Hello Haysboro Families!
Please see below for our weekly updates!
Volunteers
As many families have noticed (or soon will), we have several field trips planned in the near future across several different grades. Thank you to those who have offered to volunteer in response to letters that have already come home. If you think you might be interested in volunteering soon or in the future, please contact Ms. Gauthier to confirm that you have a valid police clearance on file.
Fun Lunches
Haysboro School council is pleased to continue to offer fun lunches once a month for all interested students in grade 1-6 as well as kindergarten students who stay at Maple Roots for lunch. Orders may be made online through Healthy Hunger and are available for up to 5 days before the event. Please register through the link provided: https://healthyhunger.ca/parent-help
Lunches are delivered to the school and served at lunch time, proceeds from fun lunches are directed back to school improvement, experiences and field trips.
Upcoming Fun Lunches:
March 18 - The Saucy Bread Company (pretzels), ordering until March 13
April 15 - Little Caesars (Pizza), ordering until April 10
May 13 - Cedars Deli (Shawarma/donair), ordering until May 8
Thank you all of our wonderful volunteers and School Council for supporting Fun Lunches and many other activities that happen at Haysboro School throughout the year!
School Council Meeting
A reminder that our monthly school council meeting will be held on March 13 at 6:30 pm. This meeting will be online only and a link will be sent out next week.
Grade 6 Service Project
Thanks to the generous support of School Council, our grade 6 students spent a lunch hour building many “Birthday’s in a Box”. These are containers that have enough supplies to make a birthday cake and do some decorating for a child’s birthday. These boxes are being distributed to a few different organizations in the Calgary area that support families in need. The students showed great enthusiasm for being able to support this project and we are grateful to them and our Council for making this effort to support the greater Calgary community.
Learn and Share | School Planning
We know we make better decisions to support student learning when we build understanding and work together. That’s why we’ll be sharing information about school planning and asking you to share your perspectives.
During this engagement, you will have the opportunity to:
1. Learn About
- School planning, which includes the school development plan, school budget and school fees
- How the school development plan sets the overall focus and direction for a school to improve student learning outcomes
- How the school budget provides funding to implement our school development plan
- School fees and why they are necessary
2. Participate
- Participate in our virtual school council meeting on March 13 to learn more about school planning. There will be an opportunity to provide feedback at this meeting.
- Share your perspectives through an online survey open from March 14 to March 31. Watch this short video to learn about the planning work schools do to improve and support student learning
We’ll send you a link to the survey, our school development plan and school budget and fees information when it’s available. We will also post it on our school website.
Community Walks
As the weather warms up, you can expect that most classes will be spending more time outside. If a class or group is going off of school property, you will receive an email notification. Please watch for details in these messages, especially if you might need to pick your child up during school hours.
Daylight Saving Time Begins This Weekend
Just a reminder to turn your clocks ahead one hour before you go to bed this Saturday night. Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 9. This gives us more daylight during our evening hours and a little less light during our morning hours.
School Conferences
Conferences will be held on March 20 and 21, just before Spring Break. They are an additional opportunity to discuss student learning and progress. Both of these days are currently scheduled to be held as on-line meetings. Further information on this can be found here (https://cbe.ab.ca/news-centre/Labour-Action/Documents/Parent-Teacher-Conferences-03-03-25.pdf).
Conferences can be booked in your myCBE account beginning on March 13 at 8:00 am. We will also send out a reminder closer to that time.
Parking Lot and Street Safety
A heartfelt thank you to those families who have adapted their street safety habits to model safe behaviour for our students. We know it may take a few extra moments, but your efforts are noticed and appreciated.
A gentle reminder that as with all schools, the parking lot is not for student drop off or pickup.
Thank you in advance for parking on the street and walking your child to the school.
Clothing and Weather
As our weather warms up, our field and walking areas in the community can be slippery or have large puddles. We would recommend sending an extra pair of socks in your child’s backpack in case they get wet. We do ask students to stay away from and out of puddles but for some students, they are very hard to resist.
Important Dates:
March 8 – International Women’s Day
March 9 - Daylight Saving Time Begins
March 10-14 – Substitute Appreciation Week
March 20 – Parent/Teacher Conferences – Evening
March 21 – Parent/Teacher Conferences – AM (No School for Students)
March 22-March 30 – Spring Break
March 31 – Classes Resume
Have a great weekend,
Erin Bennett and Andrea Westine