Rideau Public School
Weekly Memo February 2-6
Bonjour Rideau Families,
Bonjour Rideau Families,
I hope you are all enjoying your weekend so far. My fingers and toes are crossed for a full week without bus cancellations!
Black History Month Opening Ceremony
All students, staff, families, and community members are invited to join us for an evening of community, connection, and celebration with food, music, and dancing! Featuring: Kids Zone with "Ruthy's Reading Room," and a performance by Cassel Miles as Josiah Henson. More information can be found HERE
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 collected lots of food for the Food Bank, thanks to your donations over the past 2 weeks! Our ticket winners were announced on Thursday afternoon and they will be bringing their tickets home next week. Those families will be contacted directly on Monday.
Purchase your tickets here: Kingston Frontenacs Game - Rideau
School Year Calendar 2026-2027
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
Environment Club
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
Kindergarten Registration Information
Welcome to Kindergarten in Limestone. If your student was born in 2022, now is the time to register your new student to start school this September. Click on the image below for more information or to register a student.
Important dates:
February 3 – Morawiec and Salter are going to Gould Lake; Parent Council Meeting 3:45
February 5 – Grades 4-6 Skating
February 6 – Fluoride Rinse Varnish Kindergarten & Grade 1
February 9 – Grade 3 Skating
February 13 – Report cards go home; Red/White/Pink Day; Glow Dance
February 16 - Family Day
February 21 – Kingston Frontenacs Hockey Game
February 23 - Grade 3 Skating
February 23-27 – Ricks & Rings Program - all classes
March 3 – Parent Council at 3:45pm
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
Time | Activity/learning block |
|---|---|
8:50 a.m. | Supervision begins |
9:05 a.m. | Entry bell |
9:05 to 10:45 a.m. | First instructional block |
10:45 to 11:30 a.m. | Recess and Nutrition Break |
11:30 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. | Second instructional block |
1:10 to 1:55 p.m. | Recess and Nutrition Break |
1:55 to 3:35 p.m. | Third instructional block |
3:35 p.m. | Dismissal |
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.
