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Feb 24              School Council Meeting, 6:30 pm (virtual and in-person)

Feb 24              Report Cards available through your parent MyCBE account

Feb 25              Pink Shirt Day

Feb 26              VAS Movie Night

Feb 27              Deadline to order a student yearbook

Feb 27              System Professional Development Day – no school for all students

Mar 5                Bring Carnaval Ice Blocks to School

Mar 8 & 9         Casino Fundraiser – Urgent Call for Volunteers (see below)

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URGENT CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!

We need around 10 more volunteers to fulfill our casino requirements. The roles and times will be listed below, and you don't have to be a parent to volunteer! Send us your grandparents, aunties and uncles, cousins, bestie! They just need to be 18 years or older, no police clearance required.

This is a huge fundraiser for us; it made our first Movie Night possible (more on that below!)

Our parent volunteers are such an amazing group and we pride ourselves on coming together when needed most. This is the moment, we really need your creativity to fill these last few spots. Our final plea - you get a great meal, we're at the airport casino and it's fun!

CLICK HERE to volunteer.

 

Message from Mme Brooke

We've had a cold week and our students are eager to get outdoors again! We do hope the snow holds for some fun winter activities for Carnaval during our first week of March.

Check out the volunteer opportunities for Carnaval and Casino in our message today. This is a chance to support our school in a way you may not have before, to make some new connections and join in the fun!

Join our School Council meeting on Tuesday, February 24 at 6:30 pm, either in person or online.  Principals from our middle schools, Branton and F. E. Osborne, will join virtually to support the grade 5 transition and speak about their schools.  Agenda to come next week.

Movie Night! If you missed the message last week, don't miss it this week! You can buy tickets and join us for a VAS movie night in the gym using our new AV system. Scroll down to learn more.

Report cards are visible to families on February 24, 2026. You can view, download, or print online report cards from Tuesday, February 24 until May 29, through your parent MyCBE account.

Reporting to parents occurs four times per year.  This is the second official reporting time. Check out this helpful document:

 

Save the date: Parent teacher interviews are scheduled for March 19 and 20, 2026. More information to follow in March.

Volunteer opportunities for "Movie Night- Feb 26th,2026" are now open.

Please click on the following web link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn't work) to go to the signup sheet:

volunteersignup.org/4CR49

To sign up, just follow the instructions on the page. It only takes a few seconds to do.

Thank you for volunteering!

Varsity Acres School Council
varsityacres.sc@gmail.com

 

WANTED: Blocks of Ice for Carnaval "Édition Olympique"

To celebrate the unifying spirit of both the 2026 Winter Olympics and our own Carnaval "Édition Olympique", we will construct the Olympic Rings from home-made blocks of ice. For this exciting project to succeed, students will need to freeze blocks of ice at home and transport them to school on Thursday, March 5. There is no limit to how many blocks of ice a student may bring, just what is feasible for them to carry to school.

When freezing ice blocks, please refer to the instructions (link below)to ensure we have enough of each colour to construct the Olympic rings. Please also consider:

-how much space you will need inside your freezer(s) to ensure the 2L paper carton(s) stands upright.

-freezing a 2L paper carton full of water could take as long as three days. THREE days!

-ice expands... Science RULES!

We look forward to seeing students collaborate on what will surely be a memorable homage to the spirt of both Carnaval and the Olympics. Thank you for supporting your child and our Winter Carnaval "Édition Olympique" festivities!

~2026 VAS Carnaval Committee

Olympic Rings Ice Block Freezing Instructions revised.pdf 

 

School Scholastics Book Fair

  • March 11 - 20, 2026
  • More details to come closer to the event.

 

Yearbooks

  • To order a yearbook, please see the following document, yearbook instructions.pdf
  • Please reach out to Kelly if you have any questions or need help adding the fee to your child’s account.
  • Deadline to order is Feb 27

 

Alberta Education Assurance Survey for Grade 4 Students and Parents

Parent Notification Letter (English).pdf 

 

Report Cards

  • Report Cards will be available starting Feb 24, 2026
  • After May 29, 2026 all Semester 1 reports cards will no longer be available for viewing, downloading and/or printing
  • Parents and Guardians can sign in to MyCBE to view student information, including report cards, comments from your child’s teacher, assignments and grades, and attendance information. For the best access to information, log in through the MyCBE portal instead of using the PowerSchool App.
  • For additional information and training videos, https://cbe.ab.ca/news-centre/Pages/access-online-report-cards-in-february-2026.aspx

 

School Council Corner

URGENT CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!

We need around 10 more volunteers to fulfill our casino requirements. The roles and times will be listed below, and you don't have to be a parent to volunteer! Send us your grandparents, aunties and uncles, cousins, bestie! They just need to be 18 years or older, no police clearance required.

This is a huge fundraiser for us; it made our first Movie Night possible (more on that below!)

Our parent volunteers are such an amazing group and we pride ourselves on coming together when needed most. This is the moment, we really need your creativity to fill these last few spots. Our final plea - you get a great meal, we're at the airport casino and it's fun!

CLICK HERE to volunteer.

Open slots include the following:

  • Sunday March 8th:
    • 11:00pm - 3:30am (overnight to Monday March 9th): Count room staff (read a book!) and Backup - in case anyone is sick but if we don't fill the spots, we will have no backups left!
  • Monday March 9th:
    • 6:45pm - 3:30am (overnight to Tuesday March 10th) Here's where we need you to volunteer your friends and family! We need a Banker, 2 Cashiers and Backup. Cashier is my favorite, it makes the time go by so quickly.
    • 11:00pm - 3:30am (overnight to Tuesday March 10th) Count room staff and Backup!

For any questions about the Casino, please contact our Casino Coordinator Anne Harding -annekathleenharding@gmail.com.

 

First ever VAS Movie Night!

We still have tickets left for our movie night Thursday February 26, 6:00pm - 8:00pm! Join us to watch Inside Out in the gym with our new AV system.

CLICK HERE to purchase tickets and snacks! Volunteer sign up link can also be found on that page.

 

GRADE 5 PARENTS - READ ME!*

Questions about grade 6? Please join us in person or virtually Tuesday Feb 24 6:30pm for our school council meeting where the principals from F.E.Osborne and Branton will be presenting on each of their schools and answering your questions.

Not too keen on speaking up but have a question? Feel free to email us varsityacres.sc@gmail.com or ask on our facebook page any time between now and Tuesday.

*Although this information is geared towards grade 5 parents, all are welcome. Watch your email for the link closer to the meeting.