Hello Bayside Families,

Welcome to the 2023-24 school year at Bayside School! We are so excited to begin our second year together and we are looking forward to hearing about the summer adventures of our returning students and to learning about all of our new Bayside students!

Through the summer, Bayside school has experienced higher enrolment than was anticipated in the spring. As a result, we are pleased to be not only welcoming many new students, but also new staff to our school. The last week has been spent hiring and welcoming new teachers to our school, adjusting class lists, and creating new classroom spaces. Our office staff are doing an amazing job and working very hard to ensure students are registered in a timely way. Today our teaching staff came together for the first time and we hit the ground running!

We have an awesome year planned with many exciting learning experiences ahead. We look forward to seeing our students on August 31. Please send an email to bayside@cbe.ab.ca if your plans have changed and you will be starting later than August 31 or have moved over the summer.

Back to School: Check out the “Back to School” Webpage on the Bayside Website for general information to help you get ready for the first day of school.

Homeroom Teachers and Class Assignments: Families can expect to get an email by the end of the day Tuesday August 29 from your child’s teacher, welcoming you to their class and sharing more specific information for the first day of school. If you do not receive an email by the morning of August 30, please email us at bayside@cbe.ab.ca to let us know so we can make sure you receive all of our communication.

School Fees, Communication, Lunchroom, Transportation:

Please Check / Create your MyCBE PowerSchool account. All parents must have a CBE PowerSchool account to access and pay fees, book school conferences, see report cards, etc. Please go to the MyCBE using the link below. This link is also available on the CBE website and our home page. When signing up for emails please note that we send weekly updates from classrooms and the school. If you are not registered for commercial email, you will not receive any information that involves financial transactions (fun lunch, fundraising, school events).

• https://sis.cbe.ab.ca/public/
• This is also where you will register for Lunchroom
• Fees will be posted by the beginning of October 2023
• Important Reminder for Mahogany Families: Please use the link https://sis.cbe.ab.ca/public/ to register for Transportation though MyCBE if you have not already done so. Bus registration is ongoing. CBE Transportation continues to accept registrations and students are added to the closest existing stop with available space. Please note: Processing times could be up to six weeks at the beginning of the school year due to volume. Families are responsible for transportation until their registration is confirmed.
• Visit CBE Transportation Webpage for more information.

All households located in Auburn Bay are within the designated walk zone, therefore, there is no bus service for Auburn Bay to Bayside School.

Bayside 2023-24 Calendar:

The 2023-24 Bayside Calendar has now been published on our school website. It contains an overview of all the key dates for the upcoming school year. It also has our school bell times (no changes), lunch times and a breakdown of when alternating Friday Kindergarten groups will be attending school. Information on specific events such as Healthy Hunger, assemblies and field trips will be communicated to families as they are scheduled throughout the year.

August Office Hours:

August 24 9:00 AM-2:00 PM

August 25 8:00 AM-1:00 pm

August 28 9:00 AM-2:00 PM

Regular Office Hours (Beginning August 29)

7:30 AM-3:00 PM Monday -Thursday

7:30 AM-1:00 PM Friday

School Start & End Times

Grades 1-4

Monday-Thursday

8:00 AM-2:30 PM (Students are welcome to enter the building between 7:50-8:00 AM)

• Recess: Grade 1-5 classes will take a flexible break of 10 minutes
• Lunch: 

*New for 2023-24

• Grades 1 & 2 11:00 AM-11:40 AM
•  Grades 3-5 11:45 AM-12:25 PM

Friday

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

• Recess: 10 min flexible recess
• A backpack large enough to hold a large library book
• Indoor shoes (these will stay at school)
• Before and After School Students will require an additional indoor pair
• Water bottle
• Lunch bag/snack bag

School Supplies: Basic school supplies for all Bayside students will be supplied (pencils, notebooks, scissors, glue, etc.). Student supplies are purchased by the school and provided as part of your school fees. All students will have access to shared supplies in each classroom which are grade appropriate. Classroom teachers may send home lists of optional additional items once school begins in September. Items you will need to send with your child:

Please label everything you send to school - First and Last name are important so we can ensure clothing is returned to your child.

First Day Drop-off and Pick-up:

On the morning of August 31, staff will be outside to greet families and to help direct you and your child. If you are unable to find your child’s teacher, please ask a staff member wearing an orange vest and we will help you. Please plan to say goodbye to your child outside the school as parents will not be permitted to accompany children into the school.

With so many new families joining us it will be important to keep the 'flow' moving smoothly in our drop-off area which is for drop-off and pick up only. If you plan to walk your child to one of the entrances, please park a short distance from the school and walk with them. There is parking available along the school side of Auburn Crest Way as well as on many of the nearby streets and cul-de-sacs.

Parking is not permitted in the Drop-off area, in the bus zone on Auburn Springs Blvd, or in the Staff Parking Lot. Above all, please prioritize SAFETY over convenience and follow all traffic and pedestrian laws. Thank you all for your help keeping our transportation complexities in mind and helping to minimize traffic around our school and make things as safe as possible for our students. We appreciate you!

Kindergarten Staggered Entry:

On August 31st and September 1st we will have a staggered entry for Kindergarten Students ONLY with half of the Kindergarten students attending each day as follows:

**Morning Kindergarten students will attend either

Thursday August 31  8:20 AM-10:00 AM

or

Friday Sept 1  8:20 AM-10:00 AM

**Afternoon Kindergarten students will attend either:

Thursday August 31  12:50-2:30 PM

or

Friday Sept 1  10:20 AM-12:00 PM

**An email will be sent on August 30 regarding staggered entry times to Kindergarten families. This will be a reminder for families who registered their children prior to the end of June and new information for families who have recently registered. If you have not received an email regarding your child’s staggered entry by 2 PM on August 30, please email us at bayside@cbe.ab.ca or give our office a call (403-817-3436) to let us know.

Staff:  As we head into the 2023-2024 school year, we are excited to welcome back many of our Bayside Staff as well as extend a huge Welcome to many new staff. 

Kindergarten Teachers: Ms. Karla Sanderson, Ms. Meghan Veronese (AM only), Ms. Sheri Van Runt (PM only), Ms. Tami Mumford

Grade 1 Teachers: Ms. Christine Gannon, Ms. Sarah Dennis, Ms. Jena Walker, and Ms. Andrea Buist, Ms. Megan Barrow

Grade 2 Teachers: Ms. Jody McNabb, Mr. Jesse Corriveau, Ms. Vicki Fernandez, and Ms. Catharine MacKenzie

Grade 3 Teachers: Ms. Ioana Gartner, Ms. Heidi Morden, Mr. Cameron MacLellan, *Ms. Emily Mask

Grade 4 Teachers: Mr. Jason Do, Ms. Amanda Iafolla, Ms. Melinda Pokolinski, *Ms. Emily Mask

* Ms. Emily Mask will be providing additional classroom support to the grade 3 and 4 team due to increased enrolment in these grades.

Grade 5 Teachers: Ms. Emily Curnew, Ms. Paula Whitelaw, Ms. Jennifer Secord, Ms. Tawny Lehan

Music: Ms. Sarah Blackman (while Ms. Sarah McCune is on Parental leave)

Phys Ed: Ms. Amy Cassan

Educational Assistants: Sara Biegun, Stacey Banks, Diana Gross, Irene Yi

** Lunchroom Supervisors: Jenny Moon (Lunchroom Lead), Shweta Singh, Sumaira Shaikh, Namita Bhatt, Angie Franceschi, and Anjali Parashar

** We have not yet hired our full compliment of Lunchroom Supervisors. We have arranged for some wonderful people to fill in for the first couple of weeks as we finalize our staffing.

Principal: Darby McAsey

Assistant Principal: Calleigh Harder

Administrative Secretary: Carol Binder

Office Assistant/ Secretary: Melinda Shilton

Library Assistant: Kathy Fitzowich

 

Coming Up:

Thurs. Aug. 31                 First Day of Classes 2023-2024, Grades 1-5: Regular Day (8:00am-2:30pm), Kindergarten Staggered Entry

Friday Sept. 1                  Grades 1-5 Early dismissal (12:00 PM), Kindergarten Staggered Entry    

Monday Sept. 4               Labour Day Holiday, No School

Tuesday Sept. 5               Regular Day, All students K-5 Attend

Friday Sept. 8                  Early dismissal grades 1-5 (12:00PM), PM Kindergarten attends (8 AM-12 PM), No school for AM Kindergarten

Upcoming: Mark your Calendar

September 21 & 22        Meet the Teacher conferences

September 22                  Non-Instructional Day (no school for students due to Meet the Teacher conferences)

September 29                  National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, no school

October 19                       Fall Photos

See you all soon!

Darby