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 deadline was 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 Info
Thank you to everyone for their work on and support of the Pie Junkie Fundraiser. We had a lot of Pies in our front entrance this week!
Help us show Haysboro Teacher’s all our thanks by bringing a snack for their Friday morning coffee break on March 21 when teachers are doing online conferences. Please see the link for more information: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4FA9AC2EA0F49-55715737-teacher?useFullSite=true#/
Plant Profile (courtesy of our garden committee)
Goldenrod
Native Alberta Wildflower found in open woods, meadows, and tall-grass prairies. Its large clusters of Golden yellow flowers make it a valuable plant for pollinators including bees, butterflies, moths, wasps and beetles. Indigenous peoples have used goldenrod to treat arthritis, burns, fevers, snakebites, to heal wounds, sore throats, toothaches and as a general pain reliever. Keep your eyes open for these yellow blooms in late summer/early fall in the Dream Catcher garden!
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
- 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
Please click on the link below to open the survey. Please also note the attached document for information about translating the survey to other languages.
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.
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. Please log into your myCBE account to book a time for an online conversation.
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 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