Dear Bayside Families,
We made it! This is my last weekly update for the 2023-24 school year. It was another amazing year of learning and growing together. The last week of school is always bittersweet… saying goodbye to students and their families as well as staff who are moving on to new adventures can feel a little bit sad but there is also a feeling of excitement and anticipation about what is to come: summer days and nights full of family, friends, outdoor fun and relaxation. The summer will fly by and before we know it, we will be back at school, excited about a new school year.
Updates and Reminders:
School Council & Fundraising Association AGM: Our School Council and Fundraising Association AGM will take place on Tuesday September 17 at 6:00 PM in person at Bayside School. We will be looking for new members for both our Council and Fundraising Association. You can find a list of positions and descriptions on our Website here. Regardless of whether you would like to join the executive, School Council is a wonderful way to meet other parents and be an active part of the school community. We hope to see many of you there!
Sports Day: Sports Day was a great success! A HUGE thank you to the Lakeshore Grade 8s, the amazing parent volunteers who helped out, and to Ms. Cassan for organizing the day!
Staff Goodbyes: We are saying goodbye to a few of our staff this year. Ms. Tawny Lehan, Ms. Dana Lahti, Ms. Rachel Milburn, and Ms. Sarah Blackman will all be moving to new schools next year. We want to express our sincere appreciation for their work with students, parents, and staff at Bayside. We wish them all the best in their new school communities.
Kindergarten Staggered Entry: Families who have registered for Kindergarten at Bayside school will have received an email regarding your day and time for Kindergarten Staggered Entry this week. If you have registered, and did not receive an email, please let us know by calling the office or emailing bayside@cbe.ab.ca. A reminder will be sent to families at the end of August, once our staff has returned to school.
2024-25 Bayside Staff: I am pleased to share our Bayside School Staff roster for the 2024-25 school year! We anticipate continued registrations through the summer as well as some additional students being called back to Mahogany school in the fall. For this reason, it is necessary for us to remain flexible in our planning. I will share the names of our staff thus far and the grades they are planning to teach next year. In August, I will have an update for families with any new staff or changes.
Kindergarten Teachers: Karla Sanderson, Meghan Veronese
Grade 1 Teachers: Christine Gannon, Sarah Dennis, Andrea Buist, Megan Barrow, Tami Mumford
Grade 2 Teachers: Jody McNabb, Vicki Fernandez, and Catharine MacKenzie, Jena Walker (on leave- new teacher yet to be hired)
Grade 3 Teachers: Ioana Gartner, Heidi Morden (on leave- new teacher yet to be hired), Emily Mask( LL), Cameron MacLellan
Grade 4 Teachers: Jason Do, Amanda Iafolla, Melinda Pokolinski, Emily Curnew
Grade 5 Teachers: Paula Whitelaw, Jennifer Secord, Jesse Corriveau
Music: Sarah McCune
Phys. Ed.: Amy Cassan
Principal: Darby McAsey
Assistant Principal: Calleigh Harder
Administrative Secretary: Carol Lee
Office Assistant/ Secretary: Melinda Shilton
Library Assistant: Kathy Fitzowich
*Educational Assistants: Sara Biegun, Diana Gross, Irene Yi (on leave- new EA yet to be hired)
Lunchroom Supervisors: Shweta Singh (Lunchroom Lead), Sumaira Shaikh, Namita Bhatt, Angie Franceschi, Anjali Parashar, Jenny Noel, Melissa MacDonald, Raquel Dias Olivetti Gomes, Farrah Zaidi
* We have not yet hired our full compliment of Education Assistants. We have arranged for some wonderful people to fill in for the first couple of weeks as we finalize our staffing.
Please visit our Back to School page for information about the beginning of the new school year. Teachers will email families by August 27th by the end of the day to introduce themselves, welcome your child to their class, and to provide important information about the first day of school. Please ensure your contact information is kept up to date. If you do have a change to share with us, please email Bayside@cbe.ab.ca. We will be checking email periodically through the month of August as we prepare for our school opening.
August Office Hours:
August 22 9:00 AM-2:00 PM
August 23 8:00 AM-12:00 pm
August 26 9:00 AM-2:00 PM
Regular Office Hours (Beginning August 27)
7:30 AM-3:00 PM Monday -Thursday
7:30 AM-1:00 PM Friday
August 29: First day of School for grades 1-5
August 29 & 30: Staggered entry for Kindergarten
We wish you a safe, restful, and fun-filled summer. See you in August!
Darby