Be an All Star Student Assembly: We are excited to welcome Q-MACK, a proud First Nations Indigenous/Upper Mohawk from The Six Nations, ON, to our school for the Be an ALL-STAR Student Assembly on Tuesday next week. Through an entertaining, high-energy performance featuring basketball skills, music, and interactive storytelling, students will learn about the qualities of an ALL-STAR Student: Attitude, Leadership, Love, Self-Control, Teamwork, Accountability, and Respect. The presentation promotes positive character development, inclusion, and anti-bullying messages in a fun and memorable way. We look forward to this exciting opportunity for students to be inspired to make positive choices both at school and in our community.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klxP0Y87Wkw 

Life Touch Picture Retakes: We have just completed fall retakes.  If your student has not taken a school photo or even if you would like to try just one more time to get that perfect shot, we are pleased to let you know that Studio Retakes are now available on November 13 and 21. Simply click the "Book Here" link at the bottom of the flyer to access the booking page directly.  Digital Flyer  The Lifetouch studio is located at: #30, 5329 72 Ave SE, Calgary, AB.

Understanding your Child's Literacy and Numeracy Screening Results​​​​​​​: Students in grades 1 to 5 participated in literacy and numeracy screening between mid-September and early October, as required by Alberta Education and Childcare. To learn more about these assessments, please review the Understanding Universal Screeners resource. 

These screenings provide valuable information about students’ foundational literacy and numeracy skills and help identify where additional support may strengthen their learning. The screenings are not intended to measure how well students have learned the curriculum. Instead, they provide teachers with information to better understand each student’s foundational skills and plan appropriate supports. 

A printed copy of your child’s screening results should have come home on Thursday this past week in a sealed envelope in your child’s backpack.  If you have not received it please contact your child’s teacher.

For more information about literacy and numeracy screening and how to understand your child’s results, please visit Alberta Education and Childcare Literacy and Numeracy Screening website or refer to Parent Guide: Literacy and Numeracy Screenings. 

Physical Education Weekly Update: What an exciting week we’ve had with the Calgary Flames Classroom Crew! We had so much fun learning new floor hockey skills, building confidence and giving everything a try. The smiles, enthusiasm and determination were wonderful to see!

We’ll keep the momentum going next week as we continue developing our floor hockey skills and enjoy some mini games. Our focus will be on encouraging one another, working together and demonstrating what it means to be a positive and supportive teammate. -Mrs. Paterson, Physical Education Teacher

Live from the Music Room:  Art and Music overlapped this week as kids put their creative imagination skills to test.  Because the Alberta report card assessment for Music includes, “Listens and responds critically to music,” Grade 1 and Grade 2 students were challenged to listen to a famous piece of music and try to interpret the image or story behind it. Since music can be interpreted in many different ways, there is no single “correct” answer but rather limitless meaningful possibilities. Students each drew a picture with their own idea of the story the music was telling, and showed great creativity in the process!  As it turns out, the students were listening to Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee”.  Several students indeed deduced the composer’s idea and drew pictures with bees. A sampling of the kids’ amazing drawings is shared here.

Grade 3’s and 4’s this week learned to sing the inspiring Bob Marley classic, “One Love”, and we discussed rhythm on the off-beat in reggae music.  They also worked on Rhythm Drills, demonstrating their ability to read musical beats (quarter notes, eighth notes, half- and whole notes) and drum these rhythms on bucket drums. Grade 2’s practiced rhythm while playing “Pass the Beanbag” as they synchronized singing with game movements.  Kindergarteners sang and danced in partners to a new class song, “We’re Kindergarten!”  Meanwhile, our Grade 5 students this week added a new ukulele chord, F major, requiring fingering on two different strings.  Using the C, A-minor and F chords they have learned, they were able to play along to the Fleetwood Mac hit “Rhiannon” , a song whose lyrics are about the legend of a Welsh witch - just in time for Hallowe’en!  -Mr. Cohen, Music Teacher

Volunteer Opportunities:

Fun Lunches Various Dates (Many dates to choose from)

Growing Smiles Fundraiser Delivery December 9^th

Bood Fair November 25 to December 4: Details to come

We were excited to welcome student teachers from the Werklund School of Education to Evergreen School this week. As part of their journey toward becoming educators, these future teachers will work alongside our staff, learning through observation, collaboration, and hands-on classroom experiences. We are proud to support the next generation of educators through mentorship and look forward to the positive contributions they will make to our learning community. We wish them a rewarding and successful practicum experience at Evergreen School

Thank you for taking the time to read through all this important information. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at acmcphee@cbe.ab.ca

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Sincerely,