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Just two days away now, five food trucks are going to overtake the Good Shepherd parking lot. From 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. everyone is invited to come by the school for our Year-end Tailgate Party. School Council will also have a mobile DJ truck and activities for kids. It is looking like the weather will be a lot better by Friday so it should be an great afternoon.

With all the rain today our students had an indoor recess. We got a few pictures of our grade three classes having fun playing games at lunch.

Today is the last hot lunch of the year. A huge thank you to all the volunteers this year who gave of their own time to make this possible for our students. It is truly appreciated!

Unfortunately the grade 4 field trip to Heritage Park has been cancelled today due to weather.

Come explore with us! 🐞🌿 Be a part of the adventure. Space still available in our French Immersion and English Kindergarten programs for the upcoming 2022/2023 school year.

The results from our grade five and six Mathematica Test arrived and we were able to hand out the certificates to our students this morning. This test was written back in April and the we just got our marks back. It was a very hard test and congratulations to everyone who participated in the preparation and those who wrote the actual test. We are proud of everyone who participated.

This is an exciting day for our soon-to-be kindergarten students! Today we are having our kindergarten screening in the library so we can be as prepared as possible when they arrive at the end of August. The smiles on their faces is definitely contagious! We can’t wait to have them join us in the fall.

It wasn't just a band concert! We were also treated to some amazing ukelele and piano playing, as well as hearing some of their electric music compositions. A huge congratulations to the students as well as Mr. Bassett for all his guidance and hard work teaching them this year. ere are a few more pictures from the concert.

Here is a video from last night grade six band concert.

Last night we were lucky enough to have our year-end grade six band concert and the students were definitely out to impress! They have only been playing their instruments for just over five months and it's amazing to see the progress they have made. Mrs. Crandell has some real stars in the making as these students enter St. John Paul II Collegiate next year.

A big thank you goes out to our facilities department as they built a dirt box for our outdoor kindergarten classroom. The students enjoyed playing in it yesterday before the rain showed up and are looking forward to spending more time in it throughout June.

As a bit of an early year-end wrap up/thank you to our families for an amazing year on Friday, June 17th we will be hosting a Summer Tailgate Party in our parking lot from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. There will be five food trucks, a DJ and our school council will also be running some activities for the students. It should be a lot of fun and we hope you can make it out.

As a bit of an early year-end wrap up/thank you to our families for an amazing year on Friday, June 17th we will be hosting a Summer Tailgate Party in our parking lot from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. There will be five food trucks, a DJ and our school council will also be running some activities for the students. It should be a lot of fun and we hope you can make it out.

Our grade five classes went to Spruce Meadows today for the field trip. They had an amazing experience which included spending time in their local wetland, checking out some new born colts, having an on-site veterinarian show them some his job responsibilities using a fake horse cadaver, checking out their beekeeping operation and seeing some showjumping while having lunch.

Today our grade one classes walked down to the new Okotoks Library and were treated to a behind the scenes tour. They really liked to see the staff area and learn all about how everything worked.

Our Student Leadership Team has started up our infamous Recess Clubs again! The grade 6 student leaders lead different grades through some fun recess games once a week. The student leaders work on their leadership skills through planning games, organizing large groups, and running games while the kids who are participating have the best time ever!

Staff today our staff had our annual Staff Appreciation Awards Luncheon where we were treated to a great meal and acknowledged our award winners. We have amazing staff members throughout the building and working with these colleagues brings us great joy (not to mention such awesome students!). Our award winners this year were… Jodi Bonham - The Power of One Award Jennifer Parkin - The Above and Beyond Award Krista Aiello - The Christian Witness Award Candace MacIsaac - The Excellence in Teaching Award Bailey Diakow - The Edwin Parr Award

We had everyone in the gymnasium this morning for our Living Rosary Celebration. This is the first time in over 2 years we have been able to all celebrate together in person. The grade threes did a great job in leading us and it was really nice to see so many students joining us in the prayers. #egssfaith

Our grade three classes are going through one last dress rehearsal for our school wide Living Rosary being held tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. in the gymnasium.

Our grade two French Immersion students had a theme week focused on camping which included all sort of learning activities; we were even treated to smores! Their wrap up today was "reading under the stars". A great time was had by all.