Happy New Year and Welcome Back!
Good afternoon, Colonel Irvine School Community.
We hope the winter break was good for our students and families. This is our first message of the new year. Volleyball tryouts started this week and team selections will be completed by next week. Thank you to all students who came out. It was great to see the amount of interest in the sport. It is so positive to see so many students wanting to be involved in school activities.
Please mark on your calendars for our lunar new year celebration. It’ll be on Thursday, January 23. There will be 2 performances starting at 5:30 pm with our grades 5/6 classes performing and at 7:15 pm for our grades 7-9 classes performing. We will send out another message specifically for this closer to the date. We are looking for some parent/guardian support with this event. Sign up here.
Thank you to all the parents/guardians and others who are volunteering at the casino this weekend. We still have some back-up spots that need filling, these are in case someone cannot attend for any reason. Sign up here.
Just a reminder that our office hours are from 8am-3:30pm Monday-Thursday, and 8am-2pm Friday. The phones are not answered after these times.
Thank you as always for your support.
Ms. Ko and Ms. Dalwood
Dates to Remember
Tuesday, January 14 - School Council Meeting at 6:30pm
Wednesday, January 15 – Wresting Meet at 5pm
Thursday, January 23 - Lunar New Year evening celebration
Monday January 27 – Report Cards Available - Pease print a copy for your records
Tuesday January 28 – Grade 9 Vaccines
Wednesday January 29 – Grade 9 Vaccines
Friday January 31, Non-instructional Day
Thursday, February 13 and 14 – Teachers Convention (no school)
Monday, February 17 – Family Day (no school)
School Council
Please join us on Tuesday, January 14 at 6:30pm for our school council and parent advisory association meeting (online link below).
We have still not had anyone step into the Fundraising Coordinator role and are now looking for people who would be willing to take on a single fundraiser during the year. Please reach out or attend the January 14 meeting if you are interested!
Sincerely,
Colonel Irvine School Council
Tuesday January 14, 2025 (Join)
CISC (School Council) Meeting
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm (MST)
CIPAA (Parent Advisory) Meeting
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm (MST)
Please visit our School Council page to view the following documents:
- Principal Report
- Teacher Report
- January 14 Agenda
- November 19 2024 CISC Minutes
Please visit our Parent Society page to view the following documents:
- November 19 2024 CIPAA Minutes
Cafeteria Menu
Monday – Grilled Cheese Sandwich and Tomato Soup
Tuesday – Butter Chicken with Rice
Wednesday – Spaghetti with Meatballs
Thursday – Beef Tacos
See also the Cafeteria & Menu page.
Emergency Lunches
With many thanks to donations from President’s Choice Children’s Charity and Brown Bagging For Calgary’s Kids, we are able to offer healthy lunches for those that need them. We got sandwiches, snacks, fruits and vegetables. Please let your child know if they need food or a little more food to eat, please come to the office.
If parents like to donate, here are the links to the charities.
Athletics
See our Athletics page for the schedule or the Calendar page.
Wrestling Ms. Dhaliwal Mr. Chang Ms. Jenny Le | Practices: Monday & Thursdays 3:15 – 4:30 | Quad Meets Jan. 15 – Quad meeting at Bob Edwards 5:00 pm Jan. 28 – Divisionals at Genesis Centre – All day |
Volleyball Jr. Girls Ms. Yeo (yoyeo@cbe.ab.ca) Mr. Prather (wyprather@cbe.ab.ca) Ms. Melissa Lee (mllee@cbe.ab.ca) Sr. Girls Ms. Ko (bsko@cbe.ab.ca) Ms. Vo (kimvo@cbe.ab.ca) Ms. Elkhatib (naelkhatib@cbe.ab.ca) Jr. Boys & Sr. Boys Mr. Luu (vdluu@cbe.ab.ca) Mr. Mills (glmills@cbe.ab.ca) Mr. Andreasen (clandreasen@cbe.ab.ca) | Girls Practices: Monday & Wednesdays Girls games: Tuesday & Thursday Boys Practices: Tuesday & Thursdays Boys games: Monday & Wednesday *No practice during home games **Team members will receive their schedules. | Tryout schedule January 13 – Jr. Girls Invitational 3rd tryout Jrs. 3:15 – 4:15/ Srs.Practice 4:15 – 5:30 January 14 – Boys Practice Invitational 3rd tryout 4:15 – 5:30 / Srs. 3:15 – 4:15 January 15 – Girls Practice Srs. 3:15 – 4:15/ Jrs. 4:15 – 5:30 January 16 – Boys Practice Srs. 3:15 – 4:15/ Srs. 4:15 – 5:30 |
West Coast Fundraiser #2: Big Chief Beef Jerky
West coast participants are raising money through Big Chief Beef Jerky! Please follow the link https://fundraisers.bigchiefmeatsnacks.com/register?page=9db1319a-511c-4ffd-8d0b-964e905068e7 to place your order! You can choose a student you’d like to support or choose “Jin Yeo” to spread the support. The fundraiser will run until Feb. 28.
High School Information
As emailed out this week, North Trail High School has been confirmed as a lottery school next year. If you live in that catchment area you will be automatically designated there and there is nothing you need to do. You can
High School Transfers may be granted for Educational Program or Sequence of Courses Requests. A parent/legal guardian /independent student can request for a student to transfer to another CBE high school for the next school year for one of the following reasons:
- To enroll in an education program not offered at the student's designated school (e.g. International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme or Advanced Placement (AP) ; CBe-learn or
- To take a sequence of courses up to the 30-level that is not offered at the student's designated school (e.g. cosmetology, welding and fabrication, culinary arts, and auto mechanics).
You can only choose one program, or one sequence of courses, as the reason for your transfer request. Please note transfer requests are not available yet for Fall 2025. When they are we will link them in this section.
High School Open House info: check individual websites for more details
At our evening sessions we said we would share more information with you about several programs that are available to student for high school including academic enrichment programs like International Baccalaureate (IB) and Advanced Placement (AP), Athletic Enrichment, Art Programs, Trades, Dual Credit etc. Please see the link below for overviews of all these programs with links to more specific information for each one.
We also posted student high school designations for students. These are not finalized yet and we do not know which high schools will be running lotteries for spaces. This info will just give you a rough idea for open houses to attend. You can also find this information and your designated high school for specific programs like IB and AP by entering your address at CBE Find a School.
North Trail High School
January 27 – school tours only, no open house
James Fowler High School
Open House – January 27, 6-8pm, not holding school tours
John G. Diefenbaker High School
Open House – January 16 time TBD, no longer doing school tours
Crescent Heights High School
Open House - January 23, 2025 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Agenda will be as follows:
5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. – Spanish Bilingual Session in the Theatre (Room B14)
6:00 p.m. – 6:20 p.m. – Welcome Section in the Main Gym
6:20 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Open House Exploration
Sir Winston Churchill Open House
Open House: January 16 – evening – more details to come
Robert Thirsk High School Open House
Open House January 27, 2025, 6-9pmdetails.
Lester B. Pearson High School Open House
Open House January 16, 2025, 6-8pm
Bowness High School Open House
Open House Thursday, January 30, 6-8pm
Nelson Mandela Open House
Open House January 27, 2025 – 5-6:30pm