J.R. Robson School News

to any BTPS grade 10-12 student, parent or staff member to join (as well as . There will be a Parent & student registration night on Monday, February 13, 2023 at 7:00 pm at JR Robson School, Vermilion. Please contact Lorne Maier at JR Robson School for information or questions (lorne.maier@btps.ca).

2023 Yearbooks are currently for sale! They are $40 each and personalization will be $2.50 per line. Please visit our school website for the link to order.

The Buffalo Trail Public School Super- intendent’s Public Speaking Contest provides an opportunity for students in BTPS to be involved in an event that will display their public speaking abilities. The competition is meant to acknowledge the importance of public speaking as an essential skill for today’s youth. The contest is open to students who are currently enrolled in a BTPS school. Schools can nominate a maximum of 1 (one) candidate in each of the competition categories (A school level competition may be held to identify the candi - dates to be nominated). If a JR Robson student is interested in participating, please see Mrs. Hart for more information.

Important Dates:

Feb 13: Italy & Spain Field Trip Registration Night at 7 pm

Feb 16 & 17: ATA Teachers’ Convention – no classes

Feb 20: Family Day – no classes

Mar 10: BTPS Learning Day – no classes

Apr 7-14: Easter Break – no classes.

Do you think Alber ta should exempt newspapers from EPR fees?

Other provinces have regulations whereby producers of waste packaging, like fast food companies and consumer packaged goods, pay levies to encouage them to reduce waste packaging The Alber ta government is developing a Provincial Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework with 100% industry funded programs for plastics, packaging, and hazardous household waste

Some provinces require newspapers, which are not packaging, to pay these fees Recognizing the impor tant role newspapers play in the community, Ontario exempted newspapers from these fees

Your community newspaper is at risk of being included

These fees will put your newspaper at risk We estimate that the cost to Alber ta newspapers to subsidize a province-wide recycling program could run as high as $2 million per year This could deal a crippling blow to local community papers that are already dealing with double digit increases in newsprint , ink, plates and postage costs

Y us by speaking to your MLA about the importance of your community newspaper as a product, it’s not packaging.