Dear Parents & Guardians:
In this post you will find information for the following:
· Important Dates
· School Council Meeting
· Opening Packages Sent Home
· Terry Fox Donations
· Save the Date - Casino Volunteers Please
Important Dates –
· Sept 18 – School Council Meeting (1:30-3:00)
· Sept 24 – Orange Shirt Day
· Sept 25 – LifeTouch Picture Day
· Sept 29 – Organizational Day (No School)
· Sept 30 – Truth & Reconciliation Day (No School)
· Subscribe to our Web Calendar (link on bottom left)
Thank you to everyone who attended both our Fall Fair event last night and our Terry Fox Run today. The Fall Fair has been a wonderful community building event for many years at our school and big shout out to our volunteers for making it happen! Some of our Grade 5 students volunteered to be leaders with our Terry Fox Assembly this week and it was an amazing event. We are accepting cash donations (Twoonies for Terry) in homerooms and if you are looking for a charitable donation, please visit our Elbow Park School Terry Fox donation page here.
School Council Meeting – Thurs., Sept. 18 (1:30-3:00)
· Our first School Council meeting will be held this coming Thursday, Sept. 18 from 1:30-3:00 p.m.
· The meeting will be held in-person in our Learning Commons. We will have the Principal’s report and meeting available to viewed online through MS Teams for those who cannot attend in-person.
- This meeting does have a formal agenda that includes executive reports, a Principal’s report, and items submitted to the Chairs for the agenda prior to the meeting. The Principal’s report will highlight:
- Enrolment & staffing updates
- Literacy & Numeracy Assessments
- School Development Plan
- This meeting is open to all Elbow Park School parents / guardians
- Please visit our School Council webpage for the agenda and archived minutes.
- We will be hosting this online using Microsoft Teams as the platform. The meeting can be viewed on a web browser or you can download the app/software on either Mac or PC
- Click on this link at 1:30 on Wednesday: Click here to join the meeting
Opening Packages Sent Home
You should have received a large envelope of handouts from each child. They contain school calendars, agreement forms for signatures, and QR codes to sign up for volunteer opportunities and to make donations to the Elbow Park Parent Society through EducationMatters. Please return these as soon as possible.
Read more on our Back to School webpage for revised recess and lunch times, school supplies, calendar of events, noon supervision details and access to PowerSchool for fee payment.
Save the Date: Casino Volunteers Needed 😊
Hh We have confirmed dates for our Elbow Park Parent Society (EPPS) Casino: Nov 23 and 24, 2025 (Sunday and Monday).
Please sign up using this link
Every two years, we have the opportunity to run a casino with Elbow Park parent community volunteers, to raise funds for the EPPS. The casino funds more than half of our overall Society budget, which allows us to offer unique programming to EPS students.
Please consider supporting this valuable fundraiser:
- When: Sun 23 and Mon 24 November, 2025; daytime and evening shifts
- Where: Cowboy's Casino (421 12 Ave SE)
- What is needed: volunteers to support casino activities - training and support is provided for all volunteers on the day.
In a typical school year, EPPS pays for a variety of experiences and enhancements for your children:
- Academic residencies including theatre, dance, in-line skating, skiing, lacrosse and Aussie rules football, totalling around $20,000.
- Art supplies, PE equipment, math and science resources total around $10,000
- Facility enhancements such as the outdoor boulder classroom, naturalization area tree planting, patio tables are budgeted to be around $10,000 per year
- Other smaller items including classroom budgets for consumable learning materials, music equipment repair, iPad apps, concert lighting and leveled and/or decodable reading materials are budgeted at around $5000
Thank you for your consideration
Sincerely,
Jason Fech
Principal