Eckville Elementary News - Parents

Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete and update your child’s demographic forms. These updates are an important part of keeping our school records current and include consent for Physical Education activities, the acceptable use agreement for technology, walking field trips, and, most importantly, current emergency contact information. Your attention to these details helps us keep things running smoothly and ensures we have the information we need to support your child.

It’s hard to believe we are already into October! The first month of school has certainly been a busy one, and it has been wonderful to see our school community come together. From settling into new routines and classrooms to our Terry Fox Run and fundraiser, Orange Shirt Day, Open House, cross-country running, volleyball, AMA Patrol training, and so many other activities - there has been a lot happening at Eckville Elementary! It has been a great start to the year, and we are excited about what is still to come.

October brings another full month of learning, activities, and opportunities to build our school community. We’ll be taking part in bus safety training, celebrating Thanksgiving, and continuing to focus on the learning, relationships, and experiences that make Eckville Elementary such a special place to be. We have Parent-Teacher Interviews on October 21-22 (with a BOOK FAIR!) and there will be a link to sign up shared out after Thanksgiving.

Thank you for your continued support of our students and our school. We are looking forward to another great month together!

-Mr. Jay Cottell

Everything you need is linked on our PARENTS webpage.

• Registration
• School Calendars
• School Fees and Supplies
• Bell Schedule
• Parent Handbook
• School Council

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

Kindergarten - Yannis

Grade 1 - Noah, Liam

Grade 2 - Ava

Grade 3 - Bransyn

Grade 4 - Boone, Lachlan, Lee

Grade 5 - Johnathan

Grade 6 - Meadow

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Kindergarten - Isabella

Grade 1 - Brayson

Grade 2 - Rebecca

Grade 3 - Clark

Grade 4 - Eliana

Grade 5 -

Grade 6 - Hudson

CHAMPION OF RESPECT

Kindergarten - Embyr

Grade 1 - Morris

Grade 2 - Oakley

Grade 3 - Mackenzie

Grade 4 - Dax

Grade 5 - Lennyn

Grade 6 - Maddie

Parent-Teacher interviews are an important way to support your child(ren) in their learning and we encourage all parents/guardians and their children to participate.

We invite all of our Kindergarten to Grade 6 families to connect with their child(ren)’s classroom teacher on Wednesday or Thursday, October 21st or 22nd, from 3:30-7:00 pm. All interviews will be in person in your child’s classroom area and the phone in option is also available.

A link to register for PTI will be shared out after Thanksgiving long weekend.

• Open during Parent-Teacher Interviews from 3:30 - 7:00 pm!
• Students will have an opportunity to view and purchase from the book fair during their library classes this week as well.

This year, we are excited to once again focus on the 7 Sacred Teachings as part of our character education. Each month, we will highlight one teaching to help guide how we treat ourselves, each other, and the world around us.

In September, our focus was on Respect. Students heard weekly messages during morning announcements, explored stories in the library, and reflected on respect through classroom activities. This month, our focus shifts to Humility — learning that no one is greater than another, and that each person has something valuable to contribute.

To help bring these teachings to life, we’re continuing on with our “Champion of the Sacred Teaching” awards (seen above), which will be presented each month to students who model the teaching in their daily lives.

We are excited to celebrate Halloween with your children but we want to ensure everyone is feeling safe at school. Please keep in mind that we are a school of K-Grade 6 students. Scary costumes and masks depicting blood or gore will not be allowed at school

Costume Restrictions

• no weapons allowed
• no costumes with blood or gore
• no scary or violent masks

*** The school reserves the right to ask any student to remove their mask or costume if school administration believes it is too scary. If you are unsure, please contact the school and ask first.

Just a reminder to everyone that all school visitors need to check in at the main office. When students are being picked up early, please come to the office and let us know, then we can call or walk down to the classroom. This helps limit classroom disruptions and lets us ensure we know who are always in the building as visitors, in case of emergency.

Please ensure all student medications are accompanied by a district required parent consent form. This includes everything from inhalers and epi-pens to tylenol, antibiotics and advil. The consent forms are available at the office and are required for any and all student medications in the school.

Hot Lunches will be available to order in your Parent Portal. If you require support in accessing your Parent Portal, please contact the school office.

• Beginning in late October, no dates planned as of yet

The Parent Portal is a one stop shop for information on student achievement, paying fees, signing consent and paying for field trips, signing up and paying for hot lunches, and the very important demographic form updates. Please make sure you know how to log into your Parent Portal and keep your log in information in a safe place. If you are not able to log into your Parent Portal please don't hesitate to contact the office so we can help you out.

School fees will be added to the Parent Portal in early September. These fees include: supply fees (K-6), technology access fee (K-6), and student agendas (Gr. K-6).

Fees for additional programming such as Options (Gr. 4-6), Field Trips, and Extra Curricular Sports are added as they arise. Fees can be paid online through the Parent Portal or in the office. Unpaid fees may result in your child not being able to participate in some non-core curriculum events/activities. If there are any issues or barriers with having school fees paid promptly, please contact the school to discuss alternate arrangements.

Morning entrance bell - 8:20 am (this is a bell to let students know they can head to their doors to enter the school (Gr. 1-6).

School Starts - 8:30 am

School End/Dismissal - 3:15 pm

Students arriving before 8:30 am can enter through their respective doorways. Any students arriving after 8:30 must enter through the main office doors.

**We have supervisors out front of the school starting at 8:10 am. As we don't have supervisors out before that time, we strongly encourage students to arrive after 8:10 am. After school supervision is until 3:25 pm.

Students who arrive before 8:10 am and/or are on the school grounds after 3:25 pm do so at their own risk and without any supervision by the school.

Thank you to Central Alberta Co-op for their generous donation that will continue to support our monthly student recognition program and Pizza with the Principals!!

Central Alberta Co-op also generously donates materials to our wood shop option class for Grade 4-6 students! Thank you!!

Thank you to everyone who joined our first School Council meeting!

Thank you to Nicole Prins and our EJSH Work Day student, Adalynn, for their work cleaning up our storage room! Now we just have to keep in clean...

• Thursday, October 1 - School Picture Day
• Friday, October 2 - Grade 4-6 Options Begin
• Pizza w the Principals - Sept Awards
• Monday, October 5 - World Teacher Day
• Tuesday, October 6 - Bus Safety - K - 9:00 – 10:15am
• Wednesday, October 7 - Bus Safety - K and G1 - 9:00 – 10:15am
  
• Friday, October 9 - PD DAY - NO SCHOOL
• Monday, October 12 - Thanksgiving Day - No School
• Wednesday, October 21 - Parent - Teacher Interviews - 3:30 – 7:00pm
• Scholastic Book Fair - Open During Interviews
• Thursday, October 22 - Parent - Teacher Interviews - 3:30 – 7:00pm
• Scholastic Book Fair - Open During Interviews
• Friday, October 23 - PD DAY - NO SCHOOL
• Tuesday, October 27 - Student Assembly - 2:15 – 3:15pm
• Wednesday, October 28 - Picture Retakes
• Thursday, October 29 - Pizza w the Principals - Oct Awards
• Saturday, October 31 - HALLOWEEN!

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