I had the great pleasure to meet with the School Community Council at Argyle Elementary School tonight.  This small but hard working crew have a lot of history in community service and education — in addition to the hard work that every SCC does for their kids, the table was surrounded by former LCA volunteers, parents who helped plant trees and lift heavy objects in Kinsmen Park South and both my high school English teacher AND my son’s kindergarten teacher.  My friends, that’s why I love living in this neighbourhood.  Deep roots, indeed.

I was invited to discuss shack supervision at the outdoor ice rink on McCallum St. and Montague.  We’re looking for volunteers to perform shack supervision there this winter.  The LCA offers a $2000 honorarium for this work, of which the City funds $500.  We’re hoping to find a group to do this for the coming winter and are spreading the word amongst the local schools.

But my hidden purpose (well, hidden for 30 seconds) was to spread the idea of a ‘new’ LCA — one that meets the current needs of the community in new and innovative ways.  I promoted the idea of using this website to help spread the word of the great things Argyle and other schools in the community are doing.  So hopefully we’ll have more school news on this site in the coming weeks.

A great thank you to new Argyle SCC Chair (and LCA alumnus) Tanya McLeod, Mrs. Bayda, Ms. Hubbs, Ms. Shalley and all the other Argyle SCC members!

We’d love to meet with YOUR community group.  Let us know where and when in the comments!

Mrs. Blogger and I were talking last night about how we’ve squeezed every last drop of goodness from summer and it’s time to have the kids spend a wee bit more time away from home, if you know what I mean. Like at school. We can’t afford boarding school, but Athabasca is awfully nice, even if we have to see the kiddies at night.

It’s high time we parents celebrated Back to School, so this Thursday we propose Stay Home and Snuggle Day. Ship the little darlings off to the classroom at 9, then head back home for some quality time together. Who knows, by the afternoon we might even go for a cup of coffee like grown-ups or something.

Those of you with kids at St. Pius — feel free to give this a try on the 27th and let us know how it goes in the comments. The rest of us have an extra day to plan!

Parent’s of kindergarten kids: it gets easier, trust me. Start with a half day this year and work yourselves up to a full day next year.

Stay at Home and Snuggle Day. Kind of catchy, eh? Spread the word and enjoy the day. Program Registration can wait. This day is for you!

Photo Credits: sage and philipstorry on Flickr

Some interesting news that made it into the flyer stack this morning:

Queen City Soccer Registration

There’s a nice four page flyer from Queen City Soccer, which is the Regina Soccer Association club in South Regina.  They offer competitive soccer programs all winter long for kids aged 4-18.  Registration for the 2008/2008 Indoor soccer season is this week — August 27 and 28, from 6:30PM – 8:30PM at the Credit Union Eventplex at Ipsco Place (aka the indoor soccer facility at the Exhibition Grounds.)  If you’re interested, head on over and sign up.  If you’re curious, remember that there is a Tim Hortons right beside the soccer field!

Let’s Go Bowling!

We got a really nice 11×17 yellow flyer from the local bowling leagues.  Did you know that August 25-31 is National Bowling Week?  Now you do!  There are kids leagues, adult leagues, 55+ leagues and daytime Ladie’s leagues.  They don’t have a web site, but if you call the Golden Mile Lanes at 586-2626 they’ll hook you up with a cool shirt and communal shoes.  Spare one up for me!

Athabasca School Community News

Later this afternoon we received a vibrant hot pink flyer from Athabasca School.  They’re all ready to start another excellent school year and welcome a new Principal (Mr. Russ Clarke) and a new Grade 4/5 teacher (Ms. Deana Kempel.)

Athabasca’s first Community Council meeting is Tuesday September 2 at 7PM.  Rumour has it they’ll have cookies, so check it out!

Irish Dancing at St. Luke’s Church!

Alice McDougall sent us an email about a low cost Irish Dance class she’s organizing at St. Luke’s Church on Montague.   We might not be able to get this on the LCA sign in time, but here’s what we’ll be putting there:

Graffiti Got You Down?

Has your dumpster or garbage can been tagged?  The City of Regina offers free pale brown paint to remove graffiti from dumpsters and garbage cans.  You can pick some up at the South Leisure Centre.  If you want to know more about what the City’s doing on the graffiti front, call Loreen at 777-7322.

Photo Credit: Conform on Flickr