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opportunities for students to be leaders in all
areas of school life. Areas for service offered
to students include being helpers in the
office, in the music room, in the gym looking
after equipment, in the library and looking
after computers.
COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES
The school offers a complementary
component to the Music program where
children are encouraged to utilize skills
acquired in class by participating in Choir,
Handbell, and other performance groups that
vary from year to year.
A variety of activities are offered each year.
A schedule and description of these
activities will be provided to students and
parents before the beginning of the session.
Three sessions of activities are scheduled
per year in fall, winter and spring which
provide opportunities for students in grades
1 to 6 to choose one activity per year. Due
to the large number of bussed students,
those activities take place at lunchtime.
Students participating in complementary
activities and who are not registered in the
lunchroom program are not allowed to eat
their lunch in the lunchroom. Students who
normally go home for lunch will bring their
lunch and eat under the supervision of the
teacher(s) offering the activity.
RESOURCE SERVICES
SERVICES FOR SPECIAL NEEDS
A number of our students require services
beyond classroom resources. C.B.E.
provides valuable consultative, assessment
and instructional support services for
students, teachers, school administrators
and parents.
SCHOOL LEARNING TEAM (SLT)
The School Support Team is comprised of
system level and school based personnel.
School based personnel include classroom
teachers, ed. assistants, resource teachers,
administrative team as well as parents who
meet when a child is referred in order to:
1) determine objectives of the referral
2) contribute to assessment
3) discuss findings
4) determine actions
5) brainstorm strategies
6) monitor implementation of the
Individual Program Plan (IPP)
C.B.E. AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
System level assistance can include the
provision of consultative services from Area
supports, Psychologists, Strategists, and a
Community Support Worker who is based in
our school. In addition, we have access to
Hearing and Vision Itinerant teachers.
Calgary Health Services supports the
school with Nursing Services and with
services from the Speech Pathologist,
Occupational and Physical Therapists.
REFERRAL PROCEDURES
Referrals for these services are completed
by the classroom teacher through the SLT
process after consultation with the parent.
Parents will be contacted and asked to
provide written consent prior to the
involvement of the School Psychologist,
Speech Pathologist, Occupational Therapist
or Physical Therapist. Parents will be given
the opportunity of meeting with the SLT to
contribute to the implementation of
programming recommendations.
STUDENT SAFETY IN AND AROUND
SCHOOL
ALLERGY ALERT- No nuts please
We ask that parents be vigilant in making
sure that nuts, tree nuts or nut products are
not sent to school in snacks or lunches, as
many students are very allergic to nuts or
tree nuts. This creates a life-threatening
situation for some of our students and
requires responsible action by all of us.
PARKING LOT
For safety reasons, we ask that parents DO
NOT drop off and pick up students in our
school parking lot. Additionally, we ask that
PARENTS DO NOT walk students through
the parking lot when walking them to school.
Please obey the sign that is placed at the
entrance to the staff parking lot.
The C.B.E. has posted a sign at the
parking lot entrance which reads:
“Loading and unloading of children in the
parking lot is prohibited.”
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