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The Week Ahead - January 30

Good afternoon, Colonel Irvine School Community. 

We’ve had fantastic weather so far in January. It made the walk over to James Fowler yesterday for high school tours very pleasant.  All of our grade 9 students participated in high school tours yesterday at either Fowler, Diefenbaker or Churchill. There is new information regarding the high school transfer process, please see below for more information. 

As a school we are holding an open house for new/prospective students next Thursday, February 2nd from 6:00 – 7:30pm. This open house is for families with students who are designated to us for Grade 5 (Mandarin program) or the Grade 7 (Regular Program) in September 2023. We are a closed school, so are not accepting any out of area students for next year. 

We also had our wrestling divisional meet on Monday. Thank you to our athletes for their hard work and positive attitude throughout the season. Thank you to Mr. Chang and Mr. Chan for coaching. We also appreciate both Varun Bhandari and Mirdamad Mammadov for volunteering their time with our athletes. 

Report cards are available for viewing on Monday. Details on how to access are below. 

Today was Mr. Ngo’s last day. We thank him for the work he has done and wish him well in his future endeavors. Ms. Jordan will be joining us on Monday. 

Thank you for helping to build a strong school community. Have a great week everyone. 

Ms. Ko & Ms. Dalwood ​

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION 

Dates to Remember: 

Monday, January 30 – Report Cards viewable – please print a copy for your records 

Friday, February 3 – Non-instruction day 

Tuesday, February 7 – School Council 6:30pm 

Thursday, February 9 – Grade 9 Vaccination Program  

Wednesday, February 15 – Class Photos 

Thursday, February 16 and 17 – Teachers Convention 

Monday, February 20 – Family Day 

Wednesday, February 22 – Pink Shirt Day 

School Council 

Thank you for voting! 

  • The recommendation on curriculum, created by Alberta Youth Leaders for Environmental Education was supported by 81% of poll respondents. 

  • CISC will submit the paperwork to ASCA as a motion at their April AGM. 

Opportunity:  

  • Alberta Education has provided $500 funding to the school councilTell us how you want us to spend it!  Email me at kirsten.pugh@shaw.ca with your suggestions, by Friday, Feb. 3rd. 

  • We’ll vote at our next meeting (Feb. 7th) 

  • Restrictions: funds cannot be used for meals/snacks/food; capital asset purchases (furniture, technology); memberships; conference fees; fundraising events; prizes; gifts; entertainment activities. 

Inform:  

  • Our next CASINO will be in Q3/2023We’ll share the date as soon as we have it (expected in March)  

Mark your calendars:   

  • If anyone has content they would like added to the meeting, please contact me at kirsten.pugh@shaw.ca 

To stay informed, please join our FB groupThe process to join is simple and straightforward: 

  • Click the link to request to join: Colonel Irvine Parent Group - Calgary 

  • Answer the security question: "What is our school mascot?” The answer is “roadrunner" 

  • Agree to the group rules 

Any questions / comments / concernsContact us at colonelirvineschoolcouncil@gmail.com  

Report Cards 

Report Cards for all schools will be available for viewing digitally on Monday, January 30 through your MyCBE account. Please see the following LINK for instructions on how to view report cards.  

Here is the path to find and print report card: 

At the main page after login into MyCBE PowerSchool website (not the Apps) for parent,  

click on your child’s name you want the report card for, 

click on “Report Card/Student Info” (on the left-hand side), 

click on the tab “report card”, 

Select “S1 Report Card – Open”This will take you to another screen and you can choose to save/print from there (right click of the mouse). 

Individual Program Plans (IPP) 

If your student is on an IPP you can expect these in mid-February, they will be emailed to you. 

Athletics 

Grade 9 badminton teams are made, grade 8s and 6 & 7 teams are still in the works. All teams will be finalized by Tuesday lunch. Practices start next week with grade 9 team on Monday, grade 8 team on Tuesday and grade 6 & 7 team on Wednesday after school starting from 3:15 pm to 5:00 pm. Please ensure students are being picked up by 5:15 pm at the latest. 

Lunchroom 

Monday – Grilled Bacon and Tomato Sandwich 

Tuesday – BBQ Chicken Subs 

Wednesday – Please see the website for the February menu 

Thursday –  

High School Information 

Please note online high school transfer request will be opening Wednesday, February 1st. Transfer requests only need to be filled in if you are looking to move from your designated high school. A more thorough email outlining the transfer process will be sent next week. 

Challenging Language Courses for Credit: 

If your students have been in the Mandarin bilingual program, or are proficient in another language, they may write a challenge exam to earn high school credits. More information can be found at this link. Course challenges are arranged through the high school in the Fall.  

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