Hi everyone!
Thank you so much to everyone who helped organize the Halloween Parties and for providing treats, creating amazing costumes, and joining us for pictures and parading! What a fun day!
Also a huge thank you to everyone who contributed to our Feed The Bug campaign. It was a huge success and our school was able to feed many families in need! The grade one students were very excited to be helping people in our community and learning how to be good citizens!
This upcoming week we will be talking about Remembrance Day and the significance of this holiday. There will be a special assembly in the gym at 10:30 and if your child participates in sparks or cubs, they are invited to wear their uniform and be part of the colour guard during the assembly. There will be announcements made this week about practise days for these children,
please email your teacher if your child has a uniform and would like to participate. We would also really appreciate if you could chat with your child about this special day, and
what things they might think of during the minute of silence, and remind them that
we do not clap after performances on this day.
Our school will soon be starting the Sock It To 'Em program which will run from Nov. 3- Dec. 12! This is where students can bring in new socks to donate for those in need during the winter season. There will be an enormous stocking hanging in the office, and our Caretaking team will collect socks to hang them from the stocking.
Your child’s classroom teacher will soon be starting a themed unit on “Bears”. This theme will encompass all areas of the curriculum including Language Arts, Science, Math, Art, and even P.E.!
Parent Teacher Interviews
This year you will be asked to sign up for a time slot using conference manager unless you are in Mrs. Johnston’s class. She will be booking appointments and sending home additional information soon. Otherwise, the process for booking interviews is as follows:
Step 1 – You can Pre-Register at https://mikemountain.schoolsoft.ca DO NOT
include “www” in the url) You can set up a Parent Account by following the link above. Click the REGISTER NOW button and complete the registration form. Your login credentials (email and password) will remain in the system to make it easy to access the Conference Manager in the future.
Please note that in order to enhance functionality and security, the Conference Manager requires you to use Internet Explorer 7 (or above), Firefox 3 (or above) or Safari 4 (or above). If you are using an older browser, the Conference Manager will automatically prompt you to update your browser and provide you with a link. This is a one-time process and only takes a couple of minutes.
In order to ensure that your email program does not block emails sent from the Conference Manager, we suggest adding appointments@schoolsoft.ca to your address book.
Step 2 – Conference Manager Opens to Parents – Thursday November 13 at 8:00 A.M.
You can access the Parent Login Page using the link in the Confirmation Email. If you do not receive a Confirmation Email, you can login by going directly to https://mikemoutain.schoolsoft.ca.
Step 3 – Book your Parent/Teacher interviews
Select the teachers with whom you want to book interviews. You will see each teacher’s schedule. After booking your appointments you can print off your schedule. You will also receive an email containing the teacher name, time and location of the conference. You can log into the system at any time to view your bookings, print, cancel or re-schedule appointments. You have the option of submitting comments or questions to the teacher as part of the booking process.
Important Dates For Interviews:
Anytime – Pre-Registration begins
Thursday November 13 – Start scheduling your interviews at 8:00 A.M.
Wednesday, November 19 – Conference Manager closes at 12 noon
Wednesday and Thursday, November 19&20 —Kindergarten only— all day interviews
Thursday, November 20– Parent/Teacher Interviews Grades 1 to 5, afternoon/evening
Friday November 21 — Parent/Teacher Interviews for Grade 1 to 5, in the morning
If you do not have Internet access, you are welcome to contact the office and we will schedule your conferences on your behalf. If you have any questions or need assistance, please feel free to con-tact the school at 403.381.2211.
Other Important Dates For November:
November 3, 17, 24 : Mind Masters program 9:00am-10am
November 3, 17, 24: Book Mobile after school with Mrs. Baker
November 3-Dec 12: Sock It To’Em Campaign
November 7: Remembrance Day Assembly @ 10:30am
November 10: No School: Fall Break!
November 11: No School: Remembrance Day
November 12: School Council Meeting @ 6:30pm
November 13: Conference Manager Opens
November 14: Report Cards come home
November 18: Hot Lunch Day & Pajama Day & Bring Your Teddy Bear!
November 19: Conference Manager closes
November 20: Book Fair in the Library & regular classes in am with students dismissed at 11:45/Parent teacher conferences afternoon/eveningNovember 21: No School for students/ Book Fair closes at 11:30/ Parent teacher conferences
WHEW! That was one long post! Congratulations if you made it to the end!
