Happy Friday! 

Bon Vendredi! 

We were excited to welcome back all students following Spring Break! Two of our grade 3/4 classes walked to Heritage Park on snowy Thursday to learn about simple machines, complimenting Science outcomes. Thank you to the parents who volunteered to accompany this trip! Our older students are working hard in music to prepare for their upcoming concert. In Physical Education, students are working on racquet sport skills under the guidance of Mme. Sarah and classroom teachers.  

Many students took advantage of the perfect snow for rolling giant snowballs and these can be seen all over our field!  

Save the date for the Spring Concert! 

Our spring concert will be on May 2 and will feature our grade 4/5, 5/6 and 6 classes. 

CBE Message - Precautions for the Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8  

This message was sent to all families from the CBE  

On Monday, April 8 a partial solar eclipse will be visible in Calgary. The solar event will begin just before noon and conclude by 2:00 p.m., with the maximum coverage occurring at 12:43 p.m.  

We know that this provides a unique learning experience for students and staff in our schools; however, there can be serious impacts to vision as a result of viewing the eclipse in an unsafe manner.  

During this partial solar eclipse on Monday, we would like to invite all students to remain at school during the lunch break. Please send a lunch with your child. 

If you decide that your child will walk home for lunch on Monday, please discuss with your child not to look at the sun to protect his/her eyes from damage by the solar eclipse.   

During a solar eclipse, looking directly at the sun is dangerous. Safe viewing of the eclipse requires wearing specialized glasses or watching through a telescope or solar binoculars that have specialized lenses and should only be performed under the direction of a professional.   

For more safety information can be found on the NASA website or from the Canadian Association of Optometrists.  

School Council Messages 

Teacher Appreciation 

Chinook Park School Council is organizing a Teacher Appreciation Potluck to celebrate the final stretch of the current school year!  

This lunch will be served to staff at Lunch time on Friday April 12. If you would like to contribute to the event, please feel free to sign up here. 

Thank you for your support!  

Casino Update - Final Push 

We have the following slots to fill for the casino: 

• Wednesday April 24 6:45pm-3:30am: 5 positions to fill 
• Wednesday April 24 11:15pm-3:30am: 1 position to fill 
• Thursday April 25 11:00am-7:30pm: 2 positions to fill 
• Thursday April 25 6:45pm-3:30am: 2 positions to fill 
• Thursday April 25 11:15pm-3:30am: 2 positions to fill 

No experience is necessary to fill these positions. All training will be provided at the venue. If transportation is a barrier, please reach out! We can arrange to make sure everyone is able to participate. 

Sign up is here: Ecole Chinook park: Casino Fundraiser Volunteer Signup (signupgenius.com) 

We also put backup positions on the signup. These people will be on call should another volunteer not be able to fill their shift. 

Thank you to everyone who has already signed up!  

Chinook Park Apparel 

Online store is now closed. Orders should arrive by the end of April. The apparel sales were a success! If you missed the store this round and would like to order, we will re-open it again in the future. 

If you have outgrown older school apparel, we are happy to collect donations and pass it along to other families. 

Nation’s Vision 

We are partnering with Nation’s Vision to provide eye care services to interested families.  

Annual eye exams are provided to children who have not yet accessed eyecare in the community or for the children of parents who find it difficult to access eyecare in the community. For more information: https://www.nationsvision.ca/inschool-eyecare-program.  

Consent notices will be sent home on Monday. If you are interested in accessing an eye exam for your child(ren), please return the form by Thursday, April 18.  

Have a question? 

To get in touch with your child’s classroom teacher, email is the preferred method of communication.  Please refer to the updated contact list below: 

https://chinookpark.cbe.ab.ca/staff

For general office inquiries, please email chinookpark@cbe.ab.ca 

Coming up 

All the best, 

Bien à vous, 

Guillaume Comeau and Dawn Poole 

Leadership Team, École Chinook Park School