News Archive

Don't forget, Friday will be our St. Paddy's Day theme Day 💚🍀

Teachers had a chance to do some visioning and planning for the new school yesterday. Our Educational Assistants will have a chance to dream and plan in the upcoming weeks. Parents and trustees will also have a chance to be consulted about the new school and do some visioning on Tuesday, March 21 at 7 pm at the ÉGSS gymnasium for our very first Influencer's Engagement Night. You can RSVP at the link below! We hope to see you there! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXCRjx8SXY8Mg4kNv1Z4NgEJeqTmKcWMzkO3H4tnP0cUYqNw/viewform

This morning we were lucky enough to have Father Vincent into the school to talk with our grade four students about the meaning of Lent. It is always great when we have one of our priests in talking with the students.

Mrs. Hempel had the best visitors come in for a visit on Friday.....ÉGSS' very own authors!

Christ the Redeemer is thrilled to be awarded a replacement school for École Good Shepherd School to be located in the community of D’Arcy Ranch. We are very excited to be granted this blessing and are so thankful for the hard work and dedication by so many people to make this happen! We will be having an Influencer’s Engagement night on Tuesday, March 21 starting at 7 pm to celebrate our community and engage in fellowship, conversation, and consulting about our current and our future new school. We would love to invite all current parents attending ÉGSS, prospective parents in the areas of Mountainview, Sandstone, Crystalridge, Wedderburn, and D’Arcy, staff, and trustees to this very unique night. Feel free to share this information and invite (attached) with your friends or families who live in this area. Please RSVP at the link below for the Influencer's Engagement Night. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXCRjx8SXY8Mg4kNv1Z4NgEJeqTmKcWMzkO3H4tnP0cUYqNw/viewform

On Friday we had our Beginning of Lent Liturgy.. We had some great new songs to sing and the students did a great job focusing on the three behaviours the church asks of us during Lent - prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

Wow, our students sure love pancakes! A big thank you to our Parent Council and all the volunteers who helped us celebrate Shrove Tuesday today. (Yes, we know it was last week but it is such a great day for the students to begin focusing on the beginning of Lent.). It was a busy building but there were some very appreciative students.

How lucky are we that our Knights of Columbus and Parent council are cooking up a pancake breakfast for us in honor of Shrove Tuesday. The kids were out of school last week but they are dedicated to making sure our kids get pancakes this week! Thank you so much for all that you do for us! The kids and teachers are so excited!

Pink Shirt Day to stand up against Bullying 💗 #EGSS #okotoksschools #pinkshirtday #standup #endbullying #choosekindness

We hope everyone had a great week off. Teachers had two days in Okotoks for Faith Days and two days downtown for their annual Teacher’s Convention. It was a great way to continue as lifelong learners and recharge the batteries. A huge thank you to Susan Rasmussen who has served on the convention board this year planning professional development for us all and had an extremely busy few days.

Congratulations to Mr. Bassett on receiving the Christian Witness Award this week at Faith Days 🙏

Just a reminder that Monday we will be having our Pink Shirt Day to stand up against Bullying 💗

We had another exciting day for our fourth day of Carnaval. This morning we had a group called Folklofolie join us from Quebec to teach us all about the French culture. We also had Cabane à Sucre here and everyone was able to enjoy a little some maple taffy.

We had amazing weather for today’s outside Carnaval activities. This morning our French Immersion students took part in activities and in the afternoon our English classes took part. The students really enjoyed their day making ice castles, playing hockey, participating in canoe relays and playing winter golf and it was great to get outside and enjoy the beautiful day.

Our grade 5/6 drama group has been hard at work for the last month learning their lines and practicing their songs and have made huge improvements already. Come the beginning of May they will be performing High School Musical for the school community and it’s something we are all looking forward to. Keep up the great work!

The students in Mme Dubois-Jolin’s class also turned out some amazing Alien Projects. Keep up the great work grade sixes!

💖 Happy Valentine's Day 💖

All the hard work they have put in has really paid off for the students in Mlle Deon’s class. This afternoon they presented their Alien Projects to their parents and other classes throughout the school. It’s a great opportunity for them to learn more about the solar system and to practice their oral and written French.

We had our open ceremony this morning so it’s official - Carnaval Week has begun. We were even lucky enough to get a little snow this morning to start us off. It should be an amazing week with lots of great activities!