Old News Articles for 2007/08 School Year

$1000 Donation to Rainbow Lake Nursery School

Edmonton Global TV's Troubleshooter: Julie Matthews

On December 18th, Edmonton Global TV's Troubleshooter, Julie Matthews, ran a story about the Rainbow Lake Nursery School, in a community of around 1000 people located in the remote North-West of Alberta. You can see the story here on her website titled "Faulty Fundraiser".

The Rainbow Lake Nursery School is a not-for-profit organisation just like us and they were recently robbed of $1000 by a phony fundraising business in Ontario. The school has 25 students and with an operating budget about 1/3 of ours, this represented a significant financial blow to the school.

Remembering the good thing Julie Matthews did for us 2 years ago when we lost some money of our own, members of our Executive proposed that since we're in a postion to help out the Rainbow Lake Nursery School, we should see what we can do. A vote was taken and with an overwhelming "yes" the Executive has decided to donate $1000 to the Rainbow Lake Nursery School.

To the families of Rainbow Lake Nursey School, with our warmest wishes, have a great holiday season and happy new year.

Thanks to Julie Matthews too for her ongoing good work.

Play School Open Night
April 18th, 6:45-8:00pm.
Our address is 9311-165 Street and you're welcome to bring your children to our open house. We look forward to seeing you April 18th, 6:45-8:00pm.

ANY VOLUNTEERS FOR OUR CASINO?
February 16th, 2007.
We're now searching for volunteers to staff our Casino fundraiser at the Palace Casino (West Edmonton Mall), May 7th and 8th. Click here for all the info....thanks!

CONGRATULATIONS MRS BROWN!!!
February 1st, 2007.
Dianne Brown is a new grandma to Ashton Steven born Feb. 1st!!!!

Santas Anonymous
November 20th - December 9th, 2006.
West Edmonton Playschool is proud to be participating in the 630 CHED Santas Anonymous 2006 toy drive. We have named our toy drive in honour of our former teacher Mrs. Pauline who passed away suddenly in November 2004.Pauline loved all children and we think this is a great way to remember her and help the thousands of families each year who look to CHED and the Edmonton Christmas Bureau to help make their child's Christmas a happy one.

All donations are greatly appreciated but this year donations of toys for age groups 1-2 years old, and 10-12 years old are needed. As always AA and AAA size batteries and colouring books and crayons are always useful. If you have any questions please contact Dawn, our Registrar.

ATTENTION ALL FAMILIES!
August 24th, 2006.
Registration Night: September 7th at 7 PM
West Meadowlark Community Hall
9311-165 Street

Please be prepared to pay for tuition for the 2006/7 Play School Year and complete your Student Registration Form
If you have any questions, please contact our Registrar, Dawn Down via email or phone 487-5578

Old News Articles for 2005/06 School Year

WEP's Executive Positions for Consideration
January 15th, 2006.
Our 2006/07 executive committee will be voted in at our Annual General Meeting in May, we need families to step up and be the voice of our school. For more information, have a look here.

Pauline Jamieson Annual Toy Drive
November.
Click here for more info.

CRAYOLA FUNDRAISER
October 21st.
We made around $450, thanks to your fundraising efforts.

WE HAVE OUR MONEY BACK !!!
October 6th.
Our refund cheque from Dell was delivered today. We owe a BIG BIG THANK YOU to Global TV's Troubleshooter, Julie Matthews for her interest and efforts in helping us to bring some action from Dell Canada. If you're interested in our Dell Saga, you can find the blog here.
Dell did make it right in the end, but it was a rough road to reach that end, that's for sure. Normally, Dell is well known for it's excellent customer service, but our issue just goes to show that, on occasion, mistakes do happen.

PLAYSCHOOL CARNIVAL
October 2nd
The Carnival was a great success. Thanks to all the parents and helpers that made it go so well. Special thanks to Crystal Tyce for putting it all together. We even managed to make a few hundred dollars from it too as traditionally the Carnival is a loss for us, but it's oh so much fun for the kids. You can even see that the fundraising meter at the top of the page has nudged off the zero mark! Well done everyone.