April 29 > May 3
May is music month in Manitoba and we have a treat for you on Wednesday of this week. At 7:00 in the Letkemann Theatre, we would like to invite you to a free spring concert. May Winds featuring the University of Manitoba Wind Ensemble will be performing along side our senior band and our Thompson community band and we encourage you to come and enjoy. What a lovely way to start the month.
RD Parker Collegiate Graduating Class of 2024 is looking for parents and families to help plan and run this year’s Safe Grad celebration. Safe Grad celebration takes place after the Graduation ceremony (Thursday June 27, 2024). Our Safe Grad relies on the parent, family and community volunteers to provide a fun and safe evening to help our graduates celebrate their achievements. If you are willing to help please email Nadine Tripp at Nadine.tripp@vale.com to get more information.
Sticking with the theme of graduation, if you need graduation picture retakes, you MUST sign-up in the main office. Lifetouch will be here on Tuesday, April 30 and Wednesday, May 1.
On Thursday, May 2, RDPC staff and students will be participating in a walk to allow our school community the opportunity to honor the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Our walk of awareness will be starting at 11:00 and we will gather at our sacred fire to offer remembrance, healing and togetherness.
Soccer season is approaching fast! Be sure to register With Thompson Junior Soccer Association before the end of April to avoid the late fees. The season will begin in June and culminate August 9-11 with an end of season tournament. Check out the new trophies on display at this year’s trade show!
Our junior varsity and senior varsity did an exceptional job this weekend as we hosted Badminton zones here in Thompson. Our JVs finished second in their division with 85 points (only 3 points off of the 1st place 88), and in the SV division, our Trojans dominated with 115 points, well beyond the 2nd place total of 51! The top two finishers in each category at the JV and SV level advance to the MHSAA Provincial Championships, and in total, we had 10 individuals/teams move on!
From the JV squad:
- 1st Girls Doubles - Natalia Dudas and Rayfel Respicio
- 1st Boys Doubles - Om Vyas and Joe Fitze
- 2nd Boys Doubles - Denton Houle and Mishael Oyelami
- 1st Mixed Doubles - Aiden Charron and Leah Thevenot
From the SV crew:
- 1st Boys Singles - Ken Fitze
- 2nd Boys Singles - Dilshan Saggu
- 1st Girls Singles - Mia Clarkson
- 2nd Boys Doubles - Harshaan Purba and Danial Aftab
- 1st Mixed Doubles - Cameron Murray and Kaitlyn Krentz
- 2nd Mixed Doubles - Caiden Johnson and Bhumi Chandel
Huge thanks to all of our coaches and volunteers. We appreciate all that you do to support RDPC athletics.
There will be no regular classes on Friday, May 3, as teachers will be participating in professional development sessions throughout the day.
Thank you for reading. I hope you have a beautiful week.
Take care, choose kindness and hopefully we will chat soon.
Bonnie Rempel
