Collingwood Weekly Update Nov 10-14th, 2025

La semana del 10 al 14 de noviember de 2025

The Week Ahead

  • Nov 10-12 Fall Break/No School
  • Nov 12 CSPA Poinsettias Fundraiser- Deadline to order!
  • Nov 13 Classes resume
  • Nov 13 Gr 6 Safe For Life – YouthLink Interpretive Centre – 8:30AM
  • Nov 14 AM Kindergarten Attends (8:00-12:00pm)
  • Nov 15 Midnight deadline to order Fun Lunch

Upcoming Dates

  • Nov 17 Gr 1 & Gr 6 Vaccinations
  • Nov 18 Gr 5 Field Trip/Telus Spark Science Centre
  • Nov 18 Rm 14- From Hive to Honey Workshop
  • Nov 19 Rm 22- Wonders of Wax Workshop
  • Nov 20 Fun Lunch – Mucho Burrito & Booster Juice
  • Nov 21 PM Kindergarten Attends (8:00-12:00pm)
  • Nov 26 Re-Takes and Classroom Picture Day
  • Nov 26 Re-scheduled School Council AGM (In person and online)- 6:30pm
  • Nov 27 Parent-Teacher Conferences- 3:30PM
  • Nov 27 Pick up Poinsettia orders at Collingwood School
  • Nov 27 No School for Kindergarten
  • Nov 28 Parent-Teacher Conferences- 8:00AM/No School for K-Gr 6

New Principal Update

Dear Collingwood Families,

I have been informed that the CBE will hire an Acting Principal for Collingwood School for the remainder of the school year, after the Winter Break. The Collingwood School Principal position will be posted in the Spring.  The school will keep the parent community informed when a new principal has been chosen for the school and ways to give input into what the new principal should know about what the school community values.

CSPA Poinsettias Fundraiser!  Order by Nov 12

The Collingwood School Parents’ Association is pleased to partner with Growing Smiles again this year for our Poinsettias Fundraiser! 

Poinsettias and other winter plants are now available to order on our fundraising website.  Bring the beautiful colours of the nochebuena to your home this holiday season! 

Last year we sold 197 plants; help us reach our goal of selling 280 plants this year!   

All funds raised will go directly to Escuela Collingwood to provide each teacher with a budget of $100 per class for specialized art projects, incentives, decorations, or class books. The funds we raise are important for providing additional resources that will enrich and enhance our kids’ learning.

Sharing this fundraiser with your nearby friends and family.  Everything is done online, so you won’t have to deal with any of the hassles of collecting money or keeping records. All you need to do is share a link via email or text message.

Order by November 12, 2025. Pick-up at Collingwood School will be on Thursday, November 27.

Fun Lunch     

Our next Fun Lunch for students in Grades 1-6 will be Thursday, November 20, 2025! This Fun Lunch will be Mucho Burrito + Booster Juice! 

     Order Deadline

The deadline to order a Fun Lunch or change/cancel an order is always the Saturday prior to the Fun Lunch date.  For this month, the order deadline is Saturday, November 15, 2025, at midnight.  After this time, there is unfortunately 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 November 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.

Grade 6 & Grade 1 Vaccinations

Alberta Health Services, school vaccination team has rescheduled the school vaccination program at Collingwood School for: 

  • November 17, 2025- Grade 6 (dose #1)  and Grade 1 students. This is a small number of grade 1 students that received consent forms (if you did not receive a consent form - your child is up to date with vaccines).
  • May 4, 2026 - Grade 6 (dose #2)  

School Council AGM

We have decided to change the date of the Collingwood School Council AGM. It will now be held in person and online on November 26 at 6:30 PM. Click here to join the meeting. All families are welcome to attend this meeting.

Class Picture Day and Re-Take Day

 We will be having our class group pictures as well as retakes on Wednesday November 26, 2025

If you need a re-take of your student's individual picture, please email the class teacher to arrange it. It would also be helpful to include a note for the student to give to the photographer with any specific instructions.   

Students who were absent on picture day, September 17, 2025, will have their pictures taken on this date. 

We are looking for 4 volunteers, with current cleared volunteer status, to help out on this date.   If you are able to assist please sign up below: 

Volunteer Sign-Up - Class Photo/Retakes Day, 2025

Parent Teacher Conferences

Our next Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on November 27 and 28.  These conferences are an opportunity for the teacher to share information about your child’s learning progress so far this school year. Because of the days missed due to the labour action, the teachers may not be able to provide as comprehensive a report on your child’s learning as they would have done in previous years. A link will be provided next week for conference sign up which will open on November 22.

Teacher Appreciation Potluck

The Collingwood Parent Association is coordinating a potluck for teachers during the upcoming Parent Teacher Conferences. If your family is able to contribute a dish for the teachers on November 27 please sign up at the link below:

November 2025 Teacher Appreciation Potluck Sign-Up

Scholastic Book Fair

Our fabulous librarian Sra. Nino is coordinating a Scholastic Book Fair during the upcoming Parent Teacher Conferences. Proceeds from the book fair help to provide additional books for our school library. Please be sure to check out the book fair in the library during conferences.

Collingwood Honey Now Available

Honey from our Collingwood Hive will be available for purchase (cash only) during the Scholastic Book Fair in the library on November 27 and 28. All proceeds support the cost of our beekeeping program with Alveole. In the spring, summer and fall, Alveole sends a beekeeper to Collingwood School to maintain our beehive. Students have the opportunity to watch and ask questions as the beekeeper works with the bees. On November 18 and 19 the beekeeper will also be offering workshops for some of our grade 1 and grade 3 classes on beeswax candles and the honey extraction process. All of the activities related to our beehive are documented on the Alveole website. Come check out our bees! Alvéole | MyHive

Art Cards by Kids

Our students have been busy making some stunning artwork for this year’s Art Cards. Families will receive information about art card ordering in the next two weeks and there will be a tight turn-around to order so the cards arrive before the winter break.

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: Flipgive Enter invitation code XMCQMJ.   

Mabel’s Labels: 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 ease! 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 and ensure that you indicate that the donation is for Collingwood School (Naturalization Area).