Feb. 18-21:
Grade 4 Accountability Pillar
Survey:
Every year at this time, Alberta Education sends out the
Accountability Pillar Survey and we are asking ALL grade 4 parents to please
complete this and submit your results.
Why this survey is so
important?
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Results have a significant impact on the perception of the
quality of education in our system and in individual schools.
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Alberta Education and the public use the results of the
Accountability Pillar Survey to assess satisfaction with the quality of
education.
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It is important that this assessment be based on a response
which reflects the breadth and diversity of the CBE family
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IF Parents/Guardians have misplace their survey and would like
another copy of the paper survey questionnaire contact Ms Belcher as a new one
can be sent out.
Official Languages
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Parents of
Francophone-enrolled students will receive surveys in French.
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All other parents
will receive surveys in English.
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Additional languages
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Hard-copy (paper) Parent
Surveys are currently available in English, French, Punjabi, Cree, Korean,
DenesuĊ̨in̨e,́ Tagalog, Chinese, Blackfoot, Arabic, Spanish or Urdu.
o
Parents wishing to
have surveys in a language other than the language they received are instructed
to contact their child’s school principal. After the principal contacts
Alberta Education, he or she will receive an email with a copy of the requested
survey to print for the parent. This process ensures that the school, authority
and grade codes are correct on the translated parent survey.
ONLINE PARENT
SURVEY
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Parents can complete
the survey online through Alberta Education’s Accountability Pillar Online Survey
Tool by going to https://public.education.alberta.ca/APOS/.
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The Online Parent Survey is currently only available in English or
French.
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Survey responses
will not be saved unless the respondent clicks the Submit button. Therefore, the survey should be completed and
submitted in one sitting.
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To access the online
survey, parents need to use the 8-character RAC on the tear-away portion of the
paper survey mailed from Alberta Education.
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Note: The RAC
identifies the school authority only. It cannot identify individuals. There is no tracking of who has
received a specific RAC.
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RACs for parents are
generated for all surveyed schools. It is NOT possible for principals to access
the specific RACs mailed to parents.
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As noted in the
instructions for the survey, if a question is not applicable or if the
respondent does not feel comfortable answering, they should leave the
response blank.
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A blank response
does not count towards the total number of responses.
Powerschool info
Recently, CBE created a new policy regarding powerschool accounts
regarding parental access. Some parent accounts were affected by this and
have now been deleted. If you received a
email indicating that there was issues with your account you will need to
create a NEW Powerschool account with the email that is on your student’s
account. Please see below for steps to setup your account:
PINK SHIRT DAY!!!
On Wednesday, Feb 26 it is Pink Shirt day! Take your kindness to new heights!
This Pink Shirt Day, and every
day, let’s Lift Each Other Up.
Our theme for this year’s Pink Shirt Day is “Lift each
other up”; a simple but powerful message encouraging us to look beyond our
differences and celebrate the things that make us unique. When we lift each
other up, we see past the things that separate us and see instead the things
that unite us as people
Staff Appreciation lunch!!
What a feast that was provided by our amazing #belfastyparents! From all
of us here at Belfast we so appreciate the amazing lunch, the volunteers &
the Parent Council for organizing this event! #feelingbelfastyblessed!!!
Message from WE CARE CLUB:
MOOOOOOOVE to the MOOOOOOOSIC!!!
What an amazing success the Family Dance was last Wednesday! We
want to give some big shout out to: our amazing DJ Ms. El-Gulebaly, the We Care
Students who helped sell tickets, fill food orders & took the COW pictures
and of course all our amazing #belfastydancers!! All $$$$ raised is going to
purchase COWS through Feed the Hungry current amount of COWS: 11.75!!!!
Quick
reminder this is the only We Care fundraiser initiative this year and is ongoing. NEXT
EVENT: St. Patrick's day come and get a picture taken with Hope Bell & come
see what those naughty leprechauns have done to her!!
Child Safe Canada
Due to low enrollment Street Smarts (Feb 24 & 25) was rescheduled for
May 4 & 5. Our hope is to create
some awareness on how important this class is which may increase registration.
Please NOTE: if this class is cancelled all
$$ will be returned with student we thank you for your understanding.
Important Dates:
- Feb 26: PINK SHIRT DAY
- Feb
28: Kinder field trip to Mount Pleasant (both AM & PM)
- March
5: All students attend all day (UPDATE to calendar)
- March
6: Non-instructional Day - NO SCHOOL (Belfast only)
- March
9: School Council 6:30 pm
- March
9: Grade ¾ Field Trip to the Glenbow
- March
19: Half-Day for Grade 1-6, No School for Kindergarten (UPDATE)
- March 19 & 20:
Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences (UPDATE)
