Hello Abbeydale School Families!   

Reminder that all 51,000 teachers in Alberta will be going on strike next week to highlight the need to increase funding for public education in Alberta.  This means that there will be no school for students until an agreement is reached. More information regarding how the CBE is responding to labour action is found here:  CBE Labour Action 

Thank you to our Grade 3 teachers for arranging a field trip to the Calgary Farmyard on Thursday!  Our students had a blast learning about plant life cycles and about the various animals on the farm!   

Thank you to many of you who have filled out your Demographic Verification Forms.   If you have not yet completed them please do so ASAP.   See the steps below for instructions. 

They are titled: Demographic Verification - 2025-26, Citizenship Information Update - 2025-26, Annual Authorization - 2025-26 

To complete these forms: 

  1. sign in to your MyCBE account 
  2. click on the SchoolEngage icon 
  3. select the form 
  4. complete or review and update the form 
  5. click on Submit to send the form electronically to the school 
  6. repeat steps 3-5 for each form  

Reminder if you are hoping to volunteer for one of our upcoming field trips please fill out the police clearance checks and volunteer forms ASAP.  For more information about this please see this link https://cbe.ab.ca/get-involved/volunteer/Pages/volunteer.aspx or call the office. 

Significant Dates 

 BE Dates of Significance 

Upcoming Events 

October – No School due to Labour Action (Strike) Check here for updates  

Reminders From the Office  

All visitors must check in at the office. 

If you are late dropping your child in the morning, please bring them to the office and a teacher will take them to class. 

School Hours 

Monday to Thursday 8:00am – 2:30pm  

Friday 8:00am - 12:00pm 

There is no supervision before 7:50am 

Please do not drop off or pick up students in the Bus Parking zone, or in the staff parking lot 

Lunch and Snack 

All students should bring a snack from home and lunch if they are staying for lunch. If you are in need of food support, please call the office and we will arrange breakfast and or lunch for your child if there is a financial need. 

Benjamin Williams 

Blackfoot Name: Iinapii 

Principal, Abbeydale School  

Calgary Board of Education | https://abbeydale.cbe.ab.ca 

t | 403-777-6970 

School Council 

East Hills Bottle Depot Ongoing Bottle Drive 

Please take your empty bottles, cans and juice boxes to East Hills Bottle Depot and tell them to put your return in the Abbeydale School Account.  This will help raise money for school events such as field trips and our new park fund.