Welcome Back to the 2024-2025 School Year
We are excited to have all our students and families back to Glenbrook School for the upcoming 2024 -2025 school year!
Classroom Teachers will be contacting parents via email/phone to outline the first day of school, where to meet them on Thursday morning, as well as where they will meet you for pick up times at the end of the day.
First Day of Classes
Our first day of class for students is Thursday, August 29, 2024 and the school office is open to returning parents on Monday, August 26, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.
Please arrive with your child at the school grounds between 8:55 AM and 9:05 AM. School begins at 9:10 AM.
Please make your way to the designated meeting area specified by your child’s teacher. Your child's teacher will meet with you there.
Students who arrive to school by school bus or BrightPath bus, will meet Mrs. Goodridge and Mrs. O’Shea who will escort them to their teachers.
Kindergarten students will meet Ms. Keil & Mrs. Roy-Keller at the doors nearest the portables and playground. Do not go to the playground.
School Start Up
Thursday, August 29
All Grade 1-6 Students attend 9:10am -3:50pm.
This will be a regular day for all kindergarten students and will follow the regular schedule of AM/PM.
All AM Kindergarten students attend 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
All PM Kindergarten students attend 12:50 PM – 3:50 PM
On Thursday morning, August 29, there will be a back-to-school media event at our school patrol crossing. Glenbrook School was selected by the Alberta Motor Association (AMA) for their 'Back to School Media Event' on the first day of classes. The event is meant to remind drivers and pedestrians to use extra caution during the transition back to school. Media crews, City of Calgary officials, Calgary Police Service members, AMA spokespeople and select Grade 6 Patrollers will be featured. Students and their families will notice some film crews at the crosswalk filming some of our patrollers and conducting interviews.
Friday, August 30 -Early Dismissal (12:30pm)
All Grade 1-5 Students attend - Early Dismissal, pick up at 12:30pm
All Kindergarten AM students attend 9:00 am-12:30 pm.
Monday, September 2
Labour Day – No school for all students.
Tuesday, September 3
All Students Grade K-6 attend
This will be a regular day for all kindergarten students and will follow the regular schedule of AM/PM.
Wednesday, September 4
All Students Grade K-6 attend.
This will be a regular day for all kindergarten students and will follow the regular schedule of AM/PM.
Thursday, September 5
All Students Grade K-6 attend.
This will be a regular day for all kindergarten students and will follow the regular schedule of AM/PM.
Friday, September 6
All Students Grade 1-6 attend.
Kindergarten PM Classes ONLY attend (9:10am-12:30pm)
(Please see our school calendar for the alternating Kindergarten Friday Schedule)
Early Dismissal at 12:30 pm
School Parking Lot
The school parking lot is for staff and visitor/guest use only. We ask that families/parents do not park in the school lot before and after school when dropping off your child. Please park on 33 AVE SW or 35 AVE SW or one of the adjacent streets and walk to the school.
Breakfast Program
This year we will continue to have a breakfast program where students are invited to enter the school and eat breakfast between 9:00 AM – 9:10 AM before school starts. Please enter through the regular entrance doors.
Keeping our School Clean
Please help us keep our school yard clean by placing waste into the garbage bins provided on the school yard. If you borrow books from the Free Little Library, please ensure the doors close on the library and the books inside are tidied up after looking. All students should have two pairs of shoes – one indoor and one for outside activities. These should be clearly labelled with your child’s name.
Bus Transportation
If your child is absent from the bus, please call the office to inform them of his/her absence before the end of the school day.
Bus attendance is taken every day by the bus driver, and all students must be accounted for before the bus leaves school.
Kind regards,
Cindy Palmer-Steinley, Principal Glenbrook School