As we reach the halfway point of the school year, we want to take a moment to celebrate the incredible accomplishments of our students. From academic achievements to artistic and athletic successes, our students have shown dedication, resilience, and a love for learning. We are so proud of their hard work and the support they receive from our wonderful families and staff. As we look ahead to the next five months, we are excited to continue fostering growth, curiosity, and success for every child. Thank you for being such an important part of our school community—we can’t wait to see what the rest of the year brings!

FEBRUARY

Feb. 1 - Kindergarten and New Student Registration Opens

Feb. 3 - Gr. 9 Immunizations

Feb. 5 - Early Dismissal; Theme Day: Bring a Stuffy!

Feb. 6 & 7 - Teacher's Convention - No School

Feb. 10 - Returning Student Registration Opens

Feb. 10-14 - Book Fair

Feb. 11 - Bev Facey Open House 6:00pm

Feb. 11 - Linking Generations Visit

Feb. 11 & 12 - Parent Teacher Interviews

Feb. 12 - Salisbury Composite Open House 6:00pm

Feb. 17 - Family Day No School

Feb. 20 - Wisest Conference

Feb. 26 - Pink Shirt Day

Check our school website for the most up-to-date information.

Our Grades 1 to 9 Student/Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on

Tuesday, February 11 and Wednesday, February 12 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:36 p.m.

Elementary (Grades 1 to 6) conferences are scheduled for 10 minutes each.

Junior High conference are scheduled for 5 minutes each.

School interviews will be held in person in the teacher’s classroom.

Kindergarten Conferences are scheduled for 10 minutes each and will be held in room 106.

Our Kindergarten Student/Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held Tuesday, February 11 and Wednesday, February 12 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

We will be using the School Interviews booking system to schedule appointment times.

The booking system opens Monday, February 3 at 4:00 pm and will close on Monday, February 10 at 4:00 pm. To access the system go to www.schoolinterviews.ca and use the event code 379pp

If you have any questions, please contact the school office at 780-416-9018.

Next week's strategy is called Crossing Movements.

Students will make a fist with the thumb inside and straighten their arms out to a 60-degree angle. They will then inhale with straight arms and cross in front of their forehead on the exhale. Then they will inhale with straight arms at a 60- degree angle and cross behind their head. Students will be encouraged to try to keep doing this for a minute.

We will encourage students to continue with their powerful breath as this focused attention strategy increases improved blood flow to the brain.

To try out previous week's regulation strategies, check out the Regulation Strategies page on our school website.

The Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) returning student registration process for 2025-26 takes place Feb. 10-24, 2025. Through the online form, all families will confirm the school and program their child will attend next year or advise the Division if they aren’t returning. For students who want to attend a non-designated school next year, these requests must be submitted through the returning student registration process—acceptance is based on available space.

On February 10, the parent/guardian on file in PowerSchool identified as the Permission Click contact for each pre-kindergarten to Grade 11 student will receive an email through Permission Click with a link to the form. If your family hasn’t received any Permission Click forms this school year, contact the school office so we can investigate any technical issues before registration season.

As a part of the EIPS Fee Consultation process we would like to get more feedback about our current school fees before we prepare for the 25-26 school year. Please take a few minutes to review our current fee schedule on our school website and provide us with your feedback. The survey will be open throughout the month of February. At our next School Council meeting on March 4th at 6:30pm we will be sharing the feedback from the survey as well as our proposed fees for the 25-26 school year and providing opportunities for feedback before submitting them to the Board of Trustees for approval in April.

LLR 2024-25 School Fees Feedback

High School Open Houses

To help students and their families make informed decisions about next school year, senior high schools across the Division will host open houses throughout the upcoming registration season to share information about specific courses, programming and extracurricular opportunities available.

Plan to attend one or more of the open houses near you.

· Ardrossan Junior Senior High – February 10 at 6-7 p.m.

· Bev Facey Community High – February 11 at 6-8 p.m.

· Fort Saskatchewan High – February 11 at 5-7 p.m.

· Lamont High – February 12 at 6-7 p.m.

· Next Step Fort Saskatchewan – January 15 at 6-7:30 p.m.

· Next Step Sherwood Park – January 22 at 6-7:30 p.m.

· Next Step Vegreville – February 13 at 6-7:30 p.m.

· Salisbury Composite High – February 12 at 6-8 p.m.

· Strathcona Christian Academy Secondary – January 20 at 6-7 p.m.

· Vegreville Composite High – February 13 at 6-7:30 p.m.

For those who were unable to attend the Division High School Information Session on January 13, a copy of the presentation and recording of the information will be available on eips.ca later in January.