Hello Tom Baines Families,
The past few weeks have been very busy and productive. Classrooms are full of collaboration, teamwork and learning. We are excited to continue this throughout the year.
Please see below for important information.
Important Dates:
November 24 – School Council Meeting at 7:00 pm in our Learning Commons – all are invited!
November 24 – 28 – Book Fair
November 27 – Grade 6 Vaccines
November 27 – In-person conferences from 4:30 – 8:30. Please see the separate email sent out about how to register.
November 28 – Online conferences from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm. No School.
December 1 – Photo Retake Day – Please bring back original form for a retake.
December 11 – Holiday Craft Night from 5:00 – 7:30 – mark your calendars.
December 11 – Grade 8 Rosebud Field Trip and Vertigo Field Trip
Casino and School Council – please see below for a message from a member of our school council.
To all our incredible volunteers who made time this week to support our Casino—THANK YOU!
Because of your dedication, our Casino event was a success. We can all breathe a little easier knowing everything ran smoothly thanks to your efforts. Typically, two days of volunteering has brought in $65,000 and even up to $80,000! We won’t know the exact amount until this quarter is finalized, and we will receive our funds in the new year.
These funds directly support our school community—helping us provide technology, bussing, and other enriching opportunities for our students. If you’d like to be involved in deciding how this money is used, we’d love to have you join us at our Parent Council meetings. Our next meeting is Monday, November 24th at 7:00-8:00pm in the Learning Commons.
Thank you once again for your time, energy, and generosity.
Warm regards,
Margo
Friends of Tom Baines School Society – Casino Chair
Christmas Hampers – we are once again collecting food and supplies for Edgemont Community Christmas Hampers. Please bring the following donations. Donations will be collected from December 1-12. Items to bring were sent out in the email.
Jacket Racket – this was a huge success this year. Thank you to Mrs. Lloyd and her student council who helped organize this. And a huge thank you to our parent volunteer, Karen Lee, for picking up all of the jackets.
Yearbooks – yearbooks can now be purchased online. You are not able to purchase these from the school, all orders are done online. The link for purchases was sent out in the email.
Weather – a reminder that students go outside if the temperature is warmer than -20 degrees Celsius. Rain or shine! Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather.
School Development Plan – we are just completing our school development plan around building vocabulary skills and improving the sense of community and belonging at Tom Baines. This will be up on our website next week so please take some time to review our teaching and learning goals.
Athletics – Basketball has resumed and our teams and we are cheering on our teams. Go Boas!
Thank you so much for your continued support. We are so proud to be a part of this amazing community. See you all at conferences.
Derek Siakaluk, Principal
Chelsea O’Leary, Assistant Principal