​​Important Dates

We follow the CBE traditional calendar. The calendar sets common start and end days, non-instructional days and holidays. For our school’s additional non-instructional days, late entries, early dismissal days and events, see our school calendar page.​

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2022-2023 School Year 

School Office Hours

The school office is open to parents on Monday, Aug. 29, Tuesday, Aug 30 and Wednesday Aug 31 from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM. 

School email will be checked periodically over the summer. Phone messages will not.

Staggered Entry | Kindergarten

Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022

AM last name A-L attend 8:40 AM - 9:40 AM
AM last name M-Z attend 10:10 AM – 11:10 AM
PM last name A-L attend 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
PM last name M-Z attend 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Friday, Sept. 2, 2022

All AM students attend – 8:30 – 9:45 AM
All PM students attend – 10:15 – 11:30 AM

Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022

Regular hours for all Kindergarten students

AM: 8:30 AM – 11:22 AM PM: 12:23 PM – 3:15 PM

School Start and End Times 

Our bell times are: 

Grades 1-5 Hours: Monday – Thursday
8:30 AM – 3:15 PM / Lunch Gr 1/2/3: 11:20 – 12:05, Gr 4/5: 12:10 - 12:55

Kindergarten Hours: Monday-Thursday
AM: 8:30 – 11:22 / PM: 12:23 – 3:15 

Friday/Early Dismissal Days
students attend from 8:30 – 11:55 AM
(No School Friday PM) AM Kindergarten attends on Red days / PM Kindergarten attends on Yellow days – See calendar

1st Day of School is Thursday, September 1, 2022.

School Supplies

School supplies are provided by the school for children in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Parents are required to provide a backpack, pair of indoor shoes and a bag lunch (if your child is staying for lunch). Please remember to label everything.

School Calendar

We are a school that follows the traditional calendar. To view our school’s calendar, click here.

For system calendars, please visit here.

Registration Information

Please visit our How to Register page for all registration details and registration forms. 

We are a capped school for the 2021-2022 school year.  Please contact us to see if there is space availability.  If there is no availability, we will place your student/s on a waitlist.  Please contact us at newbrighton@cbe.ab.ca. Our overflow school is McKenzie Lake School if we do not have availability in our school.  

Yellow School Bus Transportation

New Brighton School will not have transportation as everyone lives within the walk limit.  However, New Brighton families attending McKenzie Lake School will need to register for transportation.

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​​Fees and Waivers

School fees will be charged to families starting in October. Online fee payment is the simplest and most convenient way to pay school fees. Parents can use their online account to pay fees or apply for a waiver at: www.cbe.ab.ca/mycbe.

You can find more information on the CBE school fees and waivers​ page.​​​​​​​

​​​​Do You Have a MyCBE Account? Have You Added Your Child(ren) To the Account?

Parents / Legal Guardians / Independent Students who have not already done so, must create a MyCBE account and add their child(ren) to the account to:

  • access your child’s program information (e.g., course assessments, daily attendance record, report card)
  • view your child’s learning using Brightspace by D2L
  • pay fees and request waivers
  • register for transportation and lunch ​supervision
  • book parent-teacher conferences
  • submit online school forms (required for 2022-23 school year)

You will need your email address on file at the school as well as your child’s CBE ID, which can be found on the:

  • SchoolEngage student profile, for families that registered their child using SchoolEngage. 
    Note | For a visual guide on how to find the CBE ID within SchoolEngage, refer to SchoolEngage CBE Student ID
  • CBE Report Card, beside the child's name
  • CBE ID card

MyCBE Account

For parents / legal guardians / independent students without a MyCBE account

  1. Sign in at www.cbe.ab.ca/mycbe
  2. Create the account; refer to MyCBE - Creating an Account
  3. Add child(ren); refer to MyCBE - Adding Additional Students

For parents / legal guardians / independent students with a MyCBE account

  1. Sign in at www.cbe.ab.ca/mycbe
  2. Add child(ren); refer to MyCBE - Adding Additional Students

​Further Inform​ation

We look forward to a great year ahead. If you have any questions that we haven’t addressed here, please contact the school. 

For further information visit our CBE back-to-school information​ page.​​​​​

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