me you will
always see the good in
every child.”
Mrs. Linda Pothier
June 2016
“Promise
Inside this issue:
Reflections
1-2
Superintendent’s
Message
2
School News
3-4
June Calendar
5
Community News
6-8
“Westglen will
Engage every student
in meaningful learning by challenging,
encouraging and
believing in them.”
Reflections on 20152015-2016 at Westglen
“Seeing Will come out of the pool with a black
eye and an evil grin.”
Grace K.
www.westglen.ca
Best memory - “The Phantom
of the Horse Opry play”
Chet D.
“When Chayce scared Mrs. Biggin at grade 8
Band Camp with a creepy giraffe mask!”
Christyne S.
“My best memory was when people were eating
horse cookies at the CTF Fair.”
Talia P.
“The Christmas Dance!”
Andrew M.
Halloween Parade
“...every class with Mrs. McCrea.”
Emma W.
“Building the DeLorean car from ‘Back to the Future’
with Caius.”
Mrs. Byiers
“Getting on the Honour Roll in grade 7.”
Jacob M.
“Field Frenzy was lots of fun last year and I’m really
looking forward to it again!”
Nathan B.
“Carol and I switching classes while Mr. Turnbull wasn’t noticing.”
(The fun of being identical twins!)
Noelle A.
“Playing kickball on the field outside in gym class.”
Isabelle M.
“...scaring Will at band
camp!”
Hunter R.
“Secretly signing Ms.
Sheehan up for a dating website even
though it didn’t work!”
Reign and Joelle
Science Fair
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“The rehearsing and recording
of the funny video that Mrs.
Massel and Mr. Salmon made
for our first Celebrations Assembly was lots of fun!”
Mrs. Shields
“My favourite memory was Grade 5 Camp, the
activities and rock climbing.”
Dakota H.
Golf Tournament
Thank You
We would like to thank all of the parents who have
been volunteering at Westglen throughout the year
with fundraisers, field trips, school activities, Parent
Advisory Council and our store.
As you read through our students’ reflections, you’ll
notice that many of their favourite memories include
these activities and your help has made them a huge
success. Thanks so much for all you do!
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Reflecting on a Great Year in Chinook’s Edge
A Message from the Superintendent
With the end of this school year on the horizon, we can look back with pride on a great
year of growth and accomplishment! The work
underway in schools across our division is creating positive momentum for our students.
“The work
underway in
schools across
our division is
creating positive
momentum for
our students.”
Students across all grades have studied and
honed their skills, and we are pleased that our
high school completion rates continue to be
well above provincial average. We have also
seen a significant impact in the number of our
graduates who are transitioning to postsecondary learning, and with this strong foundation they are in a greater position to continue achieving throughout their lives. Most significant to everyone involved is the continued
excellence across all safe and caring measures
in Chinook’s Edge, which we strongly believe is
the foundation for all other successes in our
division. We are working to ensure all of our
students have opportunities for success, from
the moment they enter kindergarten to the time
they graduate from high school.
Thank you to our students, teachers and staff
for your hard work and dedication this year,
and to parents and community partners who are
engaged leaders alongside us. I am proud to be
part of a team that works so diligently to make a
difference in the lives of the students we serve.
Thank you for challenging, encouraging and
believing in each of them, and in one another.
Enjoy your summer!
Kurt Sacher
Superintendent of Schools
Reflections (continued from page 1)
“When Mrs. Massel and Mr. Salmon
made that video to the songs for the
assembly.
Madison S.
“The school play was fun and the cast
was amazing.”
Mrs. Visser
Celebrations Assembly
Turkey Trot
“Paige and I found a magical pond at
Band Camp and thought everything
was funny.”
Cassidy S.
“Skating in PE when we were pushing
kids around on chairs and I was skating
circles around them.”
Kyle S.
“Grade 7 Band Camp was the most
fun!”
Mary and Savannah
“I really liked playing volleyball in
gym.”
Breanna F.
Turkey Dinner
CUSTOM SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Westglen has signed up with Custom School Supplies for 2016-17. This company provides prepackaged, high
quality school supplies (as requested for your child’s grade) which can be ordered online and will be delivered
directly to Westglen prior to our first day of school. Please see the parent letter attached to this email and
follow the link on the Home Page at www.westglen.ca to check out the program. It’s affordable and convenient
one-stop shopping!
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Band Notes
Spring Concert
Our Spring Concert is on Wednesday, June 1st, at 7 pm. All students need to be in their homerooms by 6:30 pm.
Concert dress is all black for grades 6, 7, and 8. Grade 5’s are asked to dress semi-formal (no blue jeans please!). They may
also dress in all black if they wish.
VIP Comfy Couch Fundraiser
At this year’s spring concert we will be selling tickets for front row VIP comfy couch seats for you and your family. Tickets will
be $2 per entry for the draw, and sold at the concert. We will draw the names of the lucky winners at the beginning of the
concert. All proceeds go towards the band program to help support transportation costs, instrument replacement, etc.
See everyone at the concert on June 1st!
Instrument Rentals
All school instrument rentals must be returned for summer cleaning by Monday,June 13th, as well as all school music and
method books.
If you are renting an instrument from St. John’s Music, or another music store, you are to continue your rental throughout the
summer, as all rental programs are rent to own. Please contact the store directly if you are unsure. At some point over the
summer break, it is a good idea to bring your child’s instrument to St. John’s Music (or wherever you are renting from) to be
checked for repairs and/or cleaned.
If your son/daughter is not continuing with band next year, you must return the instrument directly to the music store yourself
in order to cancel the rental contract. The school is not permitted to return instruments rented on your behalf. The address
for St. John's Music is 700 58th Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta T2H 2E2. Store Hours: Monday - Saturday 9:30am – 6:00pm.
Grade Five Camp
Our grade five students are looking forward to their trip to River’s Edge
Camp! The kids will leave on June 9th from school and return on June
10th at approximately 5:30pm. They will experience a variety of outdoor
pursuits and team building activities.
Our bus students need to make arrangements to have their luggage brought
to the school by their parents. Luggage will not be allowed on the school
buses on the morning of the 9th.
Thanks to all of the parents, families and community members who supported our fundraising efforts to offset the cost of camp.
Grade 5 Camp 2015
Track and Field
Spring Swing Dance
Westglen athletes were very successful at counties this year! Congrats to the
following students who advanced to zones on May 31st in Calgary: (grade 7)
Emily Biggin, Kendal Gingrich, Deity Daunheimer, Amy Black, Corie
Heistad, Chase Rauhala, Kaleb Rauhala, Luke Hildebrandt, Jhgr Bishop,
Nathan Chita, Jesse Schmidt, (grade 8) Emma Shultz, Sydney Snyder, Kiya
Gosselin, Grace Johnson, Talia Penner, Ellen van Noordenburg, Madisun
Holuk, Amber Hornbrook, Sophie Knipe, Zack DeBruyn, Paton Rothenbusch, Tage Fawns, and Carson Fischer.
Our Westglen Spring Swing Dance is on
Thursday, June 2nd from 6:00 - 8:30pm.
The cost is $5.00 per ticket and there will
be a DJ, photo booth and snacks for sale!
Go Wildcats!
If you’re available to help chaperone,
please call the office.
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Pancake Breakfast and Field Frenzy
We will also be hosting Field Frenzy for
all Westglen students that day. This will
be a fun day full of outdoor activities for
the kids to participate in. Please make
sure your children are dressed in appropriate clothing (it may get wet!) and have
sunscreen and bug spray if necessary.
All the kids will be treated to a hamburger for lunch—they still need to bring
snacks and something to drink.
We will be holding our annual Pancake
Breakfast for Westglen students on
Monday, June 27th at 8:00 am. The
grade four students from Ross Ford
and their families are invited to attend
and tour Westglen as well. After the
pancake breakfast, all students will visit
their homerooms for the 2016-17
school year.
Library News
Principal’s Message
I would like to say thank you to my library club and Miss Wiens
for all their hard work this year. A big thank you to all parents
and students who have donated books to the library.
As the school year draws to a close, there is a great deal
of excitement and energy throughout the building. (Maybe not so much in the Staff Room by the end
of the day, though!) Some of the changes however are
bittersweet, as we have some staff members who will be
moving on to new positions at the end of June. One of
our EAs, Mrs. Laura Lee, is leaving us to start a business venture with her family. They have purchased and
are currently renovating the cafe across from the post
office and they hope to have Reminisce open in July. Mrs. Jenny Johnson, Grade 5, will be headed to
Hugh Sutherland School in Carstairs as the High
School Phys Ed specialist. Jenny’s enthusiasm and expertise will be greatly missed in our building, but she
thrives on new challenges, so we wish her well in her
new position. Our Vice-Principal, Mr. Jerry Salmon, is
busy getting ready to relocate his family to Raymond. It
has been a great three years together and I will miss him
as much personally as I will professionally.
The art display is in the library until June 13th for anyone who
wishes to come and see the exhibition.
I wish everyone a great summer holiday and we will see you in
September.
Please ensure all books are returned or paid for by June 17th
Good reading!!!
MRS. NICKEL
Spare Time Bowling
A field trip to Spare Time Bowling in Olds has been
planned for Tuesday, June 14th to show our appreciation
to all of the student volunteers in our school. Breakfast,
store, office and library helpers have all been invited to
attend. We really appreciate all the effort and hard work
they put in to help and we are happy to offer them this
special afternoon; it’s going to be tons of fun!
Calaway Park
To our Grade 8’s, we wish you the best of luck! We
will miss seeing you every day. Watching you grow into
the wonderful leaders that you have become has been a
pleasure. You are smart (and sassy), talented and creative, and we look forward to celebrating your continued
successes at DHS and in the community.
Happy June!
The grade 8 classes will end their year with a field trip to
Calaway Park on June 24th. This will also wrap up the
Physics/Mechanical Systems in Science. The cost is $30
per student. Permission forms will be sent home soon.
Farewell to all of our grade eight students
Best of luck in high school and your future endeavours!
June 2016
Sun
5
Mon
6 (Day 5)
Tue
7 (Day 1)
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
(Day 3)
(Day 4)
Band Concert
7:00 pm
Grade 6 trip to
Crimson Lake
NonNon-Instructional
Day
8 (Day 2)
9 (Day 3)
10 (Day 4)
11
Gr 7 trip to
Yamnuska
Grade five camp at River’s Edge Camp
12
13 (Day 5)
14 (Day 1)
15 (Day 2)
Student volunteer Gr 6 PAT - ELA
bowling trip
16 (Day 3)
17 (Day 4)
Gr 6 PAT - Math
Gr 6 PAT - Science
18
Gr 8 trip to
Yamnuska
Grade 4
Orientation 5:00 pm
19
20 (Day 5)
21 (Day 1)
Gr 6 PAT - Social Gr 7 trip to
Heritage Park
22 (Day 2)
23 (Day 3)
24 (Day 4)
25
Gr 6 swim 9:00 am
Gr 5/6 track meet
Gr 7 swim 11:00 am
Gr 8 swim 9:00 am
Gr 8 trip to
Calaway Park
26
27 (Day 5)
28 (Day 1)
29
30
Celebrations
Pancake Breakfast Assembly 10:00 am Organizational
and Field Frenzy
Day
Early dismissal at
12:00 pm
Last day for
Students
The first day of school for 2016—
2016—2017 is September 1st.
If you have any questions or concerns over the summer,
please contact Chinook’s Edge School Division at 403403227227-7070 or check the Westglen School website at
www.westglen.ca
Dear Parents/Guardians:
Westglen School Parent Council is excited to offer the parents of children planning to attend Westglen School next year
the opportunity to pre-purchase their school supplies. We will purchase, package and deliver directly to the school all of
your children's school supplies for the next year. As a part of our service, we also provide a sheet of 80 pre-printed
name labels. This process will save you both time and money. Custom School Supplies (based just outside of Carstairs)
has been serving schools and parents for over 15 years in Alberta.
There are a few simple steps to ensure your child will receive quality, standardized brand name products.
Please visit our website at www.CustomSchoolSupplies.ca
or scan in the bar code.
Click on “Order Now” and then put in the school code: “DIDSBURY2016”
**Note: If you have children in Ross Ford School you will be able to purchase their
supplies as well.)
You will be able to securely order your child’s supplies online. Payment is verified via Paypal. You will be able to pay with
a credit card or if you already have a PayPal account you may choose to pay with your PayPal account.
Your school supplies will be delivered directly to the school, ready for your child when they arrive at the school the first
day.
The deadline to complete your order online without a late fee penalty is Friday June 10th, 2016.
THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM but one that we are sure will be of value to you and your school as it ensures that
students will be provided with quality school supplies that meet the school’s exact needs. The supplies will be packaged
and delivered directly to the school in August before school starts. This will give you one less thing to worry about
over the summer and provide you with one less expense in September.
If you have any questions, please contact Custom School Supplies at 1-800-441-4125
or email: [email protected]
Thank you in advance for considering purchasing your school supplies with Custom School Supplies.
Margi Sayer
CUSTOM SCHOOL SUPPLIES
www.customschoolsupplies.ca
Cell Phone: 403-801-8338
Phone: 1-800-441-4125
Fax: 1-866-859-9771
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CONNECT PARENT GROUP
Parenting in today’s world can be challenging at the best of times. We are very excited to
offer a group which will support parents in having a different relationship with their child/
children. CONNECT is the only attachment-based parenting program for parents of
teens out there. The goal of CONNECT is to promote sensitive and effective parenting
where parents will learn about attachment as it relates to their adolescence’s development.
Think about your child as an infant in distress and all that we did as parents to determine
what was wrong. As our children get older we lose this curiosity and determination to
find out what is going on with our child and the CONNECT program helps you get back
to that place to figure out what is going on for your adolescent.
The CONNECT program is strength-focused and future oriented. It uses several therapeutic strategies and techniques to help parents figure out their adolescent’s attachment
needs.
This is a 9-week program where each week parents will learn different principles that
will help with a deeper understanding of their adolescent’s attachment and strengthen
the relationship with their child.
We will be running the program starting September 26th for 9 weeks in the Community
Engagement site at Didsbury High School. A meal will be provided.
If you are interested in learning more or signing up for this amazing program please contact Darla Korver at 403 335-3234/[email protected] or Andrea Caines at
403 335-3356/[email protected]