Dear Royal Oak School Parents/ Guardians,
I want to thank you all for a wonderful first 5 months at Royal Oak School. I feel truly blessed to be part of this incredible learning community. Your children light up my every day and the staff here work tirelessly to ensure all students are cared for, supported, and successful.
To you, our parents and families, thank you for your support, partnership, and volunteerism throughout the year. Special thanks to our School Council and Fundraising Society board members, for all their incredible work this year – we couldn’t do it without you.
As the year draws to a close, we would like to take this opportunity to wish our grade 4 students a fond farewell and success as they move on to academic and extra-curricular opportunities in middle school. We would also like to acknowledge the staff who will be leaving our school: Mrs. Power, Mrs. Mitschke, Mrs. Laser, Ms. Hatch, Ms. Spalding, and Ms. Ryou. We wish them the best of luck and thank them for the lasting impact they have had on the staff and students at Royal Oak School. We would also like to extend best wishes to all students and families who will be moving away and leaving our school community.
As we prepare for next school year, we are excited to welcome our incoming students and families. In addition to our returning staff, there will also be new faces on staff next year. Our hope for 2025-26 is that we can continue to make Royal Oak School an incredible place to lead and learn together!
As we bid farewell to this school year and eagerly anticipate the adventures that await us in the next, let's hold onto the memories we've made, the lessons we've learned, and the bonds we've forged. May your summer be filled with laughter, joy, and cherished moments with loved ones.
Families will be able to access student report cards for the 2024-25 school year online through MyCBE. These can only be viewed, downloaded, or printed until July 25, 2025. Parents and guardians can login to MyCBE (https://sis.cbe.ab.ca/public) to view student information, including report cards, comments from your child’s teacher, and attendance information. For best access to information, log in to the MyCBE portal instead of using the PowerSchool App.
As we look forward to the 2025-26 school year, we would like to share our staffing updates. (Please note that staffing changes can still occur throughout late August):
Kindergarten: Barb Hogan, Nicole Hutchings, Courtney Sticksl
Grade 1 Team: Laura Harrison, Maddi McNelly, Chris Mercer, Heather Sigurdson, Gabrielle Gilbert-Murray
Grade 2 Team: Sarah Argue, Kim Cook, Melissa Dixon, Laurie Yoon, Kristy Moore
Grade 3 Team: Shannon Daniels, Sabrina Libbey, Ramneet Kaur, Olha James, Jackie Bates
Grade 4 Team: Breanne Gamache, Lindsay Johnson, Jodie Cheveldeoff, Monica Devereux, Laureen Plaxin, Ashley Looysen
Support Staff: Judy Jackson, Leah Milne, Shazia Azam, Naila Fahim, Inas Jabur, Shaista Kamran, Seonok Lee, Aiesha Rizwan, Azra Tauseef, Rakshanda Shahzad
Lunch Supervisors: Esther Zegers, Shelly Brighton, Heather Gibbs, Hina Habib, Sidrah Khan, Karen Pringle, Zinet Ilbay
Reopening Information:
· Our school office will close on Friday, June 27 at 1:00pm.
· The office reopens on Monday, August 25th at 9:00am.
· Your child’s teacher will reach out to you by Friday, August 29 via School Messenger email. They will introduce themselves and let you know where your child will meet them on the first day of school.
· Our first day of school will be Tuesday, September 2. School starts at 8:46am and ends at 3:13pm.
· More updates will be posted to our school website at the end of August.
· A reminder that our Friday dismissal time will continue to be 12:39pm.
· If you have any general questions, please do not call the main office. Instead email the school’s general mailbox at RoyalOak@cbe.ab.ca. Please note that our email messages are not monitored during the summer months. We will respond to parent messages within the first few days of school at the end of August.
· Our back-to-school information can be found on our website: https://royaloak.cbe.ab.ca/back-to-school
Sincerely,
Michelle Ryskamp
Grateful Principal,
Royal Oak School