Upcoming 

  • April 18 & 21 No school for all students 
  • April 23 Healthy Hunger (Subway) 
  • April 25 PM kindergarten students attend 
  • April 28 Election Day – we are a polling station 
  • May 5 – 9 Scholastic Book Fair
  • K-2 Gallery Walk May 8, 2025, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm 

Book Fair 

Please join us in person for the Scholastic Book Fair. We know that EVERYONE loves the Scholastic Book Fair including parents! It brings back so many memories for us adults and creates new ones for our students. 

Parents are welcome to shop anytime during the day all 5 days. 

You MUST enter the school through the main doors and SIGN-IN and SIGN-OUT at the office. 

May 5-9 2025 Monday – Friday 

Book Fair Hours 

We will be open until 3pm Monday to Thursday - AND - 1pm on Friday, so feel free to stop in after school with your child. 

Special Evening Family Shop

Thursday May 8 join us from 6pm - 7:30 pm for our special evening shop. 

  • May 5-7 Student Preview - Each class will tour the fair with their classmates. They will have the opportunity to fill out a wish list if they choose. 
  • May 8 and 9 Thursday to Friday Students will return with their class for their 'shopping trips'. 
  • Individual Class Times are available from your students' teacher. 

Link: Scholastic Book Fair

Physical Education 

As our swimming program wraps up, I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped make this experience such a success! 

A huge shout-out to our incredible volunteers, whose support made transitions between school and the pool smooth and stress-free. We’re also very grateful to the welcoming and professional staff at the Sir Winston Churchill Recreation and Aquatic Complex, who created a safe and engaging learning environment for our students. And of course, thank you to our homeroom teachers for their flexibility and support with schedule changes throughout the program. 

Thanks to this fantastic team effort, our students had a rich and memorable learning experience focused on aquatic safety and survival skills! 

Lastly, being mindful of the cost to parents, a HUGE thank you to VASPFS who covered the cost of bussing for all Grade 1-3 students to participate in this learning experience. By absorbing the cost of transportation, we were able to ensure a highly subsidized rate for swimming lessons for each student. 

We would appreciate your feedback on our swimming experience these past two weeks. Please respond to this survey to help support, and provide feedback, to determine whether this opportunity should continue moving forward. 

Your child's evaluation of swimming skills will be made available in the month ahead. Once the reports are ready, M. David will collect them from the pool and distribute them to homeroom teachers. 

Thank you, 
M. David (dapakosh@cbe.ab.ca) 

Election

Varsity Acres School is a Federal Election site. This includes advanced polling from Friday, April 18- Monday, April 21 (non-instructional days), as well as Election Day on Monday, April 28, 2025. 

All students of Varsity Acres School will not be able to use the main doors on Monday, April 28, 2025. Please make arrangements to enter the school building via the Courtyard B doors. The main doors of the building are for voters accessing the gym to vote in the Federal Election. All students who are late to school or who need to be picked up early, should come to the Courtyard B doors to ring the door bell, enter the school and come directly to the office. 

We appreciate your assistance with this change in support of the Federal Election. Elections Canada has measures in place to keep the public away from students and school proceedings while students are in the building. 

Please reach out to Mme Brooke at brreilly@cbe.ab.ca if you have any questions. 

Lost and Found 

The Found items are piling up again.  Please stop by the school to see if there are items that belong to your family.  A gentle reminder to please label your child’s items so we can return them to their owner. 

Action: We’ve received 14 responses and are looking for way more feedback from our Parent Community 

Program Monitoring - Requesting Parent and Guardian Input 

This year, Varsity Acres School is engaging in a pilot program relating to our French Immersion program, a portion of which includes the deployment of this survey.  The purpose of this Program Monitoring survey is to help inform the school about stakeholder perspectives, with a goal of developing some actions that we can undertake.  Ultimately, we hope to further strengthen the quality of our French Immersion program, and further improve outcomes for all Varsity Acres School students.  Data will be analyzed by a focus group, where an action plan will be developed and subsequently shared with our school community. 

Personal information is collected under section 33(c) of Alberta’s FOIP Act and is subject to the privacy sections of the FOIP Act.  Survey responses will be used only for the purpose stated in the survey and anonymity will be protected when sharing survey results.  If you have any questions about the collection and use of survey information, you can contact Varsity Acres School’s Principal, Brooke Reilly, at brreilly@cbe.ab.ca or 403-777-6090. 

Please begin by viewing a glossary of terms used below, to facilitate a shared understanding of all terms.

Start Survey Now: https://forms.office.com/r/7veX4UK7xP 

This survey will be open until Sunday, May 20, 2025 at 11:59pm. 

Thank you for your time and feedback! 

Next Year Kindergarten and Grade 1 Registration 

Attention Parents! Help Us Spread the Word! 📢 

Varsity Acres School has spots available in our Kindergarten and Grade 1 French Immersion program for the upcoming school year! 

  • If you know any friends, neighbors, or families who may be interested, we would love for you to share this information with them. French Immersion at Varsity Acres offers a wonderful opportunity for young learners to become bilingual while receiving a top-quality education in a supportive and inclusive environment. 
  • Share this message with any families who may be interested in enrolling or contact us for more details about the program. 
  • Let’s make sure everyone has the chance to take advantage of this fantastic opportunity! 
  • Thank you for your support in spreading the word!