Dear Evergreen Families,
Social–emotional learning (SEL) plays a vital role in helping children grow not only as students, but as caring, confident and capable individuals. We have been creating opportunities for students to build meaningful connections by recognizing and sharing the things they love—such as favourite activities, interests, and personal strengths which helps them form authentic relationships with their peers. Students are also learning and practising respectful ways to greet one another, including using kind words, making eye contact, and acknowledging classmates by name to foster empathy and a welcoming, inclusive environment. Our buddy activities further strengthen these skills by giving students real-world opportunities to lead, learn, collaborate, and practise patience and cooperation with younger or older peers. By nurturing these skills early, we are helping students develop healthy habits and social tools that will support them throughout their lives in friendships, family relationships, future workplaces, and the broader community. See images below of SEL at Evergreen School in our EES, Grade 2 and Grade 1/5 buddy classes.
UPDATES AND INFORMATION
School Council Meeting: Join us on Wednesday night at 6pm for our School Council meeting and learn more about Evergreen School through the Teacher’s Report and the Principal’s Report.
Student Learning Conferences: Conferences are coming up on Thursday, November 27th from 3:30pm and 7:30pm for grades 1-5 and EES and 8:00am – 7:30pm for Kindergarten and Friday, November 28th, between 8:00am and 12:00pm K-5 and EES. This will be an opportunity for you to meet with your child’s homeroom teacher to discuss their progress in learning at this time. Conferences are booked through your MyCBE Account. Booking opens on Monday, November 17th at 8:00am.
How to Book a School Conference
- Log-in to MyCBE .
If you do not have an account, follow the Create a MyCBE Account instructions.
- Click on the My School Conferences icon.
- Click on the time slot that is available and convenient for you. Ensure pop-up windows are allowed.
- In the pop-up window, you will choose your child (you have the option to enter the student's name), the name of the parent / guardian is pre-filled, but can also be changed.
Dressing for the Weather: Whether your child is bused, walks to school or is driven, Calgary’s unpredictable weather can see the temperature and weather conditions change drastically in a very short time. Please ensure your children are dressed appropriately to be outside every day whether it is cold, snowy, rainy or sunny.
Student safety is always our top priority and we are committed to working with families to create safe conditions for our students during extreme weather conditions. With this in mind, we ask that parents review the CBE outside activities guidelines for cold weather Weather and Environmental Health. We recognize the value of outdoor breaks such as recess and lunch during the school day, however, when the weather is cold, outdoor breaks may not be a viable option. When temperatures reach -20 Celsius or colder including the wind-chill factor, it is recommended that students be kept inside for recess or lunch breaks. The -20 Celsius guideline is comparable to other school jurisdictions in Alberta and across Canada. We will use the weather, as posted on the Evergreen School website as our guide in terms of making a decision for students to remain indoors.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Our book fair is just around the corner, and we are in need of volunteers! Please click the link below if you’re interested in signing up to volunteer.
We need several volunteers to help organize students for photo retakes. If interested please click the link below to sign up.
Volunteers are needed for the School Council sponsored dance coming up this Thursday. Events like these are not possible without volunteers like you. Click the link below to sign up.
Evergreen school will be attending the ATP production of the Wizard of OZ on December 2&3. Please click on the link below to help up Chaperone our students at this event.
Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday.
Sincerely,
Angela, Kim and the Evergreen Staff