Liebe Eltern, dear parents and guardians,
The school council meeting is delayed by a week, but the agenda stays the same: If you are curious who the principal at Thomas B. Riley School school is, then please join us at the BPAC meeting on Monday, April 15, 2024 at 6:30 to meet Mrs. Tiffiany Austin! She will be speaking first, so you could join us briefly and/or stay for the rest of the meeting, too.
The CBE is growing and its budget is going to be $1.4 billion dollars. While this is a really big number, we need to keep in mind that it is used to educated 147,000 students. In 2022-23, the CBE had 131,000 students, this year, we have 138,000 students and next year, 147,000 will be registered in the CBE. In two years, 16,000 additional students! Think about how many more schools that is if each school has around 500 students! Part of these new students will be joining the Bowcroft Family. Therefore, 410 is the new projected student number!
This week, for example, we added six new students to Bowcroft. Yet the week before, five students moved away. Loosing friends while new students arrive always makes for adjustments in classroom dynamics. After intake meetings with myself and a school tour, new students start attending Bowcroft two days later to allow teachers to get a new space ready (and materials) and the office to enrol the new students in all the correct courses.
RAM has come out this week, and I will update you on what the 2024-25 school year will look like in regards to staffing as we progress through the staffing procedures in May and June.
Grade 4-6 went to the Aggie Days on Wednesday and the grade 2/3s on Thursday. I am sure they came home with many stories to tell!
If you know friends or neighbors who have young children who look like they may be going into kindergarten in the fall, do ask them to register asap. It helps with staffing and planning for next year. Thank you.
Next week is a short week with Friday being a System Professional Learning day that sees all teachers being ‘students’ and learning.
Warm regards,
Meike Thomsen, Principal
Dates to Remember
April 15: BPAC meeting, 6:30pm
April 19: no school, system languages PD
April 24: Second round of vaccinations for grade 6
May 2: Grade 4 field trip to the LANDFILL
May 3: Kindergarten to Fish Creek (rescheduled from cancelled due to cold weather)
May 6: School Council, 6:30pm, grade 6 teachers present
May 7: Chantal making seed bombs with Garden Club
May 8: Class photo day
May 9: LifeTouch class photos
May 16: Grade 2/3 trip to the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller
May 17: NO SCHOOL, PD
May 20: Victoria Day, no school
May 23: Welcome to Kindergarten at 6:00pm
May 29: All grade 6 students watching the theatre production of Shrek Junior at TB Riley JH
May 30: All grade 1 field trip to Butterfield Acres
May 31: ROARS assembly
June 3: School Council, 6:30pm
June 19: Social Studies, PAT grade 6, 9:00-10:00 AM
June 20: Science, PAT grade 6, 9:00-10:00 am