Dear Collingwood Families,

Your children bring a lot of joy into the school building and it is good to see them back at school with their smiles and energy. There are a lot of mixed emotions for our teaching staff due to the provincial government's unprecedented actions. We appreciate the support of families and look forward to continuing to work with you on behalf of your children and public education in Alberta.

The Week Ahead

  • Wednesday, Oct 29 - CBE Child and Youth Well-Being Webinar: Understanding Worries
  • Thursday Oct. 30 - PM Kindergarten Costume Day, Child and Youth Well- Being Webinar: Navigating Performance Pressure
  • Friday Oct. 31 - AM Kindergarten attends, Halloween

Upcoming Dates

  • Nov. 3 - Dia de los Muertos
  • Nov. 7 - Remembrance  Day Assembly/ Grade 4 performance, PM Kindergarten attends
  • Nov. 10-12 - Fall Break: no classes
  • Nov. 13 - Classes Resume, Grade 6 Field Trip to Youth Link
  • Nov. 14 - AM Kindergarten Attends
  • Nov. 17 - Grade 1 and Grade 6 Vaccinations
  • Nov. 18 - Grade 5 Field Trip to Telus Spark, From Hive to Honey Workshop – Rm 14
  • Nov. 19 - Wonders of Wax Workshop – rm 22, School Council Meeting and AGM (Details to be confirmed)
  • Nov. 20 - Fun Lunch
  • Nov. 21 - PM Kindergarten Attends

Well Being Webinars

The CBE is hosting a series of webinars to support youth well-being. Information and sign up is available at the following on the CBE webpage.

  • Oct 29 6:00 – 8:00 PM  Understanding your child’s worries through a strength based lens
  • Oct 30 6:30 – 8:30 PM Navigating the pressure to perform, benefits of well-being centered identity development for children and teens

Halloween

We know that many children are looking forward with excitement to Halloween this Friday. Since PM kindergarten students will not be at school on Friday, they are invited to wear their Halloween costume to school on Thursday, Oct. 30. Costumes with excessive gore or weapons are not allowed at school. AM Kindergarten students and grade 1-6 students are invited to wear their Halloween costumes to school on Friday. Please do not send food or treats to school for Halloween or your child’s birthday. Because teachers just returned to work, they have not had time to prepare special Halloween themed activities, although grade teams and buddy classes may choose to get together. Please contact your child’s teacher if your child will not be participating in Halloween activities and requires an alternative learning plan at school for the day.

Remembrance Day

We will be having a Remembrance Day Event in the morning on Friday, November 7 at 8:30 am.  The grade 4 classes will be sharing during this assembly. Because of the limited time to practice, their sharing will not be as extensive as in previous years, but they will play an important role in leading this symbolic and meaningful assembly. All parents and guests are welcome to attend our Remembrance Day assembly.

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 - Collingwood School. 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.  Visit Maebel's Labels. 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).