We are excited to share that the first weeks of the school year have been delightful! We had the pleasure of reuniting with familiar faces and extending a warm welcome to new families at the Batter Boys Back to School Pancake breakfast. Our students even savoured the leftover pancakes as snacks throughout the day. Students are settling into learning smoothly and establishing positive learning routines.   

You are invited to our Open House / Meet the Teacher event on Thursday, September 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. This is a chance for families with preschool to grade 2 students to visit the school, meet the teachers, and explore their learning environments. Plus, students will receive a bag of goodies from the Calgary Police Youth Foundation as part of the Pohkaisksinimaatstsoh’taksist Backpack Campaign. 

Looking Forward & Nutrition Plan 

MON 

Regular school day for K-2 students 

Breakfast: cereal, milk, fruit  

Lunch: Hope Mission brown bag lunches  

TUE 

Regular school day for K-2 students 

Breakfast: muffins, yogurt fruit  

Lunch: grilled cheese, soup, veggies & fruit 

WED 

Regular school day for K-2 students 

Breakfast: Nutrigrain bars, hard-cooked eggs, fruit  

Lunch: sticky pork & rice, fruit & veggies 

THUR 

Regular school day for K-2 students 

Open House / Meet the Teacher 5:00 – 7:00 PM 

Breakfast: pan granola bars, yogurt tubes fruit  

Lunch: soup, toasted bagels, fruit, veggies 

FRI 

Early Dismissal school day for K-2 students 

Breakfast: parfait, fruit 

 

***   Note that preschool students start on Monday, September 18   *** 

Mark your Calendars 

Sept 18 - First Day of Preschool 

Sept 19 - Fire Drill  

Sept 22 - PD Day – No School  

Sept 26 - Picture Day 

Sept 28 - Orange Shirt Day 

Sept 29 – In lieu of National Day of Truth & Reconciliation Day – No School 

Calling the Office 

Thank you to all families who have been diligent in calling the office to inform us about absences and/or changes in routine pickup arrangements. A reminder that you can let us know about any upcoming absences 24 hours per day, at 403-817-3404 ext 1

Bussing & Transportation   

Any address changes should be communicated with the office as soon as possible as route updates can take between 10-12 days to get set up in the system. At the beginning of the school year, these changes can take up to 4-6 weeks. If you have any questions regarding your student's bussing, please contact the CBE transportation department at transportation@cbe.ab.ca. For information regarding your student’s bus route, please contact Dreams Transportation at 403-590-7433. Please call them when you are concerned with late or missing busses. 

MyCBE (PowerSchool) Parent Account   

Please create a MyCBE parent account. MyCBE provides parents online access to register for transportation and lunch supervision, pay fees and request fee waivers, book school conferences, and view attendance and report cards. Student CBE ID# is needed to create the account. Please get in touch with Ms. Charmaine in the main office for assistance at 403-817-3404. 

Inii’s Insights 

Moon Teaching: September Full Moon  

Our lessons from Kainai call this month the Deer Moon awakaasiiki’somm, when the deer begin transitioning for autumn’s changes. Hardening their antlers and shedding the soft velvet layer that protects the growing bone and cartilage. They are sleeping in the warm days, and are most active at dusk and dawn, protecting themselves from predators by finding food in the cold evenings. The Northern Saskatchewan Cree/Métis, Sakitawak know this Moon, as the Rutting Moon nōcihitowipīsim, when the bull moose’s call echoes across the lake. The cervidae family movement patterns, change as the seasons do.The connection between land, water and, sky for our hooved relatives, as o’ko (fall) approaches is that the change in day length, rainfall and temperature causes a chemical release of hormones sparking the beginning of their cyclical breeding activity.