Hello Earl Grey Families,

December is shaping up to be a very busy and exciting month. As I am writing this message, I have the pleasure of listening to the student’s voices echoing down the hall from the music room as they practice for our upcoming concert: The Littlest Reindeer. The school is starting to be decorated in festive artwork and you can feel the anticipation of the holiday season growing in the school!

December is the season of giving. Thank you for all who have picked up a Christmas Star from the office wall. These gifts and hampers will make some of our Earl Grey families Christmas much brighter. We have 11 stars remaining to be picked. If you can support, it would be greatly appreciated.  We also wish to thank the Lanagan/Vanin Family for the generous donation of the Keurig Coffee Machine for the staffroom. It was greatly appreciated and needed!!

We will also be collecting for the Mayor’s 36th Annual Food Drive. Boxes will be located in the front hallway of the school. Non-perishable items can be dropped off for the next two weeks or on the evening of our concerts.

Thank us for the tremendous support for our annual Scholastic Book Fair. We sold a lot of books and were able to purchase many new titles for our library.

Special thanks to our parent volunteers Anne-Audrey, Rodrig, and Lynn for helping out! I hope our kids have a lot of fun reading over the winter break.

We are very fortunate as a school to have as many parent and community members who have given us the gift of time through numerous volunteer hours. Our school council is comprised of an amazing group of parents. As a council they wish to grow and are asking for more parents to join them. Our next council meeting will be on December 17 at 6:30 p.m. Please join us!

Division One Christmas Concert| Thursday, December 12

Earl Grey students in Kindergarten to Grade 3 invite you to our Christmas Concert: The Littlest Reindeer

• Morning Performance 9:30 a.m.
• Evening Performance 6:30 p.m.

For our shows to be successful, we need your help in ensuring that students are at school for both the morning and evening performances on their concert day.  Students will be supervised in their classrooms prior to the performance.  If you are not attending the evening performance, please pick up your child from the classroom after the concert is finished.

Students are to be at the school by 6:00 p.m. Pick-up time at the school will be 7:30 p.m. for our evening performance.

Gym doors open at 8:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Note: We are not ticketing for this year’s concerts. We encourage extended families and grandparents to attend the morning concerts.

Bake Sale Items Needed for Dec. 10 &11!

If you have not volunteered or supported fundraisers to date then this is the event for you - we are looking for all kinds of baked goods and food items to sell at our holiday concert (Dec. 12) bake sale where 100% of proceeds go to the school.  Please sign up and show that you will be bringing something.

The Earl Grey Annual Holiday 50/50 Draw!

Here is the link: Earl Grey 50/50 Holiday Draw 2024 | Rafflebox

Is now open:  Dec 1 - Dec 30 – The lucky ticket will be drawn on the 31 of December. Proceeds will be split between the Earl Grey School Council initiatives and the winner!

Mayor’s 36th Annual Food Drive

We will also be collecting for the Mayor’s 36 Annual Food Drive. Boxes will be located in the front hallway of the school. Non-perishable items can be dropped off for the next two weeks or on the evening of our concerts.

Additional Christmas Stars have been added to our Office Window

Thank you to everyone who has participated in our Christmas Stars initiative!  We have added additional stars to our window. Visit the display and grab a star—it includes a description of the type of gift or card needed. These thoughtful contributions will go directly to support some of our families this Christmas. Let’s work together to make the season truly magical for everyone! Please return all gifts and cards to the office by Dec. 11 to ensure timely delivery.

Purdy Chocolate Orders

Orders have arrived and are ready to be picked up at the front office. Thank you to our volunteers for sorting the orders!

School Council

Reminders from the Office

There are a few families who haven't completed the yearly forms in SchoolEngage.   Please go into your SchoolEngage account and complete any outstanding forms. If you require assistance in creating your MyCBE account, please contact Mrs. Patterson at plpatterson@cbe.ab.ca and she will email you instructions on how to create your account.

• • Demographic Verification - 2024-2025 
  • Citizenship Information Update - 2024-2025 
  • Annual Authorization - 2024-2025 

Attendance Reminders

• If your Child will be absent from school please call the attendance line to report their absent, 403-777-8570 opt 1
• If you are picking up your child early from school please sign them out in the green binder in the office, the office staff will call your Child’s classroom and have them come to the office. Parents should not be going to the classrooms and picking up their child.
• If your child arrives late please have them check in at the office before going to class 
• If you child takes the bus, please notify the office if you will be picking up your child at the end of the day

We have been having an increase of students arriving late to school. Please ensure you are getting your child to school on time!

Reminders

Monday, December 9 – Festive Pet Photos Due. Please send your festive pet photos to your child’s teacher

Thursday, December 12 – Division One Christmas Concert at 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Monday, December 16 – Crazy Hair Day!

Thursday, December 19 – Caroling at 9:30am and Ugly Sweater Day

Thursday, December 19 - Fun lunch with Edo Japan to place your order go to: https://www.healthyhunger.ca Orders must be received by Saturday, December 14.

Friday, December 20 – PJ Day and McDonald Pancake Day! To place your order go to: https://www.healthyhunger.ca Orders must be received by Sunday, December 15.

December 21 to January 5 – Winter Break

Monday, January 6 – Classes Resume

Have a wonderful weekend!