929A1FC1-58955983-2025  

Volunteer Position Descriptions:  

GENERAL MANAGER   

·          Requires walking or standing 10-25% of the time.   

·          Supervises volunteers, their attendance, and their conduct at the Casino Event.   

·          Must always remain within the casino facility during the Casino Event.   

BANKER  

·              Primarily sitting 90% of the time in Cash Cage.      

·              Maintains cash cage float of chips and cash 

Controls safe. Must use a computer or handheld computer in the performance of their duties.   

CASHIER   

·              Primarily sitting or standing (personal preference) 90% of the time in Cash Cage.   

·              Trades patrons’ chips for cash. Ability to count chips accurately in increments of 5 and 25, as well as count back cash is a huge asset. Will be handling large amounts of chips and cash.   

·              Minimal use of handheld computer in the performance of their duties.   

COUNT ROOM SUPERVISOR   

·              Primarily sitting 80% of the time while in Count Room.      

·              Utilizes a computer to record counting activities.   

·              Supervise count room volunteers.   

COUNT ROOM   

·          Primarily sitting 90% of the time while in Count Room.  (1 or 2 positions will be standing 100%)   

·          Sorts, counts, verifies and amalgamates cash.   

·          One person will use a computer   

Our biggest fundraiser of the year needs lots of volunteers to be successful and we need the support of our Riverbend community and our school families.  We greatly appreciate your time!!! 

 
School Council Meeting (Wednesday, Nov 19, 6:30pm) - Please save the date for our next scheduled meeting. It will be the last one of 2025, as we do not meet in December.