The Week Ahead

Dec 8 Non-Instruction Day (no school)

Upcoming Dates

Dec 13 AM Celebrations Around the World- Gr 1 & 3 (8:30am-9:30) & (10:00am-11:00)
Dec 14 Multicultural Day
Dec 14 Fun Lunch- Tim Hortons & Booster Juice
Dec 15 PM Kindergarten Attends (8:00am-12:15pm)
Dec 18-22 Skate Shack
Dec 22 Last Day of Classes
Dec 22 AM Kindergarten Attend
Dec 25-Jan 5 Winter Break
Jan 8 Classes Resume
Jan 11 Before & After School Presentation 6:00-6:30pm
Jan 11 Collingwood School Open House 6:30-7:30pm

Collingwood School Improvement Results and Development Plan Reports

Every year all CBE schools post an improvement results report for the previous year as well as a School Development Plan for the current school year. This year, those two documents have been merged into one document and it is available on the Collingwood School Website.
https://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/collingwood/about-us/school/pages/default.aspx

Report to Parents on Fees

The 2023-23 Report to Parents on Fees is available on the Collingwood Website/ Our School
https://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/collingwood/about-us/school/pages/default.aspx

Multicultural Day Dec 14

Sra. McCruden has been working with a Student Advisory Council to discuss student ideas of ways to improve our school. One idea the students came up with was a Multicultural Day. Our students celebrate many different traditions and this will be a day where they are invited to wear traditional outfits from their culture or heritage. This could be red for Chinese New Year, Santa hats, Christmas outfits, or special outfits for Hanukkah, Eid, or Diwali. We realize these traditions are not all celebrated at this time of year, but the students thought it would be fun to have a day for all of us to celebrate together. We will be having this day on Dec 14th. In addition to wearing traditional outfits we will be gathering as a school to sing a variety of songs, including songs students are learning with Sra. Heath for the upcoming Celebrations Around the World Concert. 

Skate Shack

Dec. 18 – 22 all Collingwood students will participate in outdoor skating at Triwood Community Centre. We are concerned that the outdoor ice may not be ready in time and are currently confirming indoor arena times with Triwood Arena. If we need to use the indoor arena, the times will shift somewhat from the ones on the sign-up genius below. Once we have the indoor times confirmed we will send out a new sign up genius, in the event that we skate indoors. Thank you for your flexibility. We have booked the Skate Shack, which is a trailer filled with skates and helmets which students can use for this skating experience. Note that there is a slot first thing in the morning for shovelling. If it hasn’t snowed there will be no need to shovel the ice. An email will be sent out the evening before about the shovelling need. Please sign up on the sign-up genius below. 
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0945AAA929A3F85-46192872-outdoor

Display Monitor in Front Entrance

Thank you to Sra. Abdulghani for posting some images from around the school on the new display monitor by the school office. Students have been quite excited to see themselves “on tv”!

Abejas Bilingues Honey

Thank you families for supporting our school beehive by purchasing jars of Abejas Bilingues honey. Remaining jars will be for sale for $10 cash outside the school office on December 13th the day of our Grade 1 & 3 Celebrations Around the World Concert. 

Collingwood School Open House- Jan. 1, 2024

Before and After School Care Open House- 6:00-6:30
General Open House Information- 6:30-7:30

We encourage our families to share our school open house information with neighbours and friends.

For more details visit our website:  Collingwood School Open House

Student Showcase

Have you visited our Student Showcase Page? Read all about the activities our different grades are doing at school.

Ongoing Fundraising for Our School

Fundraisers and Donations: this link will provide you with up to date information about any Collingwood School fundraisers or Parent Association Fundraisers.  It also explains the process the CBE uses for other donations.

Links

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Webinar for Parents | Dec. 12

​​​​​​​CanLearn Society has outstanding programs to assist children develop social skills.  Please consider attending this webinar!

When it’s Tough to Make Friends:
Self-Regulation Strategies that Work

CanLearn Society is excited to offer a FREE webinar focused on how to support your child as they navigate friendships. This workshop is perfect for parents, guardians and other adults involved in children’s support groups.

"Come and learn about some foundational social-emotional strategies and how kids can use these strategies while they are making friends and working through all the ups and downs of peer relationships. We will also be discussing ways that caregivers can help their kids use these strategies in their daily lives."

Dec. 12 from 6 - 7:30 pm MST

Presented by Dr. Heather Baker & Neva Capin

Webinar Link