Bon Vendredi! Happy Friday! 

I hope everyone enjoyed a restful Fall Break!  

This short week flew by, highlighted by a special visit from Jennifer Turner, Superintendent of School Improvement. A huge thank you to our Grade 6 students for serving as ambassadors, guiding our guests on a tour of our school. We appreciate our students and teachers for their warm welcome in their classrooms. 

Additionally, our Grade 6 students who returned their consent forms received their immunizations today. We commend them for their cooperation and maturity throughout the process. 

Winter Concert – Save the date! 

ECPS’s winter concert will be held on Thursday, December 12^th featuring our Kindergarten to Grade 2 French and English classes, as well as out Grade 3 French classes. The other classes will be featured in a spring concert. 

Crazy Hair Day

We will have our very first spirit day (Crazy Hair Day) on Tuesday, November 19.

Parent Teacher Conferences 

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be on Thursday, Nov. 28, from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm and Friday, Nov. 29, from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. French Immersion Kindergarten has an extra afternoon on Wednesday, Nov. 27 starting at 12:30 pm and ending at 4:00 pm (there is regular scheduled kindergarten class this day). The School Conference Manager opens for booking on Thursday, November, 21 at 8 am.  Please access your MyCBE 

Chinook Park School Development Plan 2024-25 

Alberta Education requires each school to create a plan to improve student learning. The School Development Plan aligns individual school goals with the identified goals in CBE Education Plan | 2024-2027. Each year, schools capture evidence of continuous improvement towards the goals set. In accordance with Alberta Education’s Requirements for School Authority Planning and Results Reporting, schools then provide assurance to school communities by communicating student growth and achievement in an annual report that demonstrates improvement results and next steps 

This year, our School Development Plan (SDP) is focusing on improvement in numeracy through the intentional design of the learning environment and using discipline specific vocabulary. We will present our SDP and details of this year’s plan at the next School Council meeting on November 27^th.  See you there!  

ECPS School Development Plan 2024-25 

Parent Teacher Conferences 

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be on Thursday, Nov. 28, from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm and Friday, Nov. 29, from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. French Immersion Kindergarten has an extra afternoon on Wednesday, Nov. 27 starting at 12:30 pm and ending at 4:00 pm (there is regular scheduled kindergarten class this day). The School Conference Manager opens for booking on Thursday, November, 21 at 8 am.  Please access your MyCBE parent account to book an appointment.  Please note that conferences will be held in person. If you are unable to attend, please reach out to your student’s teacher to arrange an alternate time. 

Book Fair 

Our Scholastics Book Fair will be November 28-29, during Parent Teacher Conferences, in our school library.  

Families will have the opportunity to purchase books and other materials (pens, bookmarks, posters, etc.). 

On Wednesday and Thursday, classes will tour the fair and make wish lists. 

We are looking for a volunteer to help with the Book Fair on the evening of Thursday Nov 28^th, from 4-8pm. Families are always looking forward to this event and it cannot be done without your help. If you are available, please email chinookpark@cbe.ab.ca 

Message from School Council 

School Council Meeting 

Join us for our next School Council meeting:  

• Date: Wednesday, November 27, 2024 
• Time: 6:30 - 8:00 PM 
• Location: Chinook Park School Learning Commons  

If you are unable to attend in person, you can watch a live stream on Teams here. 

School Council Fundraiser 

Our school is fundraising with Mabel’s Labels! If you’re not familiar with Mabel’s Labels, they make personalized, durable, waterproof labels. They are great for everything from shoes, to clothing tags, water bottles and backpacks! You can customize them with your name and a design, and they are dishwasher, laundry and microwave safe. Mabel’s Labels also offers clothing stamps and silicone bands for water bottles! This is a great way to ensure your items don’t end up in the lost & found or mixed up. To support our fundraiser visit campaigns.mabelslabels.com and select Chinook Park School Council (Calgary). You can pick out whatever labels or products you want, and it will ship for free directly to your house! Thank you for supporting us! 😊 

Reaching out 

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 

Upcoming Dates 

Bien à vous, 

Guillaume Comeau & Danielle Godbout 

École Chinook Park School Leadership Team