Weekly Update
October 7 to October 11
Office Hours:
Tuesday to Thursday 8:00am to 3:45pm
Friday: 8:00am to 12:30pm
School Calendar can be found here
October 14 | Thanksgiving Day – No School for Students |
October 22 | Picture Retake Day, individual pictures only |
October 25 | Non-Instruction Day, No School for Students |
November 7 | Remembrance Day Assembly at 10:30am; parents welcome to attend |
November 8 to November 13 | Fall Break – No School for Students |
November 29 | Non-Instruction Day, No School for Students |
December 20 | Last day of School before Winter Break |
Update
It has been another great week of learning at Copperfield School. Throughout the school, you could hear the joy of learning with our Grade Buddies. Kindergarten and Grade 5 buddies were practising coding creating interesting moves and pathways in the Copper Gallery with our sets of Ozobots. Kindergarten students were taking part in “Reading Buddies” with the Grade 4 students.
We have had students starting to ask about Halloween. As in the past, Copperfield students are invited to dress-up in their Halloween costume during the afternoon of Thursday, October 31, except for morning Kindergarten who will dress-up during their morning class time. Students will put on their costumes after they return indoors from their lunch recess break. If you are picking your student up for lunch to help them in getting their costume on, please sign your child out at the office. Thursday continues to be a regular learning day with many school activities happening as usual. Please ensure that the costumes they wear permit for the students to still participate in school activities such as recess and gym while wearing their costumes. We ask that all costume weapons be left at home on this day and saved for the night of Halloween. Students are allowed to wear face paint all day if this is part of their Halloween costume, as we understand it can be difficult for families to get away during the lunch hour. Students who have a mask as part of their costume, will be asked to wear it on top of their head for school activities in the classroom and moving around the school for safety reasons. Classrooms may have some Halloween activities planned in the afternoon, and students may be invited to bring a personalized snack as part of this celebration. Teachers will communicate their plans with families via their weekly Friday update.
*Please don’t send whole class treats to hand out as we have many students with dietary restrictions, allergies and sanitization expectations makes this a challenging practice.
Have a great weekend! Copperfield has heart!
Kind Regards,
Colette Pedde
Principal, Copperfield School
DEMOGRAPHIC FORMS are now overdue
If you have not already completed your annual demographic form, please log onto your MyCBE account and click on Online Forms which will bring you to the demographic and consent forms. It is important to recognize these forms are a legal requirement from Alberta Education.
SCHOOL FEES
School fees including school supply and lunchroom will be posted to your MyCBE account throughout October. More information about school fees can be found here. for information about Fee Waivers and the requirements are located at https://cbe.ab.ca/registration/fees-and-waivers/Pages/Waivers.aspx
LIFETOUCH PICTURES – Deadline October 6
To order a school photos, please log onto https://my.lifetouch.ca/mylifetouch/#/ with the information provided on the proof sheet that was sent out to you. Retakes for individual student pictures will be on October 22.
SCHOOL COUNCIL
The next School Council meeting will be our AGM on October 23 at 6:30pm. We would love for you to join.
Meetings are full of useful information about the school, upcoming events, budget, and spending. Meetings will be in person, at the school, and all are welcome to attend. Babysitting will not be provided.
Curious what school councils do? Click for HERE more information:
Have any questions? Email us at copperfieldschoolcouncil@gmail.com
FUNDRAISING ASSOCIATION
The next Fundraising meeting will take place immediately following the School Council meeting on October 23.
Meetings will be in person at the school and babysitting will not be provided.
Curious how we spend money raised? Join us at the meeting to find out where the funds are allocated!
ONGOING FUNDRAISERS
There are many ways you can contribute to the school's fundraising through everyday initiatives. Check out the list of ongoing initiatives here:
Healthy Hunger - Students can order one Fun Lunch (Grade 1 to 5) and one Fun Snack (all students) each month. Our next Fun Lunch will be Subway on November 7, and our first Fun Snack will be Mavericks Donuts on October 17! To order, visit www.healthyhunger.ca and create your account. Orders must be placed 5 days prior to the delivery date.
Fun lunches and Snack days are not possible without the help of volunteers. If you have your CBE clearance and annual volunteer registration, we’d love your help. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050449A5AB2DA7FF2-51323029-healthy?useFullSite=true#/
Skip The Depot - You can donate the proceeds from your empty bottles and cans to our school - NO CONTACT REQUIRED! Simply click the link below to sign up for pickups, set your bottles out the morning of pickup and away they go! All proceeds are given back to the school. Use the link to sign up: https://app.skipthedepot.com/copperfieldschool
Cobs - like fresh baked goods?! When shopping at Cobs, let them know you are with Copperfield School, and they will donate a portion of your purchase to the school!