Happy Friday Bayside!
April 20-24 is CBE Support Staff Appreciation Week! We want to thank our amazing support staff for the incredible dedication and heart they bring to Bayside every single day. From the front office to the classrooms, lunchroom staff, the library, and throughout our hallways, they are the backbone of our school community.
Their hard work often happens behind the scenes, but your impact is felt in every corner of our building. Whether they are helping a student find their confidence, keeping our learning spaces safe and clean, or ensuring our daily operations run smoothly, our support staff make a real difference in the lives of our students.
To our wonderful support staff: Thank you for your patience, your compassion, and your unwavering commitment to our school community. We truly could not do this work without you!
REMINDERS AND UPDATES:
Swimming! Save the Date(s): Swimming Lessons: Our Grade 1-3 classes will have the opportunity to participate in Swimming lessons at Seton YMCA June 1-4 and June 8-11 We will need at least 5-6 volunteers each day from 8:45 AM-11:45 AM. Parents who volunteer are not required to ride the bus back and forth to the school and YMCA (You are welcome to drive yourself to the Y if you wish). Parents will also stay dry (you do not need to enter the pool). You will help students with boarding and getting off the bus, and will supervise students getting ready in the change rooms before and after lessons. We request that parents who volunteer plan to help all classes in the morning, not just your own child’s class. A current CBE volunteer clearance is required.
June 1-4: Dennis, Gannon, McNabb, Mumford, Finn, Hartmann, Mask, MacLellan
June 8-11: Barrow, Walker, MacKenzie, Fernandez, van Runt, Milburn
Click Here to Sign Up to Volunteer!
Field Trip Fees: Parents are reminded to check your MyCBE accounts regularly for fees that are added through the year. We have many field trips and exciting in-school experiences coming up in the next few months and timely payment allows the school to ensure that invoices to our service providers are paid on time. Field trips are an important part of our students’ learning experience and no student will be denied the opportunity due to inability to pay. If a fee will cause a financial hardship for your family, please contact me djmcasey@cbe.ab.ca to discuss how we might support you.
Grades 4 & 5 Spring Concerts: Along with the students and staff of Grade 4 and 5 Students at Bayside School, I would like to invite you to “Together a Forest” a concert based on the book by Roz MacLean. This will be an excellent opportunity for students to showcase their learning, be performers, and to come together as a community through music. There will be singing, instruments, and storytelling. Please check the email from Ms. McCune (sent April 17, 2026) for more information.
Friday, May 8
8:30 am: Grade 4
9:45 am: Grade 5
Earth Day: April 22 is Earth Day and Bayside students and staff are invited to wear earth colours (blue, green, brown...). In recognition of Earth Day, classes will be sharing through our daily announcement slides what they are doing to help care for the earth! This week classes will also have the opportunity to start planting seeds to grow a variety of foods, thanks to a grant from Farm to Cafeteria Canada We appreciate Mr. Marino for applying for the grant and leading this initiative!
SCHOOL COUNCIL & BSFA NEWS:
READ-A-THON Prize Day!
Parent Council was so excited to support our top classes who not only had the most reading minutes, but who raised the most funds for our most successful Read-a-Thon! We served over 55 pizzas to our top classes! We want to thank all of our diligent readers who worked so hard to support our school. A HUGE thank you to Olivia and Hadley for making the most of their Principal and Assistant Principal roles and making yesterday a HUGE success!
Parent Paint Night - April 23, 2026 @ 6:00pm.
Thank you to all who have signed up to attend! This event is FREE to all parents attending, but there is an associated cost to Council. Please confirm that you are still able to attend, prior to Tuesday April 21, 2026 and if you are not available, please make sure to open your spot so that someone else may attend. Thank you!
Healthy Hunger - April 23rd, 2026
Last chance to order a delicious Subway sandwich or salad for Healthy Hunger! Place your order before Saturday April 18th, at 11:59pm.
Annual General Meeting- May 12th, 2026
Out with the old and in with the new! This coming AGM, we will be looking to replace three of our long term dedicated council members who are off to new schools next year with their graduating Grade 5 students! With our Chair, Natalie Peso and President of Fund-raising, Mirita Lovegrove and Veronica Venter, Secretary leaving, we are looking for some fresh faces to join our council group to support all the wonderful initiatives that the council has planned.
Coming up, we will have several positions available, please reach out to schoolcouncilbayside@gmail.com if you are interested!
COMING UP:
April 13: Grade 2 Ducks arrive, Orff the Wall field trip and Evening performance
April 14: Grade 1 (Barrow and Walker) at Telus Spark, School Council/ BSFA 6PM
April 16: Read-a-thon Prize Day
April 17: Lakeshore & Nickle grade 6 presentations, Snack Shack (PM K, grades 2 & 4)
April 21: Techsperts after school
April 22: Earth Day, Admin Assistants Day, Yoga with Karl
April 23: Healthy Hunger (Subway), Bayside Parent Paint Night
April 24: System Indigenous Learning Day (Matoomsii Pookaiks), No school for students
April 27: Grade 5 at Leighton Art Centre
April 28: Grade 4 Morden at Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area (ASCCA)
April 29: Grade 4 Gartner and Iafolla at ASCCA
April 30: Grade 4 Marino and Sorensen at ASCCA
May 1: Snack Shack (AM Kindergarten, grades 1, 3, and 5)
Have a wonderful weekend! Let’s hope for some real springtime weather next week!
Darby and Vanessa