Upcoming

  • Sept 24          Terry Fox (morning)
  • Sept 26          Orange Shirt Day – wear your orange shirt
  • Sept 26          Meet the teacher (evening)
  • Sept 27          Non Instructional day – no school for all students
  • Sept 30          Truth and Reconciliation Day – no school for all students
  • Oct 4               PM kindergarten students attend

Helpful Links

Fall Welcome Thank you Message

A sincere thank you to all school council members and parent/guardian volunteers who helped to set up, take down and assist during this morning's event.  We appreciate your time and commitment to welcome families into our building this morning. Thank you for your flexibility with the weather!

Thank you to the following businesses for their generous donations to our event! Their support made it all possible.

  • Safeway - Montgomery
  • Safeway - Market Mall
  • Superstore - Bowness
  • Cobbs Bread - Crowfoot
  • Tim Hortons - Crowfoot

Meet the Teachers

We value the connections and partnerships between families and our school personnel in support of student success. We would like to introduce you to the various opportunities that are available to connect with your child’s teacher in the coming weeks.

To ensure all families can share key insights about their children with their respective teachers.  You should receive an online parent questionnaire from your child’s teacher today.  Please fill out this online form and include any specific information you want to share with your child’s teacher to support a positive and successful learning experience.​​​​​​​

  • Meet the Teacher Appointments-Thursday, September 26
  • 3:30 pm-7:30 pm
  • *NOT Required; only if necessary
  • Book appointments through your parent MyCBE account

Kindergarten ONLY-There are no appointments for Kindergarten students.  Parents are invited to attend one of two group virtual sessions on September 26. Please see the links below:

Formal Reporting of Student Learning Progress-November, March, January, June

Please note that the Meet the Teacher night does not involve the teacher reporting on student achievement. November and March Parent-Teacher Conferences and report cards in January and June are formal reporting times. 

Youth Singers, Requesting your Input

This December, we are excited to welcome the Youth Singers residency who will be working with our grade 3-5 students.  At the end of the week, on Friday, December 6, 2024, we will hold a concert to showcase our students' learning and celebrate their skills!  We have received feedback that it is not always easy for families to attend a concert in the middle of a school day.

If you are the parent/guardian of a student in grade 3, 4 or 5, we ask that you please share your input about the timing of this concert by answering this 2-question survey: https://forms.office.com/r/L6Z6MM5Apv

Yellow Steps Residency with Jenn Doeve begins Wednesday, September 25!

We are excited to begin our work with Jenn Doeve's place-based learning. Students will be headed around the school, off-site and around our community to access the curriculum in new and creative ways.  The Yellow Steps letter and a reminder of Walking Field Trips are here.  Check your child's Google Classroom, and watch for emails from their teacher, for where your child is going and if parent volunteers are required.

Action Required | Deadline Demographic Verification Forms

If you have not yet logged onto School Engage through your MyCBE account to complete this action, please do so. This is a legal requirement on the part of our school and parents/guardians.  We appreciate your attention to this. We will reach out next week by phone to those families who have not yet completed this task.

Music Google Classroom is Here!

My name is Mme Forbes, and I am the music teacher again this year. I have enjoyed getting to know your children, and I am looking forward to another exciting year of music. 

For those of you who would like to be updated on what we are doing in music this year and some of the songs we are learning, be sure to join your child's grade on the music google classroom page. I have also put a link in each grade with the sign up and access to Music Play, a music site, that includes games, songs, and music theory (solfege and rhythms) for the students to practice and learn.  

Thank you, and I look forward to another year of learning and exploring music!

Here are the class link as well as the link to sign up for your child's/children's Music Google Classroom. 

Terry Fox Run

Each September, students and families at Varsity Acres School are invited to join thousands of schools worldwide in the annual Terry Fox Event.  In preparation for the event, students reflect on topics such as Terry Fox’s legacy, meeting challenges, empathy, and setting personal goals.  Students are also learning about a Indigenous runners, including Tom Longboat. You may wish to support your child’s learning about Terry Fox through discussion at home. Further information can be found at www.terryfox.org.

Our VAS run will take place on Tuesday, September 24 at 8:55 am. Please dress for the weather, as there is no rain date. 

We still need volunteers to help with the run. If you are interested in volunteering and have a current police clearance on file with the school, please email Madame Shana Jolin at smjolin@cbe.ab.ca Volunteers will be taken on a first-come/first-served basis. If you have a child in Kindergarten and wish to volunteer, please indicate this in your email so that we can place you accordingly.

Students and families are invited to donate to the Terry Fox Foundation. Online contributions are encouraged – visit:  https://schools.terryfox.ca/VarsityAcres. Tax receipts will be issued by the Terry Fox Foundation for online donations over $20.00.  

New this year, online donations only. We will not be collecting cash donations brought in by students and we are encouraging any donations to be made online.  All monies raised through our event will be to further the cause of cancer research. Thank you in advance in supporting our Terry Fox Run.

Reporting a Late or Absence to the School

The best way to ensure the message is received, please leave a message on the attendance line 403-777-6090 opt 1.  Emails are not reliable as they may not be read in time.

Late Arrival Procedures

If your student arrives late to school and misses the class lineup, please enter the school through the front door and check in at the office. We kindly ask that you say goodbye at the office, as our staff will be happy to escort your child to their classroom if they need assistance.

This process helps ensure a smooth transition for your child and allows us to maintain accurate attendance records. Thank you for your cooperation!

A Message from the Lunch Team

Students have attended 16 school days thus far, yet our lost and found collection is well over 16 items. The amount of items that accumulates each day is significant and sometimes unmanageable. Most often, items are not collected and they end up as donations to Goodwill. Please support us in keeping the amount of lost and found items low by labelling all items, teaching students how to ensure they have all of their belongings each day, and checking the lost and found table regularly. All lost and found items that are well-labelled are returned to the students regularly. We appreciate your support in minimizing our lost items and ensuring students hold onto their belongings.

School Council Corner


VASC Annual General Meeting (AGM).

This year's AGM will take place on:

Tuesday, October 8 at 6:30 pm

The roles on council to be filled include:

Chair/Co-Chair:

  • chair all meetings of the school council
  • ongoing communication with the school principal including establishing meeting agendas
  • ensure that the operating procedures are current and followed
  • be the official spokesperson of the school council
  • ensure there is regular communication with the whole school community
  • stay informed about school board policy that impacts school council
  • provide the school board with an annual report that summarizes the school council’s activities for the previous school year

Vice chair:

Support the chair and take on the responsibilities of the chair in the case of their absence.

Secretary

Ensures that the minutes are prepared accurately to reflect the decisions and discussions from meetings. Provides the minutes for the school to post on the website.

Other roles we would like to continue with include:

  • Fundraising Liaison - someone who can attend meetings and coordinate with VASPFS for budget and volunteer opportunities
  • Communications Officer: Create posts on Facebooks/social media and updates communications with the school
  • Volunteer Coordinator - organizes the volunteers for school wide events, e.g. healthy hunger

Throughout the year there may also be sub committees (Outdoor Learning etc.), where there are volunteer opportunities. These positions are not elected. For example - Fall Welcome.

For more information please email VASC.Exec@gmail.com