December 23, 2022

ACADEMY BRIEFING

Tuesday December 20

Awards & Promotions

Four students were promoted in rank this week. Sebastian P and Jack N were both promoted to Cadet. Steven L was promoted to Barman and David A was promoted to Leading Barman.

Citizens of the Week this week are Dante A, Ramiro T and Gavin Y and Students of the Week are Jack N and Pedran J. Rsmiro T was named Athlete of the Month.

Best House in A Coy this week is Brock. Bryant O received the White Belt in B Coy.

Congratulations to all students receiving awards and promotions this week.

Sunday December 18

Multi Faith Seminar

On Sunday morning, several students planned and delivered a multi-faith education seminar for their peers. In collaboration with Padre Clitheroe and Lt. Stephen LaSalle, the students planned several readings to educate their friends on the values of a diverse range of religions. Several students stood in-front of their peers to present their readings.

Sunday December 18

World Cup Excitement

It started with students doing their homework in the mess hall while the World Cup Final game between Argentina and France played on the big screen. It ended with intense jubilation and celebrations.

The students enjoyed a morning of soccer on Sunday watching Argentina win the World Cup in a very exciting match. The RLA students began the World Cup by taking short breaks from class to watch Canada's games.

Sunday December 18

Cookies

Ms. Nieuwold, one of our very talented cooks, and bakers, made special Christmas cookies for all of the students which they enjoyed over the weekend.

She has made the cookies each of the last four years, but admits she wasn't going to bake them this year because she is so busy. The boys asked 100 times and she always said no, not this year. When they asked her the 101st time she says she "caved"" and baked 340 Christmas cookies for the students. The boys enjoyed them so much, and so quickly, there was no time to get a picture of the boys actually eating the cookies!

Sunday December 18

Community Service

Following up on their community service last week with the Raptors organization, this week the team travelled to Brampton to help Hoops for Hunger in their food drive, helping to collect and pack food to feed more than 130 families.

Friday December 23

Student Work For Sale

The students in the school's Shop Club have been busy woodworking over the past few weeks, taking advantage of the donation of some beautiful black walnut wood.

With the help of our talented maintenance team, Capt. Bowman and the ASM, the boys have created some beautiful charcuterie and cutting boards. The boards have embedded in them an RLA coin, which is not available for purchase. RLA coins are gifted to special guests and friends of the Academy and are not available anywhere else. The boards are truly unique, and hand made by our students.

The boards are now for sale - but there are very limited quantities. Charcuterie boards are $100 and cutting boards are $120.

Visit https://trellis.org/rla-woodworking-club to purchase a board now.

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Upcoming Events

Saturday, Feb 4, 2023 - Father Son Day

Wednesday, Feb 15, 2023 - RLA 101

Please note some events and dates may change due to the global health situation and government guidelines. 

Save The Date

Robert Land Academy has some upcoming events families of our students will not want to miss. More detailed information will be provided closer to the dates but we wanted to make sure all families, especially those with significant distances to travel, have time to make arrangements to attend.

March Break - Friday, Mar 10 - Sunday, Mar 19, 2023

Parent Teacher Day - Thursday, Apr 6, 2023

RLA Gala Event - Saturday, Apr 22, 2023

Annual Inspection - Saturday, May 13

RCACC Annual Review - Saturday, Jun 3, 2023

Graduation and Closing Ceremony - Saturday, Jun 23, 2023

Please note some events and dates may change due to the global health situation and government guidelines.