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Hello Glenbrook Families,

Well ... we did it! Our first week back after break was one filled with record low temperatures and a handful of blue days, what a way to start 2024 with students! Thank you all for working with us during these freezing days.

Take care of yourselves this chilly weekend! Stay warm and stay safe out there!

Cindy Palmer

Inspiration

“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity, and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” Edith Love Joy Pierce

“Weekly Wonder”

How will you stay warm and create positive memories in this extreme cold?

Literacy Resource for Parents

See attachments “Family Literacy Week 2024” and “Family Literacy Week 2024 Visual Version.”

Telus Be Brave Event

Our school has the opportunity to send 20 Grade 5/6 students who show leadership at Glenbrook School to the Telus Be Brave Event on February 28. The Calgary Hitmen will host the Edmonton Oil Kings and their will be over 10, 000 students in attendance to learn about the importance of acceptance and kindness from guest speakers, concourse displays and in-game activities. We will only have 20 tickets (which include a t-shirt for the event) so interested Grade 5 and 6 students will need to submit a written letter to Mrs. Bombard and Mrs. Palmer explaining how they are a leader at Glenbrook School and how they will use this event to continue to show leadership and kindness at Glenbrook School. These letters need to be submitted by Friday, February 2, 2024 and we will read all of them over and choose the top 20. Successful students will be notified by Friday, February 9 that they will be attending the event. The event will be during school hours on Wednesday, February 28 and a fieldtrip form will go home on February 9 to the 20 students.

Happenings

• Monday, January 22, 2024 - Regular Day
• Tuesday, January 23,2024 - Regular Day, School Council Meeting 7:00 PM
• Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - Listening Tails program
• Thursday, January 25, 2024 - Regular Day, Grade 3 -“It’s a Crime Not to Read
• Friday, January 26, 2024 - Regular Day, PM Kindergarten Attends

Kindergarten

Kindergarten Registration Opens Monday January 15, 2024

Glenbrook School has both an AM and a PM Kindergarten class. Times will be TBD for next year and announced when this decision takes place. This year the times for our Kindergarten program are:

Monday – Friday AM: 9:00 – 12:00 PM Monday – Friday PM: 12:50 – 3:50 PM

When registering for Kindergarten; parents will state their preference for either AM or PM Kindergarten class that they hope to register their child in when they complete the registration forms. We will do our best to accommodate everyone's wishes. However, a random draw, that is both fair and equitable, will take place to fill any vacant spots in either the AM or PM class, whichever has the most spaces remaining to a max class size. This class size will be determined following the processing of registrations. Our Kindergarten open house will be announced at a later date.

All registered students will receive confirmation of these details.

If your child is attending the Maple Roots Before & After School program, please email the general email inbox to indicate this at glenbrook@cbe.ab.ca

Kindergarten Registration Guide

Please see the Kindergarten Registration Guide. More information can be found on the CBE website on the Kindergarten page or under the Registration Tab

Kindergarten Report Cards

• Kindergarten teachers will report progress to parents/legal guardians via January and June report cards.
• In January, progress in ELAL and Math will be communicated to parents/legal guardians via the report card.
• In January, French Immersion Kindergarten programs will communicate progress in FLA and Math to parents/legal guardians via the report card.
• In January, Spanish, German and Mandarin programs will report on ELAL, Math and either SLA, MLA or GLA to parents/legal guardians via the report card.
• In June, progress in all discipline areas will be communicated to parents/legal guardians via the report card. Please reach out to Early Learning if you have question

School Council

Meeting

Please join us next Tuesday, January 23 at 7pm for our next School Council and Fundraising Society Meetings. Everyone is welcome and we always love to see new faces! We had to change our date and we appreciate your flexibility. Please consider joining our amazing team and being a part of our amazing school!

Did you know that we have an ongoing fundraiser with Mabel's Labels? These amazing labels are dishwasher and laundry safe, last forever and come in lots of fun designs. Place your order online and it will get shipped straight to your door. School Council will receive a 20% commission! Just click here to go to our Mabel's Label's fundraiser and search for Glenbrook School Council. Link: Mabels Labels

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