Thank you to everyone who entered our Newsletter Draw! We appreciate your suggestions to make our newsletters better!

Congratulations to Anne Naughton - our first Newsletter Draw WINNER!!! You have won a gift card to Chapters! Please come to the school to pick up your prize!

Each month we will clear the responses and start fresh so please continue to enter your name each month.

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Please bring in non-perishable food items and toiletries to help support the families of Sacred Heart Church of the First People in downtown Edmonton. Sacred Heart serves a large number of Indigenous, immigrants, and many others who make their home in downtown Edmonton. Please help with this very worthy cause. We are accepting donations of food, toiletries, and grocery gift cards at the school.

Students at St. Gabe's are invited to decorate a gift bag that will be given at Christmas to someone imprisoned. Other schools and organizations fill the bags, we are just asked to decorate them. They are located on a center table in our common area at St. Gabe's. They're due December 9.

If you, or someone you know, is in need of a Christmas hamper this year, please contact the St. Albert Kinette Club. They are accepting referrals up to December 13, 2022.

During our last week of school before our Christmas break, let's have some fun! Keep it simple and don't stress if your outfit isn't perfect. We will have prizes and treats for students during this week so make sure to stop by!

Our Student Learning Team requests your assistance in identifying the needs of students in our building. We will be collecting data from students, parents, teachers and administrators which will help identify areas of focus and support. Additionally, it will aid in building a comprehensive school needs counselling program. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to;

Tracy Stevens - Delhez, M.Ed., R. Psych

School Counsellor and Teacher

mailto:tdelhez@gsacrd.ab.ca cell 780-953-1369

Parent Needs Survey Link

Student Needs Survey Link

Mrs. Bedi isn't the only teacher at St. Gabes . . . we promise! The other teachers just don't take pictures! Here are some pictures of our science students creating models of cells. There's also a picture of a student creating models of atoms. Students, you may want to invite your teachers to take pictures of you and your work for our newsletter!

Thanks to our students who dressed up. We did not manage to get pictures of everyone!

Here's what's coming up at St.Albert Parish. If SAP is not your parish, please contact your parish office for their events.

Vespers (Evening prayers with Music)

December 7 & 21 @ 7:00 pm

Parish Penitential -December 6 @ 7:00 pm

Christmas Masses are as follows:

Christmas Eve 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 & 12:00 (The 5:00 mass is a children's mass with pagent)

Christmas Day 9:00 am & 11:00 am

New Year’s Eve 5:00 pm

New Year’s Day 9:00 am, 11:00 am, 6:30 pm

Looking at the New Year:

Chilly Chili Bang Bang (Fireworks, Chili, sleigh Rides) January 21 following the 5 pm Mass

Fiesta Before Fasting February 18 following the 6:00 pm mass

This is one cool priest. Listen to his explanation of advent!

The GSACS Education Foundation 3rd Annual 50/50 Christmas Cash Raffle sales opened on November 1, 2022, and will run until December 7th, 2022 - Draw date for half the Gross Sales, up to $10,000 will happen on Dec 9th @ 7:00 pm. Somebody will be the lucky recipient of some extra Christmas Cash; could it be you?

GSACS is the main fundraiser for our division. Funds go to assist schools with valuable learning enhancements for our students.

I am pleased to assist the Career Education Task Force in announcing engagement opportunities for Albertans to provide input on career education programming for students in grades 7 to 12. Led by Shane Getson, parliamentary secretary for Economic Corridors, the task force is listening to Albertans across the province to determine how to innovate and strengthen career education programming for students and employers.

From now until December 9, 2022, the task force would like to hear from students in grades 7 to 12, parents, teachers, career counsellors, post-secondary educators, employers and young adults. Albertans can share ideas at online and in-person engagement sessions in 11 communities across the province. They are encouraged to participate in their region or they have the flexibility to attend any session that works best for them. During the sessions, participants will be able to provide local insights on career education programming and hear the unique perspectives of others.

There are also online surveys for the public and students in grade 7 to 12 to provide feedback on career education programming. Albertans can register for an engagement session, take the survey and sign up for career education updates at alberta.ca/career-education-task-force.

In addition to engaging with Albertans, the task force will meet with a variety of education stakeholders to hear their viewpoints. They will also conduct a comprehensive review of Alberta’s career education programming, with a focus on grades 7 to 12. The insights from the review and engagement feedback will inform their recommendations and provincial framework for career education programming.

To build awareness of these engagement opportunities, I have attached a promotional bulletin for distribution through your communication channels. Please encourage your stakeholders to post it and share it within their communities.

On behalf of the Alberta government, thank you for your support as we continue our work to build better connections between schools and employers. Your feedback will help the task force ensure that Alberta’s future career education programming prepares students for new opportunities in our increasingly diversified labour market.

Sincerely,

Adriana LaGrange
Minister of Education

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Watch this funny video from Surrey, BC. I hope this brings some laughter and chuckles to you!

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