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​​​​​Welcome to the 2023-24 School Year

Important Dates

We follow the CBE instructional ​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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First Day of Classes 

Our first day of classes is Thursday, August 31, 2023 and the school office is open to parents on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. 

School Start & End Times

Class Times

Kindergarten

Monday to Thursday

  • Morning: 8:50 am – 12:30 pm
  • Lunch: 12:30 pm – 1:13 pm
  • Afternoon: 1:13 pm – 3:20 pm

Grades 1-6, & L&L

Monday to Thursday

  • Morning: 8:50 am – 12:23 pm
  • Lunch: 11:40 – 12:23 pm or 12:30 - 1:13 pm
  • Afternoon: 1:15 – 3:20 pm

Friday K-6

  • 8:50 am – 1:05 pm (Early Dismissal)

School Supplies

Students supplies are provided, for a fee, by the school for students in kindergarten through Grade 6. Please pay this fee on-line through your MyCBE/Powerschool account.  Families are to provide indoor shoes, backpacks, lunch, and snacks. You may also choose to send your child with a water bottle.

School Calendar

View our School Calendar for upcoming events and dates.  See the CBE website for system calendars.

Lunch Supervision 

We provide students with the option of staying at school for lunch. Lunch Supervision is offered to all students in Kindergarten to Grade 6. This service provides students with the opportunity to practice social skills supported by caring adult supervision. 

Lunch supervision at our schools includes:

  •   a safe and secure place for children to have lunch
  •   a caring environment that fosters and maintains respectful, responsible behaviors
  •   access to the service, without a wait list
  •   a drop-in service  
  •   flexibility for site-based decisions at each school

This CBE run lunchroom is a user pay program; waivers are available.  Noon supervision fees are charged to parents of all students who use noon supervision services.  Income tax receipts are issued for noon supervision fees: receipts may be included as child care expenses for income tax purposes.  Fee payment options are set by Central Office.  There are no family maximum fees.  Fees are to be paid to Calgary Board of Education.  Our lunchroom program will start on August 31, 2023.

For more information visit our Lunch Supervision page.

Brown Bag Lunch

Thanks to “Brown Bagging It for Calgary Kids”, students can receive a healthy lunch if they need it. Parents must request this service.  Please talk to the office staff if your child will require a Brown Bag lunch.  This service is not to be used because a student forgets his or her lunch.

Breakfast 

We are a member of a government funded School Nutrition Program. This program provides generous funds to operate a free breakfast program. There is no cost for this drop-in program.  Parents of Kindergarten students please call the office for special instructions.

Assigned Teachers 

Students will be informed of their assigned teacher via a phone call on August 30, 2023.  Teachers will meet students outside on the first day.

Kindergarten 

Kindergarten classes begin on August 31, 2023.  Please meet your teacher at the West entrance.  For the first week of classes, we will have a staggered entry as follows: 

Parents/Guardians signed their child up to attend one session on August 31.  All Kindergarten attend on Friday Sept. 1.

                        Thursday  - 8:50 - 11:20 am or 12:50 - 3:20 pm

                         Friday -      8:50 - 1:05 pm

Please refer to the email that was sent to you in June for the time your child will come to school.            

Registration Information

Please visit our How to Register page for registration details. Please note that the registration process is completed online, but schools can assist with any questions.

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​​​​​​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 2023-24 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​

Subscribe to School Messages

Most school messages are sent to parents through SchoolMessenger. It’s a mass communication tool that allows schools to easily and securely send email, phone and text messages to parents / guardians, independent students in a particular grade, class, school or area. Messages are sent to the parent contacts on file at your school.​​

To ensure you receive important information from your child’s school and the Calgary Board of Education, subscribe to school messages.​

​​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.​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​Yellow School Bus Tra​nsportation

Yellow school bus routes for the 2023-24 school year are created o​ver the summer and based on the addresses submitted before the pre-registration deadline in June. Transportation continues to accept registrations after the deadline; however, students are added to the closest existing stop with available space. Processing times could be up to six weeks at the beginning of the school year due to volume.

More information about 2023-24 transportation service levels and proposed fees are posted on the CBE website.

Your bus stop location and time will be available in your MyCBE account by mid-August.

Conditional riders can also register using MyCBE. Applications will be considered after eligible riders registrations have been processed. Should routes change or if qualified students are added to a route and the bus becomes overcrowded, conditional riders may be removed to accommodate these changes.​

Learn more about transportation on the CBE website.

​Follow CBE on Social Media

Follow the CBE social media platforms to stay up-to-date on system news and announcements.

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​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.​​​​​