Dear Parents/Guardians,
Welcome back! We hope you enjoyed a rejuvenating Winter Break.
Here are our updates for the upcoming week:
Athletics
Volleyball tryouts are underway! Our senior teams wrapped up their tryouts earlier this week. Congratulations to all the athletes who made those teams. Our junior teams have started their tryouts already and will continue them into the early part of next week. All tryout information can be found on the Athletics webpage.
Wrestling season has resumed after the winter break. Our athletes will be competing in the Constrictor Class at Tom Baines School on January 17-18. That will be the final tournament of the season before the Divisional Meet, which is happening on January 28. More information will be forthcoming about that meet.
The deadlines to have your ski trip forms completed and returned are fast approaching. The Grade 7 deadline was January 6, so any students who missed that deadline but are still hoping to attend are being put on a wait list. The Grade 9 forms are due on Jan. 17, the Grade 8 forms are due on Jan. 20, and the Grade 6 forms are due on Feb. 3. If your child did not receive a form and wants to attend a ski trip, please have them stop by the PE office as soon as possible to pick-up their paperwork. Trips are filling up very quickly, especially the Grade 6 and 9 trips, so the sooner you get your forms in, the better. Please note that ski trips are not mandatory and any students choosing not to go will attend regularly scheduled classes that day.
Lunch Supervision
Grade 5 & 6 - students staying at the school during the lunch hour, need a Lunch Supervision Registration completed, also in your MyCBE account.
Attendance
Please call 403-817-3552 and dial 1 if your child will be absent. Please leave a brief message including only the student’s last name, first name and reason for their absence.
Alternatively, please email us at westridge@cbe.ab.ca to report the absence.
Please select only one method of contact (voicemail OR email), no need for both an email and phone call, as we receive many messages a day.
Volunteers
Volunteer registration forms are done in School Engage this year, using your parent MyCBE Account.
Filling out this form is optional, and it is only needed if you plan to volunteer with us. A new volunteer forms is required every school year.
- Log into your MyCBE Account
- Click on the School Engage icon
- Click on Volunteer form (+)
- Fill out the form and submit
- School will review it and either approve your form if you already have Police Clearance with the CBE or
- If you are not in our police check clearance database yet, we will enter your details. Next, you will receive an email from CPS within a few days.
- Calgary Police Service (CPS) emails newly registered volunteers directly once a week, prompting you to start the process.
- We are attaching the instructions for their system to this email (Calgary Board of Education VSPN Voucher Instructions). Please follow these instructions to guarantee your police check will be free – covered by the CBE and linked to our organization
- Once you have received your police clearance, please upload the letter to your CBE School Engage Volunteer form, or alternatively, show it to us at the school office.
- Final step: your status will change from “being processed” to “cleared” on our volunteer database.