Thank you for attending Conferences last week. We had many classes with 100% of parents attending (or scheduling some time different). There are lots of things that contribute to student success and parent involvement is one of the keys. Your input is valued by teachers as they make learning plans and targets for students leading up to our first set of report cards in mid-December (Gr 1-4). Connecting to a community larger than oneself or ones family is one of the roles of public education (and any public institution). It is a part of the Social Studies Program of Studies and often leads to students being part of making communities better. For example, last year, our Grade 1 classes received the New Brighton Residents Association Junior Neighbor of Year Award for their work around the question, “What’s the next best thing for New Brighton?” Over the next week students will be learning about and participating in two other community wide events. Our Terry Fox Run will occur on Thursday. We’ll begin with an assembly at 9AM followed by a run/walk around our pond. Parents, siblings and guests are welcome to join us. Donations (Toonies for Terry) can be sent to your child’s teacher. Next Monday ( Oct 2) we will be recognizing Orange Shirt Day. It is an opportunity of education and building understanding of residential school experiences in an age appropriate way for students from K-12. More information is available at: http://www.orangeshirtday.org/. Students and staff are encouraged to wear orange. We also wish many of our staff great success as they participate in the CIBC Run for the Cure on Sunday, October 1. School Council and Parent Fundraising Society Both parent groups met last week and you should know how focused each is on enhancing the school experience for students here at New Brighton. Our school report is attached. We share information via email but each group hosts a Facebook page where you can stay even more up to date or stay involved: New Brighton School Council: https://www.facebook.com/NBS.Council/ New Brighton Elementary Parents Association: https://www.facebook.com/NewBrightonSchoolCommittee This Week Sept 25 Gr 1-4 Running Club Sept 26 Gr 2-4 Choir Sept 27 Gr 1-4 Running Club Sept 28 Terry Fox Run – 9AM Assembly and Warm-Up 9:30 Run Gr 2-4 Choir Oct 1 CIBC Run for the Cure Oct 2 Orange Shirt Day Flames Tickets We don’t really share this for the money but if you are looking for a little family fun or a gift you might be interested in looking into this.
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It seems like the first 9 days of school have flown by. I know from personal experience the stamina of a Grade 1 student begins to pick up now as the pace of a full day of school begins to settle in. Students have had a busy two weeks settling in from K-4 with classroom routines, some good socializing and lots of hard thinking already. By the end of Monday, Ms. McComish and I will have had the opportunity to sit with every teacher and talk about their students. It is a set of conversations I look forward to every year – and am amazed by how well teachers have learned about their students so far. Teachers are very deliberate in their conversations with last year’s teacher, checking out student files and, most importantly, designing tasks that gather great assessment information to inform the next best steps for each student. This process continues for a bit – and an important component could not happen this week without your help – Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences. We sincerely hope each of you has booked a conference or will do so soon. 15 minutes of your input can go a long way to helping make the school year a success. Remember – this conference is mostly about what you know – as you know your child best. You book a conference using your MY CBE ACCOUNT - https://webapps.cbe.ab.ca/MyAccount/Account/LogOn There is something pretty great about a school where every Gr 1-4 student has a chance to “join a club” in the first month of school. Gr 2-4 students have the opportunity to join our choir (forms came home last week) and Gr 1-4 students can join the less formal but super enjoyable Running Club – there are details below. Because Lunch Registration continues to be ongoing – any student just needs to show up. We’ll be in tiptop shape for our Terry Fox Run on September 28. Would you like to volunteer during our Terry Fox Run? We’ll need parents spread throughout the course (around the pond) keeping kids on track and motivated. We’ll be running in the morning (9:30ish). If you have a volunteer clearance and would like to help out please email Ms. Nanavaty directly at: [email protected]. On Tuesday and Wednesday you might notice the Calgary Police Service (CPS) mobile command center in our parking lot. There is no emergency – just a great opportunity for many of our students to see one of our community resources up close. Our first School Council meeting of the year is this week followed immediately by the Parent Society (Fundraising) – meetings begin at 6:00. We are sorry but child care is not available at the meeting. An agenda an invitation are below. Run Club New Brighton is excited to have a fall run club this year! The club will run on Mondays and Wednesdays at lunch starting on September 18 and run until September 27. Just like our previous run club we will be running around the pond for the first half of lunch and then eating during the second half. Students in grades 1-4 are welcome to join. We will be meeting in the gym on Monday at lunch for those interested. Be prepared to run! This Week Sept 18 Gr 1-4 Run Club Sept 19 CPS Mobile Command Center (gr3-4) Sept 20 CPS Mobile Command Center (gr 3-4) Gr 1-4 Run Club Gr 1-4 Special Lunch - Little Caesars - Pre-order was required 6:00PM School Council Meeting and Parent Society Meeting Sept 21 Grade 2-4 Choir NO SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN - CONFERENCES 8:00AM - 3:00PM CONFERENCES KINDERGARTEN - GR 4 - 4:00-7:30PM Sept 22 NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS - CONFERENCES 8:15-12:30 Sept 11-15 We hope your children had a great first week back to school. Our classroom blogs http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/newbrighton/teaching-learning/classes-departments/pages/default.aspx are full of interesting and exciting stories of our first few days together. We’ve been asked by several parents about fees. Thank you for wanting to stay up to date with fees. The CBE is waiting for Ministerial Approval for our fees. Please register for noon supervision as that helps with attendance a great deal – knowing who really is supposed to be there – and our other fees – when approved will be very reasonable – and definitely less than last year. We will keep you updated. There will be no fee for supplies and materials. Entrances and Exits Now that our first week is behind us we are ready to start letting families make some choices about the best place to exit the building. At entrance time Grade 1-4 students can use any entrance except the main entrance. All doors will open at 8:10 and students and families can choose what makes the most sense. At dismissal time Grades 2 and 3 students will exit onto the west side of the compound (by the windows that look into the Learning Commons. Grades 1 and 4 students will exit on the east side of the compound. Again – families can choose to use any exit (except the main entrance) if that makes more sense to them. At entry time the doors will remain open for 3 or 4 minutes as the people holding the doors open have classrooms to get to. After the doors are closed students are to come around to the main entrance. Students should be close to an entrance by 8:10AM. Supervision outside begins at 7:55AM. What are we reading? At the beginning of the school year we work hard to establish some shared understanding among the staff at our school. We feel continuity in some things helps create a shared culture of learning. Learning space design and the importance of displaying student work are two areas where we seek some continuity of belief and practice. When you visit our school I hope you will see some evidence of the attached articles embedded in our classrooms and other learning spaces. This Week Sept 11 Conference Booking opens 5PM (you will receive an email) Sept 15 AM Kindergarten attends – 8:10-11:45 Sept 15 Early Dismissal 11:45 September 4-8
New Brighton School Dear Parents, Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year at New Brighton School. We have emailed several pieces of information and reminders to parents over the last week so we won’t repeat it all now – otherwise our updates begin to look like spam. All Grade 1-4 students received an email on Friday with the name and room number of their new teacher. With the exception of a few edits – our Teacher Blog pages are now ready and you can match the face with the name of your new teacher. If for some reason you did not receive an email - don't worry - just arrive at the correct meeting spot below and we'll take care of it. Check out your new teacher at: http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/newbrighton/teaching-learning/classes-departments/pages/default.aspx This is a great page to “bookmark” as updates will be available from classroom teachers everyday. Grade 1 -4 students will meet in the following areas of the school at 8:10AM on the first day of school:
All Grade 1-4 students will be dismissed to the compound for the first week. Lunch Time We expect the majority of our students to remain at school over the lunch period (11:45-12:40). If your child will not be staying at school please send a note or arrive in the school office before 11:45AM. Kindergarten students attend school following the schedule in the Back to School information on our school website: http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/newbrighton/ See you all Tuesday. Jeff and Dayna |
Jeff HuttonNew Brighton School Principal, CBE graduate, native Calgarian, husband and father of two CBE students. Archives
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