The Week Ahead

  • Dec 5 AM Kindergarten Attends (8:00-12:00pm)

Upcoming Dates

  • Dec 6 midnight deadline to order fun lunch
  • Dec 11 Gr 3 & 6 – Concert
  • Dec 11 Fun Lunch – Boston Pizza & Booster Juice
  • Dec 12 PM Kindergarten Attends (8:00-12:00pm)
  • Dec 15-19 Skating at Triwood Community Centre Outdoor Rink
  • Dec 19 Last Day of Classes before Winter Break
  • Dec 19 AM Kindergarten Attends (8:00-12:00pm)
  • Dec 20-Jan 4 Winter Break
  • Jan 5 Classes Resume
  • Jan 8 Collingwood School Open House – 6:30PM
  • Jan 9 PM Kindergarten Attends (8:00-12:00pm)
  • Jan 12-23 Gymnastics
  • Jan 15 Fun Lunch – Subway & Booster Juice
  • Jan 16 AM Kindergarten Attends (8:00-12:00pm)
  • Jan 26-29 Mission Impossible

Staffing Update

Rhonda McCrea, who supports the school in the main office, will be retiring from the CBE at the end of December. Rhonda has supported the community at Collingwood for several years in kindergarten, in the lunch room and in the main office and she we be greatly missed. We wish Rhonda well in her retirement!

Conferences, Book Fair and Teacher Potluck

Thank you to all of the families who attended conferences, supported the book fair and volunteered for the book fair and the poinsettia sales. Thank you also for the delicious dishes for the teacher potluck!

Winter Concerts

This year, our Winter Concerts will take place on Thursday, December 11 at 8:30AM and at 1:00PM. They will feature the grade 3 and grade 6 students. Parents are welcome to attend either concert, as all students in grade 3 and 6 will be performing at both concerts. 

Lost and Found

All lost and found items will be donated to charity on Tuesday, December 2.

Outdoor Skating

All students grade K-6 will be going skating at the outdoor rinks at Triwood Community Centre between Dec 15th and 19th. We will need many parent volunteers to make this activity possible. A sign-up genius will be sent home later this week. This activity is weather dependent, so if it is too warm or too cold, the activity will be cancelled. We have booked the “Skate Shack”, which is a large trailer with skates and helmets for students to use. Students are welcome to bring their own skates and CSA approved helmets. No hockey sticks. All students are invited to participate in this activity even if they have never skated before. We will have some chairs available on the ice for students to push around, and the older students and parent volunteers will help the new skaters. Please communicate with your child’s teacher if you have a wagon they can borrow to help transport skates and helmets to and from the rink. Please also make sure your child knows their shoe size so it is faster to distribute skates from the Skate Shack.

Fun Lunch

As previously advertised, our next Fun Lunch for students in Grades 1-6 will take place on Thursday, December 11, 2025. This Fun Lunch will be Boston Pizza + Booster Juice! 

Order Deadline

The deadline to order a Fun Lunch or change/cancel an order is always the Saturday before the Fun Lunch date.  For this month, the order deadline is Saturday, December 6, 2025, at midnight.  After this time, there is no way to add/change an order.

Volunteer Sign-Up

In order for Fun Lunches to be a success, we rely on volunteers to help organize and distribute the meals. Please note that you can now sign-up to volunteer for Fun Lunches from December to January.  We will open up volunteer opportunities for February - May in the New Year. If you have a valid police clearance check, please consider signing up to help using this link:

In the event that your sign-up needs to be cancelled, please provide as much notice as possible as we require a minimum number of volunteers to distribute lunches promptly and will need to replace your position with a new volunteer.

Student Absence on Fun Lunch Days

If your child is absent from school, on Fun Lunch day, and you are planning to come pick up their Fun Lunch, please send an email to collingwood@cbe.ab.ca with instructions on pickup of the lunch.  Note the following restrictions:

  • The instructions must be received prior to 10:30 a.m. on the day of the Fun Lunch. Fun Lunches are organized and distributed between 10:30 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.
  • Any unclaimed lunch orders (due to student absence),  without directions received by 10:30 a.m., will be donated by the Parent Association to the staff room.
  • Pickup time for Fun Lunches for absent students will be 11:30  a.m. - 12:00 p.m., at the school.  This will allow our parent volunteers time to find and set aside the correct order.

Upcoming Fun Lunch Dates

In addition to December’s Fun Lunch, we have now confirmed the following dates for the remainder of the school year, January 2026 to May 2026 

  • January 15 - Subway + Booster Juice
  • February 19 - Panago  + Booster Juice
  • March 12 - Mucho Burrito + Booster Juice
  • April 16 - Boston Pizza + Booster Juice
  • May 21 - Subway + Booster Juice

These dates are now active on the Healthy Hunger Platform, and ordering can take place at this time. For any questions, please contact the Fun Lunch Coordinators at funlunchcollingwood@gmail.com.

Clothing Donations

We are in need of gently used children’s clothing. We are running low on socks, (new)underwear, girl pants of all sizes, boys pants (larger sizes).  Thank you!

Kindergarten and Grade 1 Open House

Collingwood School will be hosting a open house on Thursday January 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM. Please share this information with friends and neighbours who might be interested in our school for next year. We have invited a few daycares who service our school to be available, from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM for a Q&A session and give a short presentation about their program and service.

School Zone Safety

A friendly reminder to our Collingwood parents, to please slow down and take extra precautions when dropping off students in the morning. We understand it is a high traffic area, but please arrive at school early and use the designated student drop off zone.

If you need to park your vehicle on the opposite side of school, please cross the road with your child at the marked crosswalk. We want to ensure that everyone stays safe.

If you have are concerned about school zone safety, you may choose to fill in a traffic- service request using this Calgary Police Service link:  Traffic Service Requests

School Field Trips Fees Payable Online

School Field Trip Fees are uploaded online.  To view and pay your fees, please log into your MyCBE.  Please use this Student Fee Guide to pay the fees online.

If a waiver is not obtained and school fees are unpaid, these costs ultimately come out of the school budget.

Thank you for your ongoing support of Collingwood School.

School Year Calendar

Visit our School Website Calendar to keep up-to date with new events and field trips:

Website | School Calendar

Printable | School Calendar

Ongoing Fundraising for Our School 

 Flipgive:  Shop, Earn, Give.  This funding app/site earns cash for thing you already buy at no additional cost to you! Continue to buy the things you need online with family favorites like Amazon, Sport Check, Walmart and a portion of sales will go towards the school.  Visit: Here and Enter invitation code XMCQMJ.

Mabel’s Labels Link: Prevent those germy mix-ups and label everything going to school.  You can also find those lost mittens a way home. 20% of sales come back to Collingwood.  Search “Collingwood School Parent Association”

Donating Opportunities: Did you know? Many employers have donation matching programs.   Check with your employer and your donation can be doubled with ase! Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $20 or more.

Visit the EducationMatters online donation webpage to make a donation. (Preferred donation method)

Write a cheque payable to EducationMatters (all one word) and include the name of our school and the specific program, activity or item you want your donation to support in the 'memo' section. Give the cheque to the school or mail it to: EducationMatters, 1221 8 Street SW Calgary, AB T2R 0L4

If you do not require a tax receipt, families may write cheques directly to the Collingwood School Parents Association.

To donate directly to the Naturalization Area, please visit the Education Matters website https://www.educationmatters.ca and ensure that you indicate that the donation is for Collingwood School (Naturalization Area).