The Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) returning student registration process for 2025-26 takes place Feb. 10-24, 2025. Through the online form, all families will confirm the school and program their child will attend next year or advise the Division if they aren’t returning. For students who want to attend a non-designated school next year, these requests must be submitted through the returning student registration process—acceptance is based on available space.

On February 10, the parent/guardian on file in PowerSchool identified as the Permission Click contact for each pre-kindergarten to Grade 11 student will receive an email through Permission Click with a link to the form. If your family hasn’t received any Permission Click forms this school year, contact the school office so we can investigate any technical issues before registration season.

Is your child turning five on or before Dec. 31, 2025? If so, it’s almost time to register for kindergarten.

Kindergarten registration opens for the 2025-26 school year on Feb. 1, 2025.

To help families prepare, Elk Island Public Schools has put together an online EIPS Kindergarten Tool kit to make the transition as smooth as possible. The kit includes information on registration, important dates, programming options, what to expect, eligibility, how to find your designated school, transportation and more.

Additional information regarding SCA Elementary’s kindergarten program is available here.

We will be having a collection drive for Sherwood Park Alliance Church’s “We Care Ministry” on Friday, January 17.

The We Care Ministry of SPAC is an ongoing outreach ministry to people in the inner city. See below to find a list of donation suggestions.

Please bring items to the rotunda in the morning as they will be picked up by noon.

Thank you so much for your support!

Interested in learning more about We Care? Click here.

January 15 - KA/KC (Deadline January 10)

January 16 - KB/KD (Deadline January 11)

January 17 - Grade 1-6 (Deadline January 12)

Visit Healthy Hunger to place your order!

There are 2 ways to sign up:

1. When you place a hot lunch order through Healthy Hunger, there is an option to sign up as a volunteer when checking out.
2. If you have already placed your hot lunch orders for the year and did not sign up through the Healthy Hunger website, please click this link to sign up: Hot Lunch Volunteering (2024-2025)

January 8 - (Grade 1-6)

January 22 - (Grade K-6)

If you did not prepay for chip days for the year, your child can bring a Loonie on chip day to participate.

As we look to the 2025-26 school year, each school is obligated to provide parents with an opportunity to have input into school fees.

All parents are welcome to join our school council meeting on Wednesday, January 15 where school fees will be discussed. If you are not able to join, please provide any thoughts or feedback to us at principal.sce@eips.ca.

Below is a listing of our school fees from this current 2024-25 school year.

We are not foreseeing significant changes from the fees and amounts listed below for the 2025-26 school year.

1. Log into your Parent Portal account and select 'Student Fees'
2. Select your student's individual tab from the top
3. Select "2024-25 Yearbook" under "School Items' and "Add to Cart'
4. Go to your cart and checkout

The deadline for ordering a yearbook is March 31, 2025. Yearbooks will be delivered to the students at the end of June 2025.

1. Log into your Parent Portal account and select 'Student Fees'
2. Select your student's individual tab from the top
3. Select 'Paid'
4. This will show you a record of all fees paid per school year.

Are you a past, present, or future grandparent of a student who attends SCA Elementary or Secondary Schools?

We would love your prayer support! An update is emailed out each week of ways you can support our school in prayer. If you are able, we meet once a month to pray for our students.

Please email Pastor Driedger at darren.driedger@eips.ca or phone the school office at 780-449-2787 to get involved.

We meet the first Thursday of every month at 1:00 pm at SCA Elementary. Our next prayer meeting is Thursday, January 9 at 1:00 pm and you are welcome to join!

We want to cover the schools and the children with prayer. Your wisdom and experience is needed for this.

Psalm 71:16 says: “I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, O Sovereign LORD!”

Read the rest of Psalm 71 to discover your mandate as a spiritual grandparent for all of our students.

All these dates (and more) are listed on our monthly calendar located on our school website here.

• January 6 - Classes Resume
• January 8 - Early Dismissal @ 2:15 pm
• January 8 & 22 - Chip Day
• January 15 - School Council Meeting @ 7:15 pm
• January 17 - We Care Collection Drive
• January 17 - Hot Lunch
• January 24 - Staff/Student Floor Hockey Game
• January 29 - PD Day - No School
• January 30 - SCA Elementary Open House for New Families @ 6:00 pm

EIPS’ Annual Education Results Report 2023-24 is now available online. The report details how EIPS is doing relative to Alberta Education’s performance measures; how it’s supporting students to achieve the best possible outcomes; and its successes, challenges and priority strategies moving forward. A brief overview of the report is also available.

• Ensure students have clothing appropriate for expected weather conditions.
• If weather conditions are bad enough to impact student transportation, Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) advises families directly, as well as posting on social media and eips.ca as early as possible.
• Decisions regarding bus cancellations are guided by an EIPS administrative procedure that states, “school bus service may be suspended…when there is a forecast or current temperature of -40 C, including wind chill factor, in one or more regions.”
• Other reasons for suspending or delaying school bus services include adverse weather and poor road conditions.
• When school bus services are suspended, schools remain open to students.

For more information, contact EIPS Student Transportation at 780-417-8151.

Families using our loop line for pick up and/or drop off of your children, please ensure that you are lining up in the right lane only when the loop line extends onto range road 231.

There have been reports of vehicles waiting in the left lane which blocks active traffic heading southbound on the range road.

Thank you!

If your child misses just two days a month for any reason for ten of their school years, they’ll have missed the equivalent of one entire year of school.

Students who frequently miss school, even as early as kindergarten, are also more likely to have di­fficulty in school, at post-secondary and in their career. As every family has unique circumstances, EIPS uses a multi-tiered approach to re-engage students with chronic absenteeism.

In addition, the Division promotes strategies to support and encourage regular attendance for all students. If you’re concerned about consistent student attendance for your child or youth, contact the school for support. An informative video is also available.

Starting January 15, Grade 6 students are invited to join SPAC Junior High Youth Group!

Wednesday’s at 7:00 pm.

Find out more here.

Bring your child to check out our classroom, meet the teachers and ask questions. Please reserve a time slot so we know when to expect you!

To reserve a time slot and find out more about our program, click here.

To enhance building safety and minimize classroom disruptions, we kindly ask that parents dropping off items for their children during the school day do so at the office.

As a friendly reminder, if you’d like to walk your child into school during morning drop-off, please accompany them to the rotunda and allow them to make their way to the classrooms independently.

We appreciate your cooperation and support in helping our school days run smoothly!

Did you know you can sync the monthly school calendar to your own calendar?

1. Visit http://scaelementary.ca/about/calendar using the device you would like to sync the calendar to.
2. Click on the applicable subscription option at the top of the page and follow the instructions

• Download to iCal
• Add to Google Calendar
• Subscribe to Calendar (Recommended for iPhones, Android, Outlook)

Within seconds, your calendar will contain all SCA Elementary' s important dates including holidays, early dismissal days, school-closure days, planned activities, events and more!

Have you recently moved or has your contact information changed since the start of the year?

SCA Elementary encourages families to review the information the Division has on file to ensure it’s up to date. Using the Year Round Update available through the PowerSchool Parent Portal, families can review the current information on file for each student—including addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, parent and guardian information, emergency contacts, medical details and other related information—and submit any updates needed.

Reviewing and updating the form ensures the school and Division have the most up-to-date information regarding your child.

NOTE: Only submit updates for the changes that have already taken place. If you’re moving later this school year, you’ll submit the necessary updates to your information through the Year Round Update after you’ve moved.

Did you know there is a School Messenger app (or website) that parents can use?

School Messenger is the program Elk Island Public Schools use to share information directly with families by phone or email.

Emails from the following areas are sent through School Messenger:

• SCA Elementary (except emails sent directly from your child’s teacher)
• EIPS Transportation
• EIPS Central Office

This app can be helpful for parents as it allows you to view all emails sent from the above areas in one location. Parents can also manage their email subscription and contact preferences in regards to these messages.

App Instructions:

1. Download the App (available through the App Store or Google Play)
2. Sign up by using your PowerSchool Parent Portal email address and the EIPS District Code ‘HXWF’
3. Once in the app, all received emails can be viewed under ‘Messages’
4. Click the 3-lines in top left corner > Preferences > select Elk Island Public Schools > from this page, you can manage your contact preferences and select how you would like to be notified in different contact scenarios.

Website Instructions: (exactly the same information as the app, just a different way to view it)

1. Select ‘Sign up’ in the top right corner. Use your PowerSchool Parent Portal email address and the EIPS District Code ‘HXWF’
2. Once logged in, the instructions are the same as using the app (see #3 & 4 above)

For further information or support with issues, please visit: https://www.eips.ca/contact/subscribe

Did you know we have a school Facebook group for parents?