Dear Parents/Guardians,
Here are some updates for the coming week:
2025-26 Complementary Course Selection
All next year grade 7, 8 and 9 families will receive an email next week with instructions about how to select your complementary courses for next year. This is all done online and there will be step by step instructions.
Athletics
Doug Brown, Director of Sport Performance and Co-Owner of Zeal Performance, will be giving a brief presentation at lunch time (starting at 12:00pm) on May 12 in the Main Gym. This presentation is aimed at any Grade 8 and 9 students who are interested in improving their athletic performance through dedicated strength and conditioning, speed camps, and cardio-based skills. This will be especially beneficial for those students hoping to try out for athletic teams at the high school level. Bring your lunch and come listen to this engaging presentation.
Badminton
Badminton divisional tournaments are starting next week. Both of our Grade 7 and 8 teams are playing on the following dates at the specified locations. Best of luck to our teams as they wrap-up their seasons.
- May 6 - Grade 8: Singles & Mixed Doubles at Twelve Mile Coulee
- May 7 - Grade 7: Singles & Mixed Doubles at West Ridge
- May 8 - Grade 7: Doubles at West Ridge
- Grade 8: Doubles at Twelve Mile Coulee
The final Grade 5 Developmental Badminton session is also happening next week. It’ll be on Friday, May 9 starting at 7:30pm. We hope to see you there!
Night of the Raptors
A BIG thank you to the parents/families/businesses who have already donated items for our upcoming Night of the Raptors celebration. If you are unfamiliar with this event, Night of the Raptors is a celebration of all things athletics and is open to any student, coach, or volunteer that was part of an inr-school team throughout the school year. Additional information will be forthcoming about this evening in the weeks to come. If you are willing to donate door prizes for this exciting event, please get in touch with Mr. Dixon via email (tcdixon@cbe.ab.ca).
Track Day
Our school-wide Track Day is scheduled for May 15. We are looking for about 15-20 broken hockey sticks that we can repurpose as stakes to partition our athletic field during this event. If you have any broken sticks or other similar items that you could donate, we would gladly accept them. Items can be brought to the school and dropped-off in the PE office.
Grade 9 Camping Trip
Paperwork for the upcoming Outdoor Education Grade 9 camping trip was distributed the past two days. The deadline to have your signed forms returned to Mr. Dixon in the PE office is Friday, May 9. Late forms will not be accepted. If your child was away but is still interested in this field trip, additional forms can be collected from the PE office next week. As a reminder, we do need 40 students to make this trip viable. If we do not reach that number the trip will be cancelled. Conversely, if we have more than 40 we will operate on a lottery system.
Volunteer Application Process
Should you wish to volunteer with us, please read the steps below:
- Log into your MyCBE Account (www.cbe.ab.ca/mycbe)
- Click on the School Engage icon
- Click on Volunteer form (+)
- Fill out the form and submit. This form is required yearly, for parents wishing to volunteer (optional).
- 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. Please allow 7-10 days and also check your spam folders.
- Calgary Police Service (CPS) emails newly registered volunteers directly once a week, prompting you to start the process.
- Please follow the steps from their email, 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 (in person or by email).
- Final step: your status will change from “being processed” to “cleared” on our volunteer database.
West Ridge School Council/Parent Society
JOIN the WRS School Council or Society!
We are in need of volunteers to fill the vacant roles for the 2025-2026 school year. If interested, please email wrscouncil@gmail.com
Parent Speaker Dr. Kelly Schwartz - May 21
With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Kelly Schwartz’s presentation will focus on navigating the complex terrain of teen psychological health, the importance of identity, relationships, emotional development, and how these elements are complicated by social media and technology. The discussion will end with some strategies and recommendations that can build psychological strength in your teen and in your confidence as a parent. Please sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409054FAFA62FA2FF2-56639867-parent
Healthy Hunger
Next week’s Healthy Hunger is Tim Hortons. You can place orders until this Saturday here.
Growing Smiles Flower Fundraiser - LAST WEEK TO ORDER
This is your last week to order beautiful flowers, herbs, vegetables, hanging baskets and more from Growing Smiles. Order cut off is May 7. Pick up for plants will be on May 22.
Stay in the Loop
Quick links for fundraisers and sign-ups
Send us an email - Council: wrscouncil@gmail.com
Society: infowrss@gmail.com
Check out the school webpage