EHS Weekly News for Mar. 9

Upcoming Dates:

Thursday Mar. 12:

Conference Manager Opens at noon for parents to book conferences 

Fri Mar. 13:

AM Kindergarten Students Attend 

Wed Mar. 18:

EHS School Council and Enhancement Society Meeting

 6:30 pm at the school and online

Thurs Mar. 19:

-Fun Lunch - A & W - Order directly through Healthy Hunger https://healthyhunger.ca/ 

-No Classes for Kindergarten Students 

-Grade 1-5 Evening Conferences

-Grade 5 Grad Committee will have a Bottle Drive Trailer set up in the Staff Parking Lot for bottle drop off 

Fri Mar. 20:

No Classes - All Students

Morning Conferences for all K - Grade 5 students 

- Grade 5 Grad Committee will have a Bottle Drive Trailer set up in the Staff Parking Lot for bottle drop off 

Mar. 23 - Mar. 27:

Spring Break - School Closed - No Classes

Mon Mar. 30:

All Classes Resume

Grade 4 - Leighton Art Centre Fieldtrip 

Grade 2C - Open Minds All Week - Mar. 30 - April 2

Second Swimming Session March 30 - April 2 - All Grade 1 & 5 Classes and Grade 3A & 3B 

Thurs. Apr. 9:

School Council Event - Parents Night Out - Floor Curling April 9th  

Fun Snack - Tim Horton’s - Order directly through Healthy Hunger https://healthyhunger.ca/ 

Thurs. Apr. 23:

School Council Event - Movie Night

School Conferences

School Conferences with classroom teachers will be on Thursday, March 19 (Kindergarten - 8:00-2:45pm & Grades K-5 - 4:00 - 7:30 pm) and Friday, March 20. (Grades K(Mask)-Gr.5 - 8:00 am - 12:30pm). Bookings will open on Thursday, March 12 at Noon. Please ensure you have access to your MyCBE account to book these conferences - if you need help please see this Website or see Josie in the office. In case you have not set up your parent account please visit the CBE website. 

We’re having a Scholastic Book Fair!

Wed March 18^th to Fri March 20th 

https://bookfairs.scholastic.ca/bf/ericharvieschool

What?  

Student purchases during school on Wed and Thu and family purchases from 4:00 to 7:30 on Thu and 8:00 to 12:30 on Fri.  For students, please help your child by sending their money in a baggie or envelope with their first and last name on it in their backpack, not on their person.  Wondering how much things cost?  The average book is about $8.00 to $20.00 and bookmarks/erasers/pencils/gadgets start at $1.00 and go up to about $20.00 for diaries. Debit and Credit is accepted. 

For those wishing to surprise their child with purchases or gift them at a later date, please e-mail our school librarian at blcarde@cbe.ab.ca and she will arrange for you to pick up your order in the office.  

Where?  

EHS Learning Commons  

When?  

Student Purchases: during school hours on Wed and Thu  

Family Purchases: Thu 4:30 to 7:00 and Fri 8:00 to 12:30 

Why?  

Scholastic Book Fairs promote literacy and support our Learning Commons by rewarding EHS with a percentage of all sales in books.  

 Volunteers! - We’re in need of parents to help with cashiering at our book fair.  Sign up here!

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080D44AFAB28ABF94-62753651-ehsscholastic

For more information email our librarian Bobbi at  blcarde@cbe.ab.ca, or call 403-560-7595.  

March Swimming Lessons

We will be having our second group of classes attend the swimming program at Sir Winston Churchill Pool in the mornings of March 30 - April 2.

We would greatly appreciate your support with volunteering for swimming for our grade1, grade 5 and two of our grade 3 classes (Low/Cole). They are swimming on March 30 - April 2 in the mornings only. 

• Please ensure you have a valid Police Clearance through the school prior to signing up.
• If you are able to support multiple classes, please add your name to the consecutive sign-up slots. (You will notice the times overlap)
• You are welcome to join us directly at the pool or to meet us at the school and ride the bus.

Here is the sign-up link to volunteer:

Swimming Volunteer Sign Up 

Thank you for your time and support! We feel that having an opportunity for learners to be comfortable with swimming is a key life skill and we need your support to make it happen!

Grade 4 Alberta Education Assurance Survey

Alberta Education completes an annual survey to parents in grade 4 (and select upper grades) across the province. This survey:

• Provides feedback to Alberta Education and Childcare on students’, teachers’, and parents' / legal guardians' opinions about their school, their schoolwork and the opportunities their school provides. 
• Provides important information on the quality of education students are receiving. 
• Results are: 
• • used by schools, school authorities and the government to see what’s working and what needs to be improved; and 
  • shared with the whole community. 

Grade 4 parents would have received an email with a link to complete the survey over the past couple of weeks. You coils search your inbox for: “Alberta Education and Childcare Assurance Survey” to locate this email.

This is the final week for completing the survey. Our grade 4 students will also be completing the survey in class this week.

Thank you for your time and feedback!

Kindergarten Registration & Guide

Registration for the 2026-27 school year opened this week. Explore the Kindergarten Registration Guide for everything you need to get started!

• Registration at Eric Harvie School is open for residents of the CBE in Rockland Park and north end of Tuscany in Kindergarten to Grade 5 for the 2026-27school year.

• Orientation for newly registered Kindergarten learners and families will be on Friday, June 5. Full information will be emailed to families in early March. This will be a chance for our new young learners to see what Kindergarten will be like, and for families to be able to have a first connection to the Eric Harvie School community and a tour around the school to help you to know more about our school also!

We have also added some additional information for families that are new to Eric Harvie School HERE

We look forward to having your family join our school community in the years ahead! Please let us know if you have any other questions we can support your family with through this exciting step for your child!

Student Fees

The unpaid 2024-25 lunch supervision and transportation fees will be sent to collections in February/March 2026; Families can avoid having their account sent to collections by:

Paying their 2024–25 central fees in full, or applying, and being approved, for a 2024–25 Central Fee Waiver. Please contact FeeWaiver@cbe.ab.ca directly for more information. 

Request a Payment Plan by contacting StudentFees@cbe.ab.ca . A payment plan requires a signed commitment to pay a minimum of $20 per month toward 2024–25 central fees.

Child Care Tax Receipts – Lunch Supervision

Child Care Tax Receipts for CBE Lunch Supervision (January 2025–December 2025) are now available through your MyCBE account. Please download and/or print your online receipt to include with your 2025 tax return. Paper copies are no longer provided.

Parent Council Update- Mark You Calendars!

Volunteer Opportunities

EHS School Council Fun Snack/Lunch dates:

Order through Healthy Hunger directly and here are the instructions on how to order - Order Instructions

Snack:

- April 2: Out of Chaos Cookies

- April 9: Tim Hortons (Grade 5 Farewell Fundraiser)

- May 7: Kernels

- May28: Cobs  (Grade 5 Farewell Fundraiser)

- June 11: Yogen Fruz (PM snack, no snack for kinder)

Lunch:

- March 19: A&W (Lunch - No Kinder, but will include Coded Minds) 

- April 16: Panago

- May 21: Dominos

- June 18: Subway