Peek at the Week
The Growler for May 4-8
May 4
- Spirit Day - Star Wars Day - No light sabers or masks
- School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
- Track & Field Practice 7:10am-8:10am
- Dan out - AM for Principal Faith Formation breakfast
- Grateful Gathering
- K-Elphick and KAM community walk
- Subway Fun Lunch
- KPM community walk
- Elders visit gr 5 and 6 in AM - schedule is fluid, please have 2 chairs ready for when they arrive
May 5
- National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (Red Dress Day)
- Happy B-day Darren
- HCSA Hockey
- Gr 7 & 8 football practice 12:40-1:10pm
- Choir Club
- Grandparent Program
May 6
- National Positivity Day 😊
- Happy B-day Veronica
- Grade 2's & 3/2M to Zoo field trip (Champion Zoo)
- Track & Field Practice 7:10am-8:10am
- Fun Lunch - Little Caesars
- Dragon/Lion Dance at 1:45-2:45pm
- DIV I SRT
- Gr 7 & 8 football game at St. Vincent at 4:40 & 5:20pm
May 7
- Band trip to Three Hills
- HCSA Hockey
- Language Classes
- Gr 3/4 Basketball skills 12:40-1:10pm
- Gr 7 & 8 football practice 3:15-4:15pm
May 8
- Caps for Cancer- bring a $1 if you want to wear a hat today
- Band trip to Three Hills
May 11
Track and Field 7:10-8:10am
Grateful Gathering
Chelsea away in pm
JH CMHA presentation on stress
Fun Lunch- Subway
Gr 7 & 8 Footbally practice 12:40-1:10pm
May 12
HCSA Hockey
Grade 3/2, & 3's to Calgary Zoo field trip
Gr 4's to Calgary Zoo field trip
KAM In-School Fieldtrip STEM 8:30-11:00am
Grandparent Program
KPM In-School Fieldtrip STEM 12:10-3:00pm
Choir Club
Tami HCSA year end meeting 1:00-2:00pm
Gr 5's & 5/4 STEM in aux gym 1:30-3:00pm
Gr 7 & 8 football game at St. Vincent (4 & 5:20)
May 13
Track and Field 7:10-8:10am
Junior High ELA Part A Exam
Choir Field Trip 11:30-3:00pm
Fun Lunch- Subway and Booster Juice
4K RCMP Virtual Field Trip 1:30-3:00pm
Staff Meeting 3:15pm
May 14
World Education Day- wear blue
HCSA hockey
Language Classes
Dan virtual SLC in AM
Band Club
Support Staff Meeting - 1:30PM
4B RCMP Virtual Field Trip 1:30-3:00pm
Gr 7 & 8 Football Practice 3:15-4:15
School Council Meeting 6:30pm
May 15
PG Day- no school for students
Tami away
SIT Meeting 10:30am
School Tour for pre-registered students 1:00-2:00pm
Happy Bday Lana and Tami (on May 16th)
🧠 Mental Health Week
- Mental Health Mini Break: For the first five minutes after lunch May 4-8 we will have a school wide Mini Break. Each day there will be an announcement asking everyone to begin the Mini Mental Health Break. Catherine will send a division email daily containing a short video to watch with your class during this 5 minutes.
🎩 Caps for Cancer
- We raised $167.10 on our first Caps for Cancer day. Well done Holy Spirit! This will continue each Friday of May and June.
📒 Guest Teacher Reminders
- When entering an absence in SFE, the start and end time is 8:15-3:00pm (or 2PM)
- If you are entering a half day in SFE, you would enter 8:15-12:00 or 12:00-3:00 (or 2:00pm)
- Guest teachers should be arriving 15 mins before the start of the day- if you have supervision, you need to let them know in the plans and leave a note in SFE.
- Attendance is to be done online using Power Teacher- Guest Teachers with the code HolySpirit137
👕 Spirit Wear
- Welcome to the order page for Holy Spirit Student and Staff Store Spring 2026! All items are custom made and cannot be returned. Sizing charts can be found above the size drop down menu. The online store will close on May 7th, 2026, at 11:59pm and orders will be delivered to the school in 4-6 weeks. Visit https://holyspiritspringstore2026.itemorder.com/shop/home/ to place your order. Enter STAFF2026 for a 10% discount for staff only
- Lunches and shoes - Elementary teachers, please ensure all your students have their shoes and lunch kits before they leave the classroom for recess or lunch. We still have MANY students arriving in the gym in socks and/or coming to the office because they forgot their lunch in the class. We REALLY need your help with this. Thank you!
- Junior High Hallway and PM Attendance- Teachers, please be actively present in the halls during class changes. This goes a long way in reducing unwanted behaviors. Please also remind students that if they are late for afternoon homeroom and then do not get a late slip, that the system will phone home as they will be marked absent for the afternoon. This causes parents to panic. 😬
Some of our recent new nonfiction book titles for students:
- Action Bible - God's Redemptive Story (3 copies - graphic novel style)
- Her Story, Her Strength - 50 God-Empowered Women of the Bible
- Read and Learn Bedtime Bible
- I Am - 40 Reasons to Trust God
- A Saint a Day - 365 True Stories of Faith and Heroism
The ALA published their list of the most challenged books of 2025 recently. Some of the details are quite interesting this year, such as 92% of challenges being initiated by pressure groups in 2025, up from 72% in 2024. Only 3% came from individual parents.
Interested in books challenged in Canada? Try this link. You will find some of the reasoning for the challenges the Toronto Public Library pretty funny (odd?) (e.g. Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss promotes father abuse and the complainant would like the library to apologize to all fathers regarding this situation)
https://cfe.torontomu.ca/databases/canadian-library-challenges-database
Junior High students are more than welcome to exchange books during open book exchange times (Mon/Wed - 8:35-9:05, Tue/Thur - 10:39-11:09, Fri - 11:50-12:10) They are also welcome for book exchange any time I don't have a class in the learning commons (see the blue schedule hanging in the LC window by the staffroom door). It would be great to see more junior high students taking books home.
- Outstanding fees and expenses – Social Committee Fund Report 2025-26.xlsx – please check to see you owe dues - Do I have to pay? The easy answer is do you work here? then yes. Part time people pay ½ the amount and full-time people pay the full amount.
- Where do the fees go– Social Committee 2025-26.pptx
Mark your calendars- subject to change
May 18
Victoria Day- no school
Cobs pick up
May 19
Gr 6 vaccinations
VP Council- Heather out in pm
Gr 7 RCMP Presentation
Gr 7 Football City FInals at Shouldice- time TBD
May 20
5M field trip to Calgary Stampede OH Ranch
Gr 8 Football City FInals at Shouldice- time TBD
May 21
Pentecost Liturgy 11am
Dan out in PM for FoS
May 22
Gr 6 ELA PAT Part A
Fun Snack- Booster Juice
Dan out in pm for Living Spirit Blessing and Dedication
May 29
Cut off for marks to count toward JH awards
June 3
Gr. 5 District Religion Exam
June 5
Last day to submit Petty Cash receipts for the year (pre-plan for Father’s Day)
Last Day CTS & CTF
June 8
Junior High only - Progress Reports completed for D2L correction report at 9:00am
June 9
Junior High D2L corrections completed by 8AM
Progress Report 1St Pull at 9AM for all grades
June 12
Gr 7 & 8 awards 9:30-10:30am (only grade 7 & 8 this year)
Progress Reports completed for 2nd pull at 9:00am- to admin to read
June 19
Progress Reports back to teachers for corrections
June 23
Final Pull for Progress Reports
Staffroom Clean up and Prayer Schedule
🧹Staffroom clean up this week: Jose, Nicole B and Anne
Week of May 11-15: Veronica, Michael and Nina
Week of May 18-22: Crystal Q, Melanie, Spencer
Week of May 25-29: Tami, Lana, Miranda
Week of June 1-5: Crystal E, Bianca, Kelly S.
Week of June 8-12: Chelsea, Krista, Darren
Week of June 15-19: Zane, Anne Marie, Tanya
Week of June 22-26: Aimee, Kylee, Nicole P
🙏Prayers this week:5/4A
Week of May 11-15: 4K
Week of May 18-22: 4B
Week of May 25-29: 3McNeice
Week of June 1-5: 3Mah
Week of June 8-12: 3/2M
Week of June 15-19: 2S
Week of June 22-26: 2H
