Good afternoon Abbeydale School Families,

It’s been another busy week at Abbeydale School. There are so many things going on and we want to encourage our families to take an active role in your child/ren’s education. With our first set of Parent-Teacher Conferences coming up in a few weeks, we ask parents to think about how you can work with your child’s teacher to support their academic growth and their social-emotional development. Working together has positive impacts on our students!

Please see updates from the week ahead below:

No School Monday, Oct. 9

Just a reminder that there is no school on Monday, Oct. 9 as it is Thanksgiving. We encourage all families to take this day to be with one another and discuss the many things that you are thankful for, including the people around you.

Parent-Teacher Conferences Oct. 19 & 20 - Sign-Up!

Our first set of Parent-Teacher Conferences are taking place Oct. 19 & 20. These Conferences will be taking place in-person on Thursday, Oct. 19 and through Microsoft Teams on Friday, Oct. 20.

• When are they? Thursday, Oct. 19 (3:00pm-8:00pm in-person) and Friday, Oct. 20 (8:00am – 11:00am - Virtually)
• When can I sign up? The conference booking system is open from Oct. 11 – Oct. 19.
• How do I book? Sign in through the MyCBE app and select My School Conference. For further school on Booking or joining your conference, please click HERE.

Student Drop Off

If you are dropping your child off after the bell, we ask that you bring them to the front office and we’ll ensure their attendance is updated as well as get them to class safely. As part of our processes and procedures, we ask that parents to stay at the office instead of walking around the hallways. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to connect with Mr. Derdall.

Abbeydale Coffee & Connections (City of Calgary)

Feel free to review the flyer below for information about connecting with the City Of Calgary. See flyer under Resources.

Free 8 Week Parenting Course

The Calgary Board of Education has partnered with Hull Services to offer free, evidence-based parenting courses within the city of Calgary. We are pleased to announce that Children's Village School, in the NE community of Renfrew, will be hosting our next FREE Community Parent Education Program (CPEP). This course will also include a FREE social skills program for children aged 5 - 12.

CPEP is a free, 8-week course that focuses on teaching effective parenting skills. In addition to this, CPEP includes a Children's Social Skills group for children aged 5 - 12. Our course is specifically designed for parents who want to enhance their parenting skills and support their children in learning important social skills and executive functioning strategies. Furthermore, CPEP specifically addresses the needs of children that may demonstrate characteristics associated with ADHD. These practical skills are proven to be strategies accessible in improving and supporting parents/children in all areas of family functioning.

We encourage parents to bring their children (aged 5 - 12) who can also attend and learn valuable skills through the "Children's Group" with active fun and play. The Children's Group will focus on teaching the children social skills; how to listen, how to accept no/disappointment, how to express their feelings and how to deal with being angry/frustrated.
The CPEP program is facilitated by Hull Services staff. Hull Services is a leading social service agency in Calgary. There is no referral needed in order for interested participants to register with us. Parents can register via email at HullCPEP@hullservices.ca. Each program consists of 8 classes that run once a week from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. The CPEP program reviews various topics, such as, relationship building, recognizing positive behaviour, reducing conflict, managing transitions successfully, special incentives, collaborative planning, effective consequences and problem-solving strategies.

Attached is the schedule under Resources for your further information which contains details around location, dates and times. We look forward to hearing from you or your referrals.

A Message from School Council (AGM Oct. 23 at 6:30pm)

We have our Annual General Meeting for the School Council coming up on Oct. 23 at 6:30pm. As you all have students in the school, you all are automatically considered members of the board, so are all welcome to join us for this meeting and others in the future.

At this upcoming AGM meeting, we will be voting in our Executive for the school year, these are the key members that allow us to keep in good standings with Alberta Societies and AGLC. They also have the most direct involvement in disbursement of funds from our fundraisers towards field trips, in-school experiences and technology.

We do have a couple of vacancies currently open that we are looking for a couple of volunteers to step up to take on, these roles would be: Vice-President, Secretary and Casino Chairperson

The role of the VP is a great way to learn the ropes as the VP typically will preside over meetings when the President is not available (this has become less often as we now can do our meetings online) otherwise they're there to support the President.

For the role of Secretary, it entails taking the minutes of the meetings and filing the annual returns/reports to Alberta Societies and AGLC.

And finally for Casino Chairperson, as we don't have a casino this year, it mostly will be working on creating a black book of volunteers we can call on for next school year as we that's when we've been slotted for (date is still to be determined by AGLC).

Myself and our current Treasurer are putting our names back in the hat to return in our current roles, and due to our experiences, this will make it easier for whomever steps up as we can guide you to success.

Have a great weekend,

Megan Liddell (mrliddell@cbe.ab.ca) & Jaydon Derdall (jwderdall@cbe.ab.ca)