March 11, 2021: A Few Reminders!

• Report Cards will be distributed electronically this term on Monday March 15th, 2021. Please return the pink form requesting your most current email so that you receive your child's report card on time. If you do not have an email or did not return a form, please contact the office so that we can make alternate arrangements.
  

• We are currently accepting new registrations for Nursery/Kindergarten, Ukrainian program and students new to the school in grades 1-6. Please select the School Registration Information tab for information or to download an application.
  

• Mobile Vision Screening will take place next week for all students who returned forms and permission has been provided by parents/guardians.
  

• Parent/Teacher Phone Interviews are taking place on Thursday evening March 18th and all day Friday, March 19th. Phone interview times will be sent home with students on Monday, March 15th.

• NO SCHOOL on March 19th
  

March 3rd, 2021

February 17th, 2021

Virtual Open House and Tour

Click on the image below to view the Virtual Open House Video. To register your child for the 2021-2022 school year, please select the School Registration Information tab.

December 18th, 2020

Dear Parents, the Winnipeg School Division has developed a policy on livestreaming which involves the broadcasting of live lessons in real time where students are present in the classroom as well as students learning from home. This model may also include recordings that are posted to the platform for other students to view. 

Due to the special nature of live streaming activities, parents/guardians must consent to their child being photographed, videotaped, or recorded as part of the classroom learning activities. During live streaming lessons the webcam in your home should be positioned in such a way that it only captures your child's image when they are participating in the live streaming. 

Your child has brought home a permission slip that must be signed and returned to sthe school in order for him/her to engage in livestreaming lessons. If you did not receive this form, you do have the option to complete it online at the following link:

Permission Form

Please submit your permission slip or complete the online form before January 4th in order to ensure your child's learning continues without interruption. 

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Also the Winnipeg School Division has sent out a message regarding the Winter break. The link is attached.

Have a great and safe winter break and we will see you in the new year!

Regards,

Mrs. Guzzi

December 10th

Remember next week is Spirit Week! 

December 9th, 2020

December 4th, 2020

November 30, 2020

November 18, 2020

Dear Families,

Please be reminded that Ralph Brown School is providing in class learning during this restricted orange response period. As we continue to plan for future Manitoba Public Health announcements regarding a "Critical" (Red) response level under the Manitoba Pandemic Response System, schools in Winnipeg School Division will do their best to accommodate Nursery to Grade 6 children of critical services workers, where alternative care arrangements are not available. Those who are considered critical workers must inform the school office no later than Monday November 23^rd.

November 16, 2020

Dear Parents and Guardians:

The Minister of Education announced on Monday, November 9, 2020 that three additional non-instructional days are being added to the school calendar for the 2020-2021 school year so that schools can focus on collaborative planning as we shift and adapt to remote learning. While Ralph Brown School doesn't currently require remote learning, we must be prepared in the event the Province moves schools to Critical Red Level. Two of these days must be scheduled prior to the Winter Break which starts on December 21, 2020. The third is to be scheduled after the Winter Break.

Winnipeg School Division will institute two days common across the division on Monday, November 30 and Monday, December 7.

The work being done in our school by teaching and support staff has been extraordinary. Collaboration is one of our strengths and a teaching method we both rely on and use extensively in our school, however, the demands of student safety, preparation of remote learning packages and other COVID-19 related responsibilities have made collaboration for education purposes more difficult.

Our teachers and support staff are embracing these additional non-instructional days in the spirit intended by the Department of Education. Our top priority is ensuring that student learning, whether in the classroom or at home, is meeting the needs of our students and our provincial curriculum.

Thank you for your support of Ralph Brown School and our community.

Respectfully,

Mrs. Rosanna Guzzi

November 9, 2020

A note to all Critical Services Workers:

In the future, if Manitoba Public Health shifts schools in the Metro Winnipeg region to a "Critical" (Red) response level under the Manitoba Pandemic Response System, schools in Winnipeg School Division will endeavour to accommodate Nursery to Grade 6 children of critical services workers, where alternative care arrangements are not feasible.

School divisions will take all necessary measures to accommodate children of critical services workers with a view to safety and available resources, while maintaining two metres of physical distancing.

Tier One critical services workers will be eligible to have children accommodated in school. They will be prioritized by schools/school divisions. Following accommodation of Tier One, divisions will then accommodate additional critical services workers in Tier Two.

If you are a critical services worker for whom alternate care arrangements are not feasible, and you require your child(ren) to attend school please notify the school and we will provide you the required forms to be completed.

Regards,

R. Guzzi

November 3, 2020

The Winnipeg School Division would like to bring attention to the following documents. Please read them over carefully and if you have any questions at all, feel free to call the school to clarify. 

R. Guzzi

October 30, 2020

 Dear Parents/Guardians, Caregivers,

We've learned today that the community of Metro Winnipeg has moved to a critical (Red) level on the pandemic response system. Schools remain at restricted (Orange). No additional changes for schools will take place at this time.

Have a safe weekend!

R. Guzzi

October 23, 2020

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Manitoba Education has announced that as of Monday, October 26, all schools in the Winnipeg region, which includes our school, will start operating in the Restricted (orange) level of the Pandemic Response System (PRS). Although schools have not been a source of transmission of the COVID virus, the department is looking at ways to ensure transmission remains minimal.

This means schools must take the following measures:

• As much as possible, we have ensured there are two metres between students and staff.
  
• Two cohorts have been re-located to larger rooms
  
• K-8 students may be offered temporary remote learning for the duration of the Restricted level (orange) to create additional space, where required.
  
• Extracurricular activities are only permitted if the required distances can be followed and everyone is following Public Health guidelines.
• Staff who move between student cohorts will wear medical masks.
• Indoor choirs and the use of wind instruments are not permitted.
• Field trips are postponed or cancelled.