Dear Midnapore Families
It was a special day at Midnapore School. We spent our morning thanking many parents who have been a huge support at our school by volunteering and spending countless hours supporting students and learning. For parents unable to attend today’s volunteer tea, we want to ensure we acknowledge you and your hard work. It is a great feeling to be a part of such a strong learning community. Midnapore is a hard-working community, which prides itself on supporting each other. We appreciate you and wouldn’t be able to have all the success we had this year without you. THANK YOU!
Grade 6 Camp Trip
A special thank you to those parents and teachers who supported an amazing camp experience. We are very fortunate to have such dedicated teachers and parents who go above and beyond to create memories and positive experiences for our students. A special thank you to Ms. Miller, Gordon-Cooper, Carriere and Bell for their hard work and planning for this event. Midnapore School is grateful for all that you do.
Sports Day
We are excited to share that our Sports/Activity Day will be on Friday, June 14. If we are interrupted by the rain we will move this fun event to Friday, June 21. We will be sharing a sign-up genius soon where parent volunteers will be able to sign up if you’re looking.
Fire Safety Trailer
On May 29, all students will have the opportunity to participate in our Calgary Fire Department Fire Safety Trailer activity. We are excited to invite Fire Station Crew 43 to Midnapore School for this unique learning opportunity. If you would like to learn more about the fire safety activities students will be participating in, please click the link below.
https://www.calgary.ca/our-services/fire/safety-trailer-education.html
Honesty Virtue this Month
Our school will be supporting the Calgary Humane Society for the month of May. We are collecting:
- Clean, small blankets
- Clean flat bed sheets
- New, unopened bags of animal food and treats
- Cash donations
- No animal toys as the Humane Society has strict rules on what types of toys they can offer their animals
Mandarin Program Update
This month in Ms. Fan's Grade 1 class, we celebrated Asian Heritage Month with fun activities and great books. Our students made beautiful art inspired by famous Asian artists, like the colorful dot paintings by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. We showed these artworks at our volunteer tea event to thank our wonderful parent volunteers.
We also enjoyed some fantastic Asian stories. "The Empty Pot" taught us about the importance of being honest, which connects to one of the seven sacred teachings we are learning this month. We also read "The Name Jar," a book about being proud of our names and where we come from!
这个月在凡老师的一年级班级里，我们用许多有趣的活动和精彩的书籍庆祝了亚洲文化月。孩子们根据亚洲著名艺术家的风格，如日本艺术家草间弥生的波点画，创作了美丽的艺术作品。我们在家长志愿者茶话会上展出了这些画作，以表达对家长志愿者的感谢。
我们还阅读了一些精彩的亚洲故事。《空罐子》这本书教会了我们诚实的重要性，与本月我们全校学习的seven scared teachings主题契合。孩子们特别喜欢的另一本书是《名字罐》，这本书鼓励我们为自己的名字和我们的文化而感到骄傲和自豪。
Are your children attending Midnapore School next year?
As we are beginning to plan for the next school year, we would like to know if you are planning to remain at Midnapore School. Accurate enrolment data helps us to plan effectively.
We want to remind parents that our current grade 6 students will automatically be enrolled for grade 7 at their designated school for August 2024. Our Students in Grade 4 for the Mandarin Program will also automatically be enrolled in our partner Panabaker school program. You do not need to do anything to register.
Please inform us as soon as possible if your child(ren) will NOT be attending Midnapore School in August 2024 by emailing Mrs. Stewart at chstewart@cbe.ab.ca
Please confirm the following information in your email:
- Student Name(s)
- Current Classroom(s)
- New School
If you are transferring to a different CBE school, please complete the attached Student Transfer form and email Mrs. Stewart ASAP. If you are leaving the CBE school division, you do not need to complete the Student Transfer form.
If your child(ren) is/are remaining at Midnapore School next year, you do not need to email Mrs. Stewart, Thank you.
Kindergarten Registrations – Please check you School Engage Account:
Thank you to our kindergarten families who have already registered for the 2024-25 school year. Early registration allows us to thoughtfully plan forward for staffing. If you have registered for kindergarten, please check your School Engage account to see if additional information is required for registration purposes. We will process registrations when we have received all required information and documents.
Key Dates
June 3 Grade 4 (Peterson/Alexander) Zoo trip
June 5 Kindergarten (Truth) Assembly
June 11 Grade 1 Zoo Field Trip
June 14 Tentative Sports Day
June 19 Grade 6 Social PAT
June 20 Grade 6 Science PAT
June 24 Grade 4 Mandarin & Grade 6 Farewell
June 25 Kindergarten Celebration - Mandarin Program – 2 pm
June 26 Kindergarten Celebration - English Program- 2 pm
June 27 Last day of Classes- Half day
June 28 No School
Thank you,
Greg & Meagan