UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER:   

Tuesday, September 24 - School Council Meeting at 6:30pm

Thursday, September 26 – HVS Acknowledges National Day of Truth and Reconciliation – students and staff wear orange shirts 

Friday, September 27 – Non-Instruction Day, No School for Students   

Monday, September 30 – The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation / No School for Students (NDTR; French: Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation) 

Monday, October 21 – Photo Day 

National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (TRC- Truth and Reconciliation) 

Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We will be recognizing this day, in a developmentally appropriate way, during the week prior. Hidden Valley School will be closed to students and staff on September 30 in recognition of this day.  

The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process.  

Have you completed your online forms?  
Legal guardians are required to complete or review and update, the following forms by September 23:  

·         Demographic Verification - 2024-25 – This form includes your child’s personal information as well as parent / legal guardian contact information. 

·         Citizenship Information Update - 2024-25 – This form becomes available if you change your child’s citizenship information on the Demographic Verification form. 

·         Annual Authorization - 2024-25 – Combines the following forms: 

·         School District Use of Personal Information - explains how CBE uses personal information in providing education services. 

·         Consent for CBE Use of Student Information – provides an option to grant / not grant consent for additional use of student information by school/district and third parties. 

·         Consent for Use of Student Information by News Media and Outside Groups (Third Party) - provides an option to grant / not grant consent for additional use of student information by outside groups and third parties 

These forms are completed online using SchoolEngage which can be found in your MyCBE account. This is the same account that you use to pay fees, view academic information, book school conferences, etc. 

If you do not have a MyCBE account, on the MyCBE page click on Create a MyCBE Account. For online help refer, to MyCBE - Creating an Account (includes instructions and a video). 

To complete these forms: 
1 | sign in to your MyCBE account 
2 | click on the SchoolEngage icon 
3 | select the form 
4 | complete or review and update the form 
5 | click on Submit to send the form electronically to the school 
6 | repeat steps 3-5 for each form 

Student Health Information 
If your child has any physical or medical condition that may affect their attendance, you must complete the yearly health forms.  Please contact the office for a paper copy of these forms.  

Drop off and pick up safety 
Thank you to everyone for working together to keep our students safe while picking up and dropping off our students.  We appreciate all the families who are using Crosswalks! 

The staff parking lot is not a drop-off or pick-up location for students before, during or after school.  Please share this information with whoever drops off or picks up your child(ren). 

HUG N’ GO
The Hug n’ Go area in front of the school is a drop-off area ONLY.  Grade 1 to 4 parents are permitted solely to actively load or unload children from the vehicle.  Our school staff will even open your door to speed up the process.  Please do not leave your vehicle parked in this area. If you feel your child needs to be walked to the door, please park elsewhere and walk with them.  Supervision of students begins at 8:25 AM. Please refrain from dropping off your children before this time.  Kindergarten students must be brought to the front door and must be supervised until 8:30 AM when the door will open, therefore Kindergarten parents are not allowed to use the Hug n’ Go. 

HVS Lunch Hour 
For your information, lunch hour times have changed for Hidden Valley School Students! 

Lunch Hour 1:  11:10 – 11:50am includes the following classes:  Mme Meghan RM 1, Mme Jenn RM 2, Mrs. Engelbracht RM 3, Ms. Dang RM 4, Ms. Lindsay RM 5, Mme Geneviève RM 6, Mrs. Code-Maitland RM 8, Mrs. Wiwchar RM 9, Mrs. Schorn RM 10, Ms. Iysk RM 11 and Ms. Isaac RM 23 

Lunch Hour 2: 12 – 12:40pm includes the following classes:  Mme Jennifer RM 12, Mme Jordynn RM 13, Ms. Horne RM 16, Ms. Markle RM 17, Mme Christina RM 18, Mme Firlotte RM 19, Mme Julie RM 20, Mme Katherine RM 21 

Attendance 
Regular school attendance has a huge impact on a student’s academic success starting in kindergarten and continuing through high school. Even as children grow older and more independent, families play a key role in making sure students get to school safely every day and understand why attendance is so important for success in school and in life. 

We realize some absences are unavoidable due to health problems or other circumstances. When students miss too much school it can cause them to fall behind academically.  Regular school attendance is an important life skill on the path to graduation and future employment.