Upcoming
Sept 2 Labour Day Holiday – no school for all students
Sept 6 AM kindergarten students attend
Sept 12 Paul Davis, Cyber Security Presentation for parents (6:30 pm at FEO school)
Sept 13 PM kindergarten students attend
Sept 20 Fall Welcome (7:45 am)
Sept 24 Terry Fox (morning)
Sept 26 Evening meet the teacher
Sept 27 Non Instructional day – no school for all students
Sept 25 – Oct 11 Yellow Steps Residency
Please see the School Calendar for additional dates and information.
Thank you for a great first two days of school! We are thrilled to welcome our amazing students back to VAS!
In this message:
- Annual Walking Field Trips
- Yellow Steps Residency
- Being punctual- Effects of Tardiness article
- Student Health Plan (to be completed annually)
- CD player- do you have one to donate to our Music class?
Annual Walking Trip
Each year, we send a Walking Field Trip letter to families at the start of the school year. It is available on our Off-site Activities page.
Yellow Steps Residency
We are pleased to welcome Jenn Doeve from Yellow Steps, a place-based learning approach. Teachers will work alongside Jenn from September 25- October 11 to provide new learning experiences to our students. Students will experience various curriculums through places around our school. See the introductory letter available Yellow Steps Letter for more detailed information:
Effects of Tardiness
As we start off the school year, authored by Rachel Pancare, a content manager for the educational organization Cengage (Massachusetts) we want to encourage and support our students and families to arrive at school on time each day. For a comprehensive read on the topics of lates and absences, please see the article available Effects of Tardiness , Let us know if there's something was can do to support your child and your family- we are here to help!
Student Health
Please complete the Student Health Plan if it applies to your child, available Student Health Plan . If the student requires medication to be kept or taken at school, or if there are medical conditions of which we need to be aware, please complete. This form is to be completed annually.
CD Player Donation
Mme Forbes, our music teacher, is requesting the donation of a CD player to the music class. Our current CD player has begun to skip. Before we look to purchase one, we thought we'd put a request to our community in case you are looking to offload a working CD player. Please contact Mme Forbes by email: MCForbes@cbe.ab.ca