January 8, 2016

Important Dates

Jan 9^th      Sat                          Band Bottle Drive

Jan 11^th    Mon                        2016-2017 Kindergarten Registration begins

Jan 13^th      Wed                        Elementary Pizza lunch

Jan 15^th       Fri                           Junior High Pizza Lunch

Jan 19^th    Tues                       5-9 Human Sexuality Forms to be returned   

Jan 20^th    Wed                        School Council

Jan 27^th    Wed                        Report cards home

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

Feb 1^st      Mon                        Interviews Grades 7-9 only 9:00-12:00 &

1:00 – 4:00

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

Feb 23^rd    Tues                       Gr 8 Science Fieldtrip – Telus Spark

Mar 4^th     Fri.                           Career Day for Grades 5-9

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

June 14 – 24^th                         Grade 6 Provincial Achievement Tests

June 17 – 24^th                         Grade 9 Provincial Achievement Tests                                  

Elboya School Band Bottle Drive

The Elboya Band bottle drive is on Saturday January 9th from 9-12 in the school parking lot. Students will be out in the area to collect bottles or you can bring your bottles directly to the school parking lot.

Thank you again for your support.

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 Intensive French and Grade 7 Late Immersion will follow.  

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

Gr 8 Science – Telus Spark

We are looking for 6 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)

Reminder

Winter is in full swing and it takes extra time to travel to and from school. It is very important that students arrive at school no later than 8:45 a.m. in order to be in class ready to learn at 8:50 a.m. When students are late, their arrival disrupts the learning of those who take the time and trouble to be on time. We understand that emergencies do happen, but these are not daily. We ask everyone to make the effort to be on time to school. Classes start at 8:50

Missing Children

Again this week we had a child reported missing, in this instance at 4:50 p.m. on January 5^th. This is a very frightening experience for the student, parents and school staff. Unfortunately for school staff, it is becoming a common though no less frightening experience and we have had several such incidents this school year.  We are unable to continue and are looking for alternate solutions.

Children need to be picked up by 3:40 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 1:40 by Friday. Be advised the school closes at 4:00 p.m  and 2:00 p.m on Friday.

Parents who will be late need to call the Main Office at 403-777-7760 ext 0.

Students in Kindergarten through Grade 6 wait for parents in the Main Office until 4 p.m.

Your help is required to ensure that neither children, parents, or staff are not placed in the situation of not knowing where a child or parent is.  Thank you.