Dear Husky Families! 🐾
As we step into April, we are filled with renewed energy and excitement—especially as we warmly welcome back our incredible support staff! Your presence has been deeply missed, and our school community feels whole again with your return. Thank you for all that you do to support our students, staff, and families every day.
We’re also thrilled to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our basketball teams, two who brought home silver medals in the divisional championships! Our third team made it to the Bronze medal game. Congratulations to all the athletes for their hard work and dedication. A huge thank you goes out to our amazing coaches, supportive teachers, and the parents who cheered, drove, organized, and made this season such a success. Go Huskies!
Our Grade 9 students and families took their first exciting step toward the Grade 9 Farewell with our initial planning meeting. We are looking forward to creating a truly special celebration in June. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has supported the Treat Trolley—it has raised a substantial amount of money to support the legacy gift and the evening celebration; the whole kit and caboodle!
We are also incredibly grateful to our School Council, who continue to work tirelessly toward fundraising for our exciting playground upgrade. Thank you to all the families who have generously donated—your support is bringing us closer to making this long-awaited improvement a reality for our students and the community!
Meanwhile, our Leadership class has been busy organizing creative and meaningful Husky Hours, recently highlighting both the Pink Shirt Day anti-bullying campaign and the Power of Laughter. With the help of our grade 6 students, the “Power of Laughter” assembly left us all in stitches—especially their synchronized swimming routine, which was hilariously unforgettable!
As we move through this final stretch before Spring Break, we want to wish all of our families a safe, restful, and rejuvenating time away. Enjoy the well-deserved break!
With appreciation,
Ms. Rita Marie Rahn (Principal)
Mrs. Shanda Dupras (Vice Principal)
Student Attendance Emails and Phone Calls
- All schools now have an auto-attendant.
- When parents call a school, they are asked to press ‘1’ to leave an attendance message
- These calls are sent directly to voicemail, transcribed, and sent to our school attendance email (Office e-mail)
Reporting an Absence
- Families are responsible to contact their child’s school each day for any absence reason (illness, appointment, etc.) or number of days (vacation).
- To report an absence: Call our Attendance line at 403-938-1400 and press 1 to report an absence or use our attendance reporting email heritage@fsd38.ab.ca.
We encourage families to continue using student agendas and letting your child know when they will be picked up early. We continue to use the sign in/out sheet on the front table. Please be sure to record your child's name, homeroom and time of arrival or departure. Thanks for your assistance!
The following awareness bulletin addresses an emergent threat from violent online groups targeting youth through tactics that can include sextortion, self-harm, animal torture, and a radicalization to violence. Please read the important bulletin here: https://media.foothillsschooldivision.ca/media/Default/medialib/violent-online-groups-exploiting-children-and-youth-public-awareness-sheet_nwr-inset.5ce15423108.pdf
See something, say something. Any information or concerns related to the contents of the bulletin should be provided to the NWR INSET via email at rcmp.kinsetintakekeisnadmission.grc@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, or by phone at 403-852-6387 (Calgary office).
While there are no cases of measles in our school, there have been cases confirmed in Alberta. We are sharing the following letter on behalf of Alberta Health Services that includes information on the disease and how through preventative measures, the spread and impact can be minimized.
We thank you for reading the information by following this link: https://media.foothillsschooldivision.ca/media/Default/medialib/03-17-25_measles_parent-letter-final.1b3dae23102.pdf
- Students who turn 5 on or before December 31, 2025 are eligible for Kindergarten, while students who turn 4 on or before December 31, 2025 are eligible for Junior Kindergarten.
- All registrations are completed online through Edsembli.
- Families new to FSD will need to create an Edsembli Account and current families can add your child to your Family Portal! Please use the QR code or access the registration at Bit.ly/FSDNewStudent
The Student Success Team (SST) provides academic, social/emotional, and behavioural support for students.
Volunteer Support
- We are always eager to welcome parent volunteers to support student reading development from Grades 1 through 5.
- If you are interested in supporting our students, please use the link below to sign up, or contact:
Mrs. Angela Clarke (Learning Coach) at clarkea@fsd38.ab.ca
Quick Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090A4FAAA922ABFC1-46940117-hhliteracy
Healthy Eating and Your Childs Mental Health 🍎
The effect that food choices have on mental health is sometimes called the ‘Food-Mood Connection.’ There is not very much research in this area; we don’t know all the answers, but we do know a few things.
We know that:
- A healthy diet may help your child feel better emotionally and physically
- Brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) such as serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine affect the way we think, feel, and act.
- Food choices can influence our sleep schedules
- Food and brain chemicals work together to give us energy throughout the day
- Eating a variety of healthy foods is important for mental health
As a parent, you can help your child/teen to:
- Eat breakfast every day and avoid skipping meals. If mornings are too busy, maybe try preparing breakfast for the week ahead of time.
- Limit highly processed foods, fast food, high sugar drinks, and high fat, sugar, and salt snack foods.
- Drink water! Dehydration affects your energy level and mood.
- Limit caffeine from coffee, tea, soft drinks, and energy drinks. These drinks can make you feel anxious, nervous, or depressed. Limiting them may also help promote better sleep.
- Be involved and take part in family meals. This helps create family connections. For example- all eating dinner together at the table.
- Learn what to eat, how much to eat and how to prepare healthy foods.
WHY: All proceeds will go toward the Grade 9 Husky Farewell.
WHAT: A Treat Trolley
WHEN: Wednesdays in March & April 2nd
WHERE: Grade 9 students will be 'rolling' the trolleys through classrooms during lunch.
HOW: Students can bring cash for small treats
