Thank you to all our families and friends that attended our Remembrance Day Ceremony this morning. Our students and staff did a wonderful job of organizing a ceremony that honoured all the people who have served our country and protected our freedoms.
As we head into the Remembrance Day long weekend, we hope that you all get some time to remember and commemorate the courage and selflessness of all those who have served, and continue to serve, to protect the values and freedoms that we hold dear. This is also an important time for us all to reflect on the many ways we all can contribute to a peaceful future. Sharing our stories, listening with open hearts, celebrating diversity, and fostering empathy are all small ways we each can make a difference in creating safe and peaceful communities.
Enjoy your long weekend together!
As part of SAM's school's Drama Explores, we are excited to announce the grade 4-6 classes will be attending the St. Albert Children's Theatre production of Beauty and the Beast. This event occurs on Wednesday November 27th, from 10:30am-2pm, and therefore there will be no soccer academy on this day. Remember to get those field trip forms signed!
SAM School wants to extend a huge thank you to the St. Albert Fit Body Boot Camp who donated ALL the proceeds from the "Back to School, Back to You" Fall Boot Camp promotion for our SAM families. SAM School will be using this generous donation to buy equipment that continues to promote health and wellness for all our students.
Keep your eye out for another opportunity to get a great discount on a Boot Camp offered by our local Fit Body Boot Camp in the New Year!
SAM School is pleased to announce our holiday season Poinsettia Fundraiser. Please click here to order your poinsettia today! The last day to order will be November 15th!
All plants and holiday wreaths will be available for pickup at the school on December 4th. Don't miss out on these beautiful and locally grown plants!
The division has drafted the 2025-2026 school year calendar. You will notice one major difference from past calendars - the addition of a week-long November break. This change was made based on the feedback we received from the parent and staff survey we did this past spring, where a small majority favoured this break, and many other respondents had no preference. The addition of a November break also brings our calendar in line with surrounding school divisions, who have offered a November break for the past few years.
This draft calendar has not been finalized, and we welcome feedback. Please provide your input by email to paul.macleod@spschools.org no later than November 12th.
To view the draft calendar, please click here.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Elementary School
61 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, St. Albert
The Northern Alberta Internet Child Exploitation Unit welcomes all parents to attend an evening information session on the realities of internet child exploitation in Alberta, and strategies to navigate these issues in an open, and collaborative way with your children.
Internet Safety Session for Parents & Guardians
The internet plays an integral role in everyone’s lives, and when it comes to youth, their social lives exist largely in cyberspace. Over the course of the past four years and through the global pandemic, Alberta has experienced a significant increase in cases of child exploitation on the internet. With more users online than ever before, and new apps and software being developed every day, it can be difficult for parents and teachers to keep on top of the latest trending platform. Advancements in technology are exciting and helpful, but it opens an ever-growing gap between the levels of digital literacy between youths and busy adults.
The Northern Alberta Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit investigates incidents of child luring, sextortion, possession, transmission and the making of child pornography as well as internet-related voyeurism involving youth. This presentation will focus on education, prevention and putting parents and teachers in a position to protect their children from online sexual exploitation. The presenters will discuss the role of ICE in Alberta, Sextortion, sharing of intimate images, current online applications and internet platforms, and additional resources which are available to parents so they will be able to better support healthy and productive online experiences for their children and teens.
Due to the content of this presentation it is recommended that children DO NOT attend.
This is a free event and we welcome all families to this important presentation. Please click here to register -- preregistering for the event will help the school make appropriate arrangements to facilitate the size of the audience.
Our next SAM School Council meeting is on Tuesday, November 19th at 7pm. During the meeting, we will share the family feedback that was gathered from the last meeting regarding SAM’s direction and priorities as outlined in our Education Plan. Additionally, we will share information regarding student use of technology at SAM School.
Event Details:
📅 Date: Tuesday, November 19th
🕔 Time: 7-8pm
📍 Location: SAM School Library (or join us virtually @ Google Meet)
Each month at our SAM Spirt Assembly we will recognize the incredible contributions of our students, staff, and volunteers who help make SAM an amazing school to come to every day. The SAM SPIRIT Award is a monthly themed award where teachers choose two students from their class to recognize for demonstrating our SAM SPIRIT qualities. This month, we recognized students who go "Above and Beyond". Congratulations to our SAM Spirit Award Winners!
