Parent-Teacher Conferences

Conferences will be in-person on Thursday Nov. 23rd (3:30-8pm) and virtual on Friday Nov.24 (8-12:30pm).  To book please go to your MyCBE account.  The booking window opens for parents on Friday November 17th at 6pm and closes Wednesday November 22nd at 6pm. If you feel you have a solid understanding of your child’s assessment and/or have been in communication with your child’s teacher it is not necessary to meet. 

• Grades 1-4 will have 15 minute time slots with their Homeroom teacher
• Grades K,5-9 will have 10 minute time slots to facilitate more times as there are multiple classes and teachers for most in these grades
• Meeting slots for Music/Band and Phys.Ed teachers will be available (search Gr.1-4 or Gr.5-9 to find their PE/Music teacher)
• Kindergarten has school Thursday Nov.24th and P/T Conferences at the same times as the rest of the school 

Remembrance Day Ceremony

Students will be given poppies on Wednesday from their HR teachers to wear and can bring money to donate to the Alberta-NWT Command Legion. We will have two assemblies on Wednesday November 8th in our Main Gym to accommodate our student population.  You are welcome to come to one of them.

• Morning Assembly:  9:45am  (AM KG , Gr. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9) 

• Afternoon Assembly:  1:00pm  (PM KG, Gr. 2, 4, 6, 8)

Indoor and Outdoor Shoes and Dressing for the Weather 

Thank you for sending your child with Indoor and Outdoor shoes as we have students take off their outdoor shoes at the door to help keep our school clean and floors dry.  With the weather changing please ensure that your child is dressed for the weather as all students go outside daily for recess and lunch recess.  

Lost and Found

Our lost and found is getting very full of lost items.  Please remind your child to check for their lost and found items.  The lost and found will also be on display at the front entrance for Parent/Teacher Conferences.  If you wish to come to the school to see if any of your child(ren)'s items are in the lost and found please check in at the Main Office and go take a look.  It is very helpful when clothing is labeled. 

Athletics

Congratulations to the Senior Girls basketball team and their coaches, Ms. Wood and Ms. Reed for finishing the season undefeated. The Junior teams and Senior Boys team play this week and we host the Junior and Senior Boys here at Griffith Woods on Wednesday night. Next week Basketball Playoffs begin with the semi-finals on Thursday the 16th for all teams.  Who and where they play will be determined by the end of this week and communicated out via the coaches.

We remind spectators that while at the school watching games, there are no in and out privileges and CBE code of conduct for students still applies. We all wish to enjoy watching our student athletes compete in a respectful and safe environment. All spectators – students or adults – are expected to cheer and support players/coaches/referees/parents/guardians/volunteer scorekeepers in a positive manner.  We have also come to a decision as a basketball division (Griffith Woods, Bishop Pinkham, AE Cross, Vincent Massey, and West Ridge Schools) that any student wishing to be a spectator at away games must be accompanied by a parent/guardian for the duration of the game.  

Purdys Chocolate Fundraiser

(See Attachment for Details) 

All the money raised will go directly to Griffith Woods School.  We will be using the funds to support our Complementary Course Programs in Career and Technology Foundations.  Specifically for our younger students to have experiences in the Construction Lab, Foods Room, and in Computer Science. This helps fund activities for our K-6 students in our wonderful spaces and with our fantastic teachers running these programs.   

Purchase Purdys here: https://fundraising.purdys.com/1057569-108941 

Staff Participating in Movember

Mr. McGinitie is leading the Staff at GW in participating in Movember, with the money going to local charities. The donations through CanadaHelps are tax deductible (receipt issued immediately).  No pressure to donate but think about all the fresh faces in the building on December 1st.

From the CanadaHelps page from Mr. McGinitie:

For my entire teaching career, I have worn a moustache. Usually at this time, men would be starting to fundraise growing a moustache for Movember. This year however, I would like to switch things around by raising money to shave. I also would like to use this as an opportunity to support and highlight local charities that make a difference in the lives of all Calgarians. Between inflation, high costs of housing and food, as well as an ongoing opioid addiction and homelessness epidemic, everyday living for all Calgarians has been affected. Let's see our money spent in the communities where we live and work.

During this campaign, there will be donation benchmarks as follows:

$150 - Mr. Molyneux and Mr, Hyslop grow and shave their moustaches

$1000 - Mr. Pidkowa shaves his beard

$3000 - Mr. McGinitie shaves off his moustache

$4000 - Kearney will shave off his moustache and Finlay his beard

$5000+ Hopefully more follicle'd educators to follow....

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/make-mr-m-mow-the-mo/ 

Important Dates

Monday Nov. 6 – Spolumbos

Tuesday Nov. 7 – Practice Lockdown

Wednesday Nov. 8 – Remembrance Day Ceremonies

Thursday Nov.9- Tuesday Nov.14 – Fall Break (No School)

Wednesday Nov. 15 – Classes Resume  

Monday Nov. 20 – Booster Juice

Wednesday Nov. 22 – School Council

Thursday Nov.23 – In Person Parent/Teacher Interviews (3:30-8pm) 

Friday Nov. 24 – Virtual Parent/Teacher Interviews (8-12:30pm) (No School)