Upcoming
Dec 22-Jan 4 Winter Break
Jan 5 First day back
Jan 9 AM Kindergarten Students Attend
Jan 12 Registration opens for the 2026-27 (new students ONLY, current students are automatically registered for the upcoming year)
Jan 15 Open House
Helpful links
- 2025-26 School Calendar
- School Bell Times (Early dismissal on Fridays at 12:00 pm for all students K-5)
- Parent MyCBE instructions
- eLibrary – to check loans and overdue books
- Subscribe to receive ALL school messages LINK, e.g. information about field trips & special events
- Central Fees and Waiver (new addition)
Message from Mme Brooke
Did you know that each year we hold routine emergency procedure drills for our students and staff to practice? It's true! We hold two announced lockdown drills and six fire drills annually. We tell staff and students about the first fire drill of the year in September and the rest are unannounced. Lockdown drills are always announced. School Resource Officers attend lockdown drills and provide us with feedback. These CBE-wide procedures help keep students and staff safe in a real emergency. We successfully practiced our first lockdown drill this week.
AHS Outbreak Update
The Respiratory Illness Outbreak at Varsity Acres School had a tentative end date of 23-Dec-2025. However, as the school is now closed for a two-week break, the outbreak is deemed ended at the end of day as of 19-Dec-2025. Thank you for your help to keep our school safe and healthy.
Holiday and New Year's Wishes
We wish all our students and their families a safe, fun and meaningful winter holiday. May you enjoy a restful and healthy break with friends and family. We look forward to continuing our work together in 2026. I would like to sincerely thank all our parent and guardian volunteers who have attended field trips, come into classrooms, given their time on School Council and VASPFS, assisted with committees and helped with fundraising opportunities. You have helped to make memories and support student learning for our Varsity Acres School community- and it makes a huge difference! Thank you to our students for their hard work to move their learning forward- we are proud of you! And to our teachers for their efforts day in and day out to provide a safe and caring environment for our students to learn and grow in their academics, social emotional learning and citizenship.
New Student Registration starts January 12, 2026
https://cbe.ab.ca/registration/registration/Pages/default.aspx
- This is for students new to CBE, e.g. kindergarten and Grade 1, registrations for September 2026.
- Current students are automatically registered for next year.
- Current grade 5 students will be registered at their designated French Immersion middle school.
Varsity Acres Open House
- January 15, 2026
- 6:30 pm
- Kindergarten and grade 1 –Families interested in exploring French Immersion for their child
Library Returns, billing for overdue books will start in January
Please check eLibrary for overdue items
eLibrary https://support.cbe.ab.ca/elibrary
- How to log in to eLibrary https://cbe.ab.ca/support/Documents/Log-into-eLibrary.pdf
- You will need:
- User name is the student CBE ID # (available from your parent MyCBE account)
- Password. This is the same password that is used to log into Google Classroom
- How to check book loans and overdue items
Student Absences
A friendly reminder that all student absences must be reported to our Absence Line at 403-777-6090 (Option 1), which is available 24 hours a day.
Even if you have emailed the school or your child’s teacher, please also call the Absence Line. While email can be convenient, messages may not be seen if staff are away. The phone line is checked daily, ensuring the information is always received.
Please remember to call each day your child is absent.
For example, if your child is home sick on Monday and remains away on Tuesday, we still need to hear from you each day. This helps us ensure all students are safe and accounted for.
Thank you for helping us keep our attendance records accurate!
School Council Corner
Please note our new email address: varsityacres.sc@gmail.com
Parents- please note the Varsity Acres School Council's NEW email address varsityacres.sc@gmail.com.
We unfortunately, no longer have access to our previous email account. As a result, that email address is no longer sanctioned by the school or school council.
We look forward to hearing from you and feel free to reach out to us any time!