Week Ahead | Jan. 29 - Feb. 2, 2024
Mark Your Calendars:
- Jan. 30, 2024: Report Cards available for viewing in MYCBE account
- Feb. 2, 2024: Deadline to order recess fun snack Tim Horton’s using Healthy Hunger
- Feb. 7, 2024: Fun Snack at recess – Tim Horton’s
- Feb. 13, 2024: Gr 3/4 Celebration of Learning – 3-5pm
- Feb. 13, 2024: School Council 6:30-8:30pm
- Feb. 15, 16, 2024: No school - Calgary Teachers’ Convention
- Feb. 19, 2024: No school – Family Day
- Feb. 20, 21, 22: Classes attending Scotties Tournament at WinSport in morning
- Feb. 23, 2024: Pink Shirt Day Assembly
- Feb. 23, 2024: Deadline to Order Fun Lunch Nam Vietnamese using HealthyHunger.ca
- Feb. 26-Mar 1, 2024: Evergreen Theatre Residency
- Feb. 28, 2024: Fun Lunch – Nam Vietnamese
- Feb. 29, 2024: Leap Year!
- Mar. 12, 2024: School Council 6:30-8:30pm
- Mar. 15, 2024: Deadline to order Subway fun lunch using HealthyHunger.ca
Dear Silver Springs School Parents and Guardians,
Wonder Day #2: Our second Wonder Day of the year was held this past Thursday morning. Students once again had the opportunity to engage in a choice activity with a group of students ranging from Kindergarten to grade 6. There was so much engagement and happiness in learning something new, like juggling, earring making, stop-motion animation, and more. Make sure to ask your child about what they did and a new friend they may have made. Our hope is that through events like this, we will develop a greater sense of connection and belonging in our school community.
Report Cards - Student Assessment and Reporting: It’s that time of year again when families receive written feedback regarding their child’s progress at school. Report cards will be viewable online for Silver Springs School students beginning Tuesday, January 30, 2024.
Report cards are one of several mechanisms that teachers use to communicate student progress along with formalized processes such as parent-teachers conferences. Additionally, teachers informally communicate student achievement through such means as student work sent home, email, phone calls, or face-to-face communication with families. Taken together, ongoing communication is vital to ensure student success. Ongoing communication supports students and families in building an understanding of individual student achievement over the course of the reporting period, so the information communicated in the report card is both expected and easily understood.
Kindergarten report cards will look a little different than for our grade 1 to 6 students. In January, progress in only ELAL and Math will be communicated to parents / legal guardians via the report card through both indicators and comments. In June, progress in all discipline areas will be shared through indicators and comments.
Should you have questions or comments about your child’s progress or information contained within their report card, please connect with your child’s teacher. Please note that our next round of school conferences will occur on March 22 and 23, 2043.
Viewing Report Cards: The CBE no longer prints report cards in January or June to send home with students. Families can view online report cards on January 30 using your MyCBE parent account. Report cards can also be downloaded and printed by families at home. For best access to information, login to the MyCBE portal instead of using the PowerSchool app. Need help? Check out this video for more information on how to sign in, navigate the portal, toggle between more than one child’s report card, and more. MyCBE Student and Parent/Legal Guardian Account Sign-in - Kindergarten - Gr.9
Kindergarten Registration for the 2024-25 school year has begun and is on-going. For children to be eligible to register and attend kindergarten next school year, they must turn five years old on or before Dec. 31, 2024. When registering your child for school, there are several things you should consider. Our CBE Kindergarten Registration Guide can help answer many of your questions.
CBE 2024-2025 School Calendar: The 2024-2025 CBE instructional calendar has been approved. Please note that the first day of school is Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Please access the calendar using this link.
CBE Education Planning Engagement for Parents: The CBE is seeking parent input to shape the new Education Plan for 2024-2027. Share your insights using this survey.
Michelle Ryskamp,
Principal, Silver Springs School
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SCHOOL COUNCIL UPDATES
School Council Meeting Minutes: Here is the link to the most recent school meeting minutes - January 2024 School Council Meeting Minutes.
Healthy Hunger: Next Fun Snack: Tim Hortons on Feb 7 (Order by Feb 2)
Next Fun Lunch: Nam Vietnamese Kitchen on Feb 28 (Order by Feb 23)
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.
The remaining fun lunches and snacks have been added to the website for the rest of the school year, so you can logon to your account and select/prepay for any of the dates you wish! We need volunteers to help on the Fun Lunch days! Please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4FADAB28A0FF2-funlunch2
Thank you,
Loyce Sakuhuni and Olivia Parsons
(School Council Chair and Vice Chair)