Dear Andrew Sibbald families,
This week we take time as a school community to pause, reflect, and remember. Remembrance Day is an opportunity to honour the courage, service, and sacrifices of the men and women who have served, and continue to serve, our country.
At school, we will come together to recognize this important day through stories, classroom discussions, reflection, and a Remembrance Day assembly on Tuesday. We will encourage our students to think about what it means to remember, to be grateful, and to contribute to a world filled with kindness, understanding, and peace.
While our students may be young, it is important that they begin to understand the significance of this day in age-appropriate ways. We are proud of the compassion and respect our students demonstrate as we learn about the importance of peace and the freedoms we enjoy.
Lest we forget.
This Week:
November 9 – Grade 5 Field Trip to The Hangar Flight Museum
November 9 – Fun Lunch: Coco Brooks
November 9 – K-3 Well-being Survey with Grade 2
November 10 – Remembrance Day Assembly
November 11-15 – Fall Break (No School)
Upcoming Dates:
November 17 – Grade 1 Field Trip to Sam Centre
November 18 – Spirit Day: Colourfest (wear fave colour, other than black /white)
November 18 – Conference Manager Opens for Parent Teacher Conferences
November 18 – School Council & Parent Association Meeting, 6:30pm
November 20 – T/T Kinder Attend
November 23-26 – Elev8 Lacrosse Residency in PE
November 26 – Parent Teacher Conferences
Grade 1-5: 3:30-7:30pm
Kinder: 8-11:30am, 12:15-2:30pm and 3:30-7:30pm
November 26 – Deadline to order Dec 1 Fun Lunch
November 27 – Parent Teacher Conferences
K-5: 8am-1pm
November 27 – No School (Conference)
December 1 – Fun Lunch: Opa!
December 3 – Grade 2, 3 and Choir Concert, 6pm
December 4 – M/W Kinder Attend
December 8 – Grade 2 Field Trip to Telus Spark
December 8 – T/T Kinder Field Trip to Sam Centre
December 9 – M/W Kinder Field Trip to Sam Centre
December 11 – T/T Kinder Attend
December 14 - Holiday Spirit Week: Grinch Day
December 15 – Holiday Spirit Week: Holiday Headwear Day
December 16 – Holiday Spirit Day: Festive Sweater Day
December 17 – Holiday Spirit Day: Candy Cane Day
December 18 – M/W Kinder Attend
December 18 – Holiday Spirit Day: Comfy Cozy PJ Day
December 18 – Fun Snack
December 19-January 3 - Winter Break
Remembrance Day - Reminders & Particulars
Our Remembrance Day Assembly will be on November 10 at 10:45am. This will be hosted by our grade 2 classes. As this is a whole school event, there is limited seating for families interested in joining us for this assembly. Families will be invited inside the school starting at 10:35am.
We will be distributing poppies to all students that day. Any students who would like to donate to the Poppy Fund, there will be a collection box in the office beginning Nov 2.
All students in Scouts, Beavers, Embers, Brownies, Guides or Cadets etc. are invited to wear their uniforms for Tuesday's assembly.
We collected donations for the Veteran's Food Bank at our Halloween Dance and will continue to collect donations until Fall Break. Boxes are located near the main office.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Parent Teacher Conferences will be November 26 and November 27. The schedule is as follows:
November 26
- Kinder: 8-11:30am, 12:15-2:30pm and 3:30-7:30pm
- Grade 1-5: 3:30-7:30pm
- Note: There is school for ALL students on Nov 26, including T/T kinder
November 27
- All grades: 8am-1pm
- Note: There is NO school for all students on Nov 27
These are individual student conferences held at the school and must be booked through your myCBE account. Directions on how to book your conferences can be found here.
The booking system opens on Wednesday, November 18 at 8am and closes on Wednesday, November 25 at 11:59pm. If you have any concerns about booking, please contact the main office.
Cookie Dough Fundraiser – Message from Parent Association
Wow! You have all blown us away with your cookie dough selling skills! We were hoping to raise $7,500 to fund the purchase of Ozobots for the school but were prepared to settle for not quite getting there. It turns out we didn't need to worry because you raised $15,199.20 by selling 1,461 boxes of cookie dough for a total sales amount of $37,797.00! Incredible! A huge thank you to all the students and their parents/guardians that hit the streets selling cookie dough. We couldn't have done it without you.
Top seller prize winners sold:
#1 top seller - 81 boxes
#2 top seller - 60 boxes
#3 top seller - 43 boxes
The class that sold the most boxes of cookie dough was Ms. Pols' grade 4 class with 183 boxes sold. They will be treated to a pizza party sometime in the coming weeks (date still to be decided).
Cookie dough pick-up day is tentatively Friday, December 4 between 12-5pm at the school. This date will be finalized next week and communicated in another email and directly to all cookie dough sellers via the email provided when you submitted your order).
Thank you again for your support for this fundraiser. If you have any feedback about the fundraiser or any suggestions on how it could be improved in the future, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at fundraising@sibbaldparents.ca.
All the best,
Mary-Elizabeth Kaiser
Principal, Andrew Sibbald School