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, Indigenous students and CBE leadership about how we can better acknowledge the land we live on, understand more about Indigenous worldviews and better support students within our schools.  

Yesterday we had our Remembrance Day ceremonies to honour our past and present Armed Forces members.  We'd to like to bring special honor 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 how 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, Grade 8 and 9 band members, and the teachers who helped organize the ceremonies. There will be other special events and ceremonies taking place around our city on Monday, November 11^th.  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.  

Please note that teachers will not be sending a weekly learning update today. We hope that everyone will enjoy the fall break this year and we will see you back on Thursday, November 14^th.  

Thank you for your continued support. 

Ms. Ko and Ms. Dalwood 

Dates to Remember:  

Friday, Nov. 8-Wednesday, Nov 13 - Fall break – No school  

Friday, November 15 – Picture retakes 

Tuesday, November 19 – School Council 6:30pm 

Tuesday, November 26 – Wednesday, November 27 – Grade 7 Band Camp 

Wednesday, November 27 – Parent Teacher Interviews – 4-8pm In person 

Thursday, November 28 – Parent Teacher Interviews – 4-8pm In person  

Friday, November 29 – Non-instructional day - Parent Teacher Interviews - Online – 8:30-11:30am and 12:30-3:00pm Online 

Wednesday, December 4 – Teacher vs. Student Basketball – 3:15 – 4:15pm 

Monday, December 9 – Trimester 2 Starts 

Friday, December 20 – Last Day of classes before Winter Break 

School Council       

Save the date: Mark your calendars for our next meeting, Tuesday Nov. 19 at 6.30pm.  Agenda, meeting link, and supporting documents will be sent out next week. 

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 

Cafeteria Menu 

Monday – Closed – Fall Break 

Tuesday – Closed - Fall Break 

Wednesday – Closed – Fall Break 

Thursday – Beef Chili with Rice $5 

 
Athletics 

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

*You can try out for multiple teams; you will just have to talk to the coaches to work out a schedule. 

** Team members will receive a detailed schedule from their coaches. 

West Coast Fundraiser 

The first fundraiser for West Coast is Growing Smiles for Poinsettia and holiday wreaths! The Delivery date is December 12^th at the school. 

colonelirvinems.growingsmilesfundraising.com 

All the proceeds will be used towards the West Coast Trip! As we do not know who will be attending the trip yet, please either leave it as “Anyone” OR if you know a student who is planning to go on the trip, you can write their name in! 

High School (Grade 9’s): 

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.  

This past Monday, we shared with our grade 9’s the importance of the first semester report card marks. Their marks will determine what courses they can select for 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. 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.  

On Wednesday, November 27 we will have an in-person session in the Learning Commons at the school at 7:00-7:30pm.  

We will hold a repeat session online on Thursday, November 28, at 7-7:30pm. 

Meeting ID: 290 509 454 467  

Passcode: faEoKr 

Students from our school will transition to more than 10 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 high school websites for more information. 

High school open house dates: 

Diefenbaker High School 

International Baccalaureate Program at Diefenbaker: 

November 18 at 6-7:30pm, visit Dief’s website for more details 

School Tour and Open House – January 16, we will take students over during school day, open house in evening 

The regular program open house for Diefenbaker is not scheduled yet.