Weekly Update April 25, 2025

Hello Westwold & RLC,

Please mark Thursday May 29 in your calendars!!  This will be the date for the RLC PAC Carnival and we would love to see everyone there.  This is the biggest event that PAC or the school organizes all year and is not only a lot of fun but a great event for the whole community.  We hope to see you all there!

Please remember, no school on Monday as the staff are engaging in Professional Development.

Have a wonderful weekend.

In today’s message, you will find the following information:

Upcoming Events and Important Information
RLC PAC 7th Annual Raffle Fundraiser Winners!  (NEW)
RLC PAC  Big Box Greeting Cards Fundraiser (NEW)
PAC Spring Carnival - Save the Date! (NEW)
KISSM (NEW)
Munch-A-Lunch  - Thursday Hot Lunches at RLC (NEW)
RLC Track and Field Meets - Volunteer Sign-up (STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS!)
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Upcoming Dates

April 28 - Inservice Day (NO SCHOOL)
April 30 - Parloff Race at Dallas Elementary
May 5 - Red Dress Day - MMIWG2S
May 6 - ArtStarts Performance (The FloWarrior)
May 6 - Primary Middle Distance Races
May 7 - RLC Primary Track & Field Day
May 8 - Intermediate Track & Field Day
May 14 - Evacuation/Earthquake Drill
May 14 - RLC PAC Meeting (6pm)
May 15 - ArtStarts Performance (Where Have All the Buffalo Gone)
May 15 - Moose Hide Campaign
May 16 - Inservice Day (No School)
May 19 - Victoria Day (No School)
May 29 - RLC PAC Carnival Night!!!!!

Use this link to see the calendar of inservice and holiday dates for the entire school year:  SD73 School Calendar At A Glance

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RLC PAC 7th Annual Raffle Fundraiser 

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We are excited to announce the winners of our 7th Annual Raffle Fundraiser, which were drawn at 2:30pm today!

1st Prize, $1000 cash:   Kevin Swedburg

2nd Prize, $500 cash:  Adam Smit

3rd Prize, $400 cash: Jeff Woods

4th Prize, $250 cash: Savannah McKirdy

5th Prize, $100 cash: Susan Hickman

And the winner of the PIZZA PARTY is Mrs. Goertzen's class, who sold 159 tickets!  

Thank you so much to everyone who purchased and sold tickets, and to the teachers and staff for their support and help in making this fundraiser a success. 

RLC earned approximately $6200 to put towards field trips next year!

Spring Fundraiser Alert!
Support Our School with the Big Deal Box from DFS Fundraising!

PAC is excited to kick off our Spring Fundraiser with DFS — the same awesome team behind the Joy Catalogue at Christmas! This time, it's all online and super easy to participate.

Here’s how you can help:
1. Visit DFS Canada: https://www.dfscanada.com/shop-now/
2. Create or log into your account
3. Use our Organization ID: 6849 to register
4. Share your shopping link with family & friends

What’s the big deal?
Grab a Big Box of Greeting Cards — 30 beautiful cards for under $38! That’s only $1.25 per card — and all proceeds go to support our school.                  

Two boxes to choose from or get both!

Deadline to shop online: May 13th, 2025

Let’s make this spring fundraiser a blooming success!

Check out the RLC PAC facebook page for more details.

PAC Spring Carnival - Save the Date!

Our annual Spring Carnival is just around the corner  - please save the date to join us for this fun family event at RLC on Thursday May 29th, from 5:00-7:30pm! It promises to be an exciting evening with highlights such as carnival games, an inflatable obstacle course, Uncle Chris the Clown, cake walk, food trucks, live music, prize bags and much more! And of course we will also be holding our silent auction in the library with so many great items up for grabs.

Stay tuned for more details and wristband presales coming soon!

KISSM

At the Kamloops Music Collective, we have been proud to run the Kamloops Interior Summer School of Music (KISSM) for over 45 years! While this program is built on a foundation of music educators and musicians wanting to offer music education in the Summer, we believe more than anything that our program not only provides music education opportunities, but allows our participants to find more than music. Our programs help them to find fun, to find mentorship, to find a like minded community, to find inspiration and to find themselves.

Some funding may be available.  Please contact Mrs Froese (ljfroese@sd73.bc.ca) to learn more.

For more information, click here:  The Spirit of KISSM 2025

Munch-A-Lunch  - Thursday Hot Lunches at RLC
Thank you to Sonia Strickland and her great team of parent and grandparent volunteers for their work behind the scenes to organize Hot Lunches at RLC! Some hot lunches are made right here in the PAC kitchen while others involve bringing in food from local restaurants. Ordering is now OPEN!.

Ordering for hot lunches closes one week prior to  the date of each hot lunch, so don’t delay and visit https://munchalunch.com/schools/rlc/ to create an account or login to your existing account to place an order. 

Here are the upcoming dates:
May 1 - Moon Wok
May 15 - Walking Tacos
June 5 - Pita Pit
June 19 - Booster Juice
Plus Friday Milk Days!

Ordering is now open! If you have any questions please reach out to the PAC via email at rlcpantherspac@gmail.com or on the Facebook page at RLC PAC.

We are so excited to have our hot lunch program and grateful for all of the hard work going into it! If you would like to volunteer for hot lunch please let the PAC know. 

RLC Track & Field Meets - Volunteers Needed - May 7 and May 8 

Thank you to Mrs. Strom, Mrs. Wilmot, and Mrs. Macdonald for their work behind the scenes to organize our upcoming Primary and Intermediate Track and Field Meets. 

Students in Grade K-3 at RLC will be participating in the Primary Track and Field Meet at RLC on Wednesday, May 7. The Primary students will be participating in modified events to help build the foundational skills in track and field. Students in Grades 4-7 will be participating in the Intermediate Track and Field Meet at RLC on Thursday, May 8..

These Meets would not be possible without the tremendous support we receive from our families with volunteering their time to run various events. Thanks to those who have already signed up to volunteer for one or both of our Track and Field Meets.  We are still in need of at least 20 more volunteers, so please consider volunteering if you are able to. 

Last year, we had an incredible amount of volunteers come out to support our Track Meet. Thank you!

In order to hold a successful school Track and Field Meet once again, many volunteers are needed and appreciated.  We require support with both our track events (60/80/100/200/300m)  and field events (shot put, high jump, triple jump, shot put).  We are looking for approximately 20 volunteers on each day to assist with the various events.

Volunteer Sign-up: If you are able to help out for the full or partial day on either or both days, please respond to the Google Form:   Volunteers - RLC Track and Field Meets 2025. You can indicate which area you would like to help with (for example, if you have experience with a certain event, we would love to have your expertise at that station, or would like to help out with the concession, please indicate on the Form). 

In addition, our wonderful PAC has offered to organize a concession stand which will also require a lot of parent volunteers.  All students in Grades K-7 will have an opportunity to purchase items at the concession (more information on this to be sent home at a later date). The concession stand will only be open on Thursday, May 8. 

Should you have any questions, please email Mrs. Leggett at jleggett@sd73.bc.ca  

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer. 

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BLAKE BUEMANN (Principal)

SHEILA BROWN (Vice-Principal)

RLC / Westwold Elementary

School District No. 73 (Kamloops-Thompson)