Week Ahead Mar. 10-14 | 2025-2026 School Year, Athletics, Fundraiser

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Posted on 2025-03-11 15:11:35.92 +0000 UTC

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Here are some updates for the coming week:

Parent-Teacher Conferences are coming up and the booking system opens today for booking (Friday, March 7, at 7.30 pm).

We are offering three opportunities to meet with teachers, to accommodate more families:

Friday, March 14 1 pm-3.30 pm (online)
Thursday, March 20 4 pm-8 pm (online)
Friday, March 21 8 am-1 pm (online) – this is a PD Day

2025-2026 School Year

An email went out to all families this morning asking that you let us know if your child(ren) will not return to West Ridge School in the fall. Please let us know by March 21, 2025, if they are not coming back. Please reply to siarezo@cbe.ab.ca with the following information:

Full legal name
Next year school (CBE, non-CBE, out of Canada, out of Province, private, etc).

Please note there is no need to email us if your child will continue at West Ridge School.

Athletics

Volleyball playoffs start next week with our boys teams playing in the semi-finals on March 12 at William D. Pratt and our girls teams also playing in the semi-finals on March 13 at Griffith Woods. Best of luck to all of our volleyball teams as they begin their run to the finals!

Due to the ongoing CUPE labour strike, the following attendance policy has been put in place for all CBE schools: “Attendance at athletic games will be limited to parents/guardians of those athletes directly involved in the event. Students will not be permitted to attend athletic games unless they are the siblings of one of the athletes and are accompanied by a parent/guardian. Access will be limited to the gymnasium; no access will be permitted to other parts of the school.”

Our final Grade 5 Developmental Volleyball session will be happening on March 14 from 7:30-8:15am. We hope to see you there!

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).

If you need to pick your child(ren) up during the school day, please allow enough time for the office to find them. Sometimes they will be out of the building or in Phys Ed, which takes more time for us to reach them. Sometimes we have many different pick-ups happening at the same time, and that also will take us more time to find your child.

It is most helpful if you email the office in advance at westridge@cbe.ab.ca and copy the homeroom teacher.

Grade 9 Fundraiser - Do you have a Sweet Tooth?

Over the past five years, our Grade 9 students have made incredible and lasting contributions to the Raptor family. We would like to send them off in a way that acknowledges the lasting legacy they have left at West Ridge. With that in mind, we need our community’s help in raising funds for this celebration. To support this, we have organized a Purdy’s chocolate fundraiser—helping both the celebration and, perhaps, satisfying that sweet tooth of yours! Use the link below to place your order.

Deadline to place orders will be March 29, 2025.

https://fundraising.purdys.com/1963302-127201

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Brophy asbrophy@cbe.ab.ca

West Ridge School Council/Society

Parent Talk Opportunity: Tuesday April 8 at 7pm, held at the Mount Royal Bella Theatre, tickets are $25 (http://tickets.mru.ca/ArnicaFoundation).

“Parenting with the Brain in Mind” is a night by Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, clinician, consultant, and author. The talk will teach practical information about a child’s brain and offer a new perspective on some of the most pressing concerns, along with some tools and strategies for addressing them. Sponsored by Arnica Foundation.

Growing Smiles Flower Fundriaser

Help support our students and staff by purchasing beautiful flowers! Pick up is in May. Click the link below for details

Growing Smiles Fundraiser Information

Financial Review

We are looking for one volunteer to help review our financials. No accounting background necessary (but it doesn’t hurt!). Time commitment is about 1.5-2 hours on an agreed evening or weekend. If you can help out please send an email to infowrss@gmail.com