Upcoming Dates:

Dec. 10:

Grade 3 - Leighton Art Centre Fieldtrip

Grade 5 - Winsport Hill - Skiing/Snowboarding Fieldtrip 

Dec. 11:

Grade 5 - Winsport Hill - Skiing/Snowboarding Fieldtrip 

Dec. 12:

AM Kindergarten Attends

SPIRIT DAY: Fireside Friday - Cozy Hat and Sock Day

Dec. 15:

SPIRIT DAY: Mismatched Monday!

Dec. 17:

SPIRIT DAY: Candy Cane Colours - Red, White and Green!

Dec. 18:

Healthy Hunger Fun Lunch - Pizza for those that pre-ordered 

Dec. 19:

SPIRIT DAY: Pyjama Day!

Last day of Classes 

PM Kindergarten Attends

Dec. 22-Jan 4:

Winter Break - School Closed

Jan 5:

Classes Resume

Families Helping Families

A long standing tradition at Eric Harvie School is our Families Helping Families campaign, where we support families in need at holiday time from Colonel J Fred Scott School in the Whitehorn neighborhood in Calgary. This tradition originated from past EHS staff members that previously worked in that school taking initiative to support families in need around the holiday time.

We are calling on your kindness and generosity to help support families in need during the holiday season. Eric Harvie School will be supporting 6 families in Calgary this year, and each grade team has been assigned a specific family to sponsor. We have created links for each classroom’s Google Sheet sign-up gift tracking sheet as listed below.

Please read through the list of needs and wants for your family. Some families have many kids so please make sure to scroll along the spreadsheet. If you are in a position where you can support a family and see an item you would like to contribute, that is very appreciated. We are not looking to buy every item on the list but we do want our families to get some of their needs and wants. Please ensure that the items contributed are new.

Thank you very much for your support…and to Jen S. for helping to make the spreadsheets below much easier to use this year!

Here is the link to access the spreadsheet:

EHS Families Helping Families Link

You will see tabs along the bottom of the document for each grade team. If you find your student’s list is nearing completion please look at the other lists as some may not be. Thank you again for your support of Calgary families in need!

Parent Reading Volunteers!

We are looking for parents who are able to come in and read one on one with students. Ideally we would love to have parents (or grandparents!) who are able to read between 2-5 days a week for a period of 20-40 minutes. No special experience required! 

We are hoping to start our parent reading program after the winter break the week of January 5th or 12th. The reading program can continue for a preset period of time or until the end of May. 

If this is something you are interested in, please email Lesley Tait at lmtait@cbe.ab.ca

Thank you!

Sharing Learning Progress

We greatly appreciate so many families being able to come into the school for our Learning Conferences last week! We always appreciate opportunities to share about the progress and next steps for learners with their families.

Grade teams will also be sending home a monthly update with information about your child’s current learning. Grade teams will choose a method of delivering this information that works best for the information that they are sharing - some may choose a “red folder” like we have used over the past couple of years, and others will share the information directly to you digitally through your MyCBE account. The grade team will advise you about these updates through their weekly email update.

If you are new to finding assessment and attendance information in your MyCBE account, there is a very helpful resource on how to access this information: https://support.cbe.ab.ca/mycbe-powerschool-attendance 

If you would like any assistance with setting up your MyCBE account, you can use this resource (https://support.cbe.ab.ca/mycbe-creating-account ) or contact the main office.

Lost and Found Alert

We donate the unclaimed items from our lost and found to a charity each December and June. Please ensure you check for lost items prior to the last day of school in December. We will also have the learners look through it with their classes as we try to help build more independence in keeping track of belongings…clearly a work in progress! Thank you!

Volunteer Opportunities

EHS School Council Fun Snack/Lunch dates:

Snack:

- January 8: Saucy Bread Co. 

- February 5: Booster Juice

- March 5: Jelly Modern Doughnuts

- April 2: Out of Chaos Cookies

- May 7: Kernels

- June 11: Yogen Fruz (PM snack)

Lunch:

- December 18: Panago

- January 22: Tim Hortons

- February 19: TBD

- March 19: A&W

- April 16: TBD

- May 21: TBD

- June 18: Subway