Monday, September 8- relaxed entry begins 8:45am Gathering Space doors only 

  • 7:45-9am Sr. Boys Basketball Tryouts 
  • 3:45-5:00pm Boys Soccer Tryout #2 
  • 3:45-5:00pm Sr. Girls Basketball Tryouts 

Tuesday, September 9 

  • Picture Day! Say Cheese! 
  • 7:45-9:00am Jr. Girls OPEN Tryouts 
  • 8:00-9:00am Cross Country Practice  
  • 3:45-5:00 Girls Soccer Tryout #2 
  • 3:45-5:00pm Jr. Boys Basketball Tryouts 

Wednesday, September 10 

  • 7:45-9:00am Sr. Girls Basketball tryouts 
  • Lunch 1:05pm- Meeting in Drama room for grade 7-9 students who are interested in auditioning for this year’s musical, Something Rotten Jr.  
  • 3:45-5:00pm Jr. Girls Basketball tryouts 

Thursday, September 11 

  • 7:45-9:00am Jr. Boys Basketball tryouts 
  • 8:00-9:00am Cross Country practice 
  • Cross Country- Meet #1 at Stanley Park (after school- information will be sent to participants) 
  • 3:45-5:00pm Sr. Boys Basketball tryouts 
  • Meet the Teacher/ Town Hall Meetings 5:30-7:30pm- see below 

Friday, September 12 

  • 7:45-9:00am Jr. Girls Basketball tryouts 
  • Early dismissal 1:20pm 

Pep Rally

Ask your child about today’s pep rally and find out what they thought of Mrs. Kivi’s speech!  

Relaxed Entry

Relaxed entry begins this week at 8:45am 

  • Students may enter through the gathering space doors (on Shawinigan Drive) 
  • Administration will greet students and monitor the doors 
  • Gathering space doors ONLY 
  • Regular entry at 8:55 at grade 5 and 6 portable entrances 

Meet the Teacher Evening

Please join us on Thursday, September 11 for our Meet the Teacher evening from 5:30-7:30pm- ALL GRADES!  This is an opportunity to meet your child’s teachers and to learn more about what the learning spaces look like, check out their lockers, and tour the school. There will be two Town Hall Meetings for grades 5 and 7 only.  There will also be a Grade 9 information meeting about expectations for learning and preparation for high school. 

  • Grade 5 Town Hall Meeting: 5:30-6:00 in main gym 
  • Grade 9 Information Meeting 6:00-6:30 Aux Gym 
  • Grade 7 Town Hall Meeting: 6:30-7:00 in main gym 

Grade 7-9 Band Parent Meeting: The Grade 7-9 Band parent meeting will be at 5:30 in the Band Room. This meeting will be about 30 minutes. 

PLP families are welcome to explore the PLP learning spaces and the rest of the school.  There will be no Town Hall meeting for PLP students. 

Athletics

Click here for more information about Athletics and Tryouts 

  • For morning tryouts and practices (ex: basketball- students will enter through the AUXILLARY GYM DOORS where a staff member will let them in.  Drop off in the community parking lot is ideal) 
  • Soccer morning practices will be held on the field 
  • Cross Country students will enter through the gathering space doors 

 Scholastic Book Fair Information 

  • We’re excited to be hosting our first Scholastic Book Fair from September 22–26! To make this event a success, we’re looking for parent volunteers to help during the afternoons from 12:00–3:15 pm. If you’re available for a shift (or two!), your support would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Jackie at jabouchard@cbe.ab.ca to sign up 
  • Please note: Ms. Bouchard is the temporary Library Assistant for this year while Ms. Spurell is on leave.  

Registration

The school can only accept registrations for students that live within the designated area. Our enrolment is rapidly growing, meaning that we can only provide resources for our designated students. Please update your demographic forms with your current address. 

 Mark Your Calendars! 

  • Sept 18: School Council AGM 6:30pm (Learning Commons) 
  • Sept 22-26: Scholastic Book Fair (Learning Commons) 
  • Sept 26: Orange Shirt Day; Terry Fox Run 
  • Sept 29: Non-instructional day, NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS; teachers in from 8am-1pm. Teachers will reach out to parents for IPP meetings. 
  • Sept 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, ALL SCHOOLS CLOSED 
  • Oct 13: Thanksgiving Holiday Monday; NO SCHOOL 
  • Oct 20: Non- instructional day, NO SCHOOL; Calgary General Election (SWS is a polling station) 
  • Oct 31: Halloween (information about the Halloween Dance will be shared in October) 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Bobbi Kivi 

Principal