Learning Together, Friends Forever. 同窗四季，挚友一生

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Hello / Nǐ hǎo Marion Carson School Families,

In this message…

-          SoundKreations Dance Residency

-          Whole School Field Trip – World Cup Speedskating

-          School Photo Retakes / Whole Class Photos

-          Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences

-          Book Fair

I would like to say thank you to our students led by our Grade 5/6 team for their leadership in today’s Remembrance Day Assembly. I encourage everyone over the Fall break and specifically on November 11^th, to take some time to visit the many events around the city in honour of those who have served and currently serve to protect our values and freedoms.

A reminder that schools are closed from November 8 to 12, 2025 for Fall Break. School resumes on Thursday, November 13, 2025.

Some items of note…

1.    SoundKreations Dance Residency

Reminder that the SoundKreations Dance Residency starts on our first day back from Fall Break on November 13, 2025.

2.    Whole School Field Trip – World Cup Speedskating

We are excited to announce that all K-6 classrooms scheduled to be in attendance on Friday, November 21 will be going on a field trip to the Olympic Oval, to cheer on Olympic hopefuls in the Speedskating World Cup event. The cost of the tickets for this event is fully covered, therefore the only cost to families is $5/student for busing. This fee has now been added to your MyCBE account for payment. Field trip forms went home yesterday. We have a limited number of volunteer spots available (1/class). Please connect with your child’s teacher should you be interested in volunteering.

3.    School Photos Retakes / Class Photos

November 26 is scheduled to be our individual student photo retake day. Lifetouch has also contacted us stating that they would like to redo our classroom photos that were taken back in September due to some lighting/shadow challenges. On November 26^th, we will be retaking our whole class photos for each homeroom class. Tuesday/Thursday Mandarin Bilingual Kindergarten will have their Class Photo on November 27, 2025.

4.    Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences.

Our next Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences are coming up on November 27 (from 4:30pm-8:30pm) and 28 (from 8:30am – 1:30pm). The School Conferences Booking System will open on this Saturday, November 22 at 10am through your MyCBE account. The booking system will close on Thursday, November 27 at 1pm. It is important that all families book a conference time to connect more formally with their child’s teacher(s) about their learning.

Additional Details:

·       Mandarin Bilingual Program students who have two teachers (Mandarin and English) will have the opportunity to meet with both teachers at the same time during their conference timeslot.

·       Mandarin Bilingual Tuesday/Thursday Kindergarten class has an early dismissal day on Thursday, November 27 for school conferences. Students are dismissed at 1:20pm. All other K-6 students follow the normal Thursday schedule. *Tuesday/Thursday Mandarin Bilingual parents are responsible for pick-up at 1:20pm on this day, as no midday transportation is available.

·       Physical Education and Wellbeing (PE&W) and Music: Ms. Collins and Ms. Seto will be available in their respective spaces for families to explore learning in PE&W and Music during select times. Please consider visiting these spaces on Thursday from 5:00pm - 7:00pm or on Friday from 10:00am – 12:00pm noon. For a more formalized meeting to discuss your child’s specific learning in PE&W or Music, please email Ms. Collins at Adcollins@cbe.ab.ca or Ms. Seto at SuSeto@cbe.ab.ca to setup an alternate meeting time.

5.    Book Fair

Our fall book fair will be during PST conferences on November 27th 4:30pm-8:00pm and Nov 28th 9:00am-1:00pm! Get ready to shop for some exciting new reads. Students will have the opportunity to preview the book fair during that week and create their wish lists.

Book Donations:

• If you would like to donate a book to your child’s classroom, please consider looking at the Teacher Wish List table while at the conferences with your child.
• Teachers truly appreciate your support, and this is one way that you could choose to support your teacher, your child, and their classroom.

Volunteers: 

• Our school book fairs are run entirely by parent volunteers.  We need parents to help to make this happen. Please help us out if you have the capacity that week, a link will be sent out soon, but in the meantime you can email mcschoolcouncil@gmail.com if interested.

Important Dates:

Nov. 8-12: Fall Break

Nov. 13-27: SoundKreations Dance Residency

Nov. 18: School Council and Parent Association Meeting – 6:30-8pm

Nov. 20: Fun Lunch (Subway) – order at www.healthyhunger.ca

Nov. 20: Parent Association’s Parent Education Online Session – Financially Supporting Your Children

Nov. 21: World Cup School Day (Half Day Whole School Field Trip) – Details TBC

Nov. 22: School Conference booking system opens at 10am – MyCBE Account

Nov. 26: Photo Retakes (am only) and Whole Class Photos (Tu/Th KMB on Nov. 27)

Nov. 27: Mandarin Bilingual Kindergarten Early Dismissal Day due to School Conferences (no midday bussing) – Mandarin Bilingual Kindergarten students dismissed at 1:20pm

Nov. 27: School Parent-Student-Teacher (PST) Conferences and Book Fair (4:30-8:30pm) *Book Fair Closes at 8pm

Nov. 28: School Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences and Book Fair (8:30am – 1:30pm) *Book Fair Closes at 1pm – No School for Students

Sincerely,

Mr. Dustin Turner

Principal, Marion Carson School