The Bears' Blog...October 10-22
Pine Street Elementary School
Hot Lunch - October 28
Next School Advisory Council Meeting November 22!
Halloween Family Dance - October 28
Order your wristbands before October 24 using www.healthyhunger.ca. Click HERE for more information about this fun, family night!
Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences
Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences will be held Tuesday, October 25, Wednesday, October 26, and Thursday, October 27 between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. The conference times will coincide with our Scholastic Book Fair.
To book a conference with your child’s teacher: (Bookings open October 13)
1. Go to the school website, www.pinestreet.ca
2. Click Bookings in the top near the right-hand corner.
3. Under Parent Teacher Conferences October 25 – 27 3:30 – 5:30, click Register Now.
4. Follow the steps
For detailed instructions with pictures, click here.
Pay School Fees Online!
School fee information for the 2022-23 school year is now posted on the PowerSchool Parent Portal. All fees are due within 30 days of being posted. To access your fee information, simply log in to the PowerSchool Parent Portal and go to “Student Fees.” There you can view your fees and pay them online.
Do not forget to also log in to the PowerSchool Parent Portal regularly throughout the year. Fees are often added to your child’s account to cover the cost of various school activities such as field trips, class projects, extracurricular activities fees and more.
If circumstances exist where you are unable to pay your fees, you can apply to have certain fees waived by submitting an Application for a Waiver of Fees. The application deadline is
December 15, 2022.
For more information about school fees, waivers and payment deadlines, visit www.eips.ca/schools/fees and www.pinestreet.ca Alternatively, contact Mrs. Lisa Waselenkoff, Business Manager at Pine Street Elementary, 780.467.2246, ext 6315.
School Bus Safety Week
As part of School Bus Safety Week, Pine Street reminds students and families all Division school buses are equipped with a bus-pass scanner, GPS technology, the Child Check-Mate system and surveillance equipment, which allows Student Transportation to better monitor and manage its more than 170 buses. Families and students also have access to the Traversa Ride 360 app, a mobile tool to help determine the location of a bus, projected arrival times and when a child is scanned onto a bus.
For more information visit EIPS Student Transportation or contact 780-417-8151
Caregiver Education Sessions
Alberta Health Services hosts a variety of virtual caregiver information sessions throughout the year focused on ways to support students’ mental health. The sessions are free and geared toward parents, caregivers, teachers and community members who want to learn more about challenges impacting children and adolescents. Session topics include anxiety, ADHD, depression, self-harm, technology, teens and teaching leadership skills, communication, resiliency and more Visit Caregiver Education to see the monthly caregiver sessions.
Enhancing literacy and numeracy
As part of Elk Island Public Schools’ (EIPS) ongoing efforts to enhance the literacy and numeracy of students in all grade levels, the Division is once again administering the Star Early Literacy and Star Reading assessment tools in the 2022-23 school year. The Division’s also launching a new assessment, called Star Math. These tools focus on literacy and numeracy, are digitally based and offer an opportunity for students to demonstrate their learning. The goal: To provide timely information to teachers, help enhance classroom instruction and identify student learning needs.
Three times a year, EIPS students in Grade 1 complete the Star Early Literacy assessment and students in grades 2-12 complete the Star Reading assessment. Both assessments are administered electronically and take about 20 minutes. Students in grades 2 through 10 also complete the Star Math, a mathematic screening tool. It, too, is administered electronically and takes about 30 minutes for students to complete. The results offer teachers a clearer picture of a student’s learning needs and help determine if subsequent instructional planning is required. NOTE: Semester students, complete the Star Math twice, at the start and end of the course.
In addition to the Star assessments, Alberta Education now mandates all students in grades one through three complete additional literacy and numeracy assessments. Students in Grade two and Grade three completed these provincial assessments in September. Grade one students will complete the assessments in January 2023. EIPS also administers the assessments to all Grade four students to gauge learning loss from the pandemic, which the Division is now analyzing.
The scores of the assessments are not used toward a student’s grade, and there is no need to study ahead of time. The tools simply provide the teacher with information to better understand where each student is in terms of reading comprehension and mathematic ability. If, after analyzing the results, it is determined a student can benefit from extra support, the teacher will contact the family to discuss possible support strategies.
For more information about the Division’s Star and MIPI assessment tools, contact EIPS Supports for Students at 780-464-3477.
Important Days
Monday, October 10 - School closed -Thanksgiving Day
Friday, October 14 - Flag Ceremony in the gym 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, October 19 - Picture re-take day
Sunday, October 23 - Last day to order hot lunch or wristbands for the Halloween Family Dance!
October 24-28 - Scholastic Book Fair
October 25, 26 & 27 - Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Friday, October 28 - Hot Lunch
Friday, October 28 - Halloween Family Dance 6 p.m.
Monday, October 31 - Halloween!
Wednesday, November 2 - Early Dismissal 2:15 p.m. (no PALS students today)
Thursday, November 3 - Gr. 6 Field trip to Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Friday, November 4 - Remembrance Day Ceremony
November 7-11 - School closed for fall break
Monday, November 14 - no PALS students today (Staff retreat)
Thank you!
- Thank you to Kayleigh for organizing hot lunch for this year!
- Thank you Jamie for planning our Halloween family dance on October 28!
- Thank you to all families coming to volunteer with teachers!
- Thank you Yukon Jack for coming to read to students during Read in Week!
Pine Street Elementary
Email: general.pne@eips.ca
Website: www.pinestreet.ca
Location: 133 Pine Street, Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
Phone: 780-467-2246
Twitter: @PNESchool