Tiger News

Welcome back for another great school year!

We are very excited to have students back in our building this week. We hope that everyone got a chance to relax and recharge over the summer. As we come back to school, our teachers are ready to work with students to ensure that they have a great year of learning. Parents, you are encouraged to reach out to your child's teachers early, and to keep track of their progress on PowerSchool.

Our custodial staff did a great job of preparing the school for students. We were also fortunate in that we had some renovations done on our Secondary boys washroom over the summer that were completed just prior to school starting. The school is in great shape.

In the coming days we will be sending out information about PowerSchool and the School Messenger App, as well as information regarding cross country and volleyball. If you have had trouble receiving messages from the school in the past, I'd ask that you keep an eye on the school website as well, as we will be posting information there on how to ensure you are getting all communication.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to me by either calling the school or emailing me at lmackenzie@brsd.ab.ca

Wishing everyone a great 2025-2026 school year.

Lloyd MacKenzie - Principal

September 23 - School Council Meeting 7 pm

September 26 - PD Day - No School for Students

September 29 - Orange Shirt Day

September 30 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - SCHOOLS CLOSED

Our Junior and Senior High Volleyball teams are working hard this week to prepare for the beginning of their seasons. We are appreciative of all of our coaches who are supporting these teams!

Upcoming tournaments:

Sr.High

September 5-6 - at Augustana

September 19-20 - at Bawlf

Jr. High

Septbember 12-13 - at ECCHS

September 27-28 - at Hay Lakes

Upcoming Races:

• September 18 - New Norway
• September 25 - Bashaw

Practices for Cross Country are Tuesdays and Thursdays after school.

Our first School (Parent) Council Meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 23rd at 7 pm in the Library Learning Commons. We'd love to see lots of parents there!

Not sure about what type of commitment you can give? You can do as much or as little as you want with our School Council. While volunteering for events is greatly appreciated, even if parents are able to attend our meetings that happen once every two months, we would love to have you there with us!

In past years, as a school we used to send home a paper copy of the registration form to be updated for all students. This process is now done through PowerSchool Portal, and is important to update every year.

To access this information, you must use a web browser, not the PowerSchool App. All parents have access to the portal through our website, and click here to find it. Once in the portal, you need to look for the "School Engage" icon on the left hand side. All parents have a username, which would follow this structure: firstname.lastname. If you've forgotten your password, you can request one from there.

You should have received an email in early August asking you to update your information. This is a very important process as it gives you the opportunity to update your contact information, emergency contacts, and many other things. It also asks you to sign forms for Acceptable Use of Technology and to indicate your FOIP preferences for your child(ren). This forms must be completed by the end of September. If they are not complete, we will be reaching out to remind parents, but we may have to limit internet access to students if these forms are not complete.

If you need assistance completing these forms, please contact the office.

Due to the continued rising cost of groceries, we have had to slightly increase the cost of hot dog and milk cards for students to $15.00. The ice cream cards have remained the same for the time being. Any students with cards remaining from last year will still be able to use those cards until they run out.

Please find the latest newsletter from our career counsellor, Laurel Osness, here.

We've created an Instagram account to help keep us connected through multiple resources. Please follow us at @haylakestigers.