Good afternoon everybody and welcome to December! Buenas tardes a todos y bienvenidos a diciembre! It’s amazing to think how quickly this school year is flying by. There has been so many different activities that have been going on around the school and time seems to be flying by.

Here are just some of the different events that have occurred around A.E. Cross School throughout the month of November:

  • Senior Band Camp at Camp Kindle
  • Remembrance Day Ceremony
  • Live Different Presentation (Resiliency and Mental Health) with Jonny Henderson
  • Jill of All Trades Field Trip to SAIT
  • Try a Trade Field Trip to Central Memorial High School
  • Colts’ Basketball Playoff Games
  • Central Memorial Feeder School Band Concert
  • Grade 5 and 6 Tour by Glenmeadows School
  • Crescent Heights High School Grade 9 Tour
  • Ernest Manning High School Grade 9 Tour
  • Mount Royal Cougars Basketball Games
  • Grade 8 Telus Spark Field Trip

Today is the final day for you to order A.E. Cross School Apparel. Please visit the website below to order some clothing for your child. Orders will be delivered to the school in the new year.

A.E. Cross School Apparel Ordering Link

Additionally, we are pleased to provide you an opportunity to purchase the 2024-2025 A.E. Cross School Yearbook. Please use the link below to do so.

A.E. Cross School Yearbook Ordering Link

Last week brought a blast of cold weather that required us to host students inside the school during lunch hours. Every day, we have a wide variety of spaces available to students (Main Gym, West Gym, Learning Commons, various classrooms and clubs). I would encourage you to help your child plan their lunch time activities for the week. Additionally, please review the following lunch time expectations that we have for students at A.E. Cross School.

12:07 PM – 12:25 PM – Students are welcome to eat lunch within the school on the main floor. The hallways, cafeteria and courtyard are available for student use during this time. Please note that there is currently no food service available to students at lunchtime. On days where the weather cooperates, students are also welcome to eat outside on school property.

12:25 PM – 12:48 PM – Students will be asked to go outside during this time period. It will be important that students get appropriate clothing from their lockers right at the end of the morning classes as the upper level of the school will be closed beginning at 12:10 PM.

WITH PARENTAL PERMISSION, students are able to leave campus for lunch time.

Should students leave campus, it is an expectation that they are respectful to our community neighbours as they are representatives of A.E. Cross School. Ms. Wiseman and Mr. Lewis visited all businesses around the school to introduce ourselves and the businesses will contact us if there is something that we need to follow up on.

  • Students should not loiter at the businesses and they should buy their lunch and return to school property
  • Should students be abusing their off-campus privileges by causing disruptions in the community or are consistently late upon return to school after lunch, privileges to leave at lunch may be taken away
  • Back alleys and private yards are off-limits to students
  • PLEASE NOTE – A.E. CROSS SCHOOL DOES NOT PROVIDE SUPERVISION TO STUDENTS THAT ARE OFF CAMPUS AT LUNCHTIME.

Below is the latest edition of the Colts’ Community Chronicle.

Colts' Community Chronicle - December 2 to December 6 

We hope that you have a wonderful week! ¡Esperamos que tengas una semana maravillosa!

Sincerely,

Randy Lewis

Principal, A.E. Cross School

Colts’ Community Chronicle | Dec. 2-6

(New information only. See newsletter for more.)

Athletics

Colts’ Basketball

Student athletes should pay attention to announcements regarding wrap up parties for teams. These will be organized once all team fees are paid. 

Colts’ Wrestling

Practices will occur:

  • Monday after school from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
  • Wednesday before school from 8:00 am to 9:00 am
  • Friday before school from 8:00 am to 9:00 am
  • Wrestling Quad Meets
    o   December 6:30 pm at Ernest Manning High School (UPDATE)
    o   December 12 – 4:45 pm at A.E. Cross School
    o   January 15 – 4:45 pm at Vincent Massey School
  • Wrestling Divisional Meet
    o   January 28th – Genesis Center

Colts’ Volleyball

Volleyball season will begin immediately after winter break in January. Please have your child pay attention to announcements coming up over the next couple of weeks for meeting and try out information. We look forward to seeing our Colts’ student athletes out on the court in the New Year!

2024-2025 Yearbook

The 2024-2025 A.E. School Yearbook is now available to purchase! To order this year’s edition of the yearbook, please visit the following website:

A.E. Cross School Yearbook Ordering LINK

Student Learning Supports

A.E. Cross School is happy to provide the following learning supports for students. I would encourage you to remind your children of these opportunities so that they are able to be as successful as possible. All grades are welcome in each of the spaces below.

  • Math Help Room – Room 26 (Mr. Reid) – Mondays 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
  • Math Help Room – Room 6 (Mr. Virjee) – Tuesdays 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
  • Homework Hotel – Learning Commons – Wednesdays – 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
  • Math Help Room – Room 33 (Mr. Tyrrell) – Tuesdays and Thursdays at Lunch

Spanish Bilingual Program

Last Wednesday Nov. 27, Spanish Bilingual Grade 9 students hosted Glenmeadows Grade 5 and Grade 6. Students had the opportunity to build community by playing games in Spanish and touring the school. ¡Fue un día maravilloso! 

Also last Thursday Nov. 28 Spanish Bilingual Grade 9 students attending the Crescent Heights Tour with the other Bilingual Junior Highs and English Program feeders.

We had the chance to visit many of the locations for options and classrooms that gave students a nice glance of what High School could be for them next year.

High School Open Houses

Prime Minister's Award Nomination

Consider nominating an educator for a 2025 Prime Minister’s Award! Download your nomination package today. The Prime Minister’s Awards nomination deadline is January 15, 2025! 

Help us celebrate those who go above and beyond to create safe spaces for their students, continue to work hard to make learning fun and inspire the next generation to be bold innovators and creators. 

Prime Minister’s Awards recipients for Teaching Excellence, Teaching Excellence in STEM and Excellence in Early Childhood Education can receive:

  • A certificate from the Prime Minister
  • National recognition and promotion of their best teaching practices

Previous recipients have told us, “So much of what we do as educators often feels like it goes unnoticed. Nominating fellow hard-working educators, whether they win or not, is an incredible way to tell them they are seen and appreciated.” – Karen Bowater, 2021 regional Recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence in STEM.