Battalion Park School · Grand Opening

The playground is ready. Join in the celebration.

The new Mini playground at Battalion Park School got a big boost from Signal Hill: $100,000 from the SHCA, the largest grant we have ever made. Landscaping is wrapping up, the benches and tables are going in, and the grand opening is set for Saturday, October 24 at 2 PM. The students will cut the ribbon, and the school would love all of Signal Hill standing behind them. A few extra hands on the day would help too.

📅 Sat, Oct 24 · confirmed ⏰ 2 PM 🛝 Free · everyone welcome 👕 SHCA shirts encouraged
RSVP, we're coming
OCT 24

Saturday · 2 PM Battalion Park School
Signal Hill

Students cut the ribbon · SHCA right behind them

—Coming so farBe the first to sign up
—In SHCA coloursBehind the students at the ribbon
—Helping outLight-duty helpers
—Days to goSaturday, October 24 · 2 PM
Your neighbours, on the way
The new Battalion Park School playground with fresh asphalt path, blue benches and play structures, landscaping under way
Late September: the path is paved, the play structures are up, and the landscapers are on the last stretch.
A new blue Buddy Bench beside the school, waiting to be cemented in
The Buddy Bench, waiting for its concrete.
Light duties only

Pick what suits you.

Nothing heavy and nothing complicated. The most useful thing on this list is simply showing up, so the school can see who made this happen.

Most wanted
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Be there in SHCA colours

No job, just presence. Come to the opening, wear an SHCA shirt if you have one, and be counted when the school thanks the community.

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Welcome table

Say hello, point families to the playground, hand out whatever the school has to hand out. Friendly face required, nothing else.

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Set-up and take-down

Carry a few tables and chairs before, and carry them back after. Twenty minutes each end.

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Kids' activities

Help keep the fun moving: getting the students lined up for the ribbon, a game or two, finding lost parents.

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Tidy-up

Leave the brand-new playground the way we found it. Bags and gloves provided.

Why Signal Hill is involved

The Mini playground at Battalion Park School had been in the ground since 2001, and the school board does not fund replacements. That falls to parents. The Signal Hill School Enhancement Society, led by Brian and Kristi McKinnon, spent three years raising the money, and the SHCA put in $100,000, the largest single grant in the Association's history.

The students will cut the ribbon themselves, and the school would love the whole SHCA standing behind them when they do. That means you. Read how the playground came together →

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It's confirmed

Saturday, October 24. The school has locked it in. If anything changes, everyone who signs up hears first.

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Time to come

2 PM at Battalion Park School. Come a few minutes early to find a spot behind the students.

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Bring the family

It is a playground opening. Kids are rather the point.

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Questions

Email [email protected]. The SHCA is coordinating volunteers with the Signal Hill School Enhancement Society.