Bonjour BP families. 

Today students experienced an incredibly put together Wellness Day, where we were able to partake in a keynote from Canadian Equity Consulting on Systems and Bias and have parent and teacher led sessions for students to focus on physical, social, and emotional wellness. A special thank you to Ms. Doyle who worked tirelessly to plan for this important experience at BP. A special thanks also to our parent presenters (Julie H, Nerida G, Michele S, and Robin P) who lent their time and expertise with our community! Un gros merci! As always, a thank you to BPPA for making much of this possible with your donations.  

MyCBE / PowerSchool

Please note that MyCBE has been disabled for parent viewing until the release of report cards, which will enable teachers to begin entering marks and comments. As always, if you have any questions about your child's achievement, please do not hesitate to contact their teacher.  

Library Books 

Please have a look at home for any library books that have not yet been returned and ensure that they have been returned to the library. The last day to sign books out is June 10, and the deadline to return books June 20. Books lost or not returned will be charged to your PowerSchool account. 

Lost and Found Items 

We have an abundance of lunch kits, water bottles, and hoodies galore in our lost and found. Please remind your students to have a final look and take any items that belong to them, as we will be donating the abandoned items on June 26.  

Teacher Decisions on Class Assignments 

As teachers gather to make class lists for our next year students, we wish to remind families that their child’s class placement will be determined through the careful lens of teachers working together in teams to ensure the best possible classroom composite. Teacher decisions are rooted in a strong instructional and social/emotional rationale. Many students have been together since early elementary at our various feeder schools.  As students grow and mature, preparing them for high school includes living with a certain degree of uncertainty.  Only through embracing this uncertainty and new opportunities to develop relationships with others do adolescents grow in their level of preparedness for their future worlds.  We stand by our instructional decisions, which have been made with the best insight and in a collaborative approach between teachers.  Thank you for your support in this matter. 

Transportation Registration Begins May 21 

All students who are eligible for yellow school bus transportation would have received an email May 21 from the CBE with details on registration and proposed fees for 2025-26. 

There are revised walk zones for many schools in CBE. As a result, the CBE is expanding yellow bus service and adjusting walk zones for the upcoming school year. This is in response to Alberta Education’s School Transportation Amendment Regulation for student transportation that comes into effect on Sept. 1, 2025. 

The legislation modified the transportation eligibility distance and how it is calculated. Transportation eligibility will now be measured by driving distance from your home to the front door of the school: 

  • 1.6 km for students in kindergarten - Grade 6 
  • 2 km for students in Grades 7-12 

To find your school’s map, visit CBE’s Find a School Tool and follow these instructions: 

  • Type in your home address or search by school in the drop-down menu. 
  • Choose your program under Program Options. 
  • Click on the grade(s). 
  • Below the map, in the “Programs” column, click on the grade/program for your school. 
    • This will display the walk zone for your desired school/program. 
    • Note: only one walk zone can be displayed at a time. 
  • Transportation registration is available using the MyCBE account. (If families do not already have an account, click here to learn how to create one.)  
  • Families must register by Sunday, June 22, 2025 for students to be added to routes for the start of the next school year.  
  • Transportation can be cancelled with no financial impact by submitting the cancellation form by Sept. 30, 2025.  
  • Fees are due later in October. There are flexible payment options. Families can apply for waivers if they cannot afford to pay fees.  

To learn more about the changes to transportation, please see  Walk Zone Changes for the 2025-26 School Year - News Centre - CBE. 

2024-25 Yearbooks 

Yearbooks are now ready to pre-order on your parent MyCBE Account.  

Please go to your MyCBE parent account, click on your student name(s), scroll down the page and click on “School Based Optional Fees”. You will see a box with “School Store Sale-Yearbook” and then “submit” to add the yearbook to your account for payment and proceed to the payment page to complete payment.  

Yearbooks arrive approximately October of the following school year.  The deadline for ordering yearbooks will be Monday June 9 at 6:00 pm. 

Important Dates  

  • June 2 - Grade 9 Three Herons Field Trip 
  • June 4 - Spring Band Concert, 7-8:15 PM 
  • June 5 - Track and Field day  
  • June 5 - Healthy Hunger Mary Browns 
  • June 10 - Grade 7 French Drumheller Field Trip 
  • June 10 - Grade 9 Farewell to Heritage Park. Details to follow 
  • June 11 - Grade 9 FLA PAT Part B, 9-10:15 AM 
  • June 11 - After school farewell for Grade 9's and families 4-7:00 PM. 
  • June 13 - Grade 9 Math Part A PAT 9-9:30 AM 
  • June 16 - Grade 7 English Drumheller Field Trip 
  • June 16 - Grade 9 ELA PAT Part B, 9-10:15 AM 
  • June 17 - Grade 9 Math Part B PAT 9-10:20 AM 
  • June 18 - Grade 9 Social Studies PAT 9-10:20 AM 
  • June 19 - Grade 9 Science PAT 9-10:15 AM 
  • June 19 - Healthy Hunger Papa Johns 
  • June 23, 24, 25 - Grade 9 Three Herons Field Trip 
  • June 25 - Report Cards available in MyCBE
  • June 26 - Last Day of Instruction, early dismissal (noon) 
  • June 27 - Appeals Day 8:30 AM-12:00 PM 
  • June 27, 12PM- School Closed for Summer 

 

Have a wonderful weekend!  

 

Rishma Hajee 

Principal | Bishop Pinkham School