Our volleyball season is in full swing! Our teams have been working hard and each player continues to improve each day. We hosted our first Grade 7 Girls Mini Tournament yesterday. All players showed sportsmanship and were cheered on by many fans. Well done girls! A huge thank you to our coaches - Mr. Weller, Mr. Mannix, Ms. Flores, Ms. Mayne and Ms. Grant. We appreciate you volunteering your time to coach our students at BES!
We are excited about continuing our professional learning this Friday afternoon. Our Kindergarten to Grade 3 teachers will be exploring more strategies to support their literacy teaching. They will also be looking at a new resource for their English Language Arts planning. Our Grade 4 - 8 teachers will be working with Kim Tackaberry from the Alberta Professional Learning Consortium to explore a brand new resource available to support literacy intervention in our upper grades.
Have you considered joining a School Council meeting? We would love to have you join us on Wednesday October 23 at 3:30 pm for our next meeting. We discuss things happening at BES and look to gather parent input around activities we can offer our families to increase engagement. Our School Council also supports student success through their initiatives. We would love to have you join us! Thank you to our School Council and parent volunteers for coordinating our first Hot Lunch!
Spotlight on Learning Grade 1 Spotlight Grade 1s have been practicing "quick writes." After reading the book The Buddy Bench, they wrote messages of kindness and belonging and left them on our school's Buddy Bench. Hopefully, this brought a smile to students' faces and reminded everyone that we all belong!
Grade 5 Spotlight Grade 5N has been learning about Place Value and decimals/fractions through hands-on learning with LICORICE. We took a WHOLE piece of licorice and cut it into TENTHS. We then took the tenth piece and cut it into HUNDREDTHS. And finally (and unbelievably) we took the hundredths piece and cut it into THOUSANDTHS. This gave us a more concrete visualization of parts of a whole, and was a tasty experience too!
Important Upcoming Dates
Oct 18 - Staff PD - 12:05 pm Dismissal for Grades 1 - 8 (no Kindergarten classes)
Oct 22 - CRPS Board Meeting Exshaw School 7:00 - 9:00 pm Agenda Link
Oct 23 - School Council Meeting 3:30 pm
Winter Concerts at the Banff Centre We are in the planning stages for the BES Winter Concerts at the Banff Centre. We will be having two shows - December 11 and 12. The doors will open at 6:00 pm and the show will start at 6:30 pm and run for 1 hour. Save the date! More information to come.
Important Dates Please click here to view the BES Community Calendar andclick here for the 2024-2025 Learning Calendars.
October 18
Staff Professional Learning - 12:05 pm dismissal for Grades 1 - 8 (no Kindergarten classes)
October 22
CRPS Board Meeting Exshaw School 7:00 - 9:00 pm
October 23
School Council Meeting 3:30 pm
October 25
P/T/S Conference booking system opens - watch for more details
November 1
Staff Professional Learning - 12:05 pm dismissal for Grades 1 - 8 (no Kindergarten classes)
November 6 / 7
P/T/S Evening Conferences
November 8
P/T/S Morning Conferences - BES is closed in the afternoon
November 11
Remembrance Day - School is closed
November 15
Staff Professional Learning - 12:05 pm dismissal for Grades 1 - 8 (no Kindergarten classes)
November 29
Staff Professional Learning - 12:05 pm dismissal for Grades 1 - 8 (no Kindergarten classes)
Volunteering Banff Elementary School loves and greatly appreciates our volunteers! We require all volunteers who help in the school or on field trips to complete a Criminal Record Check through the RCMP and sign a Confidentiality Contract as per Canadian Rockies Public Schools’Administrative Procedure 490 - School Volunteers andFOIPP. RCMP checks expire one year from the issue date. Prior to volunteering, please email your legal name to the school office at bes.info@crps.ca to request an RCMP Fee Waiver Letter and we will email you back the letter, required forms, and instructions. Often Criminal Record Checks can be completed by the RCMP within 24 hours. Please click here for more information on volunteering opportunities.
Before School Care Before School Care is being offered at no cost to families in need of childcare before school to enable parents to get to work on time. Before School Care will commence Tuesday September 3, 2024 and registration is required each year. It is available between 7:45 - 8:15 am. Please click here to register your child. Students who arrive at 8:15 do not need to register for the Before School Care Program.
School Fees For the third year, the CRPS board has decided not to charge lunchroom supervision fees for the 2024-2025 school year, reflecting our division's commitment to easing family financial pressures. Complimentary (CTF) course fees for Grades 7 and 8 students have been added to your Parent Portal account and are due by October 31, 2024. You can pay school fees online and obtain a copy of your invoice through your Power School Parent Portal account. Once you sign on, under navigation, click on Student Fees. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the school office.
School and Family Wellness Worker Emily Nicholson, our new School and Family Wellness Worker, is here to help support families and students with their social and emotional well-being. Please contact her at 403-762-4465 ext 6089. This is one more way Canadian Rockies School Division is here to help support not only your child, but also your family. Right From The Start Welcome back BES families! We are so excited to have you here! Ms. Jenniex, with Right from the Start, will start visiting all the classrooms next week. If you have any questions about Right from the Start, please feel free to reach out to megan.jenniex@crps.ca. Watch for RFTS newsletter updates from your child(ren)’s homeroom teachers throughout the year to see what is happening with RFTS!
Town of Banff Children & Youth Programs The Out-of-School Club (OSC) is a licensed childcare program offering care for school aged children, September to June. With a focus on child-led play, exploration and natural curiosity, OSC aims to connect children through indoor and outdoor programming. The OSC program hours compliment the Canadian Rockies Public School calendar- providing care during the after school hours, PD days, parent/teacher interviews, the staggered kindergarten entry and school breaks. For details and how to register, visit www.banff.ca/kids.
Settlement Services Settlement Services provides Permanent Residents of Canada, Live-In Caregivers and Refugees with the support they need to settle in the Bow Valley. Please click the link for the Settlement Services October Newsletter. More information about Settlement Services and a calendar of events is available at: www.banff.ca/settlement or follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SSBV.CCBV/.
You can also check out our School Announcementshere (this is updated frequently) for more information. Please like us on Facebook and follow BES on Instagram @banffelementaryschool for news and reminders.
Canadian Rockies Public Schools Please follow CRPS on Facebook, Follow/Tag us on Twitter and on Instagram so you can stay up-to-date on all CRPS school related issues, updates and information. Please click here for the CRPS Board Meeting Calendar, Agendas and Highlights.
Homestay families needed in Banff, Canmore or Exshaw for international high school students (Grade 10-12) from Feb-June 2025 Do you have a spare bedroom? Become a host family for our International Student Program! Remuneration is provided. Follow this link to find out more!
