Hello Tom Baines Families,

We’ve had a busy and successful first week. School messages will be sent home every two weeks but as there continue to be many things happening please read below for important school information.

Meet the Teacher – September 12, 2024

Please come to the school to see the school and classrooms and to connect with the teachers. This is an open house style with no formal interviews set. Please introduce yourself and check out the learning spaces. As we have over 800 students, we are asking families to come at the following times:

6:00 – 6:30 – Families with last names A-I

6:30 – 7:00 – Families with last names J-R

7:00 – 7:30 – Families with last names S-Z

If your scheduled time doesn’t work for your family, you can attend a time that does. Please first meet in the gym for admin introductions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) - We highly encourage all students to bring a personal laptop to school if you have one. It is not mandatory, but highly encouraged as it benefits student learning when they always have access to their own laptop. We have amazing technology at the school that students can use if this is not possible. This is for laptops (macs, chromebooks) only and not for cell phones. As a reminder, cell phones are required to be in the locker at all times during the day. Students are responsible for their own property.

Cafeteria/Fridays – Just a reminder that our cafeteria is closed on Fridays and we only have a 10 minute nutrition break. We do have a vending machine but the line up can get very long and we close it down when the bell rights. Please have your students bring a snack from home to eat on Fridays. Thank you!

Athletics – all students were given a green Tryout Permission Form. Please sign this and return it to the main office asap. Sports have started at Baines and we’re excited to cheer on our Boas. Cross-country is underway, soccer tryouts have begun and basketball tryouts will begin soon. Thank you to all of the staff and parent volunteers who are helping bring these great experiences to our students and school.

School Council – please come join us on Monday, September 16 at 7:00 pm in our Learning Commons for our first AGM. This is the time when we make nominations and hold elections to fill our roles. Put it on your calendar and come support our school.

Photo Day – will be on Wednesday, September 18. Come dressed to impress!

Terry Fox Run – will be on Friday, September 20 during Periods 5-7. We will all meet together as a large group to honour and celebrate the purpose of the run and then head out to the streets to complete the run. Thank you to our teachers who are working at making this a success.

We appreciate all of your support and for helping us have such a great start up. Please reach out to the school with any inquiries at tombaines@cbe.ab.ca.

Derek Siakaluk, Principal

Chelsea O’Leary, Assistant Principal