Pizza Lunch Forms

Pizza Lunch forms are due today.  If you are interested in buying Pizza Lunch for your student please get your form in as soon as possible as we will begin compiling our orders at the end of this week.

If you need anoth Pizza Lunch form you can get one here: Pizza Lunch Form

Important Message from Principal regarding Extra Curricular Disruption

Dear Rippleton Parents/Guardians:

In light of the latest directives to teachers from their Union, the extra curricular activities will be interrupted. At Rippleton, the morning Cross Country and Boys Softball practices will be suspended tomorrow (Friday) as well as Monday. Students were told to listen for further announcements about these two activities next week, if indeed practices begin again. I wanted to let as many parents know the situation to help with any confusion or questions they might have.

As for any upcoming cancelations other than Cross Country and Boys Softball, I have not heard anything, but will keep you informed as I learn anything new.

Thanks to all our supportive parents during this difficult time. I know our teachers are very torn about the situation as it impacts everyone.

Susan Adaskin

RAPT Council Elections

This year we will be looking for seven parent members to be a part of RAPT Council.  If you are willing to volunteer at the school in this capacity please fill out the nomination form that will be coming home with the other paper work within the first week or so of school.  Elections will be held at the first RAPT meeting on October 1.  Even if you feel you cannot volunteer in this capacity please come to the meetings to find out what is going on in our school community and have your voice heard.

Welcome Back Coffee

Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate this morning for our school yard Welcome Back Coffee but it was great to see all the parents who found us inside the school to share some java with us and reminisce about the summer.  Thank you to parent volunteer, Buffy Markakos, for once again organizing this event.

Welcome & Welcome Back

If this is your first time visiting the Blog, welcome.  This blog is used to update parents on RAPT activities within the school.  This blog is not the school website but is meant to supplement information that comes from the school.  It is run by RAPT volunteers, not by school administration.  Please feel free to use this blog for constructive dialogue on all RAPT activities.  It is just one way we are trying to improve parent communication.

We also maintain a Facebook page and twitter feed.  You can find us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rippleton-Association-of-Parents-Teachers.  If you 'like' our page you will receive updates in your newsfeed.  If you 'tweet', we are @RAPTreport.

Looking forward to a great school year!

Welcome Back Coffee

Please remember our welcome back coffee for parents on the first day of school courtesy of RAPT.  You will find our volunteers handing out the java in the school yard (weather permitting) at 8:30 when you drop off your kids for the first day of school.  Please join in on the excitement as the students reunite with their friends and teachers.

Garden Has Been Removed

The TDSB came last week and removed the over grown garden at the parking lot entrance.  Upkeep of the garden was always an issue as was access for students as they needed to cross the parking lot.  In the new Master Plan a future garden has been planned for a location that the students would be able to access during recess times, if such a garden is desired by the school community.

Support Rippleton through FundScrip

FundScrip is a Canadian fundraising program that asks supporters to pay for their everyday purchases (at stores you probably already frequent for your groceries, gas, gifts and household items) with gift cards bought through the FundScrip program. A percentage of the gift cards purchased by our supporters is donated to RAPT to help us fund school initiatives. The percentage received varies depending on the retailer.

If you have not signed up as a Support for our FundScrip Program, you can proceed to the following URL: http://www.fundscrip.com/  and use our RAPT Invitation Code: KXPSKX, to create a FundScrip Supporter account.