Upcoming Dates to Remember
- Sept 26 – Open House for Families 4:30-6:00 PM
- Sept 27 – No School for Students – PD Day
- Sept 30 – No School – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Oct 7 – Formal Homework will begin
Code for FirstView App for Transportation is F6GU
Open House – September 26, 2024 – 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
On Thursday, September 26, 2024, Colonel Sanders Families are invited to attend an Open House. There will be opportunities to visit your student's homeroom and specialists. Families are invited to attend no formal sign-up is needed.
In homerooms, the evening will have two different activities over three 30-minute components.
- Classroom teachers will have a brief introduction and question/answer period at 4:30 PM, 5:00 PM, and 5:30 PM. Families can select one of these time periods to attend.
- The remainder of the time within the homeroom can be used by you and your student to explore what they have been learning so far this school year by viewing exemplars, journals, artwork, etc.
Mr. Stetz, French Specialist, will be hosting an information session every 15 minutes beginning at 4:30 PM in the Gym (weather permitting).
Mrs. Leslie, Music Specialist and Interventionist, invites both her music students and her intervention students into the classroom to see how they learn. Music will be shared at 4:45 PM, 5:00 PM, 5:30 PM, and 5:45 PM. Mrs. Leslie will email her intervention students' families to invite them to meet in the music room at 4:30 PM or 5:15 PM.
Families, you do not need to stay for the entire evening (4:30-6:00 PM). You can join when you are available.
School Council
Colonel Sanders Parent Facebook TLC page. This connects parents and allows us to help answer each other's questions, connect families for play dates, buy/sell uniforms and reminders about important events! Website: https://m.facebook.com/groups/747406742602334/?ref=share&mibextid=S66gvF Password: friends |
Message from the Office
As a school, our job is to ensure that all 395 students are safe. At the end of the school day there is an important way that you can support this work.
At the end of the day, please do not take students out of any line. Teachers place students onto buses. They account for each student. If a student is removed from the line and the teacher was not informed, we then need to call parents and hold buses until we know the student is safe. This then causes our buses to be delayed. It is best if you write a note in the agenda to inform your teacher that you will be picking up your student. You can also call the school prior to 3:15pm to give this information to the office. The school's phone number is 403-777-6034.
Teachers would love to talk to their families, at the end of the school day when teachers are ensuring student safety by taking students to their buses is not the right time. Students who are being picked up are being supervised by our specialists at the ball wall. All teachers are busy ensuring student safety.
If you would like to talk to your student's teacher, please book an appointment. This could be done by emailing your teacher or writing a note in the agenda.
Lastly, on Friday, our school day ends at 1:15pm. If you are picking up your students, please arrive promptly for 1:15pm.
Fees - Beginning in October 2024
Agenda - Each student will receive an agenda, it is important that you access your MyCBE account and add the agenda to your shopping cart. This will enable you to pay for the agenda that your student will receive.
Noon Supervision - All Colonel Sanders Students stay for lunch, please go into your MyCBE account to register for this service. Noon Supervision will be visible in your MyCBE after October 16, 2024 and can be paid at that time. This can be paid as a lump sum or month at a time. The fee is used to cover the costs of Lunch Supervisors.
Transportation (Yellow Bus) - Colonel Sanders Students who have registered for transportation, this fee will be visible in your MyCBE after October 16, 2024 and can be paid at that time. This can be paid as a lump sum or month at a time.
Field Trips - Once you receive a field trip notice from your student's classroom teacher, you will be able to pay for the fee. These are paid for through MyCBE
Cutlery
Please ensure that your student's lunch contains the fork or spoon that they need to eat their lunch. Students should not be packed with a knife to cut food at lunch time. Please ensure that you have cut your student's lunch for them.
Learn more! On the right-hand side of the linked page, under the heading 'Literacy' you will see links to the videos.
Important Information Regarding Attendance for TLC Students
As per section 7 (I) of the Education Act, it is mandatory for all students between the ages of 6 and 16 to attend school regularly and it is the parent(s)/guardian’s legal responsibility to ensure this happens.
TLC students MUST attend school for the first three days of September. If a student does not attend for the first three days, they will be withdrawn from the TLC program and replaced with someone on the callback list.
For example: If your student attends the first day, then is absent on the second day, they will be withdrawn from the TLC program and replaced with someone who is able to attend on a regular basis.
TLC students MUST attend school for a minimum of 70% of the month of September. If a student attends for less than 70% the student will be withdrawn from the TLC program. At times, depending on the reason for the absences, an Attendance Improvement Plan will be created to increase attendance.
If you are planning on traveling during the school year, a conversation must occur. The conversation needs to be with the Principal and/or the Assistant Principal. An email to the school is not considered a conversation; a conversation is a scheduled in-person meeting, a scheduled Microsoft Teams meeting, or a scheduled telephone conversation.
Please note: if you are travelling for longer than 1 month at one time, you MUST cancel your transportation fees for that month prior to your departure. Please email cbetransportationservices@cbe.ab.ca or log into your MyCBE account to cancel your transportation for the months that you are away.