Weekly email Nov 21

November 21, 2014

Dear Parents,

On November 18th, Grade 9 students and the Grade 9 teachers at Elboya School toured Western Canada High School as part of the preparation to transition to high school.  Western is Elboya School’s designated high school.  Each grade 9 student also received on Monday, November 17th, the booklet, 2015-16 Get Ready Get Set Go For It, a new Calgary Board of Education booklet on high school.  This booklet and other information about high school may be located at:

http://www.cbe.ab.ca/programs/high-school-registration.asp

Next steps for grade 9 students are to consider whether they wish to apply for the International Baccalaureate Program. Further information including the application form is found at http://www.cbe.ab.ca/Programs/prog-enrich.asp

IB is a program of academic challenge or enrichment.  Students who are considering making an application need to speak with their teachers.

IB applications are due at Elboya School’s Main Office at Fri., January 9th, 2015.

Elboya School forwards the applications to the IB program. 

I anticipate that a counselor from Western will meet with Elboya students sometime in February or March for course selections.  Further information will follow.

Calgary Board of Education photographers were at Elboya School on Tuesday, November 18th to photograph classes and students for the CBE image repository. Only those students with signed permission forms from parents were photographed.  The request of Elboya was French and Band classes in grades 5 and up.

Movember is the fundraising opportunity of choice this month and today students sported moustaches to support this effort. Many thanks to students in Ms. Bly’s Grade 4, Ms McBean’ Grade 5/6 homeroom, Mrs. Park’s Grade 7-9 homeroom and drama students who are running this month’s events including the painting on of the moustaches. House points were awarded for participating. There is also the opportunity up to November 26th, for a modest contribution, to identify staff photographed with moustaches.

Thanks once more to the many parents who support students at Elboya School by supervising field trips, contributing to the grocery fundraiser or Oktoberfest and in many other ways.

L. Davis,

Principal

Library Learning Commons Club

We are starting a new student club in our Library Learning Commons. If your son or daughter has an interest in learning more about how a Learning Commons functions and participating in brainstorming ideas, providing student voice and completing some easy tasks, we would love to have them!  Organizational meetings will be Tuesdays at lunch (12:35) in the learning commons.  See Mrs. Hansen for more information.

  

Lates and Late Club – Mr. Siakaluk

Students arriving late to school continue to be a concern at Elboya and now that the weather has turned lates can become more common. Developing the habit of being on time is extremely important and critical for the workforce. On Monday, administration will implement a late club for students who are late. Students in grades 5-9 who arrive late need to stay after school for 30 minutes to make up for missed time. Just to clarify – late club will be for students who have an unexcused late. This does not include late school buses, extreme weather, traffic or appointments. This is for students who have chronic late concerns or who arrive to school late with no valid reason.

If your child is late to school and is in Grades K-4, they report directly to Ms. Jones who will record their name. If your child is in Grades 5-9 then they need to sign in the late book. We ask all parents to say their goodbyes outside the school or in the office. Parents are asked not to accompany their students to their classroom as this can be very disruptive to classes.

Dressing for Winter 

Please be sure your child is appropriately dressed for the weather conditions. Jackets, toques, mitts, scarves, boots, snow pants, etc. are highly recommended.

Food Bank Drive - Ms. Sawchuk, Mrs. MacGillivray, Mr. Hadder 

 Monday Nov 24 - Monday December 15. 

This is our major fund raiser for this month.  This year, the need for the food bank has gone up by 200 families in the last few months alone!  The food bank needs our support. Each item brought in will receive house points. We have a focus week for each of the weeks and those items will receive bonus points.

Nov 24-30

Pasta week

(Pasta, pasta sauce, canned tomatoes)

2 points each +1 point if brought in on proper week – total of 3 points each if brought in during Nov 24 -30

  

Bonus points

Diapers (6 points)

Baby food (6 points)

Anything that is not listed will receive 1 point each; ie. Soup (1 point)

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

1.Virtual Learning Commons

Parents can find information about student tests, assignments and teacher blogs at Elboya School on the following link https://sites.google.com/a/educbe.ca/vlc/ 

2. Outstanding Fees

A reminder letter along with a copy of the invoice has been sent home with students who have fees still outstanding. If you feel you have received this information in error please contact Mrs. Carbol @ 403-777-7760. Financial concerns? Please contact Mrs. Carbol regarding a waiver form.

3. Elementary Pizza Lunch

Our first pizza lunch with Healthy Hunger was a success, thanks to all of you who took the time to go online and order, and for all the volunteers.  The wonderful thing about using Healthy Hunger is that you can go online and order and pay for the whole school year, and not have to worry about your child missing out on pizza lunch.  If you have not done so yet, and would like your child to participate in the next pizza lunch (Wednesday December 3rd) please go to www.healthyhunger.ca register, order and pay. If your child is in grades 5/6 you will need to know their home room teacher to place their order properly. For those of you wishing to pay cash or cheque, it must be handed in at the office the day before pizza lunch or your child will not receive their order.  If you would like to volunteer for the next pizza lunch, please contact your room representative.  We require one volunteer per class/homeroom.  If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to contact us. Carrie Sheftel Fryer   csfryer@mac.com or Christie Krawchuk  christie9@shaw.ca

 Upcoming Events: 

November 24^th                      Food Bank Drive begins

November 26th                  Band Concert

November 27th                  EOE 7 & 8 Wall climbing, National Music – Gr 3

December 4^th                        Dance gr 5-6 3:30-5:00, gr 7-9 7:00-9:00

December 11^th                      Winter Concert          

Weekly email November 14th

November 14, 2014

 

Linda Davis, Principal

Calling all aspiring Techies!

Elboya has a tech club for interested students in grades 6 - 9.  Meetings are Thursday at lunch (12:35) in the Library Learning Commons.  Interested students should see Mrs. Hansen.  Please encourage your child to join if they are interested.  

Library Learning Commons Club

We are starting a new student club in our Library Learning Commons. If your son or daughter has an interest in learning more about how a Learning Commons functions and participating in brainstorming ideas, providing student voice and completing some easy tasks, we would love to have them!  Organizational meetings will be Tuesdays at lunch (12:35) in the learning commons.  See Mrs. Hansen for more information.

Lates and Late Club – Mr. Siakaluk

Students arriving late to school continues to be a concern at Elboya and now that the weather has turned, lates can become more common. Developing the habit of being on time is extremely important and critical for the workforce. On Monday, administration will implement a late club for students who are late. Students in grades 5-9 who arrive late need to stay after school for 30 minutes to make up for missed time.

If your child is late to school and is in Grades K-4, they report directly to Ms. Jones who will record their name. If your child is in Grades 5-9 then they need to sign in the late book. We ask all parents to say their goodbyes outside the school or in the office. Parents are asked not to accompany their students to their classroom as this can be very disruptive to classes.

   

Parents of 5C1 and 5C2 Students

As you know, your child has been working hard to complete a dual language cooking project for English and French Language arts.   They have now finished and are eagerly anticipating sharing their projects with each other and you.  We would like to invite you to view the completed assignments during the morning of Monday, November 17th.  The presentations will take place during periods 2, 3 and 4 (9:50 AM - 12:16 PM) in the Elboya school library. We are unable to give a specific performance order or time that your child’s group will be presenting and invite you to watch all of the children’s cooking shows.  

Parking is available on the North, East or South side of the school. As a courtesy to our neighbours and staff, we would ask you kindly not to park in front of the school, in the teacher’s parking lot, or in front of the houses in our neighbourhood. Please sign in at the office before coming to the library.

We, and the students, look forward to having you join us.

Sincerely, Mme. Brittain Ms. McBean

Dressing for Winter  

Please be sure your child is appropriately dressed for the weather conditions. Jackets, toques, mitts, scarves, boots, snow pants, etc. are highly recommended. 

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

1.Virtual Learning Commons

Parents can find information about student tests, assignments and teacher blogs at Elboya School on the following link https://sites.google.com/a/educbe.ca/vlc/ 

2. Outstanding Fees

A reminder letter along with a copy of the invoice has been sent home with students who have fees still outstanding . If you feel you have receivd this information in error please contact Mrs. Carbol @ 403-777-7760. Financial concerns? Please contact Mrs. Carbol regarding a waiver form.

3. Western Canada High School Open House – D. Siakaluk

Tuesday, November 18th the Grade 9 students will be doing a tour of Western High School. We will leave Elboya at 12:00 and will be back around 2:30 pm. Grade 9 students will eat their lunch during Period 4. Students must bring paperwork back by Monday in order to attend.

There is a parent orientation evening at Western Canada High School on November 19th  Self-directed tours begin at 5:45 pm and the information session begins at 7:00 pm in the main gym.

4.Band Concert – W. Irwin

A band concert will be held on November 18^th at Western Canada High School

5.Elementary Parent/Teacher Conferences  November 20th     

These conferences are for students in Grades K-6 only. Early dismissal at 1:30 pm

Grades K-4 – Conferences will take place on Thursday, November 20 from 4:00 – 8:00 pm only. There are no conferences on Friday, November 21.  Because of the amount of conferences that take place, the meetings are only 10 minutes in length and they will all take place in the child’s classroom. The conference booking system opens on Monday, November 17 at 6:30 am and closes on Thursday, November 20 at noon. If you are unable to schedule an appointment, please contact your child’s teacher.

Grades 5-6 – Conferences will take place on Thursday, November 20 from 4:00 – 8:00 pm only. There are no conferences on Friday, November 21.  Because of the amount of conferences that take place, the meetings are only 6 minutes in length and they will all take place in the Main Gym. The conference booking system opens on Monday, November 17 at 6:30 am and closes on Thursday, November 20 at noon. If you are unable to schedule an appointment, please contact your child’s teacher.

 No school Friday, November 21^st

Upcoming Events:                                                                

                    

November 18^th                 Grade 10 tour at Western Canada High School

                                         Band Concert at Western Canada High School

November 19^th                  Parent Orientation evening at Western Canada High School

               

November 20^th                 Early dismissal at 1:30 pm

4:00 -8:00 pm - Parent Teacher Conferences for Kindergarten through Grade 6 ONLY

November 21^st                 Non instructional day – NO SCHOOL

November 26^th                 Band Concert 7:00 pm

Enjoy the weekend!

Cheryl Carbol

Administrative Secretary

Elboya

Weekly email Nov 4

November 4, 2014

Dear Parents,

We apologize for the lateness of this message.

On behalf of the students and staff of Elboya School, I would like to express our appreciation to parents and staff who contributed to the success of Oktoberfest. Special thanks are due to Rhonda Fulton and her committee. Rhonda stepped in at the last minute and did an excellent job of bringing off a highly successful and enjoyable event. The Oktoberfest Committee included Rhonda Fulton, Kahleia Murdoch, Maxine Edwards, Ginny Brown, Virginia Harvie, Lyne Schneider, Karen Kirk, Samara Felesky-Hunt, Elaine & Duncan Dube, Kim Snethun, Heather & Don Marples, Lorri Delong, Lori McArthur, Pam Winters, Beth Riley, Doug Dunlop, Rhonda Dupuis. Special thanks also go to Jim Button, Peter Edwards, Norm Dupuis and Angela Roehm.

Our sincere thanks to everyone who contributed.

Linda Davis, Principal

Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest was a huge success!  Thank you to our 224 guests who attended the festivities and to the hundreds of families, teachers and businesses who donated cash, time and auction items.  Clearly the support to ensure our school’s success is present and appreciated.

Okotoberfest requires so much of our school community, starting with the bottles of wine brought by families and then student contributions to the class baskets, followed by silent and live auction items provided by generous donors from the school or community. Then we put it all together with ticket sales from the same group for an amazing evening with a wonderful meal and great company. It should also be noted that the school staff are an integral part of the process and the silent auction items donated by teachers are always very popular picks. Special thanks to: Cheryl Carbol, Rana Jones, Linda Davis and the Elboya Staff.

If you missed it this year, you will not want to miss out in 2016.

On the heels of this collaborative success, we invite parents to join the Elboya Parent Council meetings which are hosted on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.  There are a host of topics being discussed each month and you can be part of it.

The Oktoberfest committee gave it our all and the results were fun and financially amazing. Oktoberfest raised over $30,000 for supporting school initiatives. Great job!

Thank you for supporting Elboya! 

For committee information or event follow-up, please contact Rhonda Fulton at www.mauibeachwalk.com

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

1.  Elementary Pizza Lunch Grade 1- 5 

 If you have not ordered pizza for your child please be sure to send a bagged lunch on Wednesday, November 5th.

Questions or concerns?  Please contact Carrie csfryer@mac.com or Christie christie9@shaw.ca

 2.  Virtual Learning Commons

Parents can find information about student tests, assignments and teacher blogs at Elboya School on the following link https://sites.google.com/a/educbe.ca/vlc/ 

3. Absences

We respectfully request that parents inform the school on the telephone absence line, 403-777-7760 ext. 1 which is available 24/7.  Each morning, Mrs. Jones' priority task is to check on the attendance of each child by 9:30 a.m.  The safety of each child is very important especially as winter approaches.

We are finding emails about attendance in teacher and administrator email accounts as well as in secretarial and general Elboya inboxes.  While email is convenient, we cannot guarantee that staff are able to check their email by 9:30 each morning.  For example, every Tuesday morning before school we have a staff meeting and it is unlikely that any staff member would be able to check their email by 9:30. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ATTENDANCE INFORMATION BY EMAIL. Thank you.

4. Being on time

A significant number of students are arriving late to school every morning. We understand the occasional problem that leads to a student being late-sometimes the weather is bad or there is an accident or other circumstances beyond our control. However, being late every day is not respectful of other students or teachers who are on time and disrupts the learning environment in classes. We ask your cooperation in students arriving no later than 8:45 so they can prepare for school which begins at 8:50 a.m. Being on time is an important life skill that all need to acquire.

Halloween Activities

On Thursday, October 30th, Elboya School had a number of fun Hallowe'en activities. Kindergarten through Grade 4 carved or decorated pumpkins which were judged by Mr. Coward's Grade 7-9 Homeroom students. The Concert Band performed the Haunted Clock and Mountain Troll for Kindergarten through Grade 4 before they paraded their costumes to Grade 5-9 classes. Grades 5-9 participated in a Costume Contest at lunchtime. All classes contributed socks filled with candy to Ronald McDonald House. The parents at Ronald McDonald House were overwhelmed with the generosity and want to thank staff and students at Elboya.

Haunted House – S. Park

 The Halloween Haunted House put on by the Drama students was a spooktacular success!!! The small gym was transformed into an exscreamely scarey house. Thank-you to the Drama students for all their hard work, writing scenes and creating their own characters. YOU WERE ALL VERY SCAREY!!

Pumpkin Carving Contest Winners

Congratulations to the K-Grade 4 Pumpkin Carving Contest Winners:

 Room 7 - Mr. Grant's Grade 2 Class - "Frankenstein and Igor"

Room 8 - Ms. Grandan's Grade 2 Class - "Vampire Minion"

Room 10 - Ms. Haines' Grade 4 Class - "Mike from Monster's Inc."

Also, congratulations to the Grade 5-9 Costume Competition Winners:

 5 - Jera W (Zombie Ballerina) and Mitchell P (Green Ghost)

6 - Kiera H (Jellyfish) and Charlie F (George Washington)

7 - Georgia S (Statue of Liberty) and Chris K (Flying Monkey)

8 - Maddie P (Baby) and Robin M (Robin)

9 - Shelby D (Zombie Bride) and Edward P (Pirate)

 Grocery Fundraiser – Elboya School Fundraising Committee  

We invite parents to send in order forms in for the ‘No – Cost, No-Brainer’ Grocery Card Fundraiser in by Wednesday, November 5rd.  Just changing how you pay for your Groceries, Gas and Pharmacy can raise huge money for the Elboya School Fundraising Society.  The cards are just like cash and up to 10.5% of the gift card value is rebated back to the school!  The Elboya Fundraising Society will be using the money for a variety of projects including technology updates (I pads, school Wi-Fi), artist in residence programs and field trips.

 Thanks for your support

The Elboya School Fundraising Society

 Remembrance Day Assembly – November 7th

 There will two assemblies beginning at 9:00. Regretfully, due to an increase in enrollment, we are unable to invite guests including parents this year. Assemblies are for students and staff only.

  Western Canada High School Open House – D. Siakaluk

 There is a parent orientation evening at Western Canada High School on November 19, 2014. Self-directed tours begin at 5:45 pm and the information session begins at 7:00 pm in the main gym. Grade 9 students will be having a tour of Western on December 18th.

 Sewing Club - Students in grade 5 – 9 R. Facchina

 If you are interested in sewing and would like to create a “stuffie” from a kit, please see Mme. Facchina in Rm 23 at the lunch bell to pick up a form  

 Upcoming Events:                                                                     

November 4th                  Fort Calgary Field trip Gr 4-5

Western Canada High School Principal to speak with Elboya Grade 9   students

                                                SG Volleyball Girls Finals

November 5th                  Elementary Pizza Lunch for those who have ordered online.

Please bring a lunch if a pizza was not ordered.

                                   

November 6th                  SG Volleyball Girls Finals

November 7th                  Remembrance Day Assembly

                                 JH Pizza lunch Grade 7-9

November 10th                 Non-Instructional Day—NO SCHOOL

November 11th                Remembrance Day – No School

November 13                    Immunization Gr 5 & 9

November 20th               4-8 p.m. Parent Teacher Conferences for Kindergarten through Grade 6.

November 21^st                  Non instructional day – NO SCHOOL

Cheryl Carbol

Administrative Secretary

Elboya School

Weekly email Oct 25th

October 25, 2014

Dear parents,

 Assembly

 This morning we had a brief assembly for all students and staff. As with all assemblies, we sang “O Canada” led in this case by Aurora and Aidan. The content of the assembly included the following:

-Elboya School’s Canadian flag is flying at half mast to honour Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent and Corporal Nathan Cirillo who died this past week.

-As Remembrance Day approaches, we need to remember those who have fought and died for our freedom.

-This year we will again offer students and staff to bring in a photograph of a family member or friend who is or was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces.

-As Elboya students and staff we can help our community and our country by being friendly and including others. We have many students who are new to Canada, Calgary or Elboya School. Except for a few native students, we are all immigrants to Canada.

-Our actions help to make others feel welcome and part of our community and this is important both in person and in online communications.

Space and Elboya School

 This year we have around 611 students. The maximum I have seen at Elboya is 660. We still have a leased classroom, a woodworking room that is used twice a day and other rooms that are not used every period.  We are not using the library, the stage, cafeteria or the staff room for regularly scheduled classes. 

The capacity of Elboya School is 700 according to the Calgary Board of Education. 

Provincial Achievement Tests

 Results for PATs have been published and full results will appear on Elboya’s website next week. Last June Grade 6 and 9 students wrote 16 tests. There are some very good results for both Standard of Excellence (over 80%) and Acceptable Standard (over 50%). A few examples are:

 In Grade 6 English Language Arts, 94.7% passed the examination while in French Language Arts 96.6% passed. Grade 6 Mathematics had 91.2% of students passing.

In Grade 9, 97.4% of students passed the English Language Arts test and of those 46.2% of students achieved over 80%, which is truly outstanding. In Grade 9 Mathematics 93.6% of students passed and 33.3% of students achieved over 80% on the tests. Again, an excellent result. In Grade 9 Science 89.7% of students passed the test with 24.4% of students achieving the Standard of Excellence.

Each year following the publication of test results, we undertake an analysis of the results and set goals and put actions into place in order to improve our results.

Grade 3 students have just completed the first Student Learning Assessments this week. This has been an intensive experience for students and teachers with both written and digital tests in Language Arts and Mathematics. As the Calgary Board of Education is piloting these tests for Alberta Education, we have submitted feedback about the tests and hope for future modifications which will benefit students.

Oktoberfest

 I would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents who have contributed in any way.  Special thanks are due to Rhonda Fulton who took on this event at the last minute and who has worked very hard to bring it to fruition. 

L. Davis, Principal, Elboya School

 Busing

 Bus B has had some changes to its route which will take effect October 27th. An updated route was provided to all Bus B students and the updated map is on our website as well.

 Soccer Wrap-Up – M. Haines and K. Hadder

 The girls will be playing the boys in a fun game on Monday October 27th at 3:45. Following the short game, the students will come in for pizza and some treats as a group. Everything should be finished by 5:00. Please let the coaches know if your child has any dietary restrictions. 

 Halloween Activities – I. Coward, M. Haines

 October Charity - Stuff Sock for a Sick Child

Students are being asked to bring a couple of store-bought, pre-wrapped, nut-free pieces of candy to contribute to their homeroom's Halloween sock.  Once the socks are stuffed, we will be taking them to Ronald MacDonald House to give to sick kids who are unable to go out trick-or-treating on Friday, October 31, 2014.

 K-4 Pumpkin Carving

Kindergarten through Grade 4 students will be given a pumpkin to carve on Monday, October 27th and they will have until Thursday, October 30th in the morning to complete it.  Mr. Coward's homeroom students will judge the pumpkins and pick three classes as winners. Classes will receive a pumpkin pie!

 Dress-up Day--Thursday, October 30th

Thursday, October 30th will be our Halloween Spirit Day.  All students are encouraged to wear their costumes. In Kindergarten through Grade 4, we celebrate all of the children.  There will be prizes awarded for best costume to one boy and one girl in each grade 5-9.  Parents should ensure that costumes are school appropriate, and that their children do not bring any toy or real "weapons" to school, even if they fit with the theme of their costume.

 Grade 6 and 9 PAT results -  D. Siakaluk

 Schools have received the PAT results for Grade 6 and 9 students. Parent copies will be sent home with the Grade 7 students next week. Grade 9 results are sent to the high school that the students are currently attending. Elboya School results will be shared with parents next week.

  Assessment and HomeLogic -  D. Siakaluk

  A Parent’s guide to Assessment and Reporting has recently been published and is found on the Calgary Board of Education’s website at http://www.cbe.ab.ca/Parents/assessment-and-reporting/introduction.asp

  HomeLogic, showing a student’s marks will be available to parents October 20, 2014.Parents are encouraged to login and check their access. If parents are having difficulties with logging in, please call the Main Office at 403 777-7760 ext. 0 and speak with Mrs. Jones. Instructions are found at

http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b627/pdfs/HomeLogic-FAQ-for-Parents.pdf

 Grade 9 Quebec Field Trip - Mr. D. Siakaluk

 The Grade 9 Quebec field trip will be from April 6 – 11, 2015. There was an information night on October 16 and the first cheque of $500 was due that day. If you interested, have not provided the school with a cheque made out to Elboya School, and you would like your student to attend the field trip, please contact Mr. Derek Siakaluk immediately. Please understand that a prerequisite to being accepted for the field trip is attending a parent meeting. A second meeting is going to be held on November 3rd at 7 p.m. The last day to accept students on the trip is Monday, October 27th, 2014.

 Grade 7-9 Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences - D, Siakaluk

Conferences for Grades 7-9 students only will be held on:

Thursday, October 30 from 4:00 – 8:00 pm and

Friday, October 31 from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm.

Due to the high volume of parent requests for conferences, they will be 6 minutes each.

Bookings open up on October 27 at 6:30 am and can be made at https://elboya.schoolsoft.ca/login.jsf.

If you have any questions, please refer to our website. All necessary information has been posted at: http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b627/default.htm

STUDENTS MAY NOT BE AT SCHOOL ON Thursday 4:00-8:00 p.m. OR Friday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. WITHOUT PARENTS. We appreciate your cooperation in this. Thank you.

 Scholastic Bookfair  Tuesday through Friday, October 28th to 31st, 2014 -  E. Hansen & D. El-Beheiry

 Dear Families,

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school!  What better way to promote reading to our students than by supporting this important literary event.

We invite your entire family to participate by purchasing the latest and greatest in children's books and at the same time support the school by helping us obtain new books and resources for our library and classrooms.

 This weekend visit the Scholastic Book Fairs website at http://www.scholastic.ca/bookfairs to read reviews of the Featured Books.  You can also watch book trailers and author videos with your child on the  BookTube page.

A flyer containing a special Family Event Draw ballot that parents can deposit during Family Night will come home with your students on Monday for a chance to win $50 in books – $25 for your family PLUS $25 for your child’s classroom!

Classes will have the opportunity to preview the collection in the library throughout the day on Wednesday.  Junior High students are also welcome to visit at lunch.  Students old enough and responsible enough to make their own cash purchases are invited to visit the library throughout the day on Thursday to 1:00 pm.  Thursday night is Family Night.  We will accept cash, cheques, Visa, MasterCard and American Express.

 Mark these dates on your calendar:

 •  Class Previews – Tuesday October 28th periods 5 – 7 and  Wednesday, October  29th periods 1 - 4  

•  Student Purchases – Wednesday, October 29th student purchases period 5-7 and Thursday, October    30th from  9:00 am to 1:00 pm

 •   Family Night -Thursday, October 30 from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm

 •   Family Purchases - Friday, October 31 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

 We look forward to seeing you during our Scholastic Book Fair and thank you for supporting this special event.  Thank you for believing in books and the impact of reading on your child's future.

Sincerely,

Erin Hansen, Teacher Librarian

Deborah El-Beheiry, Library Assistant

 Calling all parents and students! – D. El-Beheiry

 I am seeking parents and students to volunteer to help out with the Scholastic Book Fair running from Wednesday, October 29th to Friday, October 31st.  Please contact me if you can spare a couple of hours on:

 •           Tuesday, October 28th at 9:00 am - display set up and classroom previews after lunch

 •           Wednesday, October 29th  from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm - tidy up while the kids are previewing the collection in the morning. Book sales in the afternoon.

 •           Thursday, October 30th  from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm  and 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm – book sales

 •           Friday, October 31st 9:00 am to 1:00 pm – books sales

 •           Monday, November 3rd  from 9:00 – tear down

 I look forward to having a chance to meet and work with you.  Please contact Deborah El-Beheiry at 403-777-7760 ext. 2046.

School fees - C. Carbol

 School fees are now being processed and cheques will be deposited in the bank this week and next. A receipt will be sent home with your child.  If you have yet to remit your fees, please do so. Questions? Please contact Mrs. Carbol in the main office.

 Lunchroom/Cafeteria -  D. Siakaluk

Just a reminder to parents that students in Grades 6-9 are able to use the microwaves in the cafeteria and purchase hot lunches directly from the cafeteria. Students in Grades 1-5 need to pre-order cafeteria food and bring lunches that do not require microwaving. Beginning November 3rd, students will place cafeteria orders through their homeroom or class. Students are also reminded to bring all the necessary cutlery in their lunches as cutlery is only provided for students who purchase a hot lunch.

Lost and Found - Mr. D. Siakaluk

Our Lost and Found is located near the Main Office and is getting quite full. Next time you're in the school, please take a look for any misplaced items. We will be clearing out the Lost and Found on October 31st.

Upcoming Events

Monday, October 27th                                           B   us “B” route change takes effect      

                                                                                       Jr. Boys Volleyball at AE Cross                                 

Tuesday October 28th                                         Jr. Girls Volleyball at Bishop Pinkham 

                                

Wednesday October 29th                                        Scholastic Book Fair 

                                                                                Sr. Boys Volleyball at John Ware                                            

Thursday October 30th                                       Sr. Girls Volleyball at John Ware

                                                                               Early dismissal 1:30 pm

                                                                            Conferences for Grades 7-9     4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

                                                                            

Friday October 31st                                          No School 

                                                                         Conferences for Grades 7-9      9:00 am – 1:00  pm

                                             

 Practices

 Running club Grades 1-5

Monday 12:16-12:35  Grade 3 and 4

Tuesday12:16-12:35  Grade 1 and 2

Wednesday 12:35-1:01Grade 5

Have a wonderful weekend!

Cheryl Carbol