Good afternoon A.E. Cross School families! ¡Buenas tardes familias de A.E. Cross School! We hope that you have had an enjoyable weekend to this point.

Below you will find the latest edition of the Colts' Community Chronicle. Please take note that we have a School Council meeting on Thursday, January 16 at 7:00 pm online via Microsoft Teams. The link to the meeting was sent out to families on Thursday and will again be sent out on the day of the meeting. This week, we are welcoming Cristina Hernandez, our Spanish Bilingual Learning Leader, to the meeting to speak about the program as well as some of the complementary courses that we offer here at A.E. Cross.

Teachers are busy this month completing report card achievement indicators and comments for your children. On-line report cards will be available to families through MyCBE/PowerSchool on January 27, 2025. Should you require a printed copy of your child's report card, please contact the main office.

Colts' Community Chronicle - January 13 to January 17 

Central Memorial High School Open House Poster 

A.E. Cross School Council & Parents' Association Meeting Agenda - Thursday, January 16 

We hope that you have a great week!

Sincerely, 

Randy Lewis

Principal, A.E. Cross School

Colts’ Community Chronicle | Jan. 13-17

  • January 13 Central Memorial Counselor Visit
  • January 14 Ernest Manning Counselor Visit
  • January 15 Bowness Counselor Visit
  • January 15 Wrestling Quad at Vincent Massey
  • January 16 School Council Meeting
  • January 27 Report Cards Available On-Line

Athletics

Colts’ Wrestling

Colts’ Wrestling starts up again tomorrow, January 6th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. 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
    • January 15 – 4:45 pm at Vincent Massey School
  •  Wrestling Divisional Meet
    • January 28 – Genesis Center 
  • Wrestlers MUST be attending practices to attend the quads

Colts’ Volleyball

Volleyball season will begin immediately after winter break in January.

  • Boys’ Tryouts – Tuesday, January 7 and Thursday, January 9 – 4:00 to 5:15
  • Girls’ Tryouts – Wednesday, January 8 – 4:00 to 5:15 and Friday, January 10 – 7:45 to 9:00

Please make sure that you fill out an Annual Authorization Form for your child to try out for Colts’ Volleyball! We look forward to seeing our Colts’ student athletes out on the court in the New Year! 

MRU Volleyball Game

Any student who was invited on this trip needs to have their field trip form returned to Mr. Richards by Tuesday, January 7. On Thursday, January 9, students will go to there period 1 class and then be called down to a meeting area at 9:45. Reminder, students need to bring a bus pass or have change to purchase a ticket ($2.50) to and from MRU. Students 12 and under ride city transit for free. 

If you have any further questions please contact Jace Richards at jarichards@cbe.ab.ca

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

Art Club

Art Club will resume on Monday, January 20, 2025 – the third week we are back from Winter Break

Ms. Moore and Ms. Pollock

2025 Provincial Achievement Test Dates

The dates for the 2025 Provincial Achievement Tests have been released by Alberta Education. Attached to this message is letter to parents explaining the Provincial Achievement Test program for students. Below is the 2025 PAT schedule: 

  • Thursday, May 29 – English Language Arts (Part A – Written Response)
  • Thursday, June 12 – English Language Arts (Part B – Reading Comprehension)
  • Friday, June 13 – Mathematics (Part A)
  • Tuesday, June 17 – Mathematics (Part B)
  • Wednesday, June 18 – Social Studies
  • Thursday, June 19 - Science

Lunchtime Expectations

Lunchtime at A.E. Cross School runs from 12:07 PM to 12:48 PM each Monday to Thursday. The structure of the lunch hour works as follows:

  • 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.
  • Students will not leave campus on Fridays during nutrition break (10:45 AM – 11:00 AM) so please ensure that they come to school with a snack.

Only drink containers with a screw-top lid are allowed in the school. Drink containers such as slurpee cups, bubble tea containers, coffee cups with a plastic lid and open cans of pop are not allowed in the school due to an increased risk of spillage.

High School Open Houses

Prime Minister's Award Nominatoin

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.

Physical Education

Students will continue to participate in outdoor activities. Please send a jacket, gloves and a toque to school with your child so they can participate comfortably as the weather gets colder.