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@StrathcoCounty Child and Youth Coalition is running a FREE summer challenge called Community Quest: Summer Mission Edition! You and your family can win PRIZES completing fun summer activities and submitting them to the GooseChase App. Head to the website below for info!!!!
Has your child graduated from or left #EIPS? If so, they must download info from their school cloud accounts onto a personal device before August 6. This includes their Google and Microsoft accounts. After the deadline, EIPS deactivates these accounts.
Can you dig it? Dirt is being turned for the new #EIPS Sherwood Park Replacement School! The official groundbreaking will take place this September. Stay tuned for more updates during the upcoming school year: bit.ly/3nkAzxS
ALT A red excavator sits in the middle of the image amidst trees in the background. There's a row of dirt in front of the excavator, a row of grass in front of that and a large stretch of overturned earth in the foreground.
ALT Behind a yellow construction fence sits two small buildings standing to either side of a trailer covered in a red cloth. There's several trucks to the left of the image in front of one of the buildings.
Staff at #EIPS Central Services are travelling to the mountains and setting up camp with this collection of beautiful photos! Thank you to Mr. Milne's photography classes at @bevfacey for transporting our office outdoors with some skillful camera shots.
From July 1 to August 16, #EIPS Central Services will be open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday. While schools are closed for the summer break, you can direct any questions to our central office: bit.ly/ContactEIPS
Wednesday, June 26 marks the last day of classes, #EIPS! After another school year of hard work, we wish you and your loved ones a wonderful summer break with some fun in the sun.
It's National Indigenous Peoples Day! #EIPS schools are taking action to host respectful activities that seek to embrace #Indigenous traditions with the wisdom and guidance of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Elders, Knowledge Keepers and educators. #NIPD2024
Are you prepared for kindergarten? #EIPS has got you covered for the summer! From backyard fun to creation stations, learn more about activities that'll help prepare your child for the 2024-25 school year: bit.ly/4eHTeJY
Stay up to date on what's happening at the next @EIPS Board meeting:
Thursday, June 20 | 10 a.m.
Full meeting package: eips.ca/trustees/meetings
All regular meetings are open to the public and live-streamed on the Division YouTube channel: bit.ly/2Kk96Fq#eips#asba
"The @JA_NorthAlberta Company Program proved highly successful for our business venture Lumen Candles. Financially, we broke even within the first two weeks of sales. Moreover, we proudly contributed to both @albertacancer and @bbbsc." bit.ly/3RA8LBk
“Owen has developed a great love for #reading—prior to the #EIPS Reading Enrichment and Development (READ) program he showed zero interest in reading.” Learn more about the READ program: bit.ly/45wU9IW
ALT Two adults stand in between three students sitting down in chairs. The students hold books and stuffed animals. Behind them is a display filled with shelved books, building blocks, puppets and more age-appropriate resources for developing literacy skills.
Planning to use Student Transportation in the 2024-25 school year? If so, make sure your child is registered so #EIPS can plan routes and send your child a bus pass before the first day of school. Register now: bit.ly/3z2FkBz
All students who indicated needing transportation services through the returning student or new student registration processes are now registered. Those families have also received tentative route schedules and invoices—fees are due June 30, 2024.
On the PowerSchool Parent Portal, families can review their information on file for each student and submit any updates needed. The form is open—for current-year updates—until noon on June 14. It will reopen for families at the start of next school year.
ALT A student stands in a hallway in front of a robin blue bulletin board featuring a large turtle artwork on the left and various coloured turtle shells to the right.
#EIPS is collectively committed to ensuring all members of the school community are provided with welcoming, caring, respectful and safe learning environments that respect diversity and foster a sense of belonging.
A beautiful re-illustration art installation from @CaroleBossert’s 5B class at @SouthPointeEIPS, based in the book Together We Drum, Our Hearts Beat As One by Willie Poll. We are grateful for the message of Indigenous transformation & connection. 1/2