The Week Ahead - November 15 - Colonel Irvine School

Posted on 2023-11-20 15:05:13.969428 +0000 UTC

The Week Ahead - November 15

Good afternoon Colonel Irvine School Community.

下午好! 学文学校社区,

Today was a non-instructional day for CBE students. For teachers, it was our System Indigenous Professional learning day called Maatoomsii’Pookaiks (Children First). Staff heard from Elders and Indigenous students about how we can better support Indigenous worldviews and students within our schools.

Yesterday we had our Remembrance Day ceremonies to honour our past and present armed forces members. Today marks the 105th anniversary of the end of the First World War. We'd to like to bring special honour to those who sacrificed their lives for our freedom and for those who continue to do so around the world. We are so fortunate to live in Canada. We hope the ceremonies help students to reflect on contributions of past and present military operations, to think about what they can solve conflict through dialogue and understanding, and perhaps encourage others to join the armed forces in the future. We want to express our gratitude to all the students and families that contributed to the poppy fund and the Veterans’ food bank drive. Also, thank you to our cadet members, student speakers, singers and musicians, and the teachers who helped with the ceremonies. There will be other special events and ceremonies taking place around our city on Sunday, November 11th. Click on the link for ideas: https://www.familyfuncanada.com/calgary/remembrance-day-ceremonies/

Good luck to all our athletes and coaches on the basketball teams as they will be playing finals next week. More information on the game schedule is below. We’d like to thank all our student and teacher volunteers for supporting all our home games this season.

Lastly, we'd like to wish Happy Diwali to our students and families who celebrate this holiday. The main celebration date is Sunday, November 12th this year. Diwali is India's most important holiday of the year. It is a five-day festival of lights celebrated by millions of people across the world. It celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil and the human ability to overcome. We hope everyone will have a Diwali that brings happiness, prosperity and joy to you and all your family.

Please note that teachers will not be sending a weekly learning update today. We hope that everyone will enjoy the new fall break this year and we will see you back on Wednesday, November 15th.

Thank you for your continued support.

Ms. Ko and Ms. Dalwood

NEW - My CBE/PowerSchool/School Conferences

Conference booking will open November 15.

All parents with children enrolled in the Calgary Board of Education schools have access. Parents must first create a PowerSchool parent account to be able to use this CBE application and the guide link below.

Parents Sign In:MyCBE | PowerSchool > myCBE Apps > my School Conferences

· Guide: Parents can find support information (including user guides for booking a conference, joining a conference, and a quick reference guide) on the Technical Support for Students & Parents site, under MyCBE / PowerSchool - School Conferences.

UPDATED: Dates to Remember:

Wednesday, November 15 – Parent Teacher Interview booking opens at 4pm

Monday, November 20-Thursday, November 23 – Book Fair (more details next week)

Tuesday, November 21 - School Council 6:30pm

Wednesday, November 22 – Parent Teacher Interviews – 4-8pm In person

Thursday, November 23 – Parent Teacher Interviews – 4-8pm In person

Friday, November 24 – Non-instructional day - Parent Teacher Interviews – 8:30-11:30am and 12:30-3:30pm Online all day

Monday, November 27 – Vaccine catchups for students with previously signed consent forms

Wednesday, December 6 – Band Concert at John G. Diefenbaker High School at 6:30

Friday, December 8 – Non-instructional day

Monday, December 11 – Trimester 2 Starts

Tuesday, December 12 – School Council 6:30

Friday, December 22 – Last Day of classes before Winter Break

Monday, January 8 – Classes resume

NEW - Remembrance Day

On Nov 8, all students were given a poppy to wear for our Remembrance Day Assembly. These are provided by the Legion. Please consider donating to the Poppy Fund by cash to the classroom teacher or online: https://www.legion.ca/donations

Your gift to The Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Command Poppy Trust Fund helps fund national Veteran programs and supports Veterans and their families in need.

NEW - Scholastic Book Fair Countdown!

Our school’s Scholastic Book Fair starts soon! It will be open from

November 20 - November 23

Your investment in your reader also helps our whole school. All purchases earn rewards that can be redeemed for books and Education Resources for our school’s classrooms and library.

Watch for news leading up to our Scholastic Book Fair!

Happy Reading! Mrs. Woodhouse

UPDATED - School Council

Next meeting is online Tuesday November 21st at 6:30pm and all are welcome to attend. A meeting link will be shared next week.

Please see attached minutes from last month's meeting as well as the Agenda for the upcoming meeting and attachments. In particular, please review the 2023-24 List of School Needs as we will be voting on which needs Casino fundraising funds will be allocated to.

We are still seeking volunteers for our vacant positions:

· CIBPA: Fundraising Coordinator, Parent Volunteer Coordinator

If anyone is interested in any of the vacant positions, please contact Erin (colonelirvineschoolcouncil@gmail.com) or Linda (cibandparentassoc@gmail.com). Thanks in advance for considering volunteering!

To stay informed, please join our FB group. The process to join is simple and straightforward:

· Click the link to request to join: Colonel Irvine Parent Group - Calgary

· Answer the security question: "What is our school mascot?” The answer is “roadrunner"

· Agree to the group rules

Any questions / comments / concerns? Contact us at colonelirvineschoolcouncil@gmail.com

2023-24 List of School Needs.pdf

CIPAA Sept 1 2022-Aug 31, 2023 Signed Auditor F...

Nov 2023 Teacher Report.docx.pdf

Nov 2023 Principal Report.pdf

CISC Meeting Minutes - Ocotber 17, 2023.docx

CIPAA Meeting Minutes - October 17, 2023.docx

Purdy’s Fundraiser

It's that time of the year again! Our annual Purdy's Fundraiser. This is the perfect opportunity for you to stock up on Christmas gifts for friends and family! Colonel Irvine's Chocolate Fundraiser helps with Grade 9 graduation celebration and other student activities.

Please click on link below to start your order!

https://fundraising.purdys.com/1783695-110347

Deadline for orders is December 2, 2023.

Order pick up will be December 15, 2023.

For any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Clara Wong, our Fundraising Coordinator at: clarawong2411@gmail.com

Grade 9 Optional West Coast Sailing Trip – Information Session

Every year, we try to offer our grade 9 students the opportunity to go on a West Coast trip. For this trip, we fly out as a group to Victoria, BC, and live onboard sailboats for 5 days/4nights in the Salish Sea off Vancouver Island. The cost for the trip is usually around $2,800 (which includes flights, ground transportation and food and activities while onboard the sailboats). We can take a minimum of 13 students and a maximum of 29 students. As such there will be a student meeting to gauge interest for this year’s trip, on Monday, November 20th, during lunchtime in Rm. 25. There will also be a VIRTUAL Parent meeting on Friday, November 24 from 3:00–3:30 pm. The link will be sent out closer to the date.

NEW - Cafeteria Menu

Monday – Closed – Fall Break

Tuesday – Closed - Fall Break

Wednesday – Chicken Alfredo $5

Thursday – Chicken and/or Cheese Quesadillas

NEW - Spotlight on Wellness – Eastside Community Health

Eastside Community Mental Health Services offers immediate, no-cost, mental health support from an integrated, ethnocultural team.

Therapy sessions will be available Monday - Saturday. Call 403-299-9699 to book your appointment.

Walk-in mental health support is available on Tuesdays and Saturdays 11 am to 6 pm.

Walk-in support is also available at three local Calgary Public Libraries. Call to confirm days and times.

Call: 403-299-9699 | 8 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Text: 587-315-5000 | 9 a.m. - 10 p.m.

https://www.woodshomes.ca/programs/eastside-community-mental-health-services/

Updated: High School:

For parents with students going into Gr. 10 next year we will be holding virtual information session for parents during Parent Teacher Interviews.

These will be Wednesday, November 23, 6:30-7:30pm (in-person), Thursday, November 24, 5:30-6:30pm (in-person) and Friday, November 24, 1-2pm (online). If you are new to the CBE or this is your first child going off to high school we would encourage you to attend a session. All sessions will be the same. A link to the Details and links to these meetings will be shared in the Nov. 18th message. In the meantime, the CBE High School website is a great place to learn about high school information. You may also wish to visit the individual high schools’ websites.

We will post tour dates and open houses here as we are notified of them.

John G. Diefenbaker

John G. Diefenbaker’s IB program would like to invite any interested grade 9 families to attend our upcoming IB Information Evenings on November 21 and 22nd.

Diefenbaker IB open house

Sir Winston Churchill

Who should attend? All grade 9 students and their parents who are interested in finding out more about our IB program. During these IB information sessions, we will talk about what the IB program is, what to expect and what you need to know about applying. You will hear from former students and have an opportunity to ask questions. These are repeat sessions to allow for a more intimate setting; you only need to attend one. Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Thursday, December 7, 2023

Invitation SWC IB presentations 2023.pdf

Athletics

Congratulations to the Sr. Girls and the Sr. Boys basketball teams for having an undefeated season!

Sports

Practices

Wrestling

Mr. Chang (ydchang@cbe.ab.ca)

Ms. Fan (wefan@cbe.ab.ca)

Tuesday & Thursdays 3:45 – 5:00

Meets: TBA