Important Upcoming Dates

Halloween Dance

On Thursday, October 31 our Halloween festivities will be taking place at school.  Students are encouraged to dress up for Halloween, remembering that all costumes must be school appropriate (no masks or weapons).  Our festivities will consist of a school dance, a haunted house and a carnival.

Grades 4, 5, & 6 will be invited to participate in a Halloween Carnival organized by the grade 8 Recreation Leadership class. These students will be able to play up to a dozen carnival events to win Halloween treats during the morning of October 31.  Students will be able to purchase carnival event tickets for $0.25 each.  Students are encouraged to being some cash to play the carnival events and have some Halloween fun.  Proceeds from any profit from the event will go to the recreation leadership class and their choice of a charity to donate to. 

The Schedule is as follows:

Grades 4-6 will be attending Periods 1-4

Grades 7-9 will be attending Periods 5-6

*Leadership students will be selling pop & chips for $2, for any students who want to purchase a treat, with all proceeds being donated to the Veteran’s Food Bank*

There will be alternate activities taking place in different areas of the school, for those students who don’t want to participate in the Halloween festivities.

Band Fundraiser

A quick reminder to parents that this is the last week of the Purdy’s Band Fundraiser!

Anxiety & Youth Presentation

Parents/Guardians are invited on Wednesday, November 6, at 6:30 for a presentation and discussion around anxiety and youth.  Please access Eventbrite to register.   Pre-registration is encouraged to assist with planning, but walk ins are welcome as well.  This is an important topic as we navigate a post-pandemic social media landscape.

Event Bright link

Remembrance Day

Hello! Our Remembrance Day Assembly will be taking place on Thursday, November 7 this year.  Parents/guardians are invited to the Remembrance Day Assembly. 

If you have photographs of relatives who fought in WWI, WWII, the Korean War, the Cold War, the war in Afghanistan and any other conflicts or ongoing peacekeeping missions that we could include them in our slideshow, it would be most appreciated! 

If you'd like to have your relative included, please email us a picture (or pictures) of them and include a short description about where and when they served, any accomplishments or medals received, and any other important information about them. Please also let us know the student and class that they are connected to in our school. 

You can send your pictures and information to Angela Rose at aerose@cbe.ab.ca or Karen Porterfield at klporterfield@cbe.ab.ca. The deadline for this is Monday, November 4. Thanks so much for your support!

Week Ahead in Athletics 

Basketball

Our school will be hosting this week for our Junior/Senior Basketball. Schedule will be as follows: 

• Junior Girls will play October 28 at 4:30pm & 7:30pm
• Junior Boys will play October 29 at 4:30pm & 7:30pm 
• Senior Girls will play October 30 at 4:30pm & 7:30pm 
• Senior Boys have a bye on the 31, and will play Nov 7 in lieu. 

Soccer

Coaches will reach out to athletes on game dates as play offs are dependent on weather and field conditions: 

• Girls' will play their semi-final against Midsun on Monday, October 28, beginning at 4:30pm.  The winner of the semi-final will play Tuesday, October 29 at 4:30pm – Location TBD

Upcoming ENVOE Trips

ENVOE 7A – Orienteering – November 18 – 8:30am – 12:33pm

ENVOE 7B – Orienteering – November 19 – 8:30am – 12:33pm

ENVOE 8 – Orienteering – November 20 – 8:30am – 12:33pm

ENVOE 9 – Orienteering – November 21 – 8:30am – 12:33pm

Learning Commons News

Next week is our last week of Battleship Club.  Thank you to all the students who came out to put their strategies to the test.  We will also continue to make some spooky crafts in the spirit of the season.

Please note that the days for our lunch club are now as follows:

Mondays:  Grades 5

Tuesdays: Grade 6

Wednesdays: Grade 4

Thursdays: Grade 7-9

Would You Rather?   Would you rather find out that your best friend is a vampire or a ghost?  Pop by the LC next week to give your answer and earn yourself a tasty treat.

Name That Monster

Can your child name the 3 monsters in each poem below?  If so, they can enter our annual “Name that Monster” contest in the LC.  A winner will be drawn from the entries on November 4 and the prize is a $20 Scholastics gift certificate to use at our book fair coming in December.

Monster #1

Some people say I cackle.

I have to say, it’s true.

But I have lots of fun,

When I am stirring up my brew.

Monster #2

I flew to the dentist yesterday

In my favourite bat disguise,

But he could not give me braces

He had nothing in my size.

Monster #3

Some people call me Frankie

But I don’t have lots of mates

Perhaps it’s from my silly walk

Or the screams that I create.

Friday Schedule

Daryl Martin, Principal                                  Tiffany Jernigan, Assistant Principal