Hello Earl Grey Families,

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life; it turns what we have into enough and more. It turns a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of the past, brings peace for today and creates vision for tomorrow.” Author: Melody Beattie

All of us at Earl Grey are very grateful for the support you as parents have shown the school. We are grateful for the dedicated and caring staff and are especially grateful for the wonderful students who come to Earl Grey each day. We would like to share some highlights on the power of gratitude with you:

• People who are grateful report increased feelings of happiness, hopefulness, positivity, energy and overall life satisfaction.
• Gratitude helps kids feel better about school and makes educators feel less emotionally exhausted
• Studies have found that keeping a gratitude journal can increase people’s happiness and overall positive mood
• Grateful children are more interested and satisfied with their school lives, are more kind and helpful, and are more socially integrated.
• Studies have found that gratitude journaling in the classroom can improve students’ mood and that a curriculum designed to help students appreciate the benefits they have gained from others can successfully teach children to think more gratefully and to exhibit more grateful behavior
• Gratitude has been described as “social glue” that fortifies relationships
• Research suggests that gratitude may be associated with many benefits for individuals, including better physical and psychological health, increased happiness and life satisfaction, decreased materialism, and more

Every day it is evident that our students demonstrate gratitude. The staff feels this gratitude and all of us are very grateful to our families and community for your continued support. As you gather as a family over the weekend, please pause and take the time to go around the dinner table and express what each of you are grateful for. Its amazing how powerful these messages can be.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Volunteers Needed

We are in need of two volunteers to assemble two stationary regulation bikes. If you can help us out, please contact the office.

Update From School Council

School Council Meeting

Wednesday October 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Learning Commons

Agenda attached here: Oct. 10, 2023 Agenda

Art Cards by Kids

For several years, we have held successful fundraisers for School Council through Art Cards by Kids. Parents were thrilled to see their children’s creations turned into greeting cards, plaques, tree ornaments, or puzzles. All the items are of great quality and were incredible for gift-giving. Last year we raised over $1200 for Council initiatives.

In the next two weeks in class, your child will be asked to create a new work of art. You will have the opportunity to purchase a set of greeting cards with your child’s artwork on the front and their name and age on the back. Plaques, tree ornaments, and puzzles will also be available.

Students will be asked to create a winter holiday-themed card, however, if you wish for a specific theme, please notify your student’s teacher by 9:00 pm on Monday, October 9 by email. The teacher can then remind your child of your preference. Please also let your child know your preference.

In the past, students have also created thank you, birthday, self-portrait, or general-purpose cards with only artwork and no message.

If you have more than one child at the school, you may wish to ask each of your children to create a different theme. (The company suggests not to choose Halloween since the cards will not be ready by then.)

For more information: https://artcardsbykids.com/

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Nancy Slukynski. Again, please contact your student’s teacher by email before 9:00 pm on Monday, October 9 by email if you prefer a type of card.

Skip the Depot

To date $937.00 worth of bottles and cans have been donated to EG through Skip the Depot. Thank-you to all those who have donated! A reminder if you haven’t signed up that it is an easy way to donate to your school and have the convenience of bottle pickup from your home. To sign up download the Skip the Depot app and assign Earl Grey Parent Council as your beneficiary. Follow this link to download:
https://app.skipthedepot.com/earlgreyparents

Let’s keep those bottles out of the blue bins, raising money for EG!

Thank you for supporting Earl Grey School Council!

Reminders from the Office

Attendance

It is important that you call the school if your child is going to be absent or arriving late. Please report all absences to the Attendance Line at 403-777-8570 ext.1. If a student arrives to school late please have them come to the office before heading off to class.

If you are picking up your child early from school please sign them out at the office in the Green Binder.

Student Health Plan Forms

Student Health Plan forms are needed if your child requires medication to be administered at school. We also require a Student Health Plan form for any student with a medical condition that the school should be aware of. (ex: asthma, seizers, etc.) Completed forms should be turned in at the office.

Complete Online Forms

We still have a lot of online forms not submitted Parents should be signing into their MyCBE account and completing the following forms. Forms should have been submitted by September 18, 2023.

• Demographic Verification - 2023-24 (even if there are no changes
• Annual Authorization - 2023-24

To complete these forms:

1 | sign in to your MyCBE account
2 | click on the SchoolEngage icon
3 | select the form
4 | complete or review and update the form
5 | click on Submit to send the form electronically to the school
6 | repeat steps 3-5 for each form

If you do not have your MyCBE account created and need your child’s CBE # please email Mrs. Patterson at plpatterson@cbe.ab.ca from an email address we have on file. If you need assistance setting up your MyCBE account email Mrs. Patterson to make an arrangements to come for assistance. Your MyCBE account is an important tool for parents to assist them throughout their child’s schooling. You pay your fees, book PTI, check report cards, etc. through this account it’s vital that parents have one created.

Dates to Remember

Oct. 9 – Thanksgiving - NO School
Oct. 10 – School Council Meeting at 6:30pm at the school (see agenda attached)
Oct. 12 – Fun Lunch with Subway. Please sign up at: www.healthyhunger.ca by end of Saturday, October 7.
Oct. 20 – Non-Instructional Day – NO School

Happy Thanksgiving. May the warm glow of autumn surround you and your family as you celebrate with family and friends.