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Lee Ridge Leadership Day - April 17, 2012
In November of this school year, LeeRidge School was awarded the Leader in MeLighthouse School status from the Franklin Covey Organization. The Leader in Me has been a transformational leadership process that has engaged all students from Kindergarten to Grade 6. On the morning of April 17, the school celebrated The Leader in Me, based on Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and its impact on our students with our second Leadership Day, and first as a Lighthouse School. Read the Full Story
Jump Rope for Heart!     We raised $1,795.20 for the Heart and stroke foundation this year through Jump Rope for Heart. Good work! Read the Full Story
The Great Lee Ridge Candy Exchange! At Lee Ridge School we do something called the Candy Exchange. It takes place every recess except for lunch recess. You bring in your candy and exchange it for a fruit. There are different types of fruit. There are grapes, bananas, mandarin oranges, and a mystery fruit that changes every day. You can bring in any type of candy lying in the back of your cupboard, or your Halloween candy! It goes from Tuesday, November 1st, to Friday, November 4th. Lee Ridge School is doing this because we are an apple school. We prefer fruits and vegetables rather than junk food and candy!  -  Zach, Grade 5 Read the Full Story
Leader Lunch     Learn At Lunch A couple days ago, I was chosen to go to room twenty-five for something called “Lunch and learn”. In this one day program, two students from each classroom get together with a couple teachers and the principal. It was to talk about the school and the seven habits. First, we stood up and said our name and grade to get to know everybody. Next, we were talked to about what was going to happen in the lunch and learn. They talked about the seven habits in the school and how we are a healthy school. They even showed us a map of the entire leader in me schools! Surprisingly, there were only a few in all of Canada! Then, Mr. Butterfield and Mrs. Craig showed us a slide show of some students and teachers being leaders. I saw myself in it two times. I couldn’t believe how many students and teachers are in our school. Read the Full Story
Music is BIG at Lee Ridge! Lee Ridge has been learning about the Beatles for the month of January and all the students from each class got a song to learn. Room 19 and Room 18 played the song Blackbird on their recorders. Grades 1, 2, and 3’s sang Yellow Submarine and octopus’s garden. The grade 4’s and 5’s sang when I’m 64. And near the end all the classes sang twist and shout. Read the Full Story
Grade 4's Go to the Landfill - A Thank You Letter Dear Brent, Thank you for touring room 20 and room 6 around the waste management center. I remember the GEEP it looked cool because I saw sparks and you said that it might be somebody putting something back together. MRF,MRF was cool because there were shoots that were removing plastic. In the fourth building I thought that the other side of the gray wall would be the same temperature but it gets hotter and you said that you would need a special suit and if you didn’t you would get really stinky and you would need a long shower too. Read the Full Story
At Lee Ridge we put First Things First! Here at Lee ridge we have been starting to be a 7 habits school! There are 7 habits we are focusing on but I will just be telling you about the one I really think helps us kids be better in school, and that habit is… PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST!!! I know most of you are probably thinking well, we are told to put first things first all the time. Well, this is just a reminder for you. So here I go! Read the Full Story

Principal's Message

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June 3, 2013,

Dear Parents/Guardians:

Heading into the final month of the school year is a wonderful time to pause         and reflect on the success and growth of our students not only academically, but  socially and emotionally, as well. As you know, our school is a Leader in Me Lighthouse School. Our students have spent the year learning about Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It has been a wonderful fourth year of learning and growing with the 7 Habits.

It is also a time to remember that the school year is not quite over yet. Our grade three and six students continue to write the Provincial Achievement Tests. The test dates are outlined in the newsletter calendar. The expectations that we have for student behaviour and academic achievement do not wane through the month of June. The bar was set high for our students at the beginning of the school year, and it remains there now.

Back in February I invited all parents and guardians to submit feedback about the school and its programs to help us plan for the 2013 - 2014 school year.  In an effort to best serve our students, we strive to be responsive to their needs. I would like to thank those of you who took the time to respond to the survey. The results are included in this newsletter.

All progress reports will be posted to SchoolZone on June 28th. Every parent and guardian has received unique logon credentials (logon user ID and password) which allowed them to access SchoolZone at https://schoolzone.epsb.ca  If you need assistance to log into your SchoolZone account, please contact the school.

This is the time of year where families are considering schools for next year. If you have questions regarding Kindergarten registration or other registrations for 2013 - 2014, please give our administrative assistant, Mrs. Scheetz, or me a call. We will be very happy to help answer any questions about the school and its many student supports such as the Leader in Me, the Daily Snack Program, APPLE Schools Program, intramurals and other extra-curricular activities. 

If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at the school.

Sincerely,

Nigel Butterfield
Principal

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