Dear Mustang Families:  

Please forward this weekly message to your child's personal email! We have also started posting these messages on our website. 

As we move forward to the end of the year, our summer newsletter will be posted and shared on June 26. We will focus on the year end for the next few weeks. Note: Please use MyCBE to see the most current academic standing in classes. Due to report card entry, some features are disabled in student and parent accounts. 

PATs will continue this week for our Grade 9 students. We wish students well as they demonstrate their learning in Province wide assessments. These standardized tests reflect the essentials that all Alberta students are expected to achieve, regardless of school choice or location.  Grade 7 and 8 students will continue learning in their regular classes: 

               Wednesday June 12: PAT: ELA Part B (9-10:15 am, max time – 11:30 am)  

               Thursday June 13:  PAT: Math Part A (9-9:30 am, max time – 10 am) 

Thank you to School Council for hosting a petting zoo on Thursday at lunch.  This is a joint project with JDHS.  An optional ice cream truck is on site for students.

Tuesday June 11 is the National Day of Reconciliation. Our Grade 7 and 8 students will engage in learning activities centered around indigenous ways of knowing for all classes while Grade 9s will focus on PAT preparation in HUM and SMATH (the Grade 9 day for learning is Monday June 24). Signs are posted in the school to support the schedule below – families are encouraged to look at their child’s homeroom for clarity. Attendance will be recorded for the classes below. The event has been a huge undertaking, with organization led by Ms. Bethany, Indigenous Education Strategist. This day was made possible by a $5,000 Education Matters grant. 

IW of K: Indigenous Ways of Knowing Session with an Elder or Knowledge Keeper (Grade 7 & 8); Grade 9 – session led by a Mustang teacher. 

Leadership Update

Ms. Hudson and Ms. Ralph (nahudson@cbe.ab.ca; ledawson@cbe.ab.ca) 

Important June Dates: 

• June 24 – Alex Munro fieldtrip – some of our grade 8s are off to volunteer at Alex Munro sports day.  We are always proud to mentor these awesome younger students  
• June 25 – Culture Day – a collaboration with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.  Students are invited and encouraged to wear cultural outfits.  
• June 26 – Grade 9 farewell. There is no cost to families.  
• • 

Athletics Update: 

Mr. Jones (sdjones@cbe.ab.ca)  

Track and Field   

• Our track meeting is fast approaching -- Monday June 17 
• Teams have been selected and students notified. 
• There will be a mandatory meeting on Monday at lunch in the gym for all Track and Field Athletes. Paperwork will be handed out to students.  
• While there are buses booked, the problem is some of the events begin before the bus company can get us to the track. This means we will ask for athletes with early track events (students will be informed at Monday’s meeting) to arrange rides to Foothills Athletic Park.  
• Please refer to the SJAM Athletic Center for updated schedules as coaches are trying to get their final measurements and times completed to finalize the team this week.    

Thermopylae - Fit Club 

Huge thanks to all athletes and teachers who took part in the Thermopylae 5K Mud Run. SJAM had one of the largest teams there and everyone competed with grit and determination. Thanks to all athletes and teachers who took part in our Fit Club over this 2023-24 year. 

Mustang of the Week

We are excited to share Arthur M. (97) is our Mustang of the Week. As an active member of the SJAM Noobs Board Game Club and a participant in school dances, Arthur positively enhances the school environment. His teachers notice he supports small but significant measures like pushing in chairs after class. In the classroom, Arthur is creative, strives to understand and always produces high quality work to the best of his abilities. Congratulations Arthur! 

Community Resources

Free Mental Health Training over the summer: virtual – ages 12 and up. Please see poster for details.

Upcoming SJAM Events  

Ongoing:  

• Parent Society Fun Lunches - lunch almost every Wednesday; digital order needs to be in by the prior Friday.  
• School Clubs.  
• School fees: past due. 

Tuesday June 11:  National Day of Truth and Reconciliation - Grade 7 and 8 – Learning from the Land - $5,000 Education Matters Grant – schedule to be released (regular bell times)  

(Note:  Grade 9s will learn from the land on Monday June 24 via another $5,000 Education Matters Grant)  

Wednesday June 12: PAT: ELA Part B (9-10:15 am, max time – 11:30 am)  

Thursday June 13:  PAT: Math Part A (9-9:30 am, max time – 10 am)  

Monday June 17:  SJAM Track and Field Meet  

Tuesday June 18:  PAT: Math Part B (9-10:20 am, max time 11:40)  

Wednesday June 19:  PAT: Social Studies (9-10:20 am, max time 11:40)  

Thursday June 20:    

• PAT: Science (9-10:15 am, max time – 11:30 am)  
• Soup Sisters  last one of the year!  

Friday June 21:  National Indigenous Peoples Day – community event with CNG, JDHS and SJAM at the Infinity Garden (12:45 – 3:00 pm)  

Monday June 24:  Grade 9 Field Trip – Moh-kin-stsis and the Zoo  

Tuesday June 25:    

• Culture Day  
• Yearbook Distribution:  afternoon  

Wednesday June 26:  Grade 9 Farewell – Short Program and Grade 9 Dance  

• Doors open at 5:45 pm; Program at 6:00 pm; Evening ends at 9:00 pm  

Thursday June 27:  Year End Assembly – students dismissed at 10:52 am  

Together we make a difference!