Knightly News

Under Alberta Education’s School Fee Regulation, schools must consult with parents prior to setting school fees for the upcoming school year.

Our next school council meeting will be taking place on Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. During that time, I’ll be sharing information about our current fee structure, posing specific questions about priorities, and asking you to provide your feedback as we plan for the next school year. While many of these activities and services enhance students’ educational experience, we want to ensure these fees aren’t cost prohibitive for families.

Specifically, we will be asking for input on the following:

• Optional courses and associated fees
• Noon hour supervision
• Field trips and associated fees
• Extracurricular activities
• Non-curricular goods and services (for example, student union and yearbooks)

I understand not all families will be available to attend the meeting but it’s still important we get as much input from the school community as possible. Following the meeting, materials will be shared on our website (www.cloverbar.ca/.ca) under the About tab for your review, and parents can email school Administration at principal.clb@eips.ca to provide a written response.

School administration will use feedback provided to help determine fees for next year, which will then be shared at the March school council meeting, posted to our website and shared via link through email.

I look forward to hearing from you on January 21.

Sincerely,

Matt Shudra, Principal

Clover Bar will be welcoming back Mrs. Cherum Orr to our school starting on Monday, January 6. She will resume her role as Assistant Principal. This means that Mrs. Tara Yeo will be resuming her role in the classroom. Thank you to Mrs. Yeo who has done an excellent job as our Acting Assistant Principal!

This also means that Mrs. Ashley Gordon will be leaving Clover Bar with Mrs. Yeo returning to the classroom on Monday. Thank you Mrs .Gordon!

We would also like to welcome Ms. Izabela Bredzel to our staff as an Educational Assistant in our PLACE program. Thank you to Ms. Katelynn Towell who left Clover Bar for an amazing opportunity outside of education!

Mr. Kohlenberg and our Creative Design and Production classes are looking for magazines for an upcoming project. If you have some extra or scrap magazines and would like to donate them, please have your student bring them to the office. Thanks!

During an emergency, our first priority is the safety of students and staff. To provide an effective response to any school crisis, the Division has developed an Emergency Response Plan. The plan works in conjunction with other local emergency plans, since a school emergency could require the involvement of numerous agencies. The plans created for individual schools, along with the Division plan, are reviewed annually and after an emergency occurs.

For more information about our emergency preparedness plans, review our School Emergency Preparedness - Guide for Parents and Guardians.

Our student tutors are off and running! This means a leadership opportunity for our grade 9 students, and an extra learning opportunity for all students, including our tutors! In December, we had a ton of students who came for our peer tutoring. The atmosphere was very positive with lots of support from our tutors with the watchful eye of Mrs. Yeo and Mrs. Gotaas.

If your student could benefit from some tutoring, and is interested they can connect with any of their teachers, Mrs. Yeo or Mrs. Gotaas.

On Saturday, February 8 our Grade 8 Clover Bar Band will be performing at the Oil Kings game! If you would like to attend to cheer them and the team on, check out the QR Code below!

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Learn how to help your teen with the social and technological pressures they face in the world today. Together we will go through research-based ways we can support teens when they are feeling the pressure of their digital lives. Issues addressed include interacting with strangers online, understanding their digital identity, and healthy relationships.

The content of this workshop is geared for parents and caregivers with children between 9-14 years of age.

The presentation is from 6 to 7:30 pm, with an opportunity for Q & A from 7:30 to 8 pm.

Category

Audience

Cost

Contact Information

Monday, January 6 - Day 1

9:00am - CLB Admin Meeting

Tuesday, January 7 - Day 2

10:00am - CLB Finance Meeting

Wednesday, January 8 - Day 3 - Early Dismissal

9:50am - Front Office 1 on 1's

2:30pm - Staff Meeting

Thursday, January 9 - Day 4

Sr BB Tournament

Friday, January 10 - Day 5

Sr BB Tournament

January 6 - School Resumes

January 17 - Educational Assistant Recognition Day

January 21 - Parent Council Meeting 6pm

January 23 - Band Concert

January 28 - CLB Open House and Sport for Life Information Evening

January 29 - Professional Learning Day - No School for Students

January 30 - Semester 2 Begins - New Option Classes

February 6 and 7 - Teacher's Convention - School Closed

To send a Knightly Kudos, you can click on the image above or the link below. Thank you!

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Have you recently moved or has your contact information changed since the start of the year? Clover Bar encourages families to review the information the Division has on file to ensure it’s up to date. Using the Student Information 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. Updates completed by December 10 are especially helpful as the Division prepares for 2025-26 registration processes beginning in the new year.

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 Student Information Update after you’ve moved.

If you have questions about the form or any trouble with your Parent Portal account, contact the school office at 780-467-2295.

Alberta’s publicly funded systems—public, Catholic and francophone—serve the educational interests of almost 720,000 kindergarten to Grade 12 students across the province. Funding diverted to alternative educational institutions, both for infrastructure and programming, negatively impacts the public system’s ability to provide comprehensive, equitable, accessible and mandated programming for 90 per cent of the province’s students.

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.

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.

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