May Key Communiqué

An email bulletin for Key Communicators & School Council Chairs Please share the information you receive in these emails with your school councils and parent communities. System Meeting Follow-up: The PowerPoint presentation on the future Parent Portal that Cindy Seibel, Director of Information Technology Services, presented at the System Meeting on April 22nd is now online. You can find it here. If you are interested in becoming involved in the Parent Portal by providing input or potentially taking part in focus group research; or have questions regarding the presentation, you can email Cindy at cgseibel@cbe.ab.ca. Area Meetings: There are no more Area meetings scheduled for the 08/09 School Year. Thank you for attending this year's meetings and sharing the information with your parent communities. If you have input or suggestions for topics at future Area meetings, contact your Key Communicator Steering Committee member: Area I Pam Douglas Area II Karen Blank Area II Jennifer Andersen Koppe Area III Dawn Cruickshank Area III Clancy Foley Area IV Brad Sears Area IV Signy Morton Area IV Esther Halton Area V Nick Newton 2009/10 School Fee Information: The 2009/10 school fee levels have been approved by the Board of Trustees and are now available online here. Information regarding Waiver of Fees can be found at this address: http://www.cbe.ab.ca/parents/forms.asp. If you have any questions, please email me and I will seek to clarify the issue. WorldSkills Calgary 2009: WorldSkills Calgary will take place September 1 - 9, 2009. All Grade 9 and 10 students will attend. Here are the latest developments with WorldSkills Calgary 2009: Equipment Legacy: When WorldSkills is complete, equipment used during competitions will be donated to school districts around the province. The CBE will be sending in their application next week to receive as much of this "legacy equipment" as possible. Transportation: Several CBE employees took part in a WorldSkills transportation simulation from SAIT to the Stampede Grounds. The dry run went very smoothly and we are confident the transportation for the actual event will run very well. Attendance at WorldSkills: All schools who accommodate Grades 9 and 10 have received the dates students will visit the grounds. If you have a son or daughter in Grade 9 or 10 and you have not received the date your school will attend, you should ask your principal for this information In addition, the CBE's WorldSkills website is continually being updated as we receive more information regarding our schools and this exciting event. You can check it out here or visit the WorldSkills Calgary 2009 homepage at http://www.worldskills2009.com/ You may contact Marsha Levy at mlevy@cbe.ab.ca with any questions you may have that have not been addressed on these websites. H1N1 Flu Outbreak: The Calgary Board of Education is monitoring the flu situation very closely and has a plan in place should there be direction from Alberta Health Services to go beyond monitoring. Staff and student travel that has been approved will go ahead, except trips to Mexico. Parents are encouraged to check their school websites for a link to the latest information on this issue. Trustee-zine: The next issue of the Trustee-zine, the electronic newsletter from the Trustees' Office, will focus on student work and is scheduled to come out in mid-June. Resources: CAPSC: CAPSC is Calgary’s city-wide, public school parent association. CAPSC’s primary goal is to keep parents up to date and involved in their children’s education, and to help make individual school’s Parent Councils as effective as possible. CAPSC provides parents with resources, learning and sharing opportunities, and representation of parent concerns to the CBE and all levels of government. For more information or to subscribe to their newsletter, visit www.capsc.ca. School Council Development: School Council Development (SCD) provides workshops and resource materials to assist school councils. School Council Development provides the following services: Workshops for school councils anywhere in Alberta Toll Free School Council Consultation Line - 1-800-661-3470 Instructor training to deliver workshops to school councils Resource manual and materials for school council Board of Trustees: Check out this site for reports presented to the Board, Board decisions made and highlights of public Board meetings. Alberta Education School Council Resource Manual Key Communiqué Archives	Contact Information Katie Young, BPR Parent/School Communications Specialist Calgary Board of Education http://www.cbe.ab.ca/ Email: klyoung@cbe.ab.ca T (403) 294-8566 F (403) 294-8172 515 Macleod Tr. SE Calgary, AB T2G 2L9 We are always looking for ways to improve communication so if you have any suggestions or comments, please feel free to email them to me.