École Rudolph Hennig

The Minister is asking parents to work with him in his 10 point education plan. You can join in a conversation February 8, 2012. You will have to opportunity to hear others and to give your thoughts about what you think is important for your child's education. This will be a Teleconference. Details on how to join in are in the online newsletter under Parents - Have Your Say

February Bulldog Bulletin is ready:  February RHG Bulletin

CHANGES  TO  POWERSCHOOL ACCESS--No access Feb 9-13

A new version of PowerSchool is being installed for use which affects parent and student access.  Please watch for a letter that will be sent home to you so you can get access to your child's information online after February 13th. There will be no access to the site from February 9-13 as IT staff make the changes.

All parent portal User ID and passwords will be erased as part of the new installation, but parents will have the opportunity to sign on and make their own password. They will have the ability to see all their children's information if attending the same school.

Pizza Fundraiser

Your Pizza Kits will arrive February 15th between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm. If you have time to help distribute them. please contact Jodi Mumford at 780-936-7519.

Next PARENT  COUNCIL  MEETING  is set for Wednesday, February 15, 2012.

Bulldog Bulletin is ready:  RHG Bulldog Bulletin Dec 2011

CANADIAN  PARENTS  FOR  FRENCH

You can join our Chapter and support the students.  Please consider purchasing your membership online to get the full benefits for you and your child. See their website for details:  http://www.cpfalta.ab.ca

PARENT  VOLUNTEERS  for YOUNG AUTHORS' Conference

Do you have time to volunteer on this very special day, February 25, 2012? The organizers really could use your help first thing to help students get their booklets, to guide students to the session rooms, sort and sell some really great books and materials, or help out during the lunch time. It's in Sherwood Park, F.R. Haythorne Junior High.  Go to the website to volunteer by simply clicking online. 

Select students from grade 4-9 will be attending the Young Authors' Conference at F.R. Haythorne Junior High on Saturday, February 25. There are a host of authors, illustrators, and graphic artists to learn some tricks of the trade. See the website for more details http://www.elkislandyac.ca/index.html

February 24th is Carnaval for French Immersion students in the afternoon.  If you have time to volunteer, please be in touch with the school.

The CPF sponsored Family Dance will take place the same day as Carnaval, February 24th, in the evening, from 6 to 9 pm. The cost is $5.00 per family. Children must be accompanied by their parents. Hotdogs will be available for supper along with a regular canteen.

 Alberta Education Annual Accountability Survey  Information for parents:

As an annual check-up on the education system, the Accountability Pillar provides an opportunity for Alberta Education and school authorities to ensure that we're equipping students for success.

The Accountability Pillar uses a set of 16 indicators consisting of surveys of students, parents and teachers on various aspects of quality; student outcomes such as dropout and high school completion rates; and provincial assessments of student learning.

From January to the end of February, Alberta Education will be conducting the annual Accountability Pillar Survey.  In January, parents of students in grades 4, 7 and 10 will receive a survey from Alberta Education.  In February, students in grades 4, 7 and 10 and all teachers will be completing their surveys online at school. 

All surveys are anonymous and ask questions about experiences with the school.  In addition to English and French, the parent survey is available in Chinese, Punjabi, Arabic, Blackfoot, Cree, Korean, Spanish and Tagalog. 

Your participation in the survey helps provide important information on the quality of education your child is receiving, so we encourage you to return your survey promptly.

Survey results will be available to school authorities in May 2012, and will be reported publicly as part of their 3-Year Education Plans and Annual Education Results Reports.

A great place to read about the advantages you will have in a French Immersion programme

Will your child be 5 years old on or before March 1st, 2013?  Any child can register, French is not a pre-requisite for this programme and parents are not expected to know or work in French with their child.

You can download a registration form here: Student Registration Form

ERHS is the designated school for French Immersion here in Fort Saskatchewan. If you are from outside Fort Saskatchewan or Elk Island Public Schools boundaries, please call for more information.

A yellow bus is available for noon hour transportation to designated pick up or drop off locations and you can enquire to Transportation at 780-417-8151 with questions about your circumstances.

If you are interested in enrolling your child in our French Immersion Kindergarten but want to know more, speak with parents who have children in the programme.  Please visit the Canadian Parents for French website   http://www.cpfalta.ab.ca  for more information on the benefits. We are fortunate to have a CPF Chapter in Ft. Saskatchewan.  See our website page at http://www.rudolphhennig.ca/index.php?page=1747  

 Give your child a beautiful gift....an opportunity to learn another language!

There were a lot of people there having a great time! 

Thanks to Mrs. Stewart for making the effort yet again to provide for a very inexpensive evening of fun and frolick. Some of us would never be able to enjoy WEM Waterpark if it wasn't for this evening.

Kapow Pops will be available for elementary students on Wednesday, February 1st. It is early out day.  For only $1.00, your child can enjoy a treat. There may be some special flavours for Valentines' Day. 

The next School Advisory Council meeting will be on Wednesday, January 18th.  All parents are invited and encouraged to attend. 

Library @ 6:30 pm

Heartland Ford General Manager, Alice Kshyk, stopped by to give ERHS a cheque in recognition of our help.  We did use the generous donation to support our French Immersion concert costs. Partnerships with our community businesses help everyone become more aware of what we have to offer. Thank you Alice for doing this.

Re/Max Real Estate in Fort Saskatchewan has graciously provided us with $500 to put toward the cost of the Will Stroet Concert held just before the November Break. The staff there had their annual Pumpkin Giveaway where people choose to have some hot dogs and fun and donate to their favourite cause at the same time. We sincerely thank them for recognizing ERHS this time.  Thank you Jim Westergard and Irene Zucht for selecting our school to benefit from this project this year.

 Powerschool Parent Portal now open!

Parents of Ecole Rudolph Hennig School Jr High students are now able to access the "parent portal" from home. In order to log in, parents need a login id and password. Due to the sensitive nature of the information accessed via the id's/passwords, we are only able to give the log-in information directly to parents. We mailed these out to junior high parents October 6th. If you have not received yours by October 17th, please stop by or call the office. Log in to Powerschool: https://powerschool.eips.ca

To link to a handy PDF file with additional information for logging onto Powerschool: Powerschool Information for Parents

Additional Powerschool information:

• The PowerSchool team has prepared a video to help you sign on as a parent to view information about your child's achievement and attendance.  We have the following links for you to use  
• The video is an instructional video informing/assisting parents with logging into the Parent Portal of PowerSchool. It is presented in two formats, Quicktime and Windows Media Player.
• We have also posted these links on the division site, under the SCHOOLS section.

It is located at http://www.eips.ca/content.php?page=309

To reiterate, you can link directly to our division site at the above address, or link directly to the videos using the urls below.

 The links are as follows:

 http://www.eipscommserv.ca/PowerSchool/ParentLoginWeb.wmv

 http://www.eipscommserv.ca/PowerSchool/ParentLoginWeb.mov

There are 2 versions. The .wmv version is the Windows Media File format, and the .mov is the Quicktime version.

Each year, the Alberta Teachers' Association helps us recognize a local volunteer who supports public education.

Congratulations to Mrs. Lorie Elliot on receiving the Public Education Volunteer of the Year Award!  We presented this award to her at our Junior High Awards ceremony on June 29th.  Mrs. Elliot has been coming to the school faithfully rain or shine to go outside with our youngsters! She is the first to volunteer to do things around the school and is a leader in the work that gets done to support the education of students. Her ready smile and positive demeanour is always welcome.

Congratulations to this year's Science Expo Winners!

Grade 7

1^st place- Hunter - Les Tissues Résistants au Feu

2^nd place- Fletcher and Brandon - N'ayez pas peur petite fleur

3^rd place- Bella - He Sees, She Sees

                Kelly - L'effet de la lumière sur les plantes

Grade 8

1^st place- Grady - Un générateur dans la gouttière

2^nd place- Lynsey - L'absorption de l'aspirine

3^rd place- Jack - Don't Spill It

Grade 9

1^st place- Kes - Green Heat, Warm Feet

2^nd place- Dylan and Michael - L'énergie solaire

3^rd place- Thomas- Bacteria in bottled water

Thank you to all the local businesses who have helped sponsor this year's Science Expo, which is to be held on May 11th. The staff and students at École Rudolph Hennig School are appreciative of your ongoing support and encouragement of this event.

• Sharper Image
• Twice but Nice
• Keyera
• Walmart- Fort Saskatchewan
• Staples - Fort Saskatchewan
• Sunridge Ski Area
• McDonalds - Fort Saskatchewan
• MrsStewart-Librarian École Rudolph Hennig School
• Dow Centennial Center
• Royal Tyrell Museum
• Boston Pizza
• Fort-in-View Golf Course
• Little Wonders Daycare
• Rabbit Hill
• Denham's Crystal Chrysler
• City of Edmonton community services department
• Harbor Pool
• Dairy Queen- Fort Saskatchewan
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 27
• Fort Saskatchewan Public Library
• Telus World of Science Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
• Careers Under Construction
• Service Credit Union- Fort Saskatchewan

 Splash Night

The 6th Annual Splash Night held on Friday, April 15, was an evening of fun, fun, fun.  Thanks so much to all who attended and supported this awesome family activity fundraiser for our school library.  Many took advantage of the great price of $10 per ticket and as you can see good times and smiles were in abundance!