The Week Ahead

Jan 23 Grade 5,  All Classrooms – Field Trip to the Telus Spark (8:30-2:00)
Jan 24 GR 4, Rooms 15 & 16- Field Trip to Telus Spark 
Jan 24 School Council Meeting – In Person at School and online Click here to join the meeting (6:30 – 8:00 PM)
Jan 26 PM Kindergarten Attends (8:00-12:15)

Upcoming Dates

Jan 29 – Feb 2 Animation Residency
Jan 30 Report Cards Available in MyCBE
Jan 30 GR 3, Rooms 17 & 5- Field Trip to the Telus Spark (8:45-2:00)
Feb 2 Deadline for Valentines Day Fundraiser
Feb 2 AM Kindergarten Attends (8:00-12:15pm)

Family Literacy Week

This is Family Literacy Week. Please check out the links under Resources for ideas of ways to support literacy learning at home.

Learning an Additional Language

Nearly one third of all students in the Calgary Board of Education are learning English as an additional language. Learning an additional language can help build empathy for the struggles to communicate faced by newcomers. For parents who would like to brush up on their Spanish or embark on a language learning journey, Chinook Learning is offering Spanish for Parents classes starting January 30. See our Parent Resources page.

CBE Dates of Significance Calendar

In the spirit of building a culture of appreciation and inclusion, where students and staff can see themselves valued, respected and celebrated, the CBE has compiled a Dates of Significance Calendar. As we work to make Collingwood School more welcoming and inclusive, it is our hope that this calendar will help build awareness in our school community. https://www.cbe.ab.ca/registration/calendars/Pages/dates-of-significance.aspx The idea of making this calendar more visible emerged at a recent meeting of the Collingwood Parent Diversity Subcommittee.

Collingwood School Council Meeting Jan 24 (6:30 – 8:00 PM)

In person at school and online. In addition to the regular council items, this meeting will feature a presentation by a group of teachers around our School Development Plan Mathematics goal on improvement assessment in numeracy with the new curriculum.
 Click here to join the meeting

Please note that the date has been moved from Jan 17 to Jan 24. 

Report Cards

Report cards will be available for parents to view in MyCBE on January 30.

Visits by Elder Eaglespeaker

Collingwood School has been working for the past several years with Elder Casey Eaglespeaker. He will be returning to Collingwood every month for the remainder of the school year to speak with the students about the 7 Grandfather Teachings. This month he shared Blackfoot perspectives on the value and importance of truth, perseverance and resilience. He will be speaking with different grade groups each visit. We are grateful to the Collingwood Parent Association for making these visits possible.

Animation Residency

All Collingwood students will be working with presenters from the Quickdraw Animation Society for a residency on animation. This residency will build on a variety of drawing skills and for the older students, will culminate in the creation of short animated films. We are grateful to the Collingwood Parent Association for their financial support for this residency.

CSPA Chocolate Fundraiser | Valentines Day Order By February 2, 2024.

The Collingwood School Parent Association (CSPA) is launching a Valentine's Day Fundraiser with Rocky Mtn Chocolate.  This will be through the Healthy Hunger website. Families can use their existing Healthy Hunger accounts that are used for fun lunches to order a variety of Valentine's treats while supporting Collingwood School.  

Choose the February 7 Valentine's Day event, click on the info button for each item to see photos, and then order your treats of choice.  

The last day to order will be Friday February 2 and orders will be delivered and sent home with students February 7/8. 

Families who do not have a Healthy Hunger account will need to be create one for this event.  Kindergarten families will need to create a Healthy Hunger account for this fundraising event, however please do not use this account for ordering fun lunches as kindergarteners are not yet eligible for Fun Lunch.  Here are instructions on how to create an account.

Rocky Mtn Chocolate website has further detailed information and pictures of all items being offered.

Email funlunchcollingwood@gmail.com if there are any other questions.

Thank you again for supporting Collingwood School! 
CSPA 

Kindergarten and Grade 2 Concerts, Feb 28

Sra. Heath has begun preparations with the kindergarten and grade 2 classes for their upcoming concert. This Leap Year Concert will be held in the school gym on Wednesday, February 28: 

• 8:30AM  AM Kindergarten (Lopez & Wilkinson), Chavez, Hamilton
• 1:15 PM  PM Kindergarten (Lopez & Wilkinson), Beltran, Bradley

Student Showcase

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

Links

• 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.
• Lunchtime: View the staggered lunchroom schedules for classes and Fun Lunch Dates
• Subscribe to Stay Informed
• School Calendar (printable calendar and events and field trips)