Feb 20, 2015

February 20, 2015

Dear Parents,

Accountability Pillar Survey – D. Siakaluk

As an annual check-up on the education system, the Accountability Pillar provides an opportunity for Alberta Education and school authorities to ensure that we are equipping students for success.

The Accountability Pillar uses a set of 16 indicators consisting of surveys of students, parents and teachers on various aspects of quality; student outcomes such as dropout and high school completion rates; and provincial assessments of student learning.

From January to the end of February, Alberta Education will be conducting the annual Accountability Pillar Survey.  In January, parents of students in grades 4, 7 and 10 will receive a survey from Alberta Education.  In February, students in grades 4, 7 and 10 and all teachers will be completing their surveys online at school. 

All surveys are anonymous and ask questions about experiences with the school.  In addition to English and French, the parent survey is available in Chinese, Punjabi, Arabic, Blackfoot, Cree, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog and Urdu.

Your participation in the survey helps provide important information on the quality of education your child is receiving, so we encourage you to return your survey promptly.

Survey results will be available to school authorities in May 2015, and will be reported publicly as part of their 3-Year Education Plans and Annual Education Results Reports.

Drama News – S. Park

Auditions for the Spring Drama Show have been rescheduled until next week. All grade 7 to 9 students are encouraged to try out. Call backs will be February 24 and rehearsals will start shortly after. The two one-act plays are......'How to Succeed In High School Without Really Trying" by Jonathan Rand and "This Is A Test" by Stephen Gregg. Sign up outside the Drama room. Any questions please see Ms. Park.

Jump Rope for Heart – M. Lewis

Did you know that the heart beats about 100,000 times in 24 hours? Keep this hard-working muscle healthy and happy; get at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day! This was just one piece of information the students in grade one to grade six received Tuesday, February 10th, at their Jump Rope for Heart Kick Off Assembly. As part of Elboya’s February “Pay It Forward” campaign, we have decided again to participate in the Jump Rope for Heart Fundraiser! Last year, the student of Elboya, along with support from family members, friends and the community were able to fundraise over $10,000 for this great cause. We have decided this year to again shoot for this amazing goal! All the students were given a collection envelope along with information on how to register on-line. The campaign will wrap up on Friday, February 27^th. Please speak with your child about safe ways to collect money, along with ideas to make your heart stronger by exercising and making healthy nutrition choices! We thank you for your support during our fundraising efforts for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Canadian Parents for French

CPF is holding a French family fun weekend February 27th, 28th and March 1st. in Jasper. For more information regarding the weekend go to http://ab/cpf/ca/activites/calendar/

CPF is an excellent resource for parents and students. If you are interested in more information please contact Nancy Paton cnpaton@shaw.ca who is a parent here at Elboya and our liaison for CPF.

New Map – Bus B

A new route will be starting on Wednesday, February 25^th. Students that ride bus B will receive a new map on Monday February 23^rd. Extra copies will be available in the office.  The map will also be made available on the Elboya website.

Noon Supervision - Tax Receipts Grade 1 - 6

Tax Receipts for the 2014 year will be sent home with students next week. 

Basketball Play Offs – T. James

Jr Girls seeded first in Division B and will play Tuesday Feb 24 VS David Thompson. Game will be played at Vincent Massey starting at 4:30. If they win, they are in Thursdays Final at John Ware starting at 4:30.

Jr Boys seeded fourth in Division C and will play Monday Feb 23 VS Fairview.  

Game will be played at Harold Panabaker starting at 5:30. If they win they play  Tuesday, Feb 24 vs David Thompson at Fairview School starting at 5:30. If they win both games, Thursdays final will be at David Thompson starting at 5:45.

Sr Girls seeded third in Division A and will play Feb 25^th VS Mountain Park.  Game will be played at Samuel Shaw starting at 6:30.  If they win, they are in Thursdays Final at Midsun School starting at 7 PM.

Important Dates

February 23^rd                                                Jr. Boys Basketball @ Harold Panabaker 5:30 pm

February 24^th                                    Call Backs – Drama

                                                            Jr. Girls Basketball @ Vincent Massey 4:30 pm

                                               

February 25^th                                                Bus B new route in effect

                                                            Sr. Girls Basketball @ Samuel Shaw 6:30 pm

February 27^th                                                Jump Rope for Heart Campaign Wraps Up

                                                            Wear Pink- to show our care for others

  

February 11, 2015 Weekly email

February 11, 2015

Dear Parents,

In a short week we often try to squeeze in a week’s worth of learning and this week has certainly met the criteria. Tuesday we held two Awards Assemblies for Grades 5-6 and 7-9 as well as the Jump Rope for Heart for Grades 1-6. Grade 4 students went skiing. Wednesday we had two dances one after school for the Grade 5-6 and the other in the evening for grades 7-9. At lunch a team of grade 9 students played the teachers playoff in Floor Hockey. All of this and regular classes, Intramurals, etc.

Awards Assemblies

Two students were recognized for excellent academic achievement in every subject and class. Teachers select the students and the award is based on excellent academics, good behaviour and service to the class. All students were also eligible for the Fierte de la Langue Award for speaking French in classes and many students were recognized. Honours awards were also given. It has taken some work to come up with reasonable criteria for Honours under the new report card system. We have pursued giving awards as it is important to recognize individual excellence and other contributions at school.

The three criteria for Honours Awards are:

1. Achievement of 4s (Outstanding Achievement) in the stems of Core Subjects: ELA, Social, Math, Science and FSL or FLA. Options and PE are not counted towards Honours.

A. First Class Honours is for students who achieve a 4 in 1/2 or more of all core stems (11 stems for grade 5 Intensive and otherwise usually 22 (with FSL) or 23 (with FLA)

B. Second Class Honours is for students who achieve a 4 in between 1/3 up to 1/2 of all stems

2. Teacher recommendation

3. A student may not have any 1s.

This model is simple and is based on student strengths. It does not penalize students if they have 2s. I note that there were a few students in grades 5-9 who had between 20-22 4s on their report card.

This concludes the January report card cycle. It has been a new and challenging process for students and staff who have spent a great deal of time on the new marking and reporting system. Generally it has gone well though we have already had discussions on we may improve our work on the new system.

Service Awards will be given at the end of February. These are open to all students and are based on consistent service and help to classmates, teachers and in the school.

Students in grades 1-6 had a great deal of fun and participated vociferously in the Jump Rope for Heart assembly. This is the opening fundraising event for this worthy cause. The speaker advised students about how they can have a healthy heart throughout their life. Parents, please be advised that it is not necessary to register online for a student to participate in the fundraiser.

Both dances were well attended even though many families are going away for the long

weekend. At the Grade 5-6 dance, an amazing group of girls raised funds for the SPCA and

Free the Children through a bake sale.

Many thanks to students, staff and parents who all worked together and made the above events possible.

Next year planning is underway. This week a survey went home to parents of grade 4 and 6

students to ask about grade 5 Intensive French and grade 7 English and Later Immersion. We would appreciate receiving the surveys back by Friday, February 20th. Applications for Grade 7 French Immersion are available from Mrs. Carbol in the Main Office.

On Friday, teachers and students played Floor Hockey. The teachers ended up winning the

game. Fun was had by all! 

Have a very enjoyable long weekend.

Linda Davis

Principal

Transportation Survey (Yellow School Buses)

The Calgary Board of Education is inviting parents to complete a short survey on transportation.

The survey is located at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5K3973T

It will be open between February 2nd- to 16th, 2015. The attached letter gives further details.

Drama News – S. Park

Auditions for the Spring Drama Show have been rescheduled until next week. All grade 7 to 9

students are encouraged to try out. Call backs will be February 24 and rehearsals will start

shortly after. The two one-act plays are......'How to Succeed In High School Without Really

Trying" by Jonathan Rand and "This Is A Test" by Stephen Gregg. Sign up outside the Drama room. Any questions please see Ms. Park.

Painting

Painting has begun at Elboya School. The painting of the school will last until the end of March.This will occur during school hours. We ask for your patience as we receive this much-needed upgrade to our school’s appearance. Thank you.

Library Learning Commons:

You will see a newly arranged space if you poke your head into our library learning commons. During the time when we were closed for painting, we not only had our walls spruced up, but we were able to do inventory and rearrange our entire space to create more room for collaboration and flexible use. We rearranged the location of almost all our physical resources to better utilize built in shelves and free up some floor space. We have re-located our help/circulation desk to a more centralized space and moved out the older large circulation desk. Our tables are more spread out and our aim is to create both teaching and individual work spaces to meet the needs of all learners as they share the space. We are still working on signage and art for our walls. Stay tuned for further progress!

Many thanks to our dedicated parent volunteers. We could not have done this work without you!

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART – M. Lewis

Did you know that the heart beats about 100,000 times in 24 hours? Keep this hard-working muscle healthy and happy; get at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day!

This was just one piece of information the students in grade one to grade six received Tuesday, February 10th, at their Jump Rope for Heart Kick Off Assembly. As part of Elboya’s February “Pay It Forward” campaign, we have decided again to participate in the Jump Rope for Heart Fundraiser! Last year, the student of Elboya, along with support from family members, friends and the community were able to fundraise over $10,000 for this great cause. We have decided this year to again shoot for this amazing goal! All the students were given a collection envelope along with information on how to register on-line. Please speak with your child about safe ways to collect money, along with ideas to make your heart stronger by exercising and making healthy nutrition choices! We thank you for your support during our fundraising efforts for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Reminder for EOE classes – T. James

EOE 9 need to return their snowshoe permission forms and the EOE 7 & 8’s need to return their Nakiska permission forms ASAP.

Jr High Pizza Lunch - New Format

We will be changing the format of the following pizza days that will take place on February 20th, March 13th, April 17th, May 22nd and June 12th.

 Pizzas will be sold the day of so there are NO PRE-SALES.

 Pizza will be sold in the fishbowl

 There will be three tables set up. Cheese, pepperoni and Hawaiian pizza will be available. Juice boxes will also be made available.

 Students may purchase more than one type of pizza.

 Each pizza slice will cost $2.00 and a juice box $1.00.

 Please have your child bring the exact $$ amount if possible.

We will require support from our parent volunteers to make this successful. Please contact Emily McKenzie at emckenzi@ucalgary.ca if you are able to volunteer on any or all of the above pizza dates.

Thank you,

Glenda Morrison & Nancy Paton

Canadian Parents for French

CPF is holding a French family fun weekend February 27th, 28th and March 1st. in Jasper.

For more information regarding the weekend go to http://ab/cpf/ca/activites/calendar/

CPF is an excellent resource for parents and students.

If you are interested in more information please contact Nancy Paton cnpaton@shaw.ca who is a parent here at Elboya and our liaison for CPF.

Vaccinations

If your child is very nervous receiving a vaccination we would recommend that you take them to a clinic as they need your support. Thank you.

Important Dates

February 12, 13 Teachers Convention - NO SCHOOL

February 16 FamilyDay - NO SCHOOL

February19 Concert Band Festival U of C 4:00pm

February20 Jr. High Pizza Day

Cheryl Carbol

Admin. Secretary

Elboya School

 

February 6 Weekly email

February 6, 2015

 

 

 Dear Parents,

Elboya School’s Open House last evening was well attended and staff met with many students and parents who are interested in attending Elboya School next year.  William Reid Grade 4 students toured Elboya School in the morning with the help of Grade 5 ambassadors. We appreciated the students who helped out by participating in presentations, giving tours, or in any way.

 Environmental and Outdoor Education students in grades 7-9 had a wonderful day skiing at Nakiska this week.

Change in Grade 6 Provincial Achievement Tests

Alberta Education announced yesterday, February 5, 2015, that all school districts throughout the province will administer Grade 6 Provincial Achievement Tests for Grade 6 students in May-June 2015 and May-June 2016. For further information on PATs and SLAs, please see further details on the Alberta Education website.

Transportation Survey (Yellow School Buses)

The Calgary Board of Education is inviting parents to complete a short survey on transportation. The survey is located at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5K3973T

It will be open between February 2nd- to 16th, 2015.  The attached letter gives further details. 

 Awards

It is our intention to continue to offer awards at Elboya School. Assemblies will be on February 10th for grades 5-6 and 7-9. Some awards are available to all students. Some are academic and some are not. All students are eligible for awards.

Fierte de la Langue—for consistently speaking French in classes (no limit)

Elboya Outstanding Citizenship Award--excellent citizen and helps others 1/class

Most Improved—for students who have demonstrated significant improvement

Outstanding Academic Achievement—1 boy and 1 girl/class

Honours—for academic excellence in all classes to students who have primarily 4s and their teacher’s recommendation (no limit)

Thank you to many parents who helped out in the Library/Learning Commons during the past two weeks.  The newly painted and reorganized facility opens Monday, February 9, 2015.  Students are looking forward to being in the Learning Commons again.

 Linda Davis

Principal

 

Drama News – S. Park

I am very excited to announce the names of the two one-acts for the Spring Drama Production! The first is "How to Succeed in High School Without Really Trying" by Jonathan Rand and the second is "This Is A Test" by Stephen Gregg. Both shows are comedies and take place in a school. They and are very well-written and offer the opportunity for many students to create fun and engaging characters. Auditions will take place Monday, Feb. 9th until Wednesday Feb 11th and are open to grade 7 to 9 students. Auditions will be at lunchtime and after school. Please sign up outside the Drama room.  If you have any questions, please see Mrs. Park!

Please excuse our appearance during the painting of our school

Painting has begun at Elboya School. The painting of the school will last until the end of March. This will occur during school hours. As of today, bulletin boards (in areas to be painted) will be cleared until the end of March.  Once painted, we have been asked to wait 30 days before reposting materials.

Thank you.

  CBE Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees will be holding a series of meetings. These meetings will be held

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.  Area IV Schools - Feb. 26 at Central Memorial High School, 5111 21 St S.W.  

Jr High Pizza Lunch - New Format

We will be changing the format of the following pizza days that will take place on February 20th, March 13th, April 17th, May 22nd and June 12th.

• Pizzas will be sold the day of so there are NO PRE-SALES.
• Pizza will be sold in the fishbowl  
• There will be three tables set up.  Cheese, pepperoni and Hawaiian pizza will be available. Juice boxes will also be made available.
• Students may purchase more than one type of pizza.
• Each pizza slice will cost $2.00 and a juice box $1.00.
• Please have your child bring the exact $$ amount if possible.

 We will require support from our parent volunteers to make this successful.  Please contact     Emily McKenzie at emckenzi@ucalgary.ca  if you are able to volunteer on any or all of the above pizza dates.

 Thank you,

Glenda Morrison & Nancy Paton

 Canadian Parents for French

CPF is holding a French family fun weekend February 27th, 28th and March 1st. in Jasper.

For more information regarding the weekend go to http://ab/cpf/ca/activites/calendar/  

CPF is an excellent resource for parents and students.

If you are interested in more information please contact Nancy Paton npaton@shaw.ca who is a parent here at Elboya and our liaison for CPF.

 Important Dates

 

February 06/07          Senior Boys Basketball Tournament @ Henry Wisewood High School

 

February 9                 Skiing Gr4 COP - Winsport

                                    Drama Auditions Grade 7-9

February 10               Elboya Awards - Grade 5-6    9:30 am

                                                                Grade 7-9    11:00 am        

   

February 11               School Dance     Grade 5-6   3:30 -5:00 pm,    Grade 7-9   7:00-9:00pm    

                                    Drama Auditions Grade 7-9

February 12, 13         Teachers Convention - NO SCHOOL

 

February 16               Family Day - NO SCHOOL

 

February 17               Classes resume

 

February19                Concert Band Festival U of C 4:00pm

 

February20                Jr. High Pizza Day

                

Have a wonderful weekend!

 Cheryl Carbol

Administrative Secretary

Elboya School

January 30, 2015 Weekly email

January 30, 2015

 

 

Dear Parents,

 Thank you for attending Parent Teacher Interviews.  We appreciate the opportunity to discuss the recent report card with students and parents.

 Traffic Safety

At Elboya School we are actively working to improve traffic safety. Beginning on Monday, February 2nd, 2015, Elboya School Patrols will be at the corner of 47th and 6th Street at the L shaped crosswalks. We will be discussing the new patrols with students on Monday, February 2nd. Staff will also be outside in greater numbers after school for a period of time while we adjust to this new situation.

 We ask for your active cooperation in respecting and assisting our Grade 5 and 6 students who run the patrols.   In particular we will be asking all parents and students to:

 -cross the street ONLY at a crosswalk

-park 5 meters from any crosswalks

 All of us working together can make the streets around the school safe. 

 Transportation Survey (Yellow School Buses)

The Calgary Board of Education is inviting parents to complete a short survey on transportation. The survey is located at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5K3973T

It will be open between February 2nd- to 16th, 2015.  The attached letter gives further details.

 

Awards

It is our intention to continue to offer awards at Elboya School. Assemblies will be on February 10th for grades 5-6 and 7-9. Some awards are available to all students. Some are academic and some are not. All students are eligible for awards.

Fierte de la Langue—for consistently speaking French in classes (no limit)

Elboya Outstanding Citizenship Award--excellent citizen and helps others 1/class

Most Improved—for students who have demonstrated significant improvement

Outstanding Academic Achievement—1 boy and 1 girl/class

Honours—for academic excellence in all classes to students who have primarily 4s and their teacher’s recommendation (no limit)

 Thank you.

 Linda Davis

Principal

 

Drama News – S. Park

I am very excited to announce that we are now starting the Spring Drama Production process! The title of the show will be announced once the right to produce it has been given to us, so next week I hope to announce the name of the two One-Act Plays we will be presenting. ALL students are welcome to audition and auditions will be held the second week of February. Stay tuned for more information next week. If you have questions please email Mrs. Park at sdkoehler@cbe.ab.ca. Thank-you!

 

Painting

Painting begins at Elboya School on February 2, 2015 and lasts until the end of March. This will occur during school hours. We ask for your patience as we receive this much-needed upgrade to our school’s appearance. 

 

Canadian Parents for French

CPF is holding a French family fun weekend February 27th, 28th and March 1st. in Jasper.

For more information regarding the weekend go to http://ab/cpf/ca/activites/calendar/  

CPF is an excellent resource for parents and students.

If you are interested in more information please contact Nancy Paton npaton@shaw.ca who is a parent here at Elboya and our liaison for CPF.

 

School Registration

We are now taking registrations for the 2015-2016 school year. If your child attends Elboya at this time you do not need to re-register. Registration for the French Immersion and the Intensive French programs will take place after February 5th.

 

Day Home Anyone?

With the new school year starting in September of 2015 we are wondering if any parent within the area is planning to open a day home in the fall. We have had parent inquiries regarding Kindergarten aged students and care. Parents are looking for accommodations that would fit in with their specific Kindergarten schedule. If you feel you would be providing a daycare service of this type please call me at (403) 777-7760 ext. 0. Thank you!

 

Important Dates

 February 02    Junior Girls Basketball @ Woodman Junior High

 February 03    Junior Boys Basketball @ Woodman Junior High

 February 04    EOE Nakiska ski trip Gr 7, 8, 9.  Please be at school by 8:10 A.M. Return time is 5:00 PM

February 04    Senior Girls Basketball @ Woodman Junior High

 February 05    Elboya Open House 7 P.M. to 8 P.M for families interested in Kindergarten, Grade 5 Intensive French, Grade 7 Late Immersion and anyone new to Elboya School for the 2015/2016 School Year.

 February 05    Elboya Open House 10:30 A.M. or 7:30 P.M. for William Reid Continuing French Immersion families

 February 05    Senior Boys Basketball @ Nickel Junior High

 February 06/07 Senior Boys Basketball Tournament @ Henry Wisewood High School

 February 10    Elboya Awards for Grade 5 to 9- Times TBA

 

Have a fabulous weekend.