January 22, 2016

January 22, 2016

Important Dates

Jan 27^th    Wed                        Report cards home

Jan 28^th     Thurs                      Open House 7:00-8:30 pm

Jan 29^th       Fri                           Spirit Day – Hippie Day

Feb 1^st      Mon                        NO SCHOOL - Non Instructional Day

Interviews Gr 7-9 only 9-12 pm & 4-8 pm

Feb 2^nd                  Tues                      Glenbow Museum Grade 3

Feb 4^th      Thurs                      Elementary Family Dance 5-7 p.m

Feb 4^th       Thurs                     Police Interpretive Centre Gr - 6 Sawchuk    

Feb 5^th       Fri                          Jump Rope for Heart - Kick Off Assembly

Feb 8^th       Mon                       Police Interpretive Centre - Gr 6 Plesu           

Feb 9^th       Tues                      COP Skiing Gr 4

Feb 11^th    Thurs                      NO SCHOOL - Teachers Convention

Feb 12^th    Thurs                      NO SCHOOL - Teachers Convention

Feb 15^th     Mon                       NO SCHOOL - Family Day

Feb 17^th        Wed                      Concert Band – Gr 8 & 9 Alberta International 

                                                Band Festival 2:00 pm

Feb 23^rd    Tues                       Concert Band – Gr 8 & 9 Alberta International 

                                                Band Festival 7:00 pm

                                                Gr 8 Science Fieldtrip - Telus Spark

Mar 1^st       Tues                      Jazz Band – Gr 7, 8, 9 Alberta International Band 

                                                Festival 10:30 am

Mar 4^th       Fri                          Career Day for Gr 5-9

May 10 & 11^th 2016                 Provincial Achievement Tests for Grades 6 & 9

June 14 – 20^th                         Grade 6 Provincial Achievement Tests

June 17 – 24^th                         Grade 9 Provincial Achievement Tests

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Every CBE school is limited to 3 parent-teacher conferences per year.  For Kindergarten to Grade 6, these occurred in September and December.  For Grades 7 through 9, initial conferences were held in October and will be held again after report cards. All grades will have interview sessions in March.

For grade 7 - 9, parent teacher interviews will be February 1st from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm.  Conferences can be booked online at https://elboya.schoolsoft.ca beginning Thursday, January 28^th at 6:00am and closing on Sunday, January 31^st at 8:00pm.

Elboya School Annual Open House

On Thursday January 28^th, Elboya School will be hosting our annual Open House. An Invitation is attached for your information.

Grade 4 students from William Reid School will be visiting in the morning. Grade 6 students interested in Late French Immersion at Elboya School will tour in the afternoon beginning at 2:00 p.m.

Invitations for parents of Grade 4 and 6 students interested in Grade 5 Intensive French and Grade 7 Late Immersion have been sent to parents.    

We hope to see parents and students on January 28^th from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

January Activities

Friday January 29th: Second spirit day - Hippie day!  Students can dress up as hippies.  House points will be given for students who participate.  Students will come around on Wednesday January 27th to discuss this with classes and posters will be put up to advertise the day.

Gr 8 Science – Telus Spark

We are looking for 3 parent volunteers for our Science 8 field trip on February 23rd. In order to volunteer you must have your Police Clearance up to date.

If you are able to accompany us on this field trip, please send an email to Mr.Bard (jkbard@cbe.ab.ca)

Girls Basketball – T. Quast

Grade 5 and 6 girls’ basketball club with Miss Quast is on Friday during the 2nd half of lunch. It will be starting January 15th and continuing until the end of February.

Outstanding Fees – C. Carbol

We still have students with outstanding school fees and/or noon supervision fees. If you are having financial difficulty please call the school and ask for Mrs. Carbol at (403) 777-7760. You may qualify for a specific waiver which we can set up on your behalf. All fees are turned over to CBE Finance at the end of January. Thank you

Elboya K-4 Family Dance

The K – 4 Family Dance will be held on Thursday, February 4^th from

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.  Ticket cost is $5.00 per person or $ 20.00 per family of four or more. Early Bird tickets may be purchased January 28^th at the school. Tickets will also be available at the door.