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One of the school goals at Clover Bar is "Intentional focus on supporting students to develop and recognize how their student learning is building transferrable skills that will benefit their life outside of school." This happens in a variety of ways in every class with daily work, assessments, working with others, and the hands on skills they learn. It also includes having strong transition plans for our students that we communicate the why and how with them on, clear expectations on attendance, encouraging self-advocacy through student voice, and teaching and promoting regulation strategies.

For our grade 9's specifically, we expose students to the 'World of Work' with the 'Take Your Kid to Work Day' initiative on November 6. Now is a great time to start thinking about placements for your grade 9 student. We will be sending a Permission Click soon.

The school fees for the 2024-25 school year for Clover Bar are now posted and active.

Wondering when and how to pay for school fees? School fee information for the 2024-25 school year will be posted on the PowerSchool Parent Portal in late September. All fees are due within 30 days of being posted. NOTE: Additional fees may be added throughout the year—for example, at the beginning of each semester, as your child takes part in various activities, or they may be adjusted by changes in selected optional courses in junior and senior high school. If you’re unable to pay your school fees, you can apply to have certain fees waived. The application deadline is Dec. 16, 2024.

For more information, visit the https://www.cloverbar.ca/about/fees on the school website. Alternatively, contact Mrs. Lynette McElheran, Business Secretary at Clover Bar Junior High at 780-467-2295 or lynette.mcelheran@eips.ca.

Did you know that Clover Bar has a ReSet space that we have set up in our Library? With the funding for ReSet rooms not continuing, EIPS was not able to continue the pilot project. The Clover Bar school community definitely saw value in a ReSet space for our students to access to support mental health and regulation strategies.

Students are able to ask their teacher to go to the ReSet space, where they have access to a safe space to ReSet and regulate so that they can return to class and be ready to learn. This also decreases disruptions within the classroom. Most students are in there for 10 minutes or less and report that they are feeling better as they return to class.

October 5 is World Teachers’ Day! World Teachers’ Day recognizes the integral role teachers play in providing quality education to students. On October 5, Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) encourages all of its students, parents, caregivers and community members to show their appreciation for their teachers and the positive impact they make on our lives. EIPS extends its heartfelt thank you to all Division teachers for their dedication, hard work and commitment in guiding and educating students through their kindergarten to Grade 12 years.

Read-In-Week! Clover Bar will be having a few different reading competitions throughout the week! Our Grade 9's are also excited to connect with their reading buddy at Mills Haven Elementary this week!

Monday, October 7 - Day 6

9:00am - CLB Admin Meeting

Tuesday, October 8 - Day 1

AED Inspection

10:00am - CLB Finance Meeting

10:15am - Emergency Evacuation Drill

1:30pm - PowerSchool Training - Mr. Shudra

Wednesday, October 9 - Day 2 - Cross Country Meet #2

EIPS Cross Country Meet

10:00am - Front Office Stand-up Meeting

Thursday, October 10 - Day 3

7:30am - Phone and PA System testing

CLB - ISP Meetings

2:00pm - HR Training - Virtual - Mr. Shudra

Friday, October 11 - Day 4

9:00am to 12:00pm - E-Team Meeting - Mr. Shudra away

October 8 - Emergency Evacuation Drill

October 10 - ISP Meetings for staff

October 14 - Thanksgiving - School Closed

October 15 - Parent Council Meeting

October 23 - Clover Bar Awards Night

October 25 – Photo Retake Date

October 29 - Emergency Evacuation Drill

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Want reminders and news about EIPS? You can now follow the Division on Instagram @elkislandpublicschools. Stay in the know about what’s going on, from divisionwide celebrations to reminders about important dates and deadlines. You can also connect with EIPS on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and the EIPS website.

Interested in school-specific updates? Follow Clover Bar on Instagram @cloverbarjh

Read In Week is a divisionwide initiative held annually to encourage a lifelong love of reading and to enhance literacy awareness among students, staff, families and community members. This year’s theme: “Reading is for everyone.” Some of our activities planned for Read In Week include caught you reading competitions, our Pep Rally homeroom competition, reading challenges in the library, staff sharing their favourite books, and our grade 9’s going to Mills Haven to read to an elementary buddy!

Clover Bar invites all families to participate in Read In Week by reading yourself, with your child or with someone in the community. For more information, visit the Read In Week website.

Did you know you can sync the school and athletics calendar to your own calendar? Simply, visit https://www.cloverbar.ca/about/calendar for the school calendar and https://www.cloverbar.ca/athletics for the athletics calendar and click on the applicable subscription option:

· Download to iCal

· Add to Google Calendar

· Subscribe to Calendar

NOTE: Options are located above the calendar.

Once you click on the desired subscription option, follow the instructions. Within seconds, your calendar will contain all of Clover Bar's important dates including holidays, school-closures days, planned activities, events and more.

EIPS is committed to a productive and collaborative relationship with parents and caregivers. As such, the Division has a Committee of School Councils (COSC) comprised of representatives from school councils across EIPS. From October to May, COSC members meet monthly with the Board of Trustees and senior EIPS administration to discuss educational issues and trends, while sharing valuable information with one another to best enhance student success. In recognition of the effort and dedication of EIPS families and staff in engaging with their school communities, the Division was honoured to receive the Division School Council Engagement Award from the Alberta School Councils’ Association last April. To learn more, visit the EIPS website.

The Caregiver Newsletter provides resources, sessions, and support to families on a variety of topics. Click on the link below to access to latest Newsletter.

Caregiver Newsletter Link

EIPS has a partnership with Alberta Health Services to support students and families with coordinated health services. This includes immunizations, but also goes beyond that. Below is a resource page so that you are informed of what that partnership brings.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at general.clb@eips.ca or 780-467-2295.

Community Supports

Family and Community Service

(FCS) call-in hours 780-464-4044

Monday, Fridays: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868

The Distress Line 780-482-4357

Strathcona Food Bank - 780-449-6413