Dear Mustang Families:
Please forward this weekly message to your child's personal email! We have also started posting these messages on our website.
Our Fine Arts students are excited to showcase their work alongside their teachers on Thursday March 14 (5:30 – 7:00 pm) for an Art Show, Small ensembles by the Band and Skits by our Drama students. Everyone is welcome to attend!
The CBE is also hosting a virtual another session in the CBE Professional Learning Series on the same night. The impact of ‘anxiety’ is significant for many of our students who are struggling: Mental Health & Anxiety (Grades 7-12) | March 14 | 6:30pm-8:00pm
This morning, CTV released an interesting article: Why you should stop texting your children at school. Given anxiety was raised in the article, we are sharing via the weekly. You know your child best!
Parent/Guardian-Student-Teacher Conferences (March 21-22)
Sign up has begun using your MyCBE with four categories:
- Core (ELA, Social Studies, Math and Science): in-person appointments on March 21
- Core (ELA, Social Studies, Math and Science): online appointments on March 22
- Complementary/Options and PE: in-person appointments on March 21
- Complementary/Options and PE: online appointments on March 22
When booking a conference appointment, please double check that you are selecting your child’s teacher from the drop-down menu. Please note that core teachers are paired together. If you would like to book an appointment with an individual core teacher regarding Complementary/Options and PE courses taught by them, please reach out to them directly rather than booking an appointment using the conference app. Teacher contact information can be found on the school website.
Mr. Rachid (morachid@cbe.ab.ca) offers excellent support if you are having difficulties signing up for interviews. We are so happy to have Mr. Rachid back at SJAM!
Indigenous Education Update
Ms. Bethany (bjbalis@cbe.ab.ca)
Oki, Tansi, Danit'ada, Umba-watich, Tawnshi, Bonjour, Hello
Aaayyy, Hiy Hiy, Siyisgaas, Mîkwec, Merci, Thank you.
Leadership Update
Ms. Hudson and Ms. Ralph (nahudson@cbe.ab.ca, ledawson@cbe.ab.ca)
A huge thank you to students, parents and staff for making our retro dance a success. It was so wonderful to see everyone out enjoying themselves!
Coming up next week, we are looking forward to a wonderful fine arts night. Thank you in advance to our awesome student volunteers who are coming out on Thursday, March 11 to showcase some of our amazing SJAM talent.
Mustang of the Week
Ms. Isabelle S. (94) is our Mustang of the Week. She is very active in our school, offering support for SJAM eats, Students Council and every school event. As a dedicated and motivated member of Fit Club, classmates put Isabelle’s name forward because this same commitment is reflected in the classroom. She strives for academic excellence, while supporting her peers. Congratulations Isabelle!
Athletics Update
Mr. Jones (sdjones@cbe.ab.ca)
The volleyball regular season for our teams wrapped up this past week. Playoffs will be starting on Tuesday for both the Jr and Sr Girl's teams. The Jr Girls will play at GP Vanier while the Sr Girls host at 4pm. Our boy's playoff schedule will be determined after the last games of other schools on Monday. Stay tuned.
Future games dates can be found in the schedule on the bulletin board across from the PE office and online in our SJAM Athletic Center.
Please note that a lot of students are asking about badminton. Information regarding the upcoming season will be released the week before spring break.
Community Events
ConnectED Parents Text: an initiative and research study led by researchers from the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Social Work. They are looking for parents with children 6 to 20 years old to join the initiative and study to explore how well it works. If you are a parent or caregiver and want to:
- Learn about promoting healthy youth relationships and preventing adolescent dating violence through an exciting, new text messaging approach
- Have children 6 to 20 years old
- Are 18 years of age or older
- Are comfortable with reading and speaking English
- Have reliable access to a phone that can receive SMS texts
- Questions: please reach out to - lilee@ucalgary.ca (Ms. Lianne Lee)
Then this initiative is for you! Please see Recruitment Poster
Upcoming SJAM Events
Ongoing:
- Parent Society Fun Lunches - lunch every Wednesday; digital order needs to be in by the prior Friday.
- School Clubs.
Past due: Courses and Homeroom Buddies for 2024-25
Monday March 11: ‘National Geographic’ morning field trip
Thursday March 14:
- Fine Arts Night (5:30 - 7:00 pm)
- CBE Professional Learning Series: Mental Health & Anxiety (Grades 7-12) | March 14 | 6:30pm-8:00pm
Friday March 15:
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee: creating a mission statement (12:15 – 2:30 pm) - Foods Room
- Firm deadline to apply for high school transfers - CBE Link
- Deadline for Grade 7 into 8 MacEwan Glen and Sandstone families to apply to stay at SJAM for 2024-25: please email mahornby@cbe.ab.ca for process.
Thursday March 22: In-person Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences(4:00 – 8:00 pm)
Friday March 23: Virtual Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences (8:30 – 1:30 pm)
Monday March 25 – Monday April 1: Spring Break – school is closed
March 31: last day for parents to offer input into our School Development Plan (SDP) and Fees - SJAM Parent Survey on SDP and Fees (7-10 minutes).
Tuesday April 2: Classes resume after Spring Break
Together we make a difference!