School Conferences:

Teachers are looking forward to meeting with students and their parents/guardians next week to discuss learning progress and successes, as follows:

 

Thursday, November 23^rd 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm (in person)

Friday, November 24^th 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (virtual)

 

Parents/guardians can now login to School Conference Manager and book conferences until Thursday, Nov 23^rd at 12:00 pm. Instructions for booking and joining conferences are on the CBE technical Help for Parents page: https://cbe.ab.ca/support/Pages/MyCBE-PowerSchool-School-Conferences.aspx.

In advance of your scheduled meeting time, we recommend that you take a few minutes to review your student’s progress and updated marks in PowerSchool and prepare any questions you may have for the teacher. This is an excellent time to connect, clarify needed information and to ensure that each student is well on their way to success. Please contact our main office if you have any questions. 

 

School Council | Casino Night:

We are still in need of a 6 positions to be filled for our upcoming casino Tuesday, December 5 & Wednesday December 6. If you are available please see the link below and sign up. Your help is greatly appreciated!!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F4BA9A928A6F49-44630257-mountain#/ 

 

School Trips:

Due to the insufficient number of applications to the sailing trip, we have regrettably decided to cancel the trip. All deposit cheques will be returned to students next week. If any of the students who applied for the sailing trip would like to apply to the Quebec trip, please email Ms. LeBlanc (hlleblanc@cbe.ab.ca) for the appropriate forms. Deadline for these will be Thursday, November 23^rd. Moving forward, MPS will only offer one trip yearly. Quebec will be the trip for the current school year (then not again until 2025/26) and then only Sailing for the 2024/25 year (then not again until 2026/27). Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.

 

Drama:

Have you ever wondered what would happen if the characters from the Wizard of Oz landed in Wonderland with Alice, the White Rabbit and all the others.  Find out in this year's school drama production "Dorothy in Wonderland".  The audition meeting will be on Tuesday Nov 21^st at lunch in the drama room.  All grades are welcome to attend and should bring their lunch with them.  Auditions will run Nov. 27-30^th.  All the information you need to get started will be provided on Tuesday.  See you there!

 

Understanding Vaping - Child & Youth Well-Being Family & Caregiver Series

The first session of this year's Child & Youth Well-Being Family and Caregiver Series is tonight (Nov. 16^th) from 6:30 – 8 p.m., hosted in partnership with AHS.  We will present the health implications of vaping and how to engage in challenging conversations with young people about it.  This virtual event is open to all parents and staff to attend.  

 

Link: Child & Youth Well-Being Family & Caregiver Series

 

Fees and Yearbooks:

Our 2023 2024 Yearbooks are now available for purchase. 

We have created a YouTube tutorial to help you pay fees and purchase yearbooks on your PowerSchool parent account.  Following is a link to the video. https://youtu.be/Kx35I3PwVt8

 

Scholastic Book Fair:

Bring on the Book joy—it’s Time to Shop!

Dear families,

It’s here! Our school’s Scholastic Book Fair has begun! Students will be scheduled time to browse and shop at our school from November 20 – 23

Come to the book fair for the family and friends event Thursday Evening 5-8pm on November 23 during teacher conferences.

Remember, all purchases benefit our school and earn Scholastic Dollars that can be redeemed for books and educational resources for our school’s classrooms and library.

Thank you for participating in our Scholastic Book Fair!

Happy reading!

 

 

Band:

Congratulations to Diego M., Cali C., and Emily M. for winning Top Best Sellers for cookie dough this year!  Way to go!

 

Weekly Calendar

Nov 20   Wrestling Practice 7:45-9:00am   Jr. Girls Basketball Game at Lois Riel MPS vs. MidSun 5:30pm

Nov 21   Jazz Band Rehearsal at Lunchtime   Jr. Boys Basketball Game at John Ware MPS vs Marshall Springs 4:30pm

Nov 22   Wrestling Practice 7:45-9:00am   Sr. Boys Basketball Game at Sam W Shaw MPS vs Lakeshore 5:30pm   Jr. Girls Basketball game if they win on Monday Speak to coach for information

Nov 23   Jazz Band Rehearsal at 8:00am   Gr.9 Vaccinations Round 1   Parent Teacher Interviews 5:00-8:00pm

Nov 24   Parent Teacher Interviews 9:00-3:00pm