Stampede School

Finally, the paperwork for Stampede School is coming home today! There is a letter (on either orange or blue paper), and the Acknowledgment of Risk/Medical forms (on white paper). Please keep the letter at home for your reference—it contains specifics regarding our itinerary, as well as important information about preparing for Stampede School. 

The cost for the entire five days is $48 per student. No student will be denied this opportunity, so if the cost is an issue, please get in touch with me or the office and we will sort something out.

Please have the forms and payment returned no later than next Tuesday, October 6.   

Global Calgary

On Tuesday, Jordan Witzel and others from Global Calgary will be filming at Belvedere Parkway. Yesterday, a media consent and release form went home with the kids (it's blue). Kids who return the signed forms may end up on the broadcast (no guarantees). If you do not want your child to appear on television, no worries—all students will be part of the presentation, but only those with the media consent and release will be eligible to be filmed. 

Stampede School paperwork should be coming home on Monday. Just as a heads up, the cost for the entire five days—including transportation and all programming—will be $48.00 per student. 

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Fish Creek and Conferences

This Thursday, we are heading to Fish Creek Park. Our group will be outside in the morning, so please make sure to dress appropriately. You can always put your warm stuff in your backpack for the afternoon—better to have more layers than not. Also, bring a big lunch with a couple of good snacks. Clothing-wise, this field trip will be good practice for Stampede School, which is coming up very quickly.

Paperwork for Stampede School will be heading home soon—keep an eye out for it. 

The Parent Fundraising Association will be holding a bottle drive during conferences this Thursday and Friday. Please bring in your bottles to support field trips, etc. 

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Wednesday!

So many things are coming up . . .

• Thursday, September 24 is our field trip to Fish Creek Park.
• Next Thursday (24) and Friday (25) are parent-teacher-student conferences. Book your slot here.  
• Both Student Vote and Stampede School will take place the week of October 13. 

A few kids are missing forms and/or money for the upcoming field trip to Fish Creek Park. Please have it in as soon as possible. 

Parents/guardians, ask your kids about their Stampede School groups and topics!

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Syria

We talked about the Syrian refugee crisis in class today, and a number of students were interested in learning more about the Kurdi family—especially, they were interested in reading about 3-year-old Alan Kurdi. Because of the sensitive nature of some of the information and images, I am leaving up to parents/guardians to decide if they want to look at this case with their children. 

Start-Up Forms and Fish Creek Park

A letter about the BOKS programme went home today. Please return the completed form as soon as possible in order to secure a spot. 

This is a gentle reminder to all students who have not yet returned their start-up paperwork—please get it in! That also goes for the forms and $11.35 for our upcoming field trip to Fish Creek Park next Thursday. Parents, we have one volunteer, but we need one more. Get in touch if you'd like to come along!

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Upcoming Parent Council Meeting

Please be advised that the Parent Council Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 15 will take place in the BelPark Library at 7:00 pm, not at the earlier time which appeared in the newsletter. 

Volunteers Needed for Fish Creek Park

Please let me know if you will be able to accompany us to Fish Creek Park on Thursday, September 24. We only need a couple of volunteers for this field trip—if you're interested and available, get in touch!

Thanks! :)

Upcoming Events

We have a field trip to Bow Valley Ranch Centre at Fish Creek Park coming up on Thursday, September 24. Please keep an eye out for paperwork today. Also, if you haven't submitted the start-up paperwork which went home last week, please do so as soon as possible. 

Thank you to those parents who have indicated they will be available to join us at Stampede School. To any other interested parents—if you can come along just one day, that will be fabulous. Please send me an email if you have any questions or concerns. I will be sending home paperwork in the next couple of weeks. 

Kids, tell your parents about Cowboys Don't Cry! Parents, ask your kids about last week's orienteering session. 

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Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork

We've sent home a tonne of paperwork today. Parents/guardians, please keep an eye out for the SUTP coupon book fundraiser information pack, the start-up BelPark paperwork pack, and a letter about volunteering at Stampede School.

Aside from that, have a great weekend, and I will see you on Tuesday!

:) 

For Friday, September 4

This is a quick reminder that tomorrow is a full-day Friday, so bring a regular lunch with snacks and all that. Also, we will be orienteering in the school field tomorrow afternoon, rain or shine. Dress for the weather!

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Volunteers required!

Parents, we have a one-day field trip to Fish Creek Park planned for Thursday, September 24 (which is also day one of our first round of parent-teacher-student conferences). We will need at least 2 volunteers that day. Please let me know as soon as possible if you are available and interested—if you do not have an up-to-date police security check with the CBE, we will need to get on that right away.

Also, from Monday, October 13 to Friday, October 16 and on Monday, November 9, our class will be attending Stampede School. For each of those days, we will require 5 volunteers. If you will be able to join us for any or all of those dates, please get in touch as soon as possible (so we can look into security clearances, etc.). In order for the program to operate successfully, it is imperative that we have 5 volunteers per day. Besides, other than 10-day Stampede in July, when else would you spend the day roaming around Stampede Park?

Please, get in touch! :)

Wednesday, September 2

Please find a time at least three times a week to sit down somewhere comfortable and read a book. You can read by yourself or you can read with someone else—just make sure you're reading (something in English). 

Parents, please check the "Stampede School" tab for information on our upcoming visit there. Any one who might be interested in volunteering for one or more days is encouraged to get in touch to look into security checks and all that.

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