Good afternoon, Colonel Irvine School Community, 

下午好! 学文学校社区, 

September was a busy month for us. We’d like to thank families and students for participating in our Terry Fox fundraisers so far. Our toonies for Terry and bubble tea fundraiser today have been well received. We’ll continue to the end of December to hopefully reach our goal of $4000 for the Terry Fox Foundation. Thank you for also donating online at https://schools.terryfox.ca/ColonelIrvine. 

Our school photo day will be Thursday, October 10^th.  

We are still looking for volunteers for Wednesday, October 16^th. Every homeroom will be going on a field trip depending on grade level. In order for these trips to go ahead, we need more volunteers to support us. Fees for these trips and the Term 1 option classes are now payable online in your myCBE account. 

Our first set of parent-teacher conferences will be held in November. In the meantime, please feel free to reach out to your child’s teacher if you have any questions or concerns. We want you to work together with parents and guardians to best support the learning of our students.   

Students will be participating in the OUR school survey on October 15. This data helps us make decisions about how to best support students. If you’d like more details about the survey they are further down in our message.   

As always, thank you for your continued support. 

Ms. Ko and Ms. Dalwood 

Dates to Remember: 

Thursday, October 10 – Picture Day, look your best.  

Monday, October 14 – Thanksgiving – No school  

Tuesday, October 15 – School Council 6:30 - online  

October 22 – Grade 6 Vaccines 

Friday, October 25 – Non-instructional day – No school  

Tuesday, November 5 – School Council – 6:30pm 

Friday, November 8 –Non-instructional Day – No school  

Monday, November 11- Wednesday, November 13 – Fall break – No school  

Tuesday, November 15 – Picture retakes 

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

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

School Council 

We had a great Annual General Meeting on September 17^th!  Thank you to all the parents who attended.  We are pleased to announce that the following positions were filled: 

         Secretary – Courtney Lundy 

        Treasurer – Alice Wong 

        Vice-Chair/Vice-President – Teri Tetreault 

          Band Liaison Parent – Teri Tetreault 

We are still looking for a Fund-Raising Coordinator. This position is separate from the Casino Coordinator role and involves organizing a winter fundraiser (typically Purdy’s chocolates but this is still to be determined) and possibly one other fund raiser. Please email CISC if you (or you and another parent) are interested in helping us fill this role 

Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 15^th at 6:30 pm (on-line).  Materials and meeting links will be sent out in next week’s message.  

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  

Athletics 

Contact the coaches with any questions about the teams. 

*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 SAILING TRIP 

Each year we offer the grade 9 students an opportunity to attend West Coast Sailing Trip. For this trip, students fly to Victoria, BC and spend 5 days and four nights onboard large sailboat(s). This year we have May 21-25 booked. We have limited spots available for this trip and need to be able to confirm students before the Winter Break. We will be holding an ONLINE information session for anyone who is interested in having their student attend October 9, 2024: 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm. Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ugq-ohhi-xvx   If you are interested and unable to make the meeting, please email Ms. Yeo at yoyeo@cbe.ab.ca and she will send you the information after Oct. 9^th. 

 Cafeteria Menu 

Monday – BBQ Chicken Subs $5 

Tuesday – Sloppy Joes $5 

Wednesday – Spaghetti with meat sauce $5 

Thursday – Chicken Strips and hashbrowns $5 

Emergency Lunches 

We’d like to thank Brown Bagging Calgary’s Kids and President’s Choice Children’s Charity for supplying us with funds to provide emergency lunches for students. Please share with your child that we do have emergency lunches available in the main office. 

School Fees 

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 

Option School Fees are now posted into MyCBE Parent PowerSchool. 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 

Our School Survey 

Colonel Irvine will be participating in an online school perception survey for students called the OurSCHOOL Student Survey. This anonymous survey is completely voluntary for all CBE students.  Please find the details of the survey implementation below.   

CBE’s Education Plan prioritizes student voice and well-being in our decision-making processes.  Responses from this survey are used at the system and school level to recognize and improve what is necessary for students to feel safe, welcome, and cared for when at school. 

Grades 4-12 students provide feedback on: 

• sense of belonging 
• positive relationships 
• anxiety 
• feeling safe at school 
• life satisfaction 
• general health 
• orientation to well-being 
• goal-oriented 
• self-regulation 
• cultural awareness of others 

Additionally, Grades 6-12 students provide feedback on: 

• depression 
• self-esteem 
• cultural awareness of self 

 
Demographic questions are also asked on this survey for norming purposes. These are: 

Grades 4-12 general 

• age, gender, Indigenous status, immigrant status, home language. 

Grades 6-12 specific 

• grade repeater, reasons for changing schools, disability or medical conditions that limits participation in school activities or learning. 

At Colonel Irvine, our OurSCHOOL Student Survey administration plan is as follows: 

Who: Grades 5-9 

When: October 15, 2024 

If you have questions or would like to request more information about Colonel Irvine’s upcoming implementation of the OurSCHOOL Student Survey, please contact Nicole Dalwood (nadalwood@cbe.ab.ca)