Halloween Dance put on by School Council

Friday October 27 at Griffith Woods School in the Gym

• K-6 entry starts at 4pm
• Grades 7-9 entry starts at 6:30pm

Tickets are $5 per person for this all ages event and available online and at the time of entry - parent supervision is required for K-Grade 6 students.

Please bring cash for pizza and goody purchase onsite, and arrive dressed up or just as you are.

**This event doesn't happen without parent volunteers, and opportunities will be posted with options to get involved!**

See poster under Resources

Remembrance Day Slideshow

We are asking any Griffith Woods families who have military photos of family members they are willing to share to send them to Josh Downey at jbdowney@cbe.ab.ca with the subject "Remembrance Day photos". These will be used in a slideshow during our Remembrance Day assembly. If you sent photos in previous years, there is no need to resend as we'll be adding this year's photos to last year's slideshow.

Y Mind Teen – Free Mental Health Wellness Program

Y Mind Teen is a free seven-week mental wellness program for teens ages 13 to 18  who are experiencing symptoms of mild-to-moderate anxiety or stress. Participants learn and practice evidence-based strategies to help manage anxiety.

Y Mind Teen is led by trained mental health professionals and gives teens the chance to connect with peers who are experiencing similar thoughts and feelings.

For those who are interested in accessing this program, more information and registration can be found at Y Mind Mental Wellness Program | YMCA Calgary

Traffic Safety from the City of Calgary

• City of Calgary has released some traffic safety around schools for families
• See attached document under Resources
• Traffic Safety Activities for Kids and Families Link

Athletics

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. 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.

Soccer playoffs start this week with both Teams in the semi-finals.  The Boys play tonight at Westridge at 4:30pm and the Girls on Wednesday at Westside at 4:30pm.  Go cheer them on if you can.

All basketball teams last week won their games.  We went 6-0! Congrats on staring off your season so strongly.

Important Dates

Friday Oct. 13 – Jersey Day/Griffith Woods Gear Day  (Spirit Day)
Monday Oct. 16 – Tim Horton’s
Friday Oct. 20 – Non-Instructional Day (No School for Students) 
Friday Oct. 20 - IPP's e-mailed home 
Monday Oct. 23 – Wok Box
Friday Oct. 27 – PJ Day (Spirit Day)
Monday Oct. 30 – A&W
Tuesday Oct. 31 – Last Day of Term 1 Complementary Courses in Grade 6 & 7