Oki, Danit'ada, Âba wathtec, Tânisi, Taanishi, 你好, Bonjour, Hello, Hidden Valley Families,
Important Dates:
April 15 - April 18 – Rocks and Rings / Curling K-3
Thursday, April 18 – Fun Lunch Grades 1 - 3
Friday, April 19 – PD Day – No school for students
Monday, April 22 – Earth Day - Spirit Day (wear earth colors, do an earth day good deed)
Friday, April 26 – AM Kindergarten Attends
Friday, May 3 – PM Kindergarten Attends
Other Important Dates – Coming Up
May 10 – Volunteer Tea 8:30am – 9:30am
May 23 – Spring Concert K - 3 (AM and PM performances)
June 13 – Student-Led Open House (4:00pm - 5:30pm)
June 20 – Orientation - Kindergarten and Students NEW to Grade 1 (4:00pm – 5:00pm)
June 25 – Sports Day
HVS Instagram – check us out at ecole_hvs_school_cbe
Lost and Found
Our lost and found collection is growing. Parents are invited to come into the front foyer to look through the lost and found items.
Important Reminders
Due to City of Calgary Bylaws and the safety of our students, dogs are not allowed on school property.
Please do not bring motorized children’s ride-on toys onto school property, as they cause a safety risk.
New Hidden Valley Website
Our website has been updated! Please check it out here: https://hiddenvalley.cbe.ab.ca/ Please update your bookmark!
Rocks & Rings
During the week of April 15, 16 and 17, each class will participate in a 45 minute activity that will introduce students to the sport of curling through Egg Farmers Rocks & Rings. This activity is in relation to the following curriculum outcomes:
Kindergarten: Children explore physical activity in a variety of contexts.
Grade 1: Students investigate the benefits of physical activity.
Grade 2: Students modify movement to improve control and efficiency.
Grade 3: Students examine and integrate tactics in a variety of physical activity contexts.
The cost of this program is $819. This opportunity is paid for by our School Council and our school therefor comes at no cost to parents/guardians. For more information on the program, please visit https://rocksandrings.com/
Volunteers Needed – French student books
HVS has thousands of levelled books. These books were a substantial part of our reading instruction. Over the last couple years, instruction in reading has developed and now incorporates the science of reading. The science of reading focuses on the development of skills, like phonetics, phonology, syntax, and comprehension to enhance literacy instruction and address reading challenges. Relying on leveled texts may not adequately challenge students or provide the necessary complexity to develop advanced comprehension skills. For this reason, we need to remove the levels on these books and use them differently in the classroom. We would really like your help with this. We are inviting any parents/guardians who have a valid Police Clearance Check to come to the school whenever it is convenient. You do not have to confirm your attendance, you can simply come when you can. Thank you to all the volunteers who have already supported us with this project!
Next Year Plans
We are working on our plans for the 2024-25 school year. Please let us know if your child will not be attending Hidden Valley School.