Mark Your Calendars:

• Nov. 27, 2023: NEW - Crazy Hair Day
• Nov. 29, 2023: Fun Lunch- Subway
• Nov. 30, 2023: Wonder Day
• Dec. 1, 2023: Deadline to order Tim Horton Snack
• Dec. 6, 2023: Tim Hortons fun snack at recess
• Dec. 6, 2023: Pickup of School Council fundraising items
• Dec. 7, 2023: Lockdown Drill
• Dec. 8, 2023: No School for Students – Professional Learning Day
• Dec. 15, 2023: Deadline to order Little Caesar’s Pizza fun lunch
• Dec. 19, 2023: Santa’s Workshop
• Dec. 20, 2023: Fun Lunch – Little Caesar’s pizza
• Dec. 20 –21, 2023: Carol Singing in Gym 8:30 – 9:00am – parents welcome
• improved health and learning outcomes for children and youth;
•  reduced vehicle congestion at school sites during drop off and pick up;
• safer roads due to reduced interactions between vehicles and vulnerable road users; and
• reduced GHG emissions.

Dear Silver Springs School Parents and Guardians,

Thank you for making the time to meet with your child’s teacher on Thursday or Friday during School Conferences. Teachers appreciate being able to celebrate your child’s learning accomplishments up to this point in the year, as well as discuss the next steps for learning success. Schools and families have essential roles to play in promoting children's positive development and academic performance. When educators and parents work together as partners, they create important opportunities for children to develop social, emotional, and academic competencies.

Crazy Hair Day: Monday, November 27 is our spirit day for the month. Show us how creative you can be with your hair. Spike it up, braid it, colour it, wear something fun in your hair.

Scholastic Book Fair: Thank you to those families who purchased items from our annual book fair. We sold over $4500 in products and are just working out how much free product we can pull from the fair and additionally purchase from Scholastic to supplement our library collection.

Wonder Day: On Thursday, November 30 we are holding our first of three Wonder Days at Silver Springs School from 1:15-2:45pm. On these days, our teachers will get to share some of their interests and passions, allowing our students to explore some of their own. Through these opportunities, we hope that our students will create new connections and friendships in the context of learning. There will be 13 different activities offered where students will be learning, creating, and exploring with students from Kindergarten to Grade 6. Students will be placed in a group from one of their top four choices of activities. Students will then have the opportunity to explore a different activity for each of the coming Wonder Days in January and May.

The Giving Tree: Thank you so much to those families who picked a tag from our Giving Tree on Thursday evening and Friday morning. We still have lots of tags left on our tree with items and gift card requested from several families in our own school community who need a little extra love and support this holiday season. If you missed selecting an item to donate, the tree is set up in front of the office for another week. We ask that you return the items, unwrapped, by Friday, December 15, so that we have time to organize things and distribute your donations to these families. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Lost and Found: There is a lot of lost and found clothing and other items accumulating at school. Parents are welcome to come to school and check out the lost and found.  Any items remaining at the start of the Winter Break (December 22) will be donated to charity.

Lunch Supervision, Bus Fees, and Student Supply Fees: These fees have been added to MyCBE parent accounts as of October 16.  The lunch supervision fee is $305/year. The bus fee is $260/year.  The student supply fee is $40 (grade 1-6 students) and $20 for Kindergarten students. You can now login and pay all or part of your fees.  If you need to apply for a fee waiver, it is better to do it sooner rather than later. Here is a link to information on fee waivers https://www.cbe.ab.ca/registration/fees-and-waivers/Pages/Waivers.aspx

Education Matters: Our Silver Springs School Council and Parent Society do an amazing job of fundraising to support great learning opportunities at our school. Their efforts help to provide reduced fees for field trips, learning residencies, and help in replacing aging technology at the school. It also provides many extra learning resources in the learning commons and in the classrooms that helps our teachers to offer improved learning opportunities.

If your family would like to support these efforts, but prefer the option of doing a one-time donation over taking part in campaigns such as chocolate sales, monthly fun lunches or other fundraisers, you are able to donate through Education Matters. You are able to receive a tax receipt for any donation above $20, and the funds will be used directly towards learning enhancements, new technology, learning commons resources and other learning resources.

Please visit https://www.educationmatters.ca/project-matters/silver-springs-school/

 

Sincerely,

Michelle Ryskamp,

Principal, Silver Springs School

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SCHOOL COUNCIL UPDATES

School Council Meeting: Thank you to everyone who joined us for the School Council Meeting on November 21, 2023. The meeting minutes have been posted to the school website. Here is a link to the meeting minutes: November2023 School Council Meeting Minutes. The December 12, 2023 School Council Meeting has been cancelled and our next meeting will be held on January 16, 2024.

Winter Meats and Sweets Fundraiser:  Thank you to everyone who ordered from our Winter Fundraiser this year. Orders can be picked up on December 6^th at Silver Springs School from 3-5pm. We will send out more pick-up information closer to the date.

If you have any questions, please contact Sandra or Sara at sssparentcouncil@gmail.com

 

Healthy Hunger: Next Fun Snack: Tim Hortons on Dec 6 (Order by Dec 1st)

Did you know? You can order Fun Lunches ahead of time up until January right now on the website. Please log onto the Healthy Hunger website for more order information: https://healthyhunger.ca/

We need volunteers to help on the Fun Lunch days! Please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/g...

 

Ever Active Schools: Ever Active Schools (everactive.org) is an organization that supports healthy school communities. In partnership with the City of Calgary, one of the programs they run is called Active and Safe Routes to School. The goal of the program is to increase opportunities for safe, active travel to school. The benefits of the program include:

Ever Active Schools works alongside 10 schools a year, and would be willing to set up an initial meeting with Silver Springs School if we are interested in participating in the program. We would need a volunteer who is interested in being the main parent contact if we would like to proceed. If you are interested in volunteering for this position, please contact Silver Springs School Council at sssparentcouncil@gmail.com. Thank you!

Thank you,

Loyce Sakuhuni and Olivia Parsons

(School Council Chair and Vice Chair)

sssparentcouncil@gmail.com