News Archive

Being involved in School Council is a great way to have input on decisions related to your child's education. It would be great to have a big turn out at our last meeting of the year.

The calendar may say May but it definitely looks more like December! Hopefully the snow doesn’t last too long and the students will definitely enjoy playing in the snow at recess today.

It was also great to have so many students at Friday’s performance to seat people and to serve treats during the intermission.

Our drama students wowed the crowd on Friday night with an amazing performance of Annie Jr. Here are some pictures from backstage of Friday night.

On Friday some of our English grade four classes had a writing workshop session over Zoom with Isabelle Ackroyd as a part of Litcon 2022. They really enjoyed it and a ready to jump into writing some new stories this week.

Here’s another video from this morning’s Annie presentation to students… the song we all know, It’s a Hard Knock Life.

For a sneak peak into tonight’s big performance of Annie here is a short video from this morning’s dress rehearsal. Tickets are still available from the office. The students have done an amazing job getting ready and this hard work has really paid off.

Look who is here bright and early this morning… the Scholastic Book Fair truck! Our second book fair of the year kicks off on Monday; there are sure to be some amazing books for sale. The book fair is open to parents visiting the school as well!

The mayor of Okotoks, Tanya Thorn, was in the school today talking to our grade six students about municipal government as a part of their Social Studies curriculum. They learned all about the roles of the mayor and how a local government works. Next week they will head downtown and spend some time in council chambers.

It has been an exciting week in Madame Riley’s kindergarten class this week. So far there have been 12 new additions to her room… all baby ducklings! The kids have been over the moon! (and they have had quite a few visitors as well.)

This was a big week with lots of events going on around our school! One particular event was.... MR. LAVERY TURNED 50 THIS WEEK! The students had so much fun singing to him. Some kids even dressed like him! Happy Bday Mr. Lavery!

Don't forget! We are holding an info night TONIGHT at 6 pm in the gym for all of our new families. We hope to see you there!

A huge congratulations goes out to Bailey Diakow, Ecole Good Shepherd School’s Edwin Parr winner this year. The Edwin Parr Award goes to a first year teacher who exemplifies a strong commitment to their students and the profession as a whole. Please join us in congratulating Bailey!

Our English grade one classes had an Author Publishing Party this afternoon. They each wrote two books that they shared with their parents and classmates. It was a fabulous turn out and the students were thrilled to share their stories with so many fans!

Today is Hats on for Mental Health and we had a huge portion of our students who were dressed up which was great to see.

The big week has finally arrived! The grade five and six drama performance of Annie will be this Friday evening starting at 7:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased from the office - $10 per adult, $5 per child. They have worked so hard and it will be great to see all their hard work pay off!

Mademoiselle Deon’s class are learning about flight in science and went outside to have a demonstration on Bernoulli’s Principle.

On Thursday afternoon, to celebrate Easter our grade four classes went all in on “Easter Sundae’s”.

Our French Immersion grade one classes performed a spring poem and song at this afternoon’s month end assembly. We may have set a record for the number of parents and grandparents in the building which was amazing to see!

Another successful egg drop challenge happened this week in Madame Brisbois' class with some very inventive designs! No broken eggs this year! Way to go!