• NO SCHOOL Monday, January 15^th.
• AM Kindergarten attends on Friday, January 19^th from 8:05 am – 11:45 am.
• Monday/Wednesday Kindergarten attends on Friday, January 19^th from 8:05 am – 11:45 am.
• Winter hit us with a vengeance this week. We are asking parents to ensure that their children continue to be dressed for the weather. Students will continue to go outside unless it is colder that -20 Celsius.
• McDonald’s is the fun lunch for those that ordered it this week. Please remember to pack your child snacks! Dates for each class are as follows:
  • January 16^th – All grade 1’s, all grade 5’s, Dei Cont and James
  • January 17^th  – All grade 2’s all grade 4’s, McIntosh, Parliament and Sedgewick
• Kindergarten and Grade 1 – 4 new student registration starts on Monday, January 15^th for the fall of 2024. If your child(ren) are returning to Cranston or moving to Dr. George Stanley nothing needs to be done for the 2024 – 2025 school year. Registrations will be done online through a program called School Engage. All the details are on the CBE website at https://cbe.ab.ca/registration/registration/Pages/new-students.aspx
• As we are now a lottery school for the 2024-2025 school year all registrations will be organized as per the CBE’s lottery protocol based on the following. This applies to NEW Kindergarten – Grade 4 registrations only. All those students currently attending Cranston School in Kindergarten – Grade 3 remain at Cranston School.
  • Priority One – Students residing within the walk zone who have a sibling that will be attending the same program in the same school; concurrently. Cranston Schools current walk zone are all of those students that reside in Cranston.
  •  Priority Two – Students living outside the walk zone who will have a sibling in the same program in the same school at the same time; or students living within the walk zone who do not have a sibling in the school. 
  • Priority Three – all other students living in the designated attendance area. This would be those students that reside in Seton.
• Comfy-Cozy spirit day will be Friday, January 19^th. Students are invited to wear their warmest, comfiest, coziest clothes! NO PJ’s though!
• Parent Council is meeting Tuesday, January 16^th at 7:00 pm. All are invited to attend. The meeting will also be live through Teams. Click here to join the meeting

Students in grades one and two are finishing up our listening unit of the Nutcracker.   We have read the story and taken some time to watch clips of the ballet and put our listening skills to work focusing on identifying tempo and dynamics as well as trying to hear specific instruments.

Grade three students were practicing pitch matching using solfege.  We learned a song about donkeys that we sang in both two and three part rounds!

Grade four classes were also practicing our solfege and singing in tow and three parts.  We sang a song about clocks.  Ask your student if they remember the lyrics. 

Grade five learned about the song “Follow the Drinking Gourd” and are working on illustrating pictures to accompany the song lyrics.

 

Save the Date!

Who: Kindergarten and Grade One Students

What: Concert

When: Thursday, February 29^th, 2024

More information to come