Weekly Memo - January 26-29

Rideau Public School

Weekly Memo January 26-29

Bonjour Rideau Families,

I hope you are somewhere warm and cozy today. Looks like quite the weather we have in store for this afternoon and tonight - stay safe! 

Your feedback is welcomed for next year’s School Year Calendar. Please take a few minutes to review the options and fill out the survey which will be open until February 9th. 

School Year Calendar Info and Survey

The Environment Club is looking for donations of materials for a winter seed sowing project. This spring, we will (hopefully!) plant out some seedlings to revitalize the school’s front garden. If you have any of these items on hand, please consider sending them in by Feb 9:

-          Clear 2L plastic drink bottles in the “hourglass” style, empty & clean, such as this:  

-          Potting soil or seed starting mix labelled for outdoor use (maybe you have a partial bag gathering dust?)

-          Flower seeds! Native/perennial/pollinator-friendly/sun-loving types preferred, such as (but not limited to!): echinacea (cone flower), rudbeckia (black eyed susan), aster, lupin, false sunflower (heliopsis, oxeye sunflower), coreopsis (tickseed), wild columbine, bergamot, milkweed

Frontenacs Game

We have had great turnouts and have enjoyed seeing our Rideau Rhinos out with families cheering on our local hockey team! We now have another Ticketmaster link to share for the Fronts Fight Cancer game February 21st. We will be raffling off 7 pairs of tickets to the game that students can win by bringing items to donate to the Food Bank between January 19 to January 29. Each student is eligible for one raffle ticket, and a donation of any amount (5 items or 1 item) is good for one raffle ticket for the draw. Winners will be announced on Thursday the 29th so families who don’t win still have plenty of time to purchase tickets!

Purchase your tickets here: Kingston Frontenacs Game - Rideau

Karate

Tallack Martial Arts will be running their Karate Program again this year! Watch for more information coming home this week if your child is in Grades 1-6. 

Does your child need any vaccinations? 

Our local Public Health office, on Portsmouth Ave., has opened up appointments on January 30th so that families can bring children on the PA Day and stay up to date with their routine vaccines.

Important dates:

January 26 – Grade 3 going skating

January 29 – Karate starts for Grades 1-6; Rideau Colours Spirit Day

January 30 – PA Day

February 3 – Morawiec and Salter are going to Gould Lake; Parent Council Meeting 3:45

February 13 – Report cards go home; Red/White/Pink Day; Glow Dance

February 16 - Family Day

February 23 - Grade 3 Skating

That’s all for this week!

Christine Kennedy

Acting Principal

Parent Council Corner

Our next meeting is February 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 November 4, 2025.

The next meetings this year will be:

February 3, at 3:45

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.

Information and Events

Gould Lake Camps

Choices at 7

Dear Parents/Guardians of Grade 6 and Grade 7 Students,

The Limestone District School Board's Choices at 7 programs offer opportunities for students entering Grade 7 to participate in a variety of unique learning environments.

Depending on the availability of places in the programs, students currently in Grade 7 may also apply to join a program for their Grade 8 year. The Choices at 7 programs that are offered include: 

• ATLAS (Applying Technology for Learning, Aptitude, and Success) 
• Challenge (Gifted and Academic Enrichment Program) 
• LEAP (Limestone Education through the Arts Program) 
• Extended French Immersion Program (for students entering Grade 7 only)

If you are interested in finding out more about these programs, you are invited to attend the information nights that are being held at each site (dates and times are listed below). For detailed information about any of the Choices at 7 programs, please visit the Choices at 7 webpage.

• Module Vanier - Extended French Immersion Program Information Night
• • Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at 6:00 p.m.
• Module L’Acadie - Extended French Immersion Program Information Night
• • Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at 6:00 p.m.

If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to e-mail us at the address that appears below.

Kind regards,

Wilma Pettingill and Elizabeth Suriyuth

LDSB Choices at 7 Registrars

choicesatseven@limestone.on.ca

Hot Lunch Orders

2025-2026 LDSB School Year Calendar

A PDF version of the 2025-2026 School Year Calendar is available online.

Daily Schedule

Allergen Awareness - Nut-Free School

Thank you for packing nut-free snacks! Please communicate with teachers before sending any treats in for your student's class.