Principal’s Message
Queridas familias:
Como parte de/As part of the Physical Education program, students learn new swimming skills while having fun with their peers at Killarney pool. We are grateful to all the parent volunteers for supporting this valuable life skill and experience.
Al final de/At the end of this school year, CBE will provide $21,322 as old-school technology will be decommissioned. We are looking at new iPads and Chromebooks for September! Gracias CBE!
Mirando/Looking at CBE and our school projections for next school year, we anticipate having about 395 students. That is a growth of 19 students! We continue to be the fastest-growing Spanish-bilingual school in the city!
Usted/You may have seen the news on city news that there is a shortage of substitutes in Calgary and North America. CBE continues to attract new teachers from across North America. As a school, we do internal coverage between the school administration and music where required. Students will remain in good teaching hands when we cannot secure a substitute teacher.
Tengan un lindo fin de semana.
Ray Suarez
Principal
Parent/Teacher Conferences | Mar 21-22
Parent Teacher Conferences dates and times for Kindergarten are:
· Thursday March 21 (Sra. Sam and Sra. Gamundi):
9:00 am to 12:00 pm
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
· Friday March 22 (Sra. Gamundi only):
8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Parent Teacher Conferences dates and times for Grades 1-6 are:
· Thursday March 21: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
· Friday March 22: 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
When you create your booking, you will automatically receive a conference confirmation email.
For an online meeting:
Save the conference confirmation email or the calendar invitation. The day of the conference, scroll to the connection link and click the link "Join Microsoft Teams Meeting". Follow this link for detailed instructions: Joining Online Conferences.
Bookings for your 15 minute space can be made starting Wednesday, March 13 at 8:00 am on MyCBE/PowerSchool. The booking system will remain open until 11:59 pm on Wednesday, March 20.
Please note:
- There are no classes for Kindergarten on Thursday, March 21. There are regular school hours for Grades 1-6.
- There is no school on Friday, March 22 for all grades.
Parents must first create a PowerSchool parent account, if they don’t have one already, to be able to use My School Conferences App in their parent portal. Contact the school office at 403-777-5235 during business hours for help setting up your parent account or email Ana at aplewy@cbe.ab.ca.
· Parents login: MyCBE/PowerSchool> myCBE Apps > my School Conferences
2024 Spring Break STEM Challenge
The Spring Break STEM Challenge will be happening again this year. Details will be released soon. Check back next week for challenge details and how to submit your child's entry!!
Glenmeadows Spirit Wear Store
Order your Spirit Wear for your students now!
To order online: https://egs.domuchconcepts.com/
Westhills Fit Body Boot Camp Fundraiser
Last week we introduced a new fundraiser to help benefit our students and our school… and here it is!
We have partnered with West Hills Fit Body Boot Camp who is helping us raise money for our school through their 6-Week Transformation Challenge.
Not only will this program help kickstart your fitness and health goals, but Fit Body Boot Camp is also donating 100% of the profits raised right back to Glenmeadows!
To learn more about Fit Body’s 6-Week Transformation Challenge and how you can register, click on the link below…
Please share this email with friends and family members to spread the word. Anyone can register for this program (you don’t need to be a parent of a student). But everyone needs to register through the link below for the funds to be donated back to Glenmeadows.
Registration is open now until March 15. Only so many spots available so register as quickly as you can. Normally this program is $599 for 6 weeks, we get it for $29 registration fee and $29 each week to follow. 67% savings!
https://www.westhillsfitbody.com/glenmeadows
Thank you for your support!
If you have any questions, please email Tera Viccars – Scoiety Chair at Chair@EGMSS.onmicrosoft.com
Volunteers Needed
Escuela Glenmeadows has an online signup page, please check it out often to see all new opportunities.
Reminder - current police clearance with the school is required to volunteer for all events.
Healthy Hunger
Don’t forget to register for Healthy Hunger, save yourself making a few lunches this year and support the school society!
The deadline for next week’s (Wednesday) order is Friday, March 8 at midnight.
To set up and order food for the weeks to come, first set up an account for your child(ren) through the Healthy Hunger website.
Calgary Elementary School Math Contest (CESMC)
CESMC 2024 (Twelfth Annual Contest)
Introduction
The Calgary Elementary School Math Contest (CESMC) is a mathematical contest organized annually by the Department of Mathematics and Computing at Mount
Royal University. We are pleased to invite you to enter your students for the
Twelfth annual contest scheduled to take place on Wednesday April 24, 2024, for this year.
The contest is open to students in grades 4, 5, and 6 attending elementary schools in
Calgary and surrounding areas. There is no registration fee for the contest. For a student to participate in the contest, registration must come through the school that the student is attending. Registrations made by any other organizations/parties, e.g. private tutoring center etcetera, are not acceptable. The contest will be written by participants at their own school under the supervision of their schoolteacher.
The contest is divided into two levels: Level 1 and Level 2. Grade 6 students write the Level 2 contest. The Level 1 contest is intended for students in grades 4 and 5. However, if students from grades 4 or 5 would like to challenge themselves, they are most welcome to write the Level 2 contest. Levels for students should be declared in the registration forms. Once a level of interest is chosen, switching between the levels is not allowed.
The contest is 50 minutes long and consists of 20 questions ranging from easy (Part
A) to more challenging ones (Part C). All questions are in multiple-choice format.
For each question, 4 possible answers will be provided with only one of them being the correct answer. Students are required to select the correct answer.
It is important to note that this is not an examination. There is no passing or failing grade. The goal of the contest is to try to develop students’ interest in mathematics by encouraging their participation in mathematical activities. We hope that every participating student enjoys and benefits from this experience. To encourage participation, we provide some recognition to some of the high scorers, individually and as a group, in the form of medals, certificates, and trophies.
Contest Date: The contest date is Wednesday April 24, 2024.
Deadline for Entries
The registration form must be filled and sent electronically to gbhandari@mtroyal.ca on or before March 15, 2024. Late submissions will not be accepted. Also, the addition of new students to an already submitted list will not be allowed.
Procedure
Any interested elementary school needs to name a teacher as the school contest manager. The school contest manager will communicate with the contest organizers and facilitate the contest at their school. Any communication with the organizing team must come through the school contest manager. The manager’s responsibilities are as follows.
- Complete and submit registration form(s) with contestants’ information by the deadline. A registration form is attached with this email as an Excel file. It includes separate tabs for each level. If your school is participating in both levels, please submit registration for each level in a separate tab.
- Participants’ names and other information must be entered accurately and be verified before they are submitted to us. Submit only the final version of the form to the organizers. Please note that no changes, including the addition of new names or switching between the levels etc., will be allowed after we receive the registration forms.
- Receive the contest supplies sent to the school.
- Administer the contest on the contest date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
- Scan and email the completed response forms to the contest organizers for marking.
- Receive electronic copies of Certificates of Participation and Certificates of Distinction and distribute them.
Contest Supplies
All contest supplies will be emailed directly to school contest managers. Supplies include:
- Electronic copy of instructions for the school contest manager.
- Electronic copies of contest papers.
- Electronic copies of response forms with contestants’ names and their assigned IDs printed on them.
These supplies will be emailed to the provided emails of schools contest managers by Monday, April 22.
Marking
Marking will be done by the contest organizers. The results will be sent to schools sometime in May 2024.
Certificates and Prizes
- A Certificate of Participation will be provided for each participant in the contest. These certificates will be emailed to each school contest manager right after the contest.
- Certificates of Distinction will be awarded to students scoring in the top 25% of the contestants for each level. These certificates will be sent electronically, along with the contest results, to school contest managers after the contest papers are marked and the results are calculated.
- School contest managers are responsible for printing and distributing these certificates to the winning students at their schools.
- Medals and Certificates will be awarded to the top individual winners from all the contestants for each level.
- Schools with more than 10 contestants in each level will automatically be entered to compete as a team/school. The top three schools for each level will be awarded trophies and certificates. The schools ranked 4th and 5th position will receive certificates.
- The top individual winners and the top five schools of the contest will be invited to an award ceremony. The award ceremony will be held at Mount Royal University sometime in the middle of June 2024. The actual date and time for the ceremony will be communicated later to the schools with individual and team winners.
Contest Coordinator
Dr. Ganesh Bhandari
Department of Mathematics and Computing
Faculty of Science and Technology
Mount Royal University
Email: gbhandari@mtroyal.ca
Contest Website: http://blogs.mtroyal.ca/cesmc/
Contest Sponsors
Department of Mathematics and Computing, MRU
Faculty of Science and Technology, MRU
Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS)
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)