Weekly Update- Sept 30-Oct 4th

SCHOOL NEWS

We had a great week! The District Cross

Country Run was in Wetaskiwin on Wednesday, Terry Fox on Thursday

and Friday was PJ Day.

VISITORS TO THE SCHOOL

We welcome and truly enjoy parents in our school. However, all parents
and guests please check in at the office and sign in before entering

the school.  This is so important for everyone's safety as extra adults
in the school need to be accounted for. Please do not be surprised if a
staff member asks if you have checked in with the office.  We want to
keep classroom disruptions to a minimum, so please leave anything for students

to pick up in the office.  Please meet your child outside of the

building, as this helps with safety and congestion in our hallways.

Thank you for helping us keep our students and staff safe.  
The only exception is our Pre-Kindergarten parents as pick up and drop off
procedures are different.  

EARLY DISMISSAL

Reminder is that first Wednesday of the month. Our first will be this
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2019.  There is no kindergarten on that day as well.

Dismissal will be at 2:20 pm. 

POWER SCHOOL AND VERIFICATION

Thank you for completing the online verification forms.  Please

contact the office if you need assistance. We have approximately
80 students who still need the form filled out.

SKATING

Some classes are starting to go skating at the KNRRC over the next few weeks. 

A skating permission form has been added to Power School. Please

fill it out and look for an email from your child’s teacher indicating

when you will be going skating. 


Farm Credit Canada's Campaign to Drive Away Hunger!

Thanksgiving is a time for being grateful for all that we are fortunate to have in our lives. It can also be a perfect opportunity for children to learn to share their blessings. In the spirit of giving, Bellevue School is organizing a school wide collection of non-perishable food items for the Leduc and District Food Bank by supporting the Farm Credit Canada campaign to Drive Away Hunger. Every classroom will receive bags to collect the donations so they can see the bags fill up every day. Thank you for your generosity to help those who may be in need in our community, and for helping your child learn about generosity and caring for our community. We will be collecting donations from Monday, September 30 to Friday, October 11.  For more information on FCC please see the link below: 

https://www.fcc-fac.ca/en/in-your-community/fcc-drive- away-hunger.html

For easy reference, here are the most needed food items (according to Food Banks Canada):

* pasta, rice and sauce * canned meats and fish * meat alternatives (packaged nuts, peanut butter, soy) * beans, soups and stews * canned and powdered milk * canned fruits and vegetables * whole grain cereal * infant foods and formula * cooking supplies (flour, oil, spices) * cash for food banks to purchase fresh items

PARENT COUNCIL AND FUNDRAISING SOCIETY

Both groups are always looking for volunteers for various activities within our school.  Please contact them if you are interested in helping out. Our Fundraising Society is currently looking for a chair
and will be looking for volunteers for an upcoming dance in October
and a Casino in January.  The next meeting will be on October 16.  

Hot Lunch ordering is open now. Go to: ecolebellevueschool.hotlunches.net 

IMPORTANT DATES

Sept 30th- Orange Shirt Day

Oct 2nd- Early Dismissal and Custodian Appreciation Day

October 9 and 10th- Picture Day- Schedule will be coming out soon.
Email Mr. Larson (erik.larson@blackgold.ca) if you are interested in volunteering.

Weekly Update for Sept 23-27th

SCHOOL NEWS

We are happy to welcome Mr. Rhys Hadfield, who will be working with our
grade six students, teaching the language arts during the mornings.  We
also welcome Mr. Bowkowy, who will be teaching the afternoon English
Kindergarten class. We are excited to be able to have these two people
join our staff.

PICS FROM THE WEEK

Students searching in a scavenger hunt for Outdoor Ed.

Students practicing target skills with hoops

Bellevue Staff improving their teamwork on the PD Day

VISITORS TO THE SCHOOL

Parents please check in at the office and sign in, before entering the school. 
Staff will be asking any parents if they have checked in at the office.
We prefer parents to meet students outside of the building, as this helps with
safety and congestion in our hallways.

VOCAL CHOIR
Last chance to sign up for vocal choir (grade 4,5 6). Please sign up on this form.
First practice is on Tuesday, September 24th.

TERRY FOX

Terry Fox is on Thursday. We encourage you to bring a "Toonie for Terry" or
support our school using this link.


EARLY DISMISSAL

Reminder is that first Wednesday of the month. Our first will be Oct 2, 2019. 
There will be no kindergarten on that day, as well. Dismissal will be at 2:20pm. 

POWER SCHOOL AND VERIFICATION

Please fill out your verification forms if you have not done so yet. Thank you
very much if you have already filled it out. If you are new to our school, you
have already completed the forms.  We also have some online field trip forms
that need to be filled out. The walking form is needed so students can
participate in the Terry Fox Walk on Thursday.

Please contact the office if you need assistance.

PARENT COUNCIL AND FUNDRAISING SOCIETY

Both groups are always looking for volunteers for various activities within
our school.  Please contact them if you are interested in helping out.
Fundraising Society is looking for a chair and will be looking for volunteers
for an upcoming Casino in January. 

The next meeting will be on October 16th.  

Hot Lunch should start up soon.    

IMPORTANT DATES

Sept 25th- District Cross Country Meet- Grade 3-6

Sept 26th- Terry Fox Walk- pm

Sept 27th- PJ Day

Sept 30th- Orange Shirt Day

Oct 2nd- Early Dismissal.

PARENT CONNECTION

Ecole Coloniale Estates School is hosting, "Technology and the Teenage Brain"
on September 24th, from  5:30 - 7:00pm, in our Multipurpose room,
presented by AHS. Free signup at 

https://www.cyfcaregivereducation.ca/caregiver-education

Technology and the Teenage Brain

Parents and children/teens (grades 6–12) are encouraged to attend
this session together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6mmGBlyxIc

Technology is a huge part of our children’s lives – and a common concern
for most parents who are learning how to keep up in an ever changing world.
Social media, video gaming, internet use and cell phones may already be topics
of debate within your family. Come together to learn how this modern use of
technology can impact the developing teenage brain. This session will review
some of the risks but also the benefits of technology. Parents and children
will learn ways to stay safe and balanced in their use of technology to better
support positive mental health.

Weekly Update for Sept 16-20

NEWS FROM THE LAST WEEK

What a great week.  Lots of positive referrals coming to the office and many smiling faces around the school.  The students are settling in nicely to their daily routines.  Thank you parents for helping and supporting your child during the start of the school year.  

REPORTING ABSENCES

Our school does automated call outs everyday for unknown absences. The system will email, text or call parents automatically.  To prevent these messages, please contact our school and let us know in advance of any student absence.  You can call 780-929-8663 and leave a quick message.  You can also fill out our online absence form.  The call outs are important so we can keep all of the students safe. Thank you for your support, it is appreciated.

VERIFICATION FORMS 

The verification forms were sent out Friday.  Please log into your Power School account and complete the verification forms.  These forms are important to fill out so that we the most current information for the student. There will also be our walking permission form. This form is needed so that you child can participate in our Terry Fox Walk and any other walking activities throughout the year.  Please contact the office for assistance with these forms. 

TERRY FOX WALK

Our Terry Fox School Run is just around the corner! We are honoured that our school will be joining the efforts of over 3 million students across Canada in carrying on Terry’s legacy by raising funds for cancer research. Support our schools efforts by donating today at: http://www.terryfox.ca/EcoleBellevue  

EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOCOL

Last week we practiced an emergency evacuation. The students did very well. For the rest of the month, we will continue practice our emergency protocols.  More Information can be found on our website or using this link. 

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING

One of our school's goals is to improve the social emotional wellness of our students. Improving social emotional wellness will help improve student learning.  Our school is already doing a lot of great things.  From teaching regulation strategies like Zones of Regulation and MindUP, to different opportunities for clubs and recess activities. We also host assemblies for students to both celebrate student achievement and to teach some character education. Every week, Mme El Khatib and Mr. Larson will be working with students at each grade level with character education and wellness. This month, the focus is on respect. Students will be learning how to "fill each others bucket". 

SCHOOL COUNCIL AND FUNDRAISING SOCIETY

The Annual General Meeting for School Council and Fundraising Society are on September 18th, 2019.  School Council will be from 6:15pm - 7:15pm and the Fundraising Society will be from 7:15pm - 8:15pm in our school's staff room. 

We welcome all parents to these meetings. It is a great opportunity to learn how these two groups support our school.  The parents who take the time to volunteer, really help our school and students. These groups are looking for volunteers in various roles throughout the year. From helping hand out hot lunch, to helping at specific event, to attending the meetings. Any help is greatly appreciated. 

GRADE 3-6 RUNNING CLUB INFORMATION

It is not too late to sign up.  For running club information, please click on this link to sign up. Practices will be after school from about 3:10 - 3:35 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.  Those who have signed up, permission forms will be added to your Power School account this week. 

GRADE 4-6 VOCAL AND BELL CHOIR

Bell Choir for Grades 4-6 will have there first meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The students will be taking home permission forms on this day. 

Please click on this link to find out information about the Vocal Choir for grade 4-6.  Rehearsals will be Tuesdays at lunch.

SCHOOL CLOTHING

If you are interested in purchasing Bellevue School clothing.  Use this link with Custom Sports Swag. 

UPCOMING EVENTS

School Events Calendar

September 17- Coloniale Classic for Cross Country Runners 

September 18 - School Council (6:15-7:15) and Fundraising Society Meeting (7:15-8:15)

September 20- PD Day (No School)

September 25- Terry Fox Walk

Week of September 9-13

FIRST WEEK BACK

We had a great first week back! It was wonderful to see all of the students back in their new classes.  Welcome to all of our new families and we look forward to another great year.  Please refer to our website for all important information.  This Weekly News is intended to help keep families informed about all of the great things happening in our school on a more timely basis.  We plan on creating weekly updates and we will include a Principal's Message once a month. 

REMINDER ABOUT NEW BELL TIMES FOR 2019-20

Regular Day Morning Warning Bell: 8:25 am
Lunch Hour Times: 11:55 am - 12:20 pm (outside) 12:20-12:45 pm (inside eating)
Regular Day Afternoon Warning Bell 12:42 pm Afternoon classes resume: 12:45 pm
Regular Day Dismissal Time: 3:05 pm

Early Dismissal Time (1st Wednesday of the month October - June): 2:20 pm

TECHNOLOGY FEE

You will notice that the school district has added a new Division Technology Fee of $10.00 for students in Grades 1-3 and $20.00 for students in Grades 4-12. We have included a note from central office describing the rationale for the fee and what it covers. 

The BGRD technology access fee will cover a variety of new software tools for students. The first such tool is assistive technology software, this will help students by reading text on the screen from websites they visit and documents they create, listening to your work read back to you helps catch writing errors and having text read from other content helps with understanding. The program also provides word prediction for struggling writers, standard and visual dictionaries, highlighting and organization tools and speech to text abilities. A second new software application will be a self assessment tool that uses machine learning to provide writing feedback for the student to help improve spelling, grammar, sentence structure and provide suggestions for improvement. Lastly we will be providing creative publishing and charting tool to enable students to increase creativity and capability beyond a standard document or drawing.

Another use of the technology fee is for internet access. Our internet costs are increasing and a new contract by Alberta Infrastructure is greatly increasing the cost to school divisions. The funds will help manage that access, provide increased bandwidth for BYOED and improve protection for students accessing the internet.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOCOL

At school, we practice a variety of emergency response protocols throughout the year.  Information can be found on our website or using this link.  Next week we will be practicing evacuation procedures with the students.  

OFFICE CHECK INS

For the safety of our students, we ask all visitors to our school, to check in at the office.  Please use the front doors and refrain from entering our school through any of the other doors.  

KINDERGARTEN INFORMATION

Staggered entry dates are complete and we welcome all Kindergarten students on Monday.  Parents, please wait outside the front doors and the teachers will come and get the students.   

PRE-KINDERGARTEN INFORMATION

Morning Classes(Mon/Wed or Tues/Thurs) 8:20 - 11:20 am 
Afternoon Classes(Mon/Wed or Tues/Thurs) 12:05 - 3:05 pm 
1st day for funded students: September 9 
1st day of prekindergarten for non funded students: (Mon/Wed): September 16 (Tues/Thurs): September 17

GRADE 3-6 RUNNING CLUB INFORMATION

For running club information, please click on this link to sign up. Practices will be after school from about 3:10 - 3:35 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.

SCHOOL CLOTHING

If you are interested in purchasing Bellevue School clothing.  Use this link with Custom Sports Swag. 

UPCOMING EVENTS

School Events Calendar

September 13- Safely on Board Presentations for Kindergarten and Grade 1.

September 18 - School Council (6:15-7:15) and Fundraising Society Meeting (7:15-8:15)

September 20- PD Day (No School)


COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES- click picture for information