Category: School Information

First Day of School!

(Note that in order help them transition to Runnymede in smaller groups, junior kindergarten students start in waves – if your letter from the school said to start on the 7th, then your first day is, in fact, tomorrow.)

Welcome back, Runnymede! All the best for a great start to the new school year.

Today also marks the official launch of our new Council website! We’ve been building and testing throughout the summer, but we are always open to comments and suggestions – so please leave yours in the comments field below. We hope you find this to be a valuable resource.

Where to Go on the First Day of School

School starts next Tuesday! Find your classroom and entry door on the attached list, and check out this handy map that identifies where each grade should line up (click the image for a larger PDF version). Note: The Colbeck Yard will be CLOSED on Tuesday. Please access to the Adventure Yard from the north end of the school.

Rain Plan: If it is raining heavily on Tuesday, students should enter the school and go directly to their classrooms (look for volunteers at each of the doors for assistance)First Day Entry Map - 2011.

NOTE: Grade 2/3 splits will line up in the adventure playground.
Also look for these coloured signs:

  • Kindergarten: RED
  • Grade 1: YELLOW
  • Grade 2: DARK BLUE
  • Grade 3: PINK
  • Grade 4: GREEN
  • Grade 5: LIGHT BLUE
  • Grade 6: ORANGE

Grade 7s Learn About Creative Career Options

On April 21, Grade 7 students participated in Runnymede’s first-ever
“Individual Journeys: A Creative Careers Day”.  The day-long event exposed
students to 26 professionals from a variety of artistic industries and
creative businesses. Workshop leaders ranged from a runway fashion designer to a Juno-award winning Jazz musician to a video animation creator. Keynote
addresses were made by The Director’s Cut and CJ’s Skate Park.

Students were fascinated to see how many people in their community make a living being creative. Feedback from students and staff was overwhelmingly positive. Runnymede’s guidance program and the Arts Enrichment committee were thrilled about the great response from community volunteers who made this day a huge success.