Weekly Update - September 25 - 29
Oki, Tunsai, Danit'ada, Taanishi, Bonjour, and Hello Hidden Valley Families,
Important Dates
- Thursday, September 28 – HVS Acknowledges National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. The students and staff are encouraged to wear an orange shirt
- Thursday, September 28 – School Council Meeting/AGM 6:30pm
- Friday, September 29 – The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation / No School for Students (NDTR; French: Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation), originally and still colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day (French: Jour du chandail orange), is a Canadian holiday to recognize the legacy of the Canadian Indian residential school system
- Tuesday, October 3 – Photo Day
- Monday, October 9 – No School – Thanksgiving
- Thursday, October 19 – No School for Kindergarten, Student Learning Conferences (Kindergarten – during day, evening AND Grade 1-3 – evening)
- Friday, October 20 – Student Learning Conferences – during day, no school for students
Calendar
HVS Highlights
Demographic Verification and Annual Authorization Forms
If you haven’t completed the required Demographic Verification and Annual Authorization forms in SchoolEngage yet, please complete this by Monday, September 25. These forms are mandatory every year for Alberta Education to confirm student funding. Thank you for completing them. If we do not have them completed by Monday, we will need to print off a copy of the forms and send them home with your child, which will use up resources and a lot of time for our office to complete this task.
The following documents can be accessed online on the HVS Back to School Information page:
- Information regarding subscribing to the Calgary Board of Education's messaging system including text messages
- Student Health Emergency Response Protocol form (necessary if your child has a significant health concern that staff need to be aware of) – Click on “Forms You Need”
- Student Health Plan (completed if a physical or medical condition may affect the student’s attendance at school or if medication is to be taken at school) – Click on “Forms You Need”
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.
Subscribe to School Messages
Don’t miss out on school messages! To ensure you receive important information from your child’s school and the Calgary Board of Education.
- To receive commercial electronic messages on school topics such as student fees, picture days, field trips and fun lunches. (The link will open into a separate website managed by SchoolMessenger, our mass communication tool.)
- In addition, to receive any text messages sent by your school or the Calgary Board of Education, opt-in by using your cell phone to text the word YES to the six-digit number 978338.*
For more information, go to our Subscribe page, read the Questions and Answers or visit the government’s CASL website at fightspam.gc.ca . If your contact information changes or needs updating, please:
- Tell your school
- Subscribe online again, if your email address changes
- Opt-in for text messages again, if your cell number changes.
Relevant CBE Administrative Regulations
https://www.cbe.ab.ca/about-us/policies-and-regulations/Pages/Administrative-Regulations.aspx
Administrative Regulations, commonly referred to as ARs, are the set of rules, expectations, and guidelines identified by the Chief Superintendent that support and align the operation of the organization. They assist in identifying boundaries, parameters and guides for action that inform decision making. AR’s relating to student behavior are found below:
AR 6031– Welcoming, Caring, Respectful and Safe Learning and Work Environments
AR 6005– Student Code of Conduct
AR 6006– Progressive Student Discipline