Dear Parents & Guardians,
It’s hard to believe that this is the last update for the year! We hope you have a safe and wonderful summer spent with family and friends!! The school will be CLOSED for the summer July 1 – August 25 and will reopen again on Tuesday, August 27. Your child’s new teacher will be calling to introduce themselves at that time. First day of school is Thursday, August 29.
2024 – 2025 Instructional Calendar attached here -2024-2025 Instructional Calendar
Key Updates
Wednesday, June 26 Report cards available on Parents’ My CBE Account
Thursday, June 27 Pick up all medications by 12:00 noon
Thursday, June 27 Half Last Day with Students – all students are dismissed at 12:00 pm (only PM Kindergarten students attend)
Friday, June 28 No School for ALL STUDENTS - Organizational Day & Appeals Day
Accessing Online Report Cards through CBE
Families will be able to view online student report cards for kindergarten to Grade 12 from June 26 – July 26, 2024. Report cards for the 2023-24 school year may be viewed, downloaded and/or printed.
Parents and Guardians can sign in to MyCBE to view student information, including report cards, comments from your child’s teacher, assignments and grades, and attendance information. For best access to information, log in to the MyCBE portal instead of using the PowerSchool App.
If for some reason you are not able to access your child’s report card by the July 26 deadline, please fill out the attached Request for Records by Tuesday, June 25. Records Request Parents and Students and email to kennethdtaylor@cbe.ab.ca
We are unable to print any in the month of September.
Need Help?
Check out these videos for more information on how to log in and navigate the portal when you have more than one child attending CBE schools - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN7aNET71a4
For technical support on accessing MyCBE, visit Technical Support for Students & Parents for more information - https://cbe.ab.ca/support/Pages/MyCBE-PowerSchool-Attendance.aspx
Medications
All medications will need to be sent home for the summer break. If your child has any in the office, please ensure that these are picked up by no later than 12:00 pm on Thursday, June 27.
They will need to be dropped off again before the first day of school on August 29th and must accompany the proper paperwork.
Lost and Found
Be sure to check the lost and found tables at the entry because soon everything is GOING to the Goodwill Store.
Yearbooks
If you missed the deadline for ordering the 2023-24 Yearbook, there may be extra copies. Please email School Council at councils.kennethdtaylor@cbe.ab.ca
Drop off and Pick up of Students
Just a reminder that doors are open for all students no earlier than 7:45 am and instructional/classroom time starts at 8:00 am. Efforts made to have students at school before 8:00am with enough time to get in their classroom for an 8:00 am start time are greatly appreciated.
For afterschool pickups, students must be picked up on time each day at dismissal at 2:30 pm and 12:00 pm on Fridays. We understand that occasionally other arrangements need to be made. We would ask that all arrangements are called in to the office by 2:00 pm and 11:00 am on Fridays. Please understand that it is very difficult for the office staff to have this all arranged when we only receive phone calls 5 or 10 minutes before the bell.
Just a friendly reminder that there is no parking in the staff parking lot for drop offs and pick ups of students as this is very unsafe.
Moving?
If you are planning on moving this summer, please make sure to let the office know immediately. Students who are currently attending Kenneth D Taylor School may submit a
Transfer Request: https://www.cbe.ab.ca/FormsManuals/Transfer-Request-K-9-Schools.pdf requesting a transfer to the new designated school, due to an address change.
Attendance
For absences or lates, please ensure that you phone the absence line at 403-817-3504, ext. 1. This is our preferred method of notifying us as we cannot check emails at all times.
For extended absences more than 5 days, please also fill out this form and email to Sherri Seddon at snseddon@cbe.ab.ca
https://www.cbe.ab.ca/FormsManuals/Extended-Absence-Form.pdf#search=Extended%20Absence%20form
With the nicer weather, students are walking or riding their bikes to school. If your child takes the bus, we would ask that you let the office know so that we are not holding up the bus for attendance.
Also, if your child is in daycare or afterschool care, please let them know if your child is absent or has other plans as they also do attendance for their programs. Children Come First is our afterschool care and their phone number is (587) 228-4797. PLEASE NOTE: We would appreciate if you would contact them directly so that daycare is not looking for your child afterschool.
Register Now for Yellow School Bus Service
Bus eligible families only are now able to register for school bus service for the 2024-25 school year. Service levels and proposed fees will remain the same as the current school year.
Please note that registration for Noon Supervision will not open until mid-August.
Apply Today
- Registration is available using only your MyCBE account. Forms are not available. Payment is not required at this time.
- Families must register by Sunday, June 16 for students to be added to routes for the start of the next school year.
- We continue to accept registrations after the deadline; however, students are added to the closest existing stop with available space. Processing times could be up to six weeks at the beginning of the school year due to volume.
- Note: Conditional ridership forms will be available after registration closes.
- For more information – see link https://www.cbe.ab.ca/news-centre/Pages/register-now-for-yellow-school-bus-service.aspx
- Find technical help here
Fees
If you have outstanding school fees, you may do the following:
Preferred method: Pay Online with MyCBE - to create a new account, go to cbe.ab.ca/mycbe
- Pay at the school office using your debit or credit card. If you need to make a payment at your school, please call ahead to make arrangements. Please do NOT send cash as it can get lost in the shuffle.
- If you cannot afford the fees, you may be eligible to have them waived. Please note that Fieldtrip Fees and Book Fines are not waiver eligible. Waivers for 2022-2023 fees are due by June 30, 2024. Please see link for more information: https://www.cbe.ab.ca/registration/fees-and-waivers/Pages/Waivers.aspx