Earth Rangers Presentations
The students really enjoyed our Earth Rangers presentation this week! Ask your child about the snake, lizard and armadillo we met!
Away for the Day: Personal Mobile Device Use Policy Reminder
We have seen an increase in recent weeks of personal mobile devices at school – particularly smart watches. This is a reminder that students are not permitted to wear a smart watch to school, even if the connection to the internet has been disable. Personal devices MUST be out of sight for the entire school day, meaning watches would need to be in backpacks and not on students’ wrists. This policy has been in effect since September 2024 and is an Alberta Government Ministerial Order. To meet the expectations of the Ministerial Order, students in kindergarten to Grade 9 follow the CBE’s ‘Away for the Day’ guidelines similar to what many schools have been using in recent years. Personal mobile devices including cell phones, tablets, gaming devices, laptops, smart watches, Bluetooth speakers/headphones or any personal electronic device that can be used to communicate with or access the internet are NOT permitted at school.
Please Remember:
- No personal mobile device use is permitted during the school day
- Devices brought to school must be out of sight and either powered of or set to silent (The CBE and WSS urge families to keep devices at home altogether)
Thank you for your support in adhering to this very important and mandatory policy.
No toys or items from home
This is a reminder that no toys are allowed at school. We also do not permit personal Moonballs at school because they are too hard to manage with large groups of students. We have a wonderful assortment of school equipment the students have access to for outdoor play.
Music Notes
Hello West Springs Families,
Grade 1/2 Choir News
Our choir season was cut short when the outbreak began, and now that we're back to normal, I'd like to have at least one, and possibly a couple of optional choir practices with the Grade 1/2 choir, as their choir season was very short.
At this time of year, it is evident that many of the kids need to run around outside at lunch recess, but it appears that Monday next week will be much cooler and possibly rainy, so I plan to have a Grade 1/2 choir practice at lunch recess on Monday (rather than Wednesday). It will not be mandatory, but anyone who signed up for choir is welcome. We do not have the opportunity for a performance in June, as the storytelling evenings in April were the performance we had been planning on, but I think that singing together will be a good thing for a lot of our students.
Best, Mr. Vooys
Fundraising News
We have a few reminders for our parents:
Fun Fair – Thursday June 12, 3:40 – 6:00pm
Tickets for the Fun Fair are selling out fast, order yours today! Fun Fair Ticket Sales. Quantities are limited, and door sales will be weather dependent, so grab your tickets early.
We are excited to have Kona Snow Cones back again this year! Visit the following link to pre order your snow cones and avoid the line-ups at the event! 20% of the sales will be kicked back to our school. The pre-pay window will close at 5:00pm on June 11. For anyone that misses the chance to pre-purchase, cash or digital payment will be available at the truck the day of the event.
Kona Preorder <--------- ORDER HERE!
Save the date!
West Springs and West Ridge Casino – November 13,14, 17 & 18.
Our biggest fundraiser is back for November 2025! The Casino is our school’s biggest fundraiser, and brings in over $70,000 which help fund learning initiatives at West Springs School.
Follow this link to sign up. If you have any questions, please email westspringswestridgecasino@gmail.com
Fill the freezer
Thank you to everyone who placed an order. We raised $1,300 for our school learning initiatives. Please pick up your items on Thursday June 3, 2:00 – 3:40pm at the front of the school. Prompt pick up is appreciated as this food is frozen and will spoil.
Thank you so much for all your support this year. We look forward to celebrating with everyone at the Fun Fair.
Best Regards,
WSSDA
contact.wssda@gmail.com
On the Horizon
- June 5 School Council meeting 6:30 pm
- June 10 Grade 4 Fitset Ninja in-school activity
- June 12 Return all WSS books to the Learning Commons
- June 12 WSSDA Fun Fair Family Event–tickets available on Healthy Hunger (afterschool event)
- June 16 Volunteer Appreciation Coffee and Conversation 10 – 11 am
- June 19 Sports Day #1 T/Th Kinders and half school
- June 19 Grade 1 Teacher’s Pet Science Activity
- June 20 Sports Day # 2 M/W Kinders and half school
- June 20 Summer Solstice
- June 21 National Indigenous People’s Day
- June 22 DEADLINE FOR YELLOW SCHOOLBUS REGISTRATION
- June 24 Grade 4 Farewell Assembly 10am
- June 25 Report Cards available for families to view in MyCBE Account
- June 26 Last Day of classes (12:50pm home time bell)