Upcoming Dates to Remember
Sept. 11 – In person School Council AGM – All families welcome 6:15 PM - 8:00 PM
Sept. 13 – Terry Fox Run – All students are to come in clothes they can run/walk in
Sept. 16 – Student Photo Day – All students to be in formal uniforms.
Sept. 20 – School Council Event – Popcorn Day $2.00/bag - bring your toonies
Sept. 26 – Meet the teacher evening 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Sept. 27 – No School for Students – PD Day
Sept. 30 – No School – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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!
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 3:15 PM 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 1:15 PM. If you are picking up your students, please arrive promptly for 1:15pm.
Soft Entry
Our grade level doors will be open each day beginning at 8:50 AM and will close at 8:55 AM. If your student is arriving after 8:55 AM, they will need to enter the school through the main door, proceed to the office to get a welcome slip and then go to their classroom. School begins at 9:00 AM which means that students are seated within their classrooms ready to learn. If students are entering past 8:55 AM, they will not be ready to learn by 9:00 AM. Busing has been arranged for a target arrival time at 8:50 AM.
School Hours
Our grade level doors will be open from 8:50 AM - 8:55 AM, and after this time students will need to enter the building through the main door and get a welcome slip as students will not be ready to learn by 9:00 AM if they are not in the school at 8:55 AM.
School Hours | |
Mondays to Thursdays | Fridays |
8:50 AM - 8:55 AM Soft Entry (grade level doors close at 8:55am) 9:00 AMInstruction Begins | |
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Lunch and Lunch Recess Specific schedule to follow (includes recess and three minutes of transition time) | 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Lunch (includes a two minute transition time) |
3:38 PM End of Day | 1:15 PM End of Day |
A 15 minute recess break (including 3 minutes of transition time) will be taken either in the morning or in the afternoon Mondays - Thursdays | |
Transportation (Yellow Bus)
If you registered for busing, you should have already received transportation information regarding your student's bus letter, stop location, pick up and drop off times. Please arrive at least 5 minutes early and wait with your student (do not leave them unattended). At the end of the day, please also arrive about 5 minutes early and wait for the bus to arrive. The bus does not need to wait for you to arrive, students in grade 1 and up are let off at their bus stop. If you have not yet received information, please access your MyCBE account and click on transportation.
FIRST Student - Bus App
Please download the FIRST View application for First Student Transportation and sign up for an account using the prompts provided. The district is Calgary Board of Education. You will then receive an email from First Student which will then ask you to confirm your account. You will then log into your account, click the button that says 'Click here to add new student', you will then enter the district code: F6GU. You will then add your student's first and last name into the correct boxes. Then follow the prompts to add your student's bus letter, please see below (this information is also in your student's MyCBE account). Please ensure that you have added three routes: morning (am), afternoon (pm), and Friday pm.
Bus A - 2005
Bus B - 2006
Bus C - 2007
Bus D - 2008
Bus E - 2009
Bus F - 2010
You will now be able to track your student's bus to and from school.
Drop Off and Pick Up - Car
Parents please do not park on Northmount Drive on the side that is closest to the school, this is the bus zone. We need to keep this area clear before and after school for our yellow school buses. There is also a city bus that stops on Northmount Drive. Great places to park your car to walk students to their grade level door are on Terry Road and Thornhill Drive, there are breaks in the fence that enable your student to walk safely to their grade level door without walking across a street.
Beginning on Tuesday, September 3 a staff member will create and monitor a crosswalk on Trafford Drive. Please ensure that you are walking across the street between the pylons. We have created this area to ensure student safety.
Uniforms
Colonel Sanders School is a TLC and as such, students are required to wear a school uniform. The formal uniform is worn on the first learning day of each week. The remaining days students are to wear either the formal or informal uniform.
Formal First learning day of each week | Informal Remaining days of the week |
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Non-Scuffing ALL Black Athletic Shoes | |
Labels on all Items
PLEASE label all your student's items (ex: coat, cardigan, school bag, indoor shoes, water bottle, etc.) with their first and last name. If a name is on the item, we are able to return it to your student. Items without names are placed into our Lost and Found. Emails are sent to families prior to donating all items in the Lost and Found.
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.
Absences
Please continue to call in any absences to the school. Accurate attendance is needed, please provide a reason for your child's absence (ex: medical appointment, or ill. Without a reason, the absence is marked unexcused. It is important that we know why your student is not attending school and this information is in PowerSchool accurately.
Please ensure that your child is dressed for the weather (including snow pants), as this supports a productive play during recess