Tomorrow is a non-instructional day (no school for students). Our Mandarin Program teachers will spend the day in Edmonton visiting other Mandarin program schools and collaborating with other Mandarin teachers. It will be a good opportunity to observe how the Mandarin Program in Edmonton operates. Our regular program teachers collaborated in their curricular teams to continue to create meaningful and engaging lessons for all students. 

Today, Junior Achievement was in to offer workshops to our Grade 5 and 6 students for the whole morning. Please ask them what they learned. 

We have been fortunate to have really nice weather this year so far. Next week looks much colder, so please help your students be ready with appropriate clothing as they will go outside for the last 20 minutes of lunch every day. 

Next week, we will have our first meeting of our Principal Student Advisory Council on Thursday at lunch. We are excited to work with all the students that submitted forms. 

Do you have a student here in Grade 9? We will have a section below for the next few months related to high school transition. Please check it periodically so that you do not miss important information. 

Lastly, congratulations to the Boys Soccer team for finishing their season. It was a tough playoff game, but they finished the season off as a stronger team. Thank you to Ms. Marchand, Ms. Cornelius, and Ms. Melanie Lee for volunteering their time to provide our students with the opportunity to play for the school soccer team. 

The Girls Soccer Team continues their playoff games after being victorious in their Quarterfinal and semi-final games and will be in the Championship game! The game will be on Monday, October 23rd at FEO School. Good luck to the players and coaches. 

Thank you for your continued support. 

Ms. Ko & Ms. Dalwood 

Dates to Remember: 

Wednesday, November 1 – Grade 6 Vaccines  

Tuesday, November 7 – Picture retakes  

Wednesday, November 8 – Remembrance Day Assembly  

Thursday, November 9 –Non-instructional Day – No school  

Friday, November 10- Tuesday, November 14 – Fall break – No school  

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

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 

Updated - School Council  

Thank you to everyone who was able to join our meeting on Tuesday. The next meeting will be Tuesday, November 21 at 6:30pm 

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  

Updated - Cafeteria Menu: 

Monday – Chicken Ranch wraps $5 

Tuesday – Beef Chili with rice $5 

Wednesday – Chicken Alfredo $5 

Thursday – Assorted Pizzas $5 

NEW - High School: 

We are starting to plan for high school transitions. This will be ongoing between now and the start of March. We will put all information related to high school transitions in this section moving forward. If you have a student in grade 9, please check this information regularly.  

Within the next few weeks, we will have an assembly with the Grade 9’s to share more information with them about high school. 

For parents with students going into Gr. 10 next year we will be holding in-person and virtual information sessions for parents during Parent Teacher Interviews in November. On Wednesday, November 22 we will have an in-person session in the Learning Commons at the school at 7:15-8pm. On Thursday, November 23, we will have a virtual session also from 7:15-8pm. These sessions will give a brief overview of what you can expect over the next few months with regards to getting ready for high school, and will also provide time for Q&A. In the meantime, the CBE High School website is a great place to start to learn about high school information. You may also wish to visit the individual high schools’ websites. 

This year our students will transition to 12 different high schools. Open houses and tours usually start in mid-November and continue through January.  

We will post tour dates and open houses here as we are notified of them. You can also visit school websites for more information. 

  Updated - Athletics  

Wrestling season will start in November. More information will be shared after the Division Meeting on Oct. 24th. 

Sports	Practices	Games
Basketball   Girls:   Ms. Yeo (yoyeo@cbe.ab.ca)   Ms. Vo (kimvo@cbe.ab.ca)   Ms. O’Connell (rjoconnell@cbe.ab.ca)      Jr. Boys   Mr. Luu (vdluu@cbe.ab.ca)   Mr. Prather (wyprather@cbe.ab.ca)      Sr. Boys   Mr. Bester (lrbester@cbe.ab.ca)   Mr. Prather (wyprather@cbe.ab.ca)   Mr. Shi (ruishi@cbe.ab.ca)     Girls Soccer  Mr. Wright  Ms. Knowles	Jr. Girls & Sr. Girls Practice   Oct. 25 at 3:15 - 5      Jr. Boys Practice   Oct. 24 at 3:15 – 4:15, Oct. 26 at 4:15 – 5:30     Sr. Boys Practices   Oct. 24 at 4:15 – 5:30, Oct. 26 at 3:15 – 4:15	Jr. Girls:   Oct. 24 Game @ Valley Creek  4:30 & 6:30     Jr. Boys:   Oct. 23 Home games  4:30 & 7:30     Sr. Girls:    Oct. 26 @ Colonel Macleod 5:30 & 6:30      Sr. Boys:   Oct. 25 @ Queen Elizabeth 5:30 & 7:30          Oct. 23 @ FEO School  4:30

 

School Fees 

Option School Fees will be loaded into MyCBE Parent PowerSchool account in October 

We recognize that affordability is a key issue for families these days — and that includes the cost of system and school fees. Please find a new information page below.   

Link: https://www.cbe.ab.ca/registration/fees-and-waivers/Pages/school-fees-overview.aspx  

Please reach out to Ms. Cindy Lau at the school if you have any questions cilau@cbe.ab.ca 

Bussing: 

Please contact CBE transportation at transportation@cbe.ab.ca or 403-817-7433 with any bussing concerns. 

Southland Transportation 403-726-5963 

Bus Planner App code: CBEYI3VWMG 

Students must follow the CBE’s Student Code of Conduct when riding the school bus. Students may lose bussing privileges if they are not following rules and expectations.  

https://www.cbe.ab.ca/GovernancePolicies/AR6005-Student-Code-of-Conduct.pdf