EDC Room 9

Dear Keeler Families,  Our principal Kenny Yeung sent out a principal’s message via school messenger last week.  The message will go directly to your email (Please contact Ms. Woznow in the office if you have changed your email address after submitting your demographic verification form at the end of August).  As mentioned in our previous post, the school is committing to a communication plan to ensure parents are connected to the school and their childs’ learning. Mr. Yeung will be sending out weekly messages via   school messenger . Messages will include school wide important dates and reminders, as well as, resources, system/school updates and anything that will keep our community informed (No messages involving sales or promotion of any products or services will be in these messages). A   class blog   is where we will be posting student work, assessments (ie. Rubrics) and questions for parents to have a better understanding of their child’s learning.  In addition, teac

Hello Parents,  Your child will receive a paper copy of the following information on Monday.  We look forward to meeting you and your family for our first Family Oriented Programming session of the year! §   talk about how engaging in your child’s learning can have a huge impact! §   explore the EDC classroom with your child and exchange ideas about the exciting year ahead §   meet your EDC FOP team, and other caregivers! §   enjoy a light snack together Choose the time and location that works best for you! You are welcome to come to any school, not just the school your child attends. Monday September 16 th O.S. Geiger Elementary School 100 Castlebrook Drive NE 5:30 – 6:30 PM Tuesday September 17 th  Keeler Elementary School  4807 Forego Avenue SE  5:30 – 6:30 PM Friday September 20 th (two time choices)  James Short Me

Hi Parents,  Your child received a paper copy of the following notice today:  Dear EDC Parents, My name is Emily Cadman and I am a new EDC (Early Development Centre) teacher at Keeler School. I have already enjoyed the first few days of getting to know your child and am looking forward to continuing to work with them this year. I will be planning learning activities and working closely with the other EDC teacher, Ms. Alexander, to continue to support your child’s growth.   We will continue to use the red communication book that has been coming home in your child’s backpack. If you have any questions or concerns, please write them in the red book or send me an email at ebcadman@cbe.ab.ca We have many engaging activities that we are excited to share with your child this year! To stay up to date with important information, please check our classroom blog regularly. The blog address is: https://keeleredcmsemily.blogspot.com/ I look forward to meeting you and continuing to su

Just a reminder that our first School Council Meeting is this  Wednesday September 11, 2019  at Keeler School.  One of the most important ways you can make a meaningful difference in the lives of children is by participating on school councils. By connecting students, schools and your community, school councils help nurture and inspire students to achieve their full potential.   As a part of our communication plan with families, please refer to our school website for class blogs and our school twitter account: http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/keeler/about-us/contact/staff/pages/default.aspx Twitter:  https://twitter.com/KeelerSchool During our welcome back BBQ & presentation, we focused on ensuring “parents/guardians were partners in student learning.” Below are some tips provided by ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)  http://www.ascd.org/Default.aspx How can parents play a role in student success Research shows that children of engag

Dear Parents, We are very pleased to have music therapy incorporated into our weekly schedule, starting on Wednesday, September 11th for 12 weeks. The music therapist uses active music with singing, using instruments, and movement to music to enrich our EDC program. Our classes will be from 9-10am. Thank you, Ms. Emily and the EDC Team

Thank you to ALL the families and community members that came out to our welcome back BBQ on August 29 th .  We had over 370 students/families/community members come out! Please check out the school twitter account if you missed the event.  We are committed to having clear, ongoing communication with our families through a consistent communication platform.  Please refer to our school website:  http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/keeler/about-us/contact/staff/pages/default.aspx   as each grade will be updating our grade blogs weekly with teacher contact information, principal’s message and information from our twitter feed account. This will be part of our communication plan for the school where parents can access everything they need from the website. With our modified calendar, by August’s end, we have already put in nearly two weeks of learning with our students. The students and staff have been very engaged and we are off to a great start in our 2019-2020 school year. Our focus