91社区

Principal's Message:

As we head into summer, I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for a great school year. This year has been filled with many experiences, activities, and learning. And with your support our students have made it through. I hope summer is full of rest, relaxing and other great activities for you and our students. We look forward to seeing you in the fall and new school year. We are very excited to welcome our new Grade 7’s and any new students to our school community as well.

We know you have questions for next year. Below are important items that you may find useful. After you have read this email if you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch. Have a fantastic summer and we will see you in the fall.

First Days of School:

• Grade 7s Friday August 29^th 8:40am-12pm
• All students Tuesday Sept 2^nd

New student BBQ - Friday Aug 29, 12pm-1pm:

• All new students to OHS (Grade 7’s and new move in’s) and their families are welcome to attend the new student BBQ on Friday Aug 29^th at 12pm-1pm. This is an opportunity to mingle and meet with staff, tour the building, and ask any questions before the first full day of regular classes on Sept 2^nd.
• Grade 7s will then be dismissed for the long weekend after the BBQ.

Staffing:

• We would like to acknowledge the following staff members who are leaving OHS this year to either work at other schools or pursue other adventures, and we thank them for their time and dedication:
  • Justin Grigor (Teacher)
  • Lori Isberg (Academic Advisor)
  • Becky Weins (EA)
  • Viri Reyes (EA)
  • Noah TenBroek (EA)
  • Taya Fisher (EA)
  • Katie Hein and Barb St. Clair (office)
• With division office centralizing office staff, both Barb St. Clair and Katie Hein have been moved to a division location.  
• We would like to acknowledge the following staff members who are new to OHS this next school year:
  • Kyle Cantelon (Humanities teacher junior high)
  • Daphne Yoner (Math teacher 9-12)
  • Roz Zuehlke (office)
• Also of note for high school students, Shannon Nixon will be moving into the Career & Academic and Advisor Role. She will be the teacher high school students connect with about classes, credits, volunteering and work experience.

Timetable Schedule:

• All student timetables will be posted on Edsembli for students to look at starting August 15^th. If there are any course changes needed, we can take care of that the first week of school. If a student does not log in and look (or can’t), we will be ready to with printed timetables for students on the first day.
• Students will have the first week of Sept 2-5 to change courses. Please remember that because we are a small school not all options are offered in every block, and we are limited in space, but we will try our best to accommodate.

Bell Times for next year:

• The start and end of the day are the same as this year:  8:40am - 3:30pm  

2025-2026 91社区 Calendar:

• See attached PDF  

Hockey program (action required this week):

• See attached PDF  
• We have had enough interest that we are offering both a junior high and high school high hockey program with Method Hockey this year. Students can sign up if they are interested (see attached PDF). The registration link is in the PDF flyer. We need enough students to make each class a go, and we also know the timing in the schedule may not work for all students, but if you are interested, please register this week.

Office Hours in August:

• The school office will be open starting Friday Aug 22^nd at 8am.
• Please note the school is closed Thursday Aug 28^th from 12pm onwards as all 91社区 staff are meeting at another school for opening day.

Below are the last few Newsletter items of the year:

• Learner Profiles: Learner Profiles will be uploaded to Parent and Student Edsembli portal this afternoon.
• ILP: If your child has an ILP (Individualized Learning Plan) please see attached PDF to access and sign.  
• OHS Vertical Farm Initiative: Thank you for supporting the online form for the Vertical Farm. We have a growing selection of highly nutritious and delicious microgreens available for order. You can find the order form here:  Payment can be arranged monthly. We accept cash, debit, or credit.
• Hola Subscribers! Happy Summer! This month we have: Pea shoots, Sunflower, Daikon Radish, Brown mustard microgreen and Wheatgrass $5.00 each. Any combination of 2”: Peas, Basil or tomato and soon flowers. 1 for $2.00 | 3 for $5.00 | 10 for $18.00. We would like to inform you that we are CONTINUING SALES THROUGHOUT SUMMER!!! Woo Hoo! Since we will have a full-time student, to make deliveries you will have to come pick them up yourself on Thursdays once contacted that your order is ready. We hope you have a healthy and happy summer! Please contact Mrs. Watts at wattsc@fsd38.ab.ca if you have any questions.
• Community News: Applications are open for the Foothills Emergency Services Program, an amazing program for any student going into Grades 11 or 12, who are showing interest in the emergency services. For details, click on the pdf link or head to PDF 25-26 FESP

We want all our students and their families to have a joyful, sunny summer.

If you have further inquiries or questions, please let us know.

We look forward to seeing you in the fall.

Cheers,

James Holladay