Rideau Public School
Weekly Memo March 2-6
Bonjour Rideau Families,
I hope you’ve all had a great weekend and have had the chance to enjoy this spring-like weather!
We have Graduation Photos for Grade 6 students taking place on Monday, March 9th.
This week we welcome Monsier Ryan who will be our Vice Principal & Student Support Teacher moving forward as Mme Gazdik returns to her Grade 6 classroom and Mme Kennedy continues as Acting Principal. Monsieur Ryan will be here for at least the next few weeks and we know he will find a warm walcome here at Rideau from staff and students.
Our lost and found is piling up again. Next time you're at Rideau, please stop by our lost and found to see if anything belongs to your child. Additionally, please encourage your child(ren) to visit the lost and found. If items are labeled, they are returned to students, so please make sure to label everything you send to school so that we can help it find its way home!
Important dates:
March 2 - Purim
March 3 – Parent Council at 3:45pm
March 4 - Valiquette Swim to Survive; Holi
March 5 - Chess Tournament
Upcoming:
March 9 - Graduation Photos for Grade 6
March 11 - Valiquette Swim 2 Survive
March 12 - Grades 4-6 Skating
March 13 - Pajama Day
March 16-20 - MARCH BREAK; 16th St Patrick’s Day; 20th Eid-ul-Fitr; 21st Naw-Ruz
March 25 - Morawiec Swim to Survive
March 27 - Bruce & Salter to Kingston Symphony performance
That’s all for this week!
Christine Kennedy
Acting Principal
Parent Council Corner
Our next meeting is March 3 at 3:45 pm. Babysitting is available.
This is our year-end School Council Official Report 24 25 from 2024-2025.
Here are the minutes for Parent Council Meeting January 2026.
The next meetings this year will be:
March 3, at 3:45
April 7, at 3:45
May 5, at 3:45
June 2, at 3:45
To reach out to parent council, email Rebecca at welfarerebecca@yahoo.ca.
Puzzles: One of our educators reached out to ask if our parent community happens to have any puzzles they might be willing to donate.
The educator is looking for 30, 60, or 100 piece puzzles. You can drop them off to the office or send them with your child to school. You can add a note saying “attn: Mme. Kim”.
Garden Club: Also, don’t forget about any seeds, hourglass shaped 2L bottles, or soil you might have for our garden club.
Our Parent Council is recruiting volunteers for Bingo!
- Rideau Public School is now a registered charity for bingo fundraising at Community Spirit Gaming Centre at 900 Montreal Street.
- Volunteer shifts are two hours long and are various times including during the day, evening, and weekends.
- Duties are very light: mostly greeting people, walking around the bingo hall, and getting a runner's attention if someone gets a bingo.
- Shifts are very lucrative: each two-hour shift earns about $600 for our library renovations, kindergarten yard shade, and many other initiatives for students.
- There are currently only two shifts a month so the time commitment is low. However, volunteers must be reliable and punctual.
If you are up for joining their crew of bingo volunteers, please fill out this form and someone will be in touch with you!
Parent Council is fundraising through Dominos Pizza on March 22nd!
Start saving your donations and get ready to shop at our spring clothing sale/swap! A great way to keep items circulating locally in our community :) Details coming soon!
- Donate: Pre-loved kids clothes 0-14 years, books, and tiny toys (smaller than your fist) for our Tiny Toy Swap!
- Shop: All sales are pay what you can, all $ goes to the school
- Open to the community, help spread the word!
A preview of what to expect:
https://www.instagram.com/popcycle_kingston/
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1D99fxRms8/
Information & Events
Choices at 7
The information session for students choosing Extended/Late Immersion for Grade 7 was rescheduled and will be taking place this Wednesday, March 4 (from 6pm-7pm). Rideau parents are welcome to attend but the information is geared toward students from English programs choosing French Immersion for Grade 7.
Grade 6 students at Rideau will have a chance to visit Vanier later in the Spring during the school day with their teachers.
Community Event
You're Invited: Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: A Community Evening with Author Monique Gray Smith on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at Queen's University. Find more information HERE.
Kinderharten Registration
Kindergarten Registration Open! If you have a child ready to start kindergarten next year, find more information about registration HERE.
Parking at School
Hot Lunch Orders
2025-2026 LDSB School Year Calendar
A PDF version of the 2025-2026 School Year Calendar is available online.
Nut-Free School
Thank you for packing nut-free snacks! Please communicate with teachers before sending any treats in for your student's class.
