Dear Students, Parents, Guardians and Caregivers,

Well, one has to talk about the weather; winter has arrived. So much snow!!! I appreciate the extra effort and patience required to navigate slippery and snowy Calgary streets to get your children to school. Thank you. Be extra careful on Monday. Side streets are pretty bad. I am not sure if the school parking lot will be plowed Monday morning to avoid the drifts. Despite the cold and snow weather outside there was lots of warm and positive things happening inside.

Pearson December Movie Night

Student Council is hosting Movies Night in December. Please take a moment in Connect today to administer this very quick survey. Which Christmas Movie would you like to see?? Learn more!

Pearson Makers Fair – December 10, 11, 12.

All makers welcome to host a booth at our Annual Winter Makers Fair. Look for posters soon. Sign up and start making. Art, cookies, 3D prints, crochet, cupcakes, candies, toys, jewelry, buttons, stickers, photographs or origami and more. Join the Maker Movement.

Important Notice - Student Parking

Now in effect, City Bylaw will be enforcing the student parking lot. Vehicles without a current school issued parking pass will be ticketed. In addition, there have been increasing instances of poor driving and students skipping classes in their vehicles and loitering in the student parking lot during class time. This is not allowed. If you have a spare and wish to be in your vehicle during class time you must leave the parking lot. Finally vehicles with illegal blacked out windows will not be allowed to park on school property.

Alberta window tint laws overview

  • Windshield: No tint allowed.
  • Front side windows: No tint allowed.
  • Backside windows: Any darkness can be used.
  • Rear window: Any darkness can be used only if vehicle has both left and right side rearview mirrors. Vehicles with illegal tinting will not be allowed on school property at anytime

Reminders

Letters have been sent to Parent/Guardians/Caregivers for students whose attendance and lates have reached 30% or more. If you receive an attendance letter please speak to your child about this concern. There is a direct correlation between attendance and student success. We cannot help students do their best if they skip or if they are consistently late for class. School Messenger does send out notices if a student is late or absent. If you are getting regular calls there is a problem. If you are in need of help please reach out to the school.

Reporting Absences

When you are calling in late or absent for your student, call 403-280-6565 and press 1 for the Attendance line. Please give the following information: Spell your student’s first name and last name, give their grade, and reason for absence or lateness and a contact number that we have in PowerSchool.

School Calendar

Please check back regularly, as there may be changes as the year progresses. Here is the link to our school Calendar: https://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/lesterbpearson/about-us/calendar/pages/default.aspx

Save the Date

  • Thursday, November 28: Connect Substitute Day
  • Friday, November 29: Non-Instructional Day – No School
  • December 4: Musical Theatre - The Prince (cess) Predicament 7:00pm - 9:30pm
  • December 5: Musical Theatre – The Prince (cess) Predicament 7:00pm - 9:30pm Breakfast of Champions 7:30am – 8:30am
  • December 10: School Parent Council at 7:30pm
  • December 17: Winter Music Concert and Art Show 7:00pm – 9:00pm • December 20th: Last Day of Classes
  • December 21 – January 5: Winter Break
  • January 6: Classes Resume

Kenneth Chee

Principal