Important Upcoming Dates

Spring Arts Gala

Come enjoy an evening of the arts, on Thursday, May 23 from 6:00-6:30, put on by our talented MHS students!

The evening will include food and beverages prepared by the foods students, art exhibits and displays prepared by our art students, musical performances by our grade 9 band students, and a production of the play Whodunit by our grade 9 drama students.

Entrance to the gym will be through donations to our arts programming here at MHS (as small or as large as you would like 😊). Please come and enjoy as we celebrate the students’ hard work!

2024 Annual MHS Staff Appreciation Lunch

On Friday, June 14, the McKenzie Highlands Parent Association is holding the Annual MHS Staff Appreciation Lunch.  If you are able to help out, please sign up with the link below. 

All items need to be dropped off to the school by 11am and have all ingredients listed, as there are a few severe allergies and dietary restrictions. 

Please see the attached link for more general and contact information.

2024 MHS Staff Appreciation Lunch

Learning Commons News

LC Lunchtime Club: We are continuing with yarn crafts this week.  Students can choose to continue with finger knitting, or instead learn the basics of knitting with knitting needles.   

Mondays:  Grade 6

Tuesdays:  Grade 5  

Wednesdays:  Grades 7-9

Thursdays:  Grade 4

Riddle-Me-This- How can you get one last chance to win a gift card from an LC contest?  By solving the weekly riddle!  Students can solve the weekly riddle posted in the LC for an extra entry into our last contest of the year.  The draw will take place on June 13. 

Next week’s riddle is an old Scottish one.  Can you figure it out?

I’m a wee wee man
With a red red coat,
A stick in my hand,
And a stone in my throat.
What am I?

Year-End Business- The last day for book checkouts this year will be May 31, and all books are due for return on June 6.

PAT Exam Schedule

Grade 9 PAT Parent Exam Notifications (June)

Sending parents clarification on notifications of students’ attendance during exam days.

Teachers will be holding tutorials for Gr 9 students in the afternoon on exam days.  If parents choose for their children to study at home in the afternoon, we will require parent permission either by a note sent in to the office, an email to the absence line at mckenziehighlands@cbe.ab.ca, or a phone message left on the absence line at 403-817-3544, (option #1). 

As we have over 195 students in grade 9, we are asking that parents notify the school of this permission the day BEFORE exams so students can leave in a timely manner.  If you can please stipulate if you would like the permission to apply for all exam days or specific days.

Students will have to wait until we can confirm that we have permission from parents before they will be able to leave the school.

Friday Schedule

Daryl Martin, Principal                                      Tiffany Jernigan, Assistant Principal