Report Cards/IPP’s

• Report Cards will be viewable to parents on your MyCBE account on Tuesday January 30.
• Please refer to this document on how to better understand your child’s assessment within the CBE: How is My Child Doing in School?
• If your child is on an IPP they will be sent home the last week of January for you to view and sign

Diagnostic Assessment

Across the CBE students from Grade 1-3 have had or will be having diagnostic assessment performed by the child’s teacher. Please read this document for more information regarding this assessment and how it’s used. See Resources.

YMind for Teenagers

‘My name is Tina King and I am a Y Mind Facilitator with YMCA Calgary. I wanted to share an amazing program with you called Y Mind! Y Mind is a FREE 7-week mental wellness program for teenagers (13-18 years old). The program aims to support and provide resources for teenagers experiencing mild to moderate levels of stress and/or anxiety. Y Mind is grounded on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness and allows participants to learn more about different ways of how to manage their stress and anxiety. This program is facilitated by trained mental health professionals and there will always be two facilitators at each session. We have seen proven results nationally of reduced stress and anxiety related symptoms, increased overall wellbeing, and an increased ability to cope with difficult emotions.’

Please check the flyer under Resources from the YMCA.

Kindergarten Registration

When you register for Kindergarten you can indicate a preference for morning or afternoon class. We do try to honor as many requests as we can but if we have an overwhelming number of requests for morning we do a random draw of names for the available spaces. Registration for Kindergarten opens today, Monday January 15. Please see here Kindergarten Registration Process for more information. Once registrations close, we are going to have a community engagement process for next year’s families to determine if we have full day Kindergarten with alternating days instead of half days.

Registration at Griffith Woods for Next Year

• Currently Griffith Woods is at capacity, this means that we have a call back list of students who are currently attending our overflow schools which are Battalion for elementary (1-6) and Bishop Pinkham for Junior High (7-9).
• Please advise the office if there are any plans to move and/or change schools for next September by e-mailing griffithwoods@cbe.ab.ca

Important Dates

Monday January 15 – Non-Instructional Day (No School for Students)
Wednesday January 17 - School Council at 6:30pm (High School Registration)
Wednesday January 24 - Bell’s Lets Talk Day for Mental Health
Monday January 22 – Healthy Hunger – Edo
Monday January 29 – Healthy Hunger – Golden Bell
Monday January 29 – Salsa Residency Begins
Tuesday January 30 – Report Cards Viewable to Parents
Wednesday January 31 – Term 3 Begins for Grade 6 and 7 Complementary Courses (Viewable in your MyCbe account)
Monday February 5 – Healthy Hunger – Mucho Burrito
Thursday and Friday February 15 & 16 – Teacher’s Convention (No School for Students)
Monday February 19 – Family Day (No School for Students)
Monday Febraury 26 – Healthy Hunger – Noodle Box
Wednesday February 28 – Pink Shirt Day
Friday March 1 – K-9 Open House 1-3pm (more information sent out closer to the date)
Monday March 4 – Healthy Hunger – Tim Horton’s
Monday March 11 – Healthy Hunger – Wok Box
Monday March 18 – Healthy Hunger – A& W
Wednesday March 20 – Term 3 begins for Grade 5,8, and 9 Complementary Courses
Thursday March 21 – Parent-Teacher Conferences in the evening
Friday March 22 – Parent-Teacher Conferences (No School students)
March 25 - April 1 – Spring Break
Monday April 2 – Classes Resume