November
13, 2015
Important
Dates
Nov. 10th
Tuesday - Remembrance Day Assemblies
Nov 10th
Tuesday - Grade 7’s - Zoo
Nov .11th
Wednesday - Remembrance Day NO SCHOOL
Nov. 17th
Tuesday - Book Fair
Nov. 18th
Wednesday 7-9 pm - Elboya School Council
Nov. 19th
Thursday 1:30 pm - Early dismissal
Nov. 19th
4-8 p.m. - Student-Parent-Teacher Interviews
Nov. 20th
9-12 a.m. - Student-Parent-Teacher Interviews NO SCHOOL
Dec 1st Tuesday
- Band Winter Concert @7:00 pm Bethany Chapel
Grade
9 Transition to High School
Today we were pleased to host M. Martin Poirier principal of Western
Canada High School who, along with Mme. Godin-Fortin and two former Elboya
students, Kaila F. and Sabinne S. spoke with Grade 9 students. I appreciate M.
Poirier taking the time to come to Elboya.
Grade 9 students are looking forward to visiting Western next week for
the Grade 9 annual tour.
We distributed to each grade 9 student the general CBE handout, 2016-17 Get
Ready – Get Set – Go For it: Learn more about high school and plan for your
success as well. Online resources about high schools are:
General Guide
http://www.cbe.ab.ca/programs/high-school/Pages/default.aspx
Detailed high school course guide
http://www.cbe.ab.ca/programs/high-school/Documents/Detailed-High-School-
Course-Guide.pdf
Information about Open Houses are on the websites of each high school.
Western Canada’s website is at http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b816/
Western
Canada Tour – M. Comeau
Tuesday, November 17th the Grade 9 students will go on a tour of Western
Canada High School. We will leave Elboya at 9:30 and be back around 12:15 pm
for lunch.
Western Canada’s Open house and General information session will be
November the 18th
from 5:45 to 6:30 followed by the Western International Baccalaureate
Program Information Night from 6:30 to 7:30. The invitation from Western was
sent to parents on Friday, 6 November, 2015 and is attached again.
Virtual Learning Commons – M. Haines
The Virtual Learning Commons is found at
https://sites.google.com/a/educbe.ca/vlc/
At this site, parents can locate a school calendar, a blog from each
teacher for their class and dates of assignments and tests. We invite parents
to consult it regularly.
Home
Logic M. Comeau
Elboya School is using Home Logic, which shows student’s marks and
assessments available to parents. Parents are encouraged to login and check
their access. Instructions are found at http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b627/pdfs/HomeLogic-FAQ-for-Parents.pdf
If parents are having difficulties with logging in, please call the Main
Office at 403 777-7760 ext. 0 and speak with Mrs. Block.
Remembrance
Day
Thanks to the Drama 9 students and Ms. Park who put on two Remembrance
Day Assemblies on November 10, 2015 for students and staff. We all appreciated
the opportunity to remember those who have sacrificed for us. Mr. Grove created
a display of photographs of some veterans and makes the following comment:
Canada is truly an amazing country largely due to the sacrifice of our
soldiers. As the Great Wars were a long time ago and we are slowly losing more
and more of our veterans, it becomes even more important to share these photos
and experiences. There were many amazing photos brought in and you can tell
there is a lot of pride from the letters or notes attached with them. I can’t
speak for anyone else, but it certainly made me pause and made Remembrance Day
more personal seeing everyone’s contribution. I will have the display up for
the next little while to continue to highlight Remembrance Day, as a single
day/week/month is not nearly enough.
Student
Parent Teacher Interviews—November 19 and 20, 2015
M. Comeau
Grade K – 4 and 4/5 Parents
You will be able to book one 10 minute interview with your child’s
teacher online using the Elboya Conference Manager. Interviews are available
from 4:00 - 8:00 PM on Thursday, November 19th and from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM on
Friday, November 20th. Please follow the steps below. Parents who used this
system before, simply need to log in.
Step 1 – Set up a Parent account by going to https://elboya.schoolsoft.com
(DO NOT include “www” in the address). Click the REGISTER NOW button and
complete the registration form. Your login information (email and password)
will remain in the system to make it easy to access the Conference Manager in
the future.
Conference Manager requires you to use Internet Explorer 7 (or above),
Firefox 3 (or above) or Safari 4 (or above). If you are using an older browser,
the Conference Manager will ask you to update your browser and provide you with
a link. This is a one-time process and only takes a couple of minutes.
Please make sure to add appointments@schoolsoft.com to your contact list
so emails from Conference Manager do not end up in your trash or junk folders.
Step 2 – Conference Manager Opens to Parents – Monday, November 16th at
6:00 AM. You can access the Parent Login Page either by using the link in this
week’s Friday email or by going directly to https://elboya.schoolsoft.com.
Step 3 – Book your Parent-Teacher interviews
Select your child’s teach
to see their schedule on either Thursday, November
19th or Friday, November 20th. Please schedule only one appointment
slot. After booking your appointment, you can print off your schedule. You will
also receive an email containing the teacher name, time and location of the
conference. You can log into the system at any time to view your bookings,
print, cancel or re-schedule appointments.
Grade 5-9 Parents
You will be able to book a 6 minute interview slot with each of your
child’s teachers. Please follow the same steps as above. The interviews will be
in the main gym.
Elboya
Annual Food Bank Drive- Ms Sawchuk, Ms MacGillvray, Ms. Lewis
From November 23 until December 16, Elboya students will be collecting
food and other items for the Calgary Interfaith Food Bank. Each food bank item
will receive house points based on the theme for that week:
The week of November 23 – 27, the theme is Pasta – all pasta and pasta
related items would receive 5 points.
The week of Nov 30 – December 4, the
theme is Cereals – each item will receive 5 points
The week of December 7 – 11, the themes fruits and veggies – canned of
course – each item receiving 5 points.
Baby items brought in at any time will
receive a MEGA bonus of 10 house points each!
Help us to support those who are in need. Thank you.
Scholastic
Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school! Classes will have the
opportunity to preview the collection next week and will be bringing home
flyers today. You can also visit the Scholastic Book Fair's website at
http://www.scholastic.ca/bookfairs to read reviews of Featured Books.
Students will be able to make their own purchases throughout Wednesday
and Thursday. Families are welcome back again during Parent/Teacher interviews
times. There will be a special draw with an opportunity to win 25$ worth of
books for your child and an additional 25$ worth of books for your child's
classroom. We are able to accept cash, cheques, Visa, MasterCard, and American
Express.
Wednesday, November 17 Student book sales from 12:15pm to 3:30pm
Thursday, November 18 Student book sales from 9:00pm to 1:30pm Family
Purchases from 4:00pm to 7:30pm
Friday, November 19 Family Purchases from 9:00pm to 12:00pm
Finally, we are still looking for parent volunteers to help out during
various shifts on the days and evening of this event. You must have your police
record check and CBE volunteer clearance completed. Thank you for supporting
Elboya's love of reading!
