The Falcon's View

"Keeping you in the Nest"

2024-2025 Issue #8

Principal's Message

June has arrived and the end of the school year is in sight. Students are excited and ready for summer break. We have had numerous events and field trips to celebrate all the many things we have done this year and several more are still happening until the end of June. Students have had swimming lessons and elementary track and field is a day to look forward to near the end of the school year.

While we are busy closing out the current school year, we are also busy planning things for next year. This is a process that starts in the spring and gains momentum as the end of the year approaches. One of the main tasks is to receive our budget and determine our staffing. For this, we establish our projected enrollment (which is a moving target based on new families moving in and the possibility of some families moving out). We have received both our teacher (FTE) staffing levels and our support staff (FTE) staffing levels. While our enrollment numbers seem to be slightly on the rise, we did undergo a reduction to both of these staffing levels. Our assigned teacher FTE dropped by 0.68 FTE and our support staff FTE dropped by 0.83. In addition, our Learning Commons Facilitator will undergo a slight reduction in FTE. These decisions are all made by BRSD and shared with school administration. As a school, our job (as school administrators) is then to determine how we are able to best set up and operate for the coming school year. We have been busy working on this and will soon have more information to share.

In relation to our staffing, we are sad to say that Dr. Tony Rice, Mrs. Caitlyn Prehn, Mrs. Chantal Johnson and Miss Jaida Prichard will not be returning to Forestburg School in the fall. We will miss them all next year. We would like to welcome our new Assistant Principal, Mrs. Janna Freadrich, who is currently the Assistant Principal at Killam School. We would also like to welcome back Mrs. Brooke Bauer, who was at Forestburg School a few years ago as a practicum teacher. She will fill the part-time position of Jr. High English Language Arts/Math and Options teacher.

For support staff, we welcome back Mrs. Rachelle Sveahun, who will be returning to Forestburg School in her position as an Educational Assistant (EA). Unfortunately, we do not have positions for Miss Brittyn Sveahun and Mrs. Rkaelyn Volk at this time. We will miss them as well as part of the Forestburg team.

I hope everyone has a wonderful end to the school year and an amazing summer break. Like many, I’m hopeful for a little rain to help settle the fire hazards and dry conditions. Stay tuned for more updates as we close out the current school year.

Upcoming Events (stay tuned for more events in June):

June 11 Spring Concert @ 7:00 pm
June 13 Gr. 3/4 Field Trip to Edmonton
June 13 Gr. 7/8 Field Trip to Wetaskiwin/Camrose
June 13 Unified Games @ Camrose
June 13 Sr. High Golf Tournament @ Alix
June 15 Happy Father’s Day!
June 17 Steve Harmer (Motivational Magic)
June 18 Last day of regular classes for Gr. 7-12 students
June 21 National Indigenous People’s Day
June 23 Elementary Talent Show
June 24 Elementary Track and Field Day
June 25 K/1/2 Field Trip to Edmonton
June 26 Last day of regular classes for Gr. 1-6 students

Thank you.

Mr. Anhorn

Principal, Forestburg School

If students are going to be away please contact the school office at 780-582-3792 or email dbartlett@brsd.ab.ca

If students are late they need to sign in at the main office so their attendance can be marked accordingly. If a student is leaving early, parent permission is needed and they need to sign out at the office.

2024-2025 School Fees and Permission Forms

All school and sports fees and permission forms are posted and are now DUE! Please check your accounts to sign forms and pay any outstanding fees!

Payments can be made by cheque at the school or by using the online payment system at: https://www.brsd.ab.ca/families/online-payments-ordering

Forestburg School Facebook Page

We now have a school run FaceBook page where we will share exciting news and events at Forestburg School!

Please follow:

Forestburg School FaceBook Page

The Forestburg Hotel and Many Horses Saloon hosted a concert with Riley Taylor and Cayell. The artists requested that entry was by donation and all proceeds were donated to the Forestburg School Breakfast Program. $1300.00 was raised and donated. A huge thank you for this amazing donation.

Class of 2025

The graduating class celebrated Prom on May 9, 2025. A huge thank you to all that help make this special day happen.

School Awards and Scholarships

Grade 10-12 classes were spoken to about the awards and scholarships offered at Forestburg School. Please follow up with your student to learn about these terrific opportunities. All information can be found on the school website, under students, scholarships. Applications are due to the office by 3:00pm on the last instructional day of high school classes which is Wednesday June 18, 2025. Only printed applications will be accepted, no emails please.

Learning Commons

Please return ALL library books by June 13, 2025. Also, please return textbooks as you write your final exams!

Grade 7-12 Band Field Trip

The students in Bands 7-12 had fun bowling and glowing under the blacklight, at the Heisler Bowling Alley. They enjoyed pizza for lunch, and pop donated by Forestburg Recycling. It was a fun way to wrap up a successful year of learning, in Band!

Forestburg School Art Club

The Forestburg School Art Club finished their year off with their 3rd Annual Art Show on Tuesday, June 10th. All of the student's art was displayed in the Learning Commons for their fellow students, parents and community members to come and view. Our school is full of a lot of talent!

Thank you!

It truly takes a village to raise a garden! Forestburg School would like to extend a huge thank you to all of the following for helping to rejuvenate our school garden this year. It was a huge project that was made incredibly easy with so many people stepping up to volunteer their time and muscles!
Julia Vincett
Tristen Badry & Whitney Brady
Geri Slemp
Aleesa Prescott, Taleaha Rose & Michelle Zawacky
Mauria Forster
Jeff Rathwell and Kale Rathwell
Caroline Boddy
Gavin, Cade, Kylan & Kendra and John Badry
Forestburg Garden Center
As well this wouldn't have been possible without the generous grants received from Alberta Emerald Foundation and a Forestburg Village FRAACA grant. Thank you so much!
Mrs. Forster