Dear families,
Thank you to all the families that were able to join our school council Minions Movie Night on Thursday. It was a tremendous success and a lot of fun! Thank you to Stacey S, Sarah D, Kersten, and all the volunteers that took care of the organization and clean up. We couldn’t do it without you!
A huge thank you to all of our parents that volunteered and/or contributed to the staff appreciation dinner at the community center Friday evening. It was a beautiful event with delicious food and incredible ambiance – so many special touches. We can’t thank you enough!
At school this week: (and thank you to council for funding all of these adventures!)
- Students in Grade 2 went on a field trip to ‘The Confluence’ (formerly Fort Calgary) to learn about the beginning of Calgary. They took part in creating the city beginning with the river and the place now known as The Confluence. Again, thank you to our volunteers for joining.
- Grade 4 students in Mr Castle’s class went on an adventure to Cochrane Ranch. They observed Great Horned Owls, a huge ‘Grandfather Tree’ and took time to connect learning about plants from the curriculum with the great outdoors. Later they travelled to Mitford Pond to release our 40 rainbow trout. A memorable day was had by all.
- Students in grades 3-6 are enjoying outdoor tennis lessons and there are some tennis stars!
- Our 36 grade 6 patrollers had a spectacular day at Heritage Park. This was a reward and recognition for their time, their leadership, and care to keep our students safe. Thanks and gratitude to Mr Masuch, Ms Hart and Mr Barker for supervising them every morning and afternoon.
Pancake Breakfast: 8:30am Wednesday June 12
Important Information! Sunalta will be hosting a pancake breakfast on Wednesday morning. We will also be honouring Ms Beeksma as she will be retiring at the end of the month. There will be enough food for approximately 750-1000 people!
Here is the procedure:
- Students will come into the school at 8:30am and go to their classroom for attendance. Please help us to have them here on time
- Teachers have planned for students to go outside to get their pancakes with their buddy class ie: kindergarten with grade 5
- After students have their food, they will sit with the grade group ie: all grade 2s sit together
- Families may join the class outside if they wish
- After they are finished, students will play on the playground (supervised) and then be called to come in around 9:30am (bell will sound)
Afternoon kindergarten students may come in the morning with their families.
Gluten free, dairy free pancakes will be available for those requiring this. Thank you to Kristi Nelson for offering to bake and deliver!
Thank you to those who have signed up to assist with this event. All of the extra hands makes an event possible. If you would still like to sign up to help Stampede Breakfast Volunteer Sign Up
Bins/Boxes with Lids Needed.
Sunalta School is in need of bins/boxes with lids to support some shuffling of supplies at Sunalta. Please sign up to lend/give the school bins to use from June - September 2024. We will need at least 70 bins that are approximately 50 L. Please be sure to label your bins/boxes with your family name and indicate if you would like them returned to you in September (example: Hart Family - please return). If they are not labelled we will assume you have donated.
Please drop off labeled bins/boxes to the office starting Monday June 13.
Please click on this link to sign up. Thank you!
School Council
Sport Calgary is non-profit civic partner of the City of Calgary that works to assist, influence, and support community sport.
Each year, we run a FREE event called All Sport One Day, that provides youth the opportunity to try up to 4 different sports for free at locations across Calgary. The event is for ages 6-17. All Sport One Day this year is on Saturday June 15.
The event website is https://sportcalgary.ca/all-sport-one-day. Registration is open now until June 11 at 11:59pm.
Important Dates
June 11 – Grade 1 Telus Spark Fieldtrip
June 12 – Pancake Breakfast (Celebrating Mrs Beeksma’s Retirement) 8:30am
June 14 – Grade 6 (parent party for students at community center)
June 19 – PAT Social Studies in the morning Grade 6
June 20 – PAT Science in the morning Grade 6
June 21 – National Indigenous People’s Day (school activity grade 1 – 6)
June 21 – Welcome to Kindergarten (new kindergarten students visit school)
June 21 – No kindergarten classes
June 25 – Last day for Kindergarten students
June 25 – Stampede Sports Day (afternoon from 1:30 – 3pm)
June 26 – Grade 6 Farewell Assembly at 2pm
June 26 – Report Cards go LIVE to families
June 27– Last Day for Grade 1 – 6 (Farewell School Assembly at 9-9:30 am)
June 27 Early Dismissal Grades 1-6 12:18pm
June 27 – Appeals afternoon
June 28 – Last Day for Staff