Hello Jennie Elliott families,
A very Happy New Year to all of you! It is a special time of the school year for all of us to re-set, review and set new goals as we settle in to the back half of the year. Our staff were treated to a Happy New Year surprise on the first day back, then donned hats, tiaras and noisemakers to have some fun welcoming our students back into class! We heard many stories shared by students about far-away travels and stay-cation adventures that families enjoyed over the break. We wish all of our Jennie Elliott families the best that 2025 can offer!
2025-26 New Registrations!
Kindergarten registration for the 2025-26 school year will begin on Monday, January 13, 2025. If you have a child ready to begin Kindergarten next year, or you know of someone who has a child ready to attend Jennie Elliott Kindergarten next year, please refer to the CBE Kindergarten Information webpage for further information. We will be holding our Kindergarten information session on February 20, 2025 at 6:00pm for parents/guardians to hear information about the Jennie Elliott Kindergarten program and ask any questions you may have of the Administration and teaching teams.
Families with students entering grades 1-6 who wish to register at Jennie Elliott for the 2025-26 school year can also submit their registrations beginning Monday, January 13, 2025 if they are within the Jennie Elliott catchment area.
Please refer to the CBE’s Registration webpage for further information.
K-3 Provincial Assessments
Universal screeners are assessments that measure a learner’s proficiency in different skills. In the Calgary Board of Education, teachers administer provincially mandated literacy and numeracy screening assessments in kindergarten to grade 3. Kindergarten students will experience their first round with these screeners in January, while grades 1-3 will experience their second round. Please read more about this from our CBE brochure, Understanding Universal Screeners.
Report Cards
On January 27th, your child’s report card will be available to view in your MyCBE portal. The report card is one of the ways teachers communicate how your child is progressing in their learning. Teachers also communicated learning progress through School Conferences held earlier before the Winter Break, your child’s daily assignments, assessments in PowerSchool, and other ongoing communication with you. If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your child’s teacher.
School Council News
Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a great holiday season with your loved ones and enjoyed some great time off. The School Council has a very exciting 2025 planned, here are a couple of event reminders to kick off the New Year. Reminder there is NO school council meeting in January. The next council meeting will take place on February 4, 2025.
Scholastic Book Fair!!! March 17, 2025 - March 20, 2025
The VERY popular book fair is back again this year and this time during school conference week! Save the date for this incredibly exciting event for all the students at Jennie (and let’s be honest parents' nostalgia as well bringing us back to our childhood school memories). Stay tuned for preview and shopping details, volunteer opportunities and more. This event takes an army to run so please keep an eye out for the signup genius when it comes out to lend a hand to this very fun school event. For more information and to have a sneak peak, visit https://bookfairs.scholastic.ca/bf/jennieelliottschool1
Ongoing - At Home Bottle Collection
Thank you to those of you that donated your bottles in December, we had some early adopters to this program and are starting to see the benefit of that come back to school already. With the holiday season behind us, and garages full of empty bottles, remember to donate your bottles and cans to Jennie Elliott School Council!.
Just text Trail Bottle Depot, (403) 991-2745, they will come to your home, pick up the bottles and send the money to the school, super easy! Please see the infographic below for details, what we love is 100% of the proceeds from the returns goes back to the school.
News from JEPSA - Jennie’s Night Out!
Our second Jennie’s Night Out Gala and Silent Auction is coming April 11, 2025 at the Earl Grey Golf Course! Planning for this event is underway and we can't wait to have a great community building event with all of you. This event consists of a super fun gala night out for parents/guardians of Jennie Elliott at Earl Grey featuring a live auction at the event (more details to come on this) and an online silent auction before the Gala for anyone to participate in.
If anyone would like to donate to this incredible event for the online silent auction we are gathering silent auction items now. Last year we had an incredible amount of support from our school community and a lot of businesses throughout Calgary. Ideas for silent auction items include: gift cards, hotel/resort stays, sporting event tickets, concert tickets, gym and fitness passes, passes to experiences (Activate, Rec Room, Calaway Park, Calgary Zoo, Telus Spark Science Centre, etc), gift cards to local businesses, gift baskets, services (car services, massages, facials, tutoring, etc), art.
If you are interested in donating or getting more details about this event please email jennieelliott1962@gmail.com.
For our first Jennie’s Night Out last year we raised just over $15,000 for math and literacy resources for the school. This year we will be raising money to enhance the outdoor learning spaces at the school, primarily focusing on our phase 2 plan of the outdoor learning space at the front of the school.
Upcoming Dates
Jan 13 – K-6 registration for the 2025-26 school year opens
Jan 13 – Lohri-Maghi
Jan 23 – Kindergarten Learning Celebration Assembly
Jan 24 – 2nd round of Family Groupings
Jan 27 – Fun Lunch
Jan 27 – Family Literacy Day
Jan 27 - Report Cards viewable by parent/guardian in MyCBE
Jan 29 – Lunar New Year (Year of the Snake)
Jan 31 – Non-instructional Day (no school)
Feb 1 – Black History Month begins
Feb 4 – School Council Meeting 7pm
Feb 5 – Winter Walk Day & World Read Aloud Day
Feb 13, 14 – Teacher's Convention (no school)
Feb 14 - Valentine’s Day
Feb 15 – National Flag of Canada Day
Feb 17 – Family Day (no school)
Feb 20 – Kindergarten Information Session (parents/guardians only)
Feb 25 – Spirit Day: Pink Shirt Day
Feb 28 – Non-instructional Day (no school)