Mark Your Calendars:
- Apr. 15-18, 2024: Rocks and Rings PE Curling Experience
- Apr. 19, 2024: Non-instructional Day – No School for Students
- Apr. 19, 2024: Deadline to Order Little Caesar’s fun lunch using HealthyHunger.ca
- Apr. 22, 2024: Earth Day Assembly 9:15am – parents welcome
- Apr. 24, 2024: Fun Lunch – Little Caesar’s Pizza
- April 25, 2024: International Day of Design
- April 29, 2024: Evergreen Theatre Touring Performance at 1:30pm
- May 1, 2024: School Photo @ 1:30pm
- May 1, 2024: Hats on for Mental Health Day
- May 2, 2024: Spring Music Concert 6:15-7:30pm
- May 7, 2024: Kindergarten Orientation – 5:00pm
- May 9, 2024: Whole school fieldtrip to Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
- May 10, 2024: Deadline to order Booster Juice for fun snack using HealthyHunger.ca
- May 14, 2024: School Council Meeting – 6:30pm
- May 15, 2024: Fun Snack at recess – Booster Juice
- May 16, 2024: Volunteer Tea- Time TBD
- May 17, 2024: Non-instructional Day – No school for students
- May 20, 2024: Victoria Day – No school for students
Dear Silver Springs School Parents and Guardians,
BIG NEWS! Before and After School Care at Silver Springs School: We have heard feedback from our families that childcare is at a premium in our community. In response to this need, we are currently working with CBE leasing to find the most suitable childcare provider to operate a before and after school program out of our school starting September 2024. This program will most likely operate in our school gym from 7:15 –8:15am and again from 3:00–6:00pm. We should have more information to share with families by mid-May. Stay tuned! Please do not contact the school regarding registration or a waitlist, as this will be directly handled through the childcare provider.
Rocks and Rings Curling Experience: On Thursday, our students were able to participate in some curling activities led by an instructor from the Calgary Rocks and Rings program. This coming week, students and teachers will continue to work on their own to further develop curling skills and game sense. On Thursday, the instructors will return to hold a final day of curling fun.
Spring Music Concert on May 2: Mark your calendars! On Thursday, May 2, 2024 from 6:15-7:30pm, our students from grades 1 – 6 will be sharing the music from around the world that they have been learning in music class with Mrs. Blenkhorne. Students will be singing, playing various instruments, and maybe even some dancing. Doors will open at 6:00pm and students will be asked to head to their classrooms while families find their seats in the gymnasium. Please complete the following survey to help us get a better indication of student attendance. https://forms.office.com/r/rXtJRHGTZJ
Earth Day Spirit Day, Monday April 22: Celebrate your appreciation for our home and beautiful planet Earth by dressing in nature-themed clothing. This might be simply wearing the colours blue and green or perhaps you might like to dress up like your favorite animal. You might choose to wear animal prints or floral patterns. You might want to wear a shirt with a picture of the mountains on it. Maybe you'd like to put flowers in your hair? Really, the options are almost endless. We look forward to seeing how you decide to celebrate Earth Day on Monday, April 22. We will also be gathering for a short school assembly led by out Red Buddy classes (Rooms 1, 2, 7 & 9) at 9:15am.
International Day of Design: On April 25, Silver Springs School will participate in our third International Day of Design. You might ask, what is International Day of Design all about? On this day, students are encouraged to make, build, and tinker. We will also focus on using the Design Thinking process in all classrooms in our school. The goal for the Day of Design is to inspire a transformation in schools around the world to incorporate design thinking into everyday practice with our students from all levels, ages, and subjects. We will spend the entire morning of Thursday, April 25th designing and building. In the afternoon, students will have an opportunity to visit other classrooms to see their creations. We are looking forward to an exciting, creative and engaging day. Depending on the age group and project, teachers may be reaching out for parent volunteers to lend a helping hand on this day.
Schoolwide Field Trip: We are very excited to announce our upcoming Silver Springs School field trip to Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park. All students, Kindergarten to grade 6, will be going on Thursday May 9, 2024. We will be leaving the school by bus at 9:30 am and returning to the school by 2:00 pm. Our School Council has generously supported this experience with funds for bussing. There will be a cost to families of $10.00 for programming provided by the Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park staff. Please note that these fees have recently been added to your family’s MyCBE PowerSchool account.
2024 Yearbook Ordering Information: Exciting news! The Silver Springs School Parents Association is again offering a yearbook that will capture our children’s special moments from this school year. Yearbooks for the 2023/24 school year will cost $20.00 including tax, shipping, and handling. We need a minimum of 76 copies to secure our order. Place your order now at ybpay.lifetouch.ca and enter the school ID 14625124. Yearbooks will be delivered in September 2024. This ensures all events in the 2023/24 school year are captured.
Spring-Time Safety Reminders: With the nicer weather on the way, we would like to share a couple of reminders to our Silver Springs School families to ensure that we keep everyone safe and sound. We would like to remind our families that scooters, bikes and skateboards are not to be ridden on the school sidewalk that runs in along the front of our school. We ask that students, parents and siblings dismount and walk all scooters, bikes and skateboards through this area.
Michelle Ryskamp,
Principal, Silver Springs School
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SCHOOL COUNCIL UPDATES
Parent Information Evening – Save the Date! Each year, our School Council receives a grant to provide our families with a speaker on various topics to help parents better support their children. This year, Council has voted to host an information evening with the Institute for Child Psychology. Here are the details for the evening:
Who: The Institute of Child Psychology (instituteofchildpsychology.com)
Topic: A Talk on Fostering Stronger Interpersonal Relationships and a Sense of Belonging, combined with ideas to Manage Screen Time
When: Sunday, May 26, 2024, at 6:30pm (1 hour session)
Where: From the comfort of your own home via Zoom (link to be provided one week before presentation)
School Council & Parent Association AGM: Thank you to everyone who came out to our AGM on April 9. We were able to fill all board positions for the 2024/2025 year! The April 2024 Meeting Minutes will be available shortly on the school website. If you are interested in becoming a Member-at-Large for the upcoming school year, please email us at sssparentcouncil@gmail.com.
Here is our new School Council for 2024-2025
Chair: Céleste Howard
Vice Chair: Erin Olesen
Treasurer: Lauren Locke
Secretary: Kelsey Mountain
Website/Social Media Rep: Locke Vincent
Key Communique: Chad Ravlo
Casino Rep: Rebecca Mayhew
Kindergarten Rep: to be filled in September 2024
Healthy Hunger Rep: Kira Syvertsen
Special Events Rep: Erin Benner
Fundraiser Reps: Sandra Zandvliet and Sara Gauthier
Teacher Conference Dinner Coordinator: Kara Vincent
Members-at-Large: Erica Zaremba, Shannon Chomistek, Chelsea Somerville, Olivia Semmens, Michelle Downey
Healthy Hunger: Next Fun Lunch: Little Caesars on April 24 (Order by April 19) - Log onto healthyhunger.ca to place your order.
Parents - we need volunteers for Fun Lunch/Snack days. So far, we have very few volunteers signed up for the rest of the year. If you can help, please volunteer! Please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4FADAB28A0FF2-funlunch2 Thank you to everyone who has signed up so far this year - we could not do Fun Lunches and Snacks without you!
A note about Fun Lunches: If your child is absent from school on the day of the fun lunch and you have ordered, please let the front office know if you plan to pick up the snack/lunch when you call the absentee line. Otherwise, the lunch or snack will be donated. We appreciate your understanding.
Thank you,
Loyce Sakuhuni and Olivia Parsons
(School Council Chair and Vice Chair)