Nov 05
November 8, 2023 - Remembrance Day Assembly
On Wednesday, November 8, 2023 4K and the  grade 4 choir will be hosting the Remembrance Day Assembly. The assembly will begin at approximately 10:35am, ending at approximately 11:15am. 
We ask that all students wear their formal school uniform on this day. If students are Scouts or Guides, they are welcome to wear that uniform instead.
As well, all students will receive a Poppy sticker prior to the assembly. We will be collecting for the Poppy Fund. Teachers will be collecting the funds throughout the week. The Poppy sticker will be given to students prior to the assembly on Wednesday, November 8, 2023.​


Oct 14
Excitement in the Building

​Thank you to School Council for all the fun and excitement in the building! We've had a Popcorn Day, a Healthy Hunger Fun Lunch, and are looking forward to the 80's verison of Cinderella

We appreciate all the time and effort it takes to organize Healthy Hunger (popcorn and lunches), as well as the Casino Fundraiser. Without these we wouldn't be able to have materials for classrooms and exciting school presentations. Your efforts and noticed and highly appreciated!

Oct 02
School Council

​School Council is a very important part of our school! Please conisder attending our monthly meetings. Visit the Get Involved tab on this website for more information.

Sep 15
Student Safety

As you know student safety is very important to us. Below are a few reminders:

  • There is NO supervision prior to 8:55am, please do not leave your student unattended at the playground; you may supervise your student at the playground prior to 8:55am

  • If there is a change to the end of day plan, please write a note in the agenda; we cannot let your child or other adult change the plan without parent notification

  • If there is a last minute change to the end of day plan, please call the school

  • If you student is ill, please call the school and leave a message on the attendance line

  • If your student becomes ill at school, we will call you to come to the school to pick up your student immediately 

  • Please proceed with caution at all the crosswalks around our school, do not accelerate when you do not see students in the area; they are little and cars are big, you may not see a student who is beginning to cross the street because of where the car is parked

  • We have created our own crosswalk Trafford Drive; this area is well marked with pylons, please ensure that you and your students are crossing Trafford Drive at this location

  • Cars should be traveling at no more than 30KM per hour in the school zone

  • Please do not park your vehicle in a crosswalk or in front of someone's driveway

  • Please do not reverse your vehicle through the crosswalk

If you need to call the school, our phone number is 403-777-6034.​​

Aug 31
Important End of Day Information

As a school, our job is to ensure that all 370 students are safe. At the end of the school day there is an important way that you can support this work.

At the end of the day, please do not take students out of any line. Teachers place students onto buses. They account for each student. If a student is removed from the line and the teacher was not informed, we then need to call parents and hold buses until we know the student is safe. This then causes our buses to be delayed. It is best if you write a note in the agenda to inform your teacher that you will be picking up your student. You can also call the school prior to 3:20pm to give this information to the office. The school's phone number is 403-777-6034.

Teachers would love to talk to their families, at the end of the school day when teachers are ensuring student safety by taking students to their buses is not the right time. Students who are being picked up are being supervised by our specialists at the ball wall. All teachers are busy ensuring student safety.

If you would like to talk to your student's teacher, please book an appointment. This could be done by emailing your teacher or writing a note in the agenda.​


Aug 31
Parking Around Colonel Sanders

What an amazing first day of school!! Students were settled within their classrooms when the administrative team toured the school to introduce themselves and welcome students to the new school year.

This morning we had some difficulty with parked cars in our community. Below are some reminders, as well as a modification to the SchoolMessenger which was sent out yesterday.

Reminders

  • Parents please do not park on Northmount Drive on the side that is closest to the school, this is the bus zone. We need to keep this area clear before and after school for our yellow school buses. There is also a city bus that stops on Northmount Drive. 
  • Great places to park your car to walk students to their grade level door are on Terry Road and Thornhill Drive, there are breaks in the fence that enable your student to walk safely to their grade level door without walking across a street.
  • Do NOT park in front of our neighbour's driveways.
  • New - If parking on Terry Road, Thornhill Drive, Trafford Drive or Nothmount Drive on the side which is opposite the school, please do not block community members driveways. Please be mindful of where you are parking.
  • New - Please do not park in the crosswalks around the school. This is a safety concern for our students, their families, and our community members.

Modification

  • Beginning tomorrow (Friday, September 1, 2023) two staff members will create and monitor a crosswalk on Trafford Drive. This crosswalk will be created and monitored prior to school each morning. This picture will show you where the crosswalk will be located Pylons to Staircase.jpeg. These staff members will monitor this area to ensure that students and families are crossing the road in the crosswalk, as well as ensuring that families are not blocking driveways. Please ensure that you are walking across the street between the pylons. We have created this area to ensure student safety.​



Aug 30
The first day of school is tomorrow, Thursday, August 31, 2023!

Good Afternoon Colonel Sanders Families!
The first day of school is tomorrow, Thursday, August 31, 2023!  We are all anxiously awaiting your student's arrival. You should have received a SchoolMessenger for your student's classroom teacher.
Please read the important information below.
Soft Entry
Our grade level doors will be open each day beginning at 8:55am and will close at 9:05am. If your student is arriving after 9:05am, they will need to enter the school through the main door, proceed to the office to get a welcome slip and then go to their classroom. School begins at 9:10am which means that students are seated within their classrooms ready to learn. If students are entering past 9:05am, they will not be ready to learn by 9:10am. Busing has been arranged for a target arrival time at 8:55am.
School Hours
Our grade level doors will be open from 8:55am-9:05am, and after this time students will need to enter the building through the main door and get a welcome slip as students will not be ready to learn by 9:10am if they are not in the school at 9:05am. 

School Hours 

Mondays to Thursdays 

Fridays 

8:55-9:05 Soft Entry (grade level doors close at 9:05)      9:10 Instruction Begins 

12:00-12:40 Lunch and Lunch Recess 

Specific schedule to follow (includes recess and three minutes of transition time) 

11:45-12:15 Lunch 

(includes a two minute transition time) 

3:43 End of Day 

1:20 End of Day 

A 15 minute recess break (including 3 minutes of transition time) will be taken either in the morning 

or in the afternoon Mondays - Thursdays 

Transportation (Yellow Bus)
If you registered for busing, you should have already received transportation information regarding your student's bus letter, stop location, pick up and drop off times. Please arrive at least 5 minutes early and wait with your student (do not leave them unattended). At the end of the day, please also arrive about 5 minutes early and wait for the bus to arrive. The bus does not need to wait for you to arrive, students in grade 1 and up are let off at their bus stop. If you have not yet received information, please access your MyCBE account and click on transportation. 
FIRST Student - Bus App
Please download the FIRST View application for First Student Transportation and sign up for an account using the prompts provided. The district is Calgary Board of Education. You will then receive an email from First Student which will then ask you to confirm your account.  You will then log into your account, click the button that says 'Click here to add new student', you will then enter the district code: F6GU. You will then add your student's first and last name into the correct boxes. Then follow the prompts to add your student's  bus letter, please see below (this information is also in your student's MyCBE account). Please ensure that you have added three routes: morning (am), afternoon (pm), and Friday pm.
Bus A - 2010
Bus B - 2011
Bus C - 2012
Bus D - 2013
Bus E - 2014
Bus F - 2015
Bus G - 2016
You will now be able to track your student's bus to and from school.
The link to access your MyCBE account is: www.sis.cbe.ab.ca
Drop Off and Pick Up - Car
Parents please do not park on Northmount Drive on the side that is closest to the school, this is the bus zone. We need to keep this area clear before and after school for our yellow school buses. There is also a city bus that stops on Northmount Drive. Great places to park your car to walk students to their grade level door are on Terry Road and Thornhill Drive, there are breaks in the fence that enable your student to walk safely to their grade level door without walking across a street.
Beginning on Tuesday, September 5 a staff member will create and monitor a crosswalk on Trafford Drive. Please ensure that you are walking across the street between the pylons. We have created this area to ensure student safety.
Uniforms
Colonel Sanders School is a TLC and as such, students are required to wear a school uniform. The formal uniform is worn on the first learning day of each week. The remaining days students are to wear either the formal or informal uniform.
Thursday, September 1 - Formal Uniform
Friday, September 2 - Informal Uniform (or Formal Uniform)
Tuesday, September 5 - Formal Uniform
Wednesday-Friday - Informal Uniform (or Formal Uniform)

Formal 

First learning day of each week

Informal 

Remaining days of the week

 

  • TLC Crested Green Cardigan 

  • Plain White Long or Short Sleeve Collared Shirt (tucked in) 

  • TLC Plaid Tunic or Navy Twill Pants 

  • Navy Socks, Knee Socks, or Tights 

  • Bicycle Shorts when wearing the Tunic 

  • TLC Plaid Tie when wearing the Navy Bottoms 

  • TLC Plaid Headband (optional) 

 

 

  • TLC Crested Green Vest with Plain White Long or Short Sleeve Collared Shirt 

OR 

  • TLC Crested Gold/Polo Long or Short Sleeve Shirt 

  • Navy Twill Pants or Navy Walking Short/Skort 

  • Navy Socks, Knee Socks, or Tights 

 

 

  • Non-Scuffing ALL Black Athletic Shoes 

 

Labels on all Items
PLEASE label all your student's items (ex: coat, cardigan, school bag, indoor shoes, water bottle, etc.) with their first and last name. If a name is on the item, we are able to return it to your student. Items without names are placed into our Lost and Found. Emails are sent to families prior to donating all items in the Lost and Found.
School Messenger
To receive communication from the school office and your student's teachers please ensure that you subscribe your email to https://calgary.schoolmessenger.com/cbe_subscribe
SchoolEngage Forms
All back-to-school forms and Annual Consents will need to be completed and/or updated via your MyCBE account within SchoolEngage. These forms include but are not limited to: 
  • School Demographics
  • Student Health Plan
  • Consent to Use,
  • Consent to News Media and Outside Groups (Third Party)
Volunteer Clearance
Calgary Police Services and Volunteer Alberta has modified the process for attaining an ePIC (volunteer clearance). More information to come. 
Fees - Beginning on October 16, 2023
Agenda - Each student will receive an agenda, it is important that you access your MyCBE account and add the agenda to your shopping cart. This will enable you to pay for the agenda that your student will receive.
Noon Supervision - All Colonel Sanders Students stay for lunch, please go into your MyCBE account to register for this service. Noon Supervision will be visible in your MyCBE after October 16, 2023 and can be paid at that time. This can be paid as a lump sum or month at a time. The fee is used to cover the costs of Lunch Supervisors. 
Transportation (Yellow Bus) -  Colonel Sanders Students who have registered for transportation, this fee will be visible in your MyCBE after October 16, 2023 and can be paid at that time. This can be paid as a lump sum or month at a time. 
Field Trips - Once you receive a field trip notice from your student's classroom teacher, you will be able to pay for the fee. These are paid for through MyCBE
The link to access your MyCBE account is: www.sis.cbe.ab.ca




Aug 19
The 2023-3024 School Year is Starting Soon!

Thursday, August 31, 2023 is the first day of learning for CBE students! Teachers and the administrative team have already been at the school, informally, getting ready for the beginning of the school year. We are all very excited for our first student day!


As a reminder, the office will be open for phone calls as of Monday, August 28, 2023. Teachers also begin on this day and will be in formal meetings and setting up their classrooms.

As a reminder, families are asked to adjust their schedules in the morning to ensure that students are in the school and ready to learn (which means they are sitting in their classrooms with their teacher) by 9:10am. Our grade level doors will be open from 8:55am-9:05am, and after this time students will need to enter the building through the main door and get a late slip as they will not be ready to learn by 9:10am if they are not in the school at 9:05am. 

 

Families, you will receive a SchoolMessenger on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 from your child's classroom teacher. The purpose of this message if for you and your child to learn a bit about their teacher and to see their picture before the first day of school  (August 31, 2023). 


We look forward to seeing all of you very soon!

Alexandra Caso-Gustafson

Principal, Colonel Sanders School


Jun 30
Thank you for a wonderful 2022-2023 school year!


Thank you Colonel Sanders Families!!  We has a great year learning and growing with you!​

The following staff members are leaving Colonel Sanders School and moving on to new schools

  • Janice Tetreault (Lunch Supervisor) moving to Belfast School as an Educational Assistant 
  • Ijaz Akbar (Facility Operator) moving to Buchanan School as the Facility Operator 
  • JoAnne MacGregor (Grade One Teacher) moving on to Retirement! BUT will be on the substitute teacher roster 
  • Mugdha Khatu (Grade Four Teacher) moving to Balmoral School as the Grade 6 and 7 Mathematics and Science Learning Leader 
  • Lisa Wilson (Assistant Principal) moving to Battalion Park School as the Assistant Principal 

 

The following staff members are wished well on their future teaching endeavours

  • Amanda Farrish (Grade Two Teacher)  
  • Blair Woolley (Grade Three Teacher)  

 

For the 2023-24 school year, Colonel Sanders School is welcoming several new staff members: 

  • Harmandeep Kaur (Lunch Supervisor) 
  • Lindy Ludwig (Teacher - Job Share Partner) 
  • Danna Cook (Teacher - Job Share Partner) 
  • Paul Toews (Teacher) 
  • Janet Man (Teacher) 

 

As a reminder for the coming school year, families are asked to adjust their schedules in the morning to ensure that students are in the school and ready to learn (which means they are sitting in their classrooms with their teacher) by 9:10am. Our grade level doors will be open from 8:55am-9:05am, and after this time students will need to enter the building through the main door and get a late slip as they will not be ready to learn by 9:10am if they are entering the building after 9:05am. 

 

Families who have returning students will be receiving a SchoolMessenger on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 introducing them to their teacher for the new school year which begins on August 31, 2023. 

 

Have a wonderful summer! 


Alexandra Caso-Gustafson

Principal, Colonel Sanders School​


Jun 28
Staff and Students Recognized by First Student

​Today students are bowling with their grade level classmates. Our grade 1 students and teachers were the first to board our First Student Charter bus. We had the same driver as our grade one students had when they participated in swimming. This bus driver wanted to recognize the staff and students at Colonel Sanders for the great attitude and behaviour. He purchased Timbits for the staff at the school. It is just so wonderful for our staff and students to be recognized by someone who transports a variety of learners from within and around Calgary. Well done Colonel Sanders!!

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