Thurs. Nov. 28:

No School for Kindergarten Students Only 

Evening Conferences

Fri. Nov. 29:

Morning Conferences - No Classes K-5

Thurs. Dec. 5:

Literacy Night! - See below for details 

Fri. Dec. 6:

PM Kindergarten Attends

Thurs. Dec. 12:

1:30-2:30 “Flakes” Choir Performance 

5:30-6:30 “Flakes” Evening Performance

Fri. Dec. 13:

AM Kindergarten Attends

Fri. Dec. 20:

PM Kindergarten Attends

Dec. 21 - Jan. 5:

Winter Break 

Upcoming Days of Significance - CBE Days of Significance Calendar

School Learning Conferences

As we have shared in the Weekly Connect message for the past couple of weeks, our School Learning Conferences with classroom teachers will be on Thursday, Nov. 28 (4:30 - 7:30 pm) and Friday, Nov. 29 (8:00 am - 12:30 pm). 

• Online bookings will open on Friday, Nov. 22 at 9:00 am
• Please ensure you have access to your MyCBE account to book these conferences
• If you need help with this process please see this website .

These conferences are a 15 minute opportunity to share examples of current learning, to illustrate accomplishments, and to have a collaborative conversation about areas for growth. At Eric Harvie School, we ask that you please have your child attend the conference together with you. If you feel that some of the conversations need to occur with only adults, you or the teacher are welcome to signal this in the conference.

The times mentioned above are a little bit different for Kindergarten classes to make enough space available to meet with Mrs. Mask and for the Bowles/Low grade 2 class as per the email sent home earlier this month. Please ensure you are choosing the correct teacher for your conferences and the available options will be displayed through the conference booking program.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you next week!

Bullying Awareness across the CBE

The government of Alberta and the Calgary Board of Education have developed numerous resources to help families and schools develop further understanding of how to prevent, support and stop bullying across schools and in the community. The link below is a great starting point for some of the CBE resources, with links within to Alberta wide resources: 

https://cbe.ab.ca/news-centre/Pages/Bullying-Awareness-Week.aspx 

At Eric Harvie School, we have found that having open dialogue and avenues for learners to talk to adults is the most critical part of the process. If you have concerns that come up in your conversations with your children at home, please ensure that you reach out to us - the classroom teacher or to Mrs. Tait or Mr. Strand - to help us in ensuring we find out more about the situation and help each learner to feel comfortable at school.

Thank you for your support!

Eric Harvie School Literacy Night!!

EHS would like to invite you to an evening all about developing literacy skills in young learners! The evening will be full of information about how reading skills typically progress and how best to support your developing reader at home. 

The evening will begin with some general information about supporting all readers and then we will split into two groups with one focusing on younger readers and one focusing on more advanced readers. 

When: December 5th 6:00-7:00 pm

Where: Eric Harvie School

Please RSVP via sign up genius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080D44AFAB28ABF94-53057412-parent#/

“Flakes” Choir Performance

December 12th is fast approaching and the singers have been working hard.  This is the biggest choir that we have had at Eric Harvie School and we are very excited to share what we have been working on.  There will be two performances for families to attend on Dec. 12th.  The first one is in the afternoon at 1:30 and the second in the evening at 5:30.  Because of the vast number of participants we ask that you only bring two people to each showing of the play. This will ensure that we do not go over fire code and that every singer will have space for someone to watch them at their shows.  Thank you for your understanding. 

An email will come home soon to choir students outlining instructions for the night of the performance as well as speaking roles, solos and costumes (don’t worry - they can wear whatever they want). 

Lost and Found

• Our lost and found is reaching all time high levels! We are 99% sure that these items came from children that attend our school, so our goal is to get them back to families as much as possible. 

• Parents are welcome to come in to the school before or after school to take a look, or even better…empower your child to go look for their own lost stuff too! 
• We will also place the items out for families to look for items during conferences and during the choir performances the past couple weeks.
• Please don’t forget to label items - this helps them to be returned to their owners much easier. 
• We will keep these items at the school until December 20 and then will be donating unclaimed items to a charity. 

Scholastic Book Fair

What?  

Student purchases during school and family purchases during parent conferences, 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 $17.00 and bookmarks/erasers/pencils/gadgets start at $1.00 and go up to about $17.00 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. 4:15 PM to 7:45 PM and Friday: 8:15 AM to 12:15 PM during conferences. 

Why?  

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

Volunteer?

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080D44AFAB28ABF94-53361706-book

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

School Council - session for parents about Emotional Regulation:

The ASCA Board of Directors is hosting a FREE Virtual Engagement Event for School Councils – and education partners and stakeholders – on the afternoon of Saturday, November 23^rd, 2024. Keynote Speaker – Tammy Schamuhn from the Institute of Child Psychology – will talk about: Emotion Regulation & Children: Understanding Their Brain is Your Superpower! Pre-registration is required! https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlcOGhrz8rHtyrkETBkmToBxWSJhU3ZQfp

Volunteer Opportunities:

We had a great suggestion at our latest EHS School Council Meeting to create an area where we list current and upcoming volunteer opportunities all in one location. Here is the inaugural edition:

School Council - Fun Lunch/Snack Dates:

Click here to get started Information Sheet

All remaining 2025 fun snack and fun lunch events have been set up in Healthy Hunger:

Upcoming Dates: 

Dec. 5 - Cookies (Snacks)

Dec. 19 - Papa Johns (Lunch)

Jan. 9 - Cobs (Snack) 

Jan. 23 - Tim Hortons (Lunch) 

Feb. 6 - Saucy Bread Co. (Snack) 

Feb. 20 - Papa Johns (Lunch)

Mar. 6 - Jelly Modern Doughnuts (Snack) 

Mar. 20 - A & W (Lunch)

Apr. 3 - Out of Chaos Cookies  (Snack) 

Apr. 24 - Papa Johns (Lunch)

Ma. 8 - Kernels (Snack) 

Ma. 22 - Tim Hortons (Lunch)  

Jun. 5 - Dairy Queen (Snack) 

Jun. 19 - Papa Johns (Lunch)