Good afternoon Balmoral families,
Thank you to parents for attending our second round of parent teacher conferences. If you did not have the opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher, please email them and set up a phone call for a progress update. Please ensure you let the teacher know if you need a language interpreter for the call.
We wish all of our families a happy and healthy Spring Break!
2024-2025 Yearbooks Now on Sale
This year’s school yearbook is now on sale through the Lifetouch website. These yearbooks are put together by a dedicated group of teachers and students, who capture various memories throughout the school year. This is a great memory book for all Balmoral students in Grades 5-9!
Please visit the website below and use the code to purchase the yearbook – the cost is $22. Yearbooks will be delivered to Balmoral School and distributed to students during the last week of June.
https://ybpay.lifetouch.ca/Order/SelectJob
Yearbook ID code: 14289325
The deadline to purchase yearbooks this year is May 10.
Badminton Season is Starting After Spring Break
We are now permitted to begin the badminton season after spring break. Badminton tryouts will be held after school from 2:30pm – 4:00pm for the following grades:
- Tuesday, April 1 – Grade 9
- Wednesday, April 2 – Grade 8
- Thursday, April 3 – Grade 6
- Monday, April 7 – Grade 7
Students must have a ride arranged at 4pm for pick up.
Please contact Mr. Guenther at: teguenther@cbe.ab.ca if you have any questions.
Cultural Foods Bake Sales – April
The spring season brings many dates of significance for cultures around the world. These include Eid-al-Fitr, Holi, Vaisakhi, Songkran, Ridvan, Yom Hashoah, Easter, and many others. To recognize these days, we are inviting students to make/bake treats for sale at lunch for the following days:
- April 2 – Grade 5
- April 9 – Grade 6
- April 16 – Grade 7
- April 23 – Grades 8 and 9
Please watch your email for a Microsoft Form the week before your child’s grade above. The form will ask you to provide information, including ingredients, for the treats you are sending. We would love to see some treats that celebrate the diversity of cultures at our school. This is an OPTIONAL activity for students, and hopefully we will have lots of tasty treats to share!
Treats will be on sale at lunch on the days above (cash only, about $2 per treat). Money raised will go to Brown Bagging for Kids, a charity that provides food for students at schools. If you have any questions about this event, please email Ms. Boyd at caboyd@cbe.ab.ca
In addition, we will have a Cultural Wear Day at school on Tuesday, April 1 – ALL students are welcome to wear something from their heritage or culture this day. If students do not wish to wear cultural wear, they must wear their school uniform.
McCarthy Uniforms Purchasing Window Now Open
Our uniform partner, McCarthy Uniforms, has the Spring Purchasing Window OPEN beginning Wednesday March 12, 2025, and running until Wednesday April 30, 2025. This will be the final Purchasing Window for the 2024-2025 school year.
You can visit the store in person or purchase uniform pieces online.
The summer purchasing window will be Jul 2 – Oct 31.
School Planning Engagement
We know we make better decisions to support student learning when we build understanding and work together. That is why we will be sharing information about school planning and asking you to share your perspectives.
During this engagement, you will have the opportunity to participate in the planning process for the 2025-2026 school year.
- Watch this short video to learn about the planning work schools do to improve and support student learning.
- Visit our school website to see our School Development Plan and School Fees information.
- Share your perspectives through an online survey open from March 7 to March 31.
Thank you for your participation in this engagement – we appreciate your feedback and suggestions.
Online Balmoral School Store is Open until March 28
We have re-opened the online store for one more opportunity to order Balmoral School gear! You can order a crewneck sweatshirt, t-shirt, shorts, sweatpants, and NEW this year – a PINK Balmoral anti-bullying t-shirt! Please see the link below and place your orders before March 28:
Balmoral Student Store Spring 2025 | Sportfactor | powered by OrderMyGear
Please pay attention to the sizing when ordering – there are NO refunds or exchanges.
Orders will arrive at school about 6 weeks after the store closing date, and we will distribute them to students. Please note this is LAST opportunity to order Balmoral gear this school year – we will re-open the store again in fall 2025.
Healthy Hunger Fun Lunches
A reminder that the deadline for all fun lunches is always 5 days before the lunch date. The next Healthy Hunger lunch is from Mary Browns on these dates:
- April 1 for Grades 5/6
- April 2 for Grades 7/8/9
School Council Fundraising
Hello Balmoral families,
Thank you all for your support during this school year in fundraising efforts for the betterment of our school. We rely on your generosity and support and ask for it again for the upcoming events we have planned for our students!
If you have any bottles laying around that you can spare, Sunridge Bottle Depot and Balmoral School Council have united to create a bottle drive! Their new program offers in home pick service - no need for drop off. Use the link attached - in additional information use “Balmoral School” as a code so they know where funds should be allocated. Thank you for your support!
The Pickle Jar Menu
Important Dates
- March 20 and 21 – Parent teacher conferences online
- March 21 – NO school for students
- March 24 to 28 – Spring Break
- March 28 – Online Balmoral School store ordering deadline
- March 31 – Classes resume
- April 1 – Cultural Wear Day
- April 1 – Fun lunch for Grades 5/6
- April 2 – Fun lunch for Grades 7/8/9
- April 4 – Grade 7 Band Festival field trip
If you have any questions or concerns, please call the school office.
Regards,
Balmoral Administration