Message de la semaine - vendredi, le 12 septembre 2025 


Items in this update:

  • Transportation Registration
  • Changes to Classrooms
  • Parents and Visitors in the school  
  • Student Personal Mobile Devices in School
  • Morning Drop Off 
  • Afternoon Pick up
  • TERRY FOX - 45th Anniversary
  • ORANGE SHIRT DAY - Sept 26
  • Mayland Heights School Council Meeting
  • Mayland Heights School Council Facebook Group
  • Mayland Heights Instagram Page
  • Subscribe to Messages 
  • Important Dates 


Transportation Registration (BUS)

Register for the 2025-2026 School Year

Lists are updated regularly. Transportation can be cancelled with no financial impact by submitting the cancellation form by Sept. 30, 2025.  More information can be found using this Transportation Link


Follow your child’s bus on the APP https://www.mybusstop.ca/  School CODE:CBESNDBHJM  - select your child’s bus route


Changes to Classrooms

Our school has seen a significant decline in enrollment across multiple grades and programs this fall. As part of our ongoing commitment to support student success and ensure quality teaching and learning we have reconfigured some of our classes. Our school needed to surplus (remove) 1 full time teacher.  Mme Ashleigh Natividad has chosen to volunteer herself to surplus.  She will be transferring to a different CBE school by the end of the month.  We wish Mme Ashleigh the very best in her next position and thank her for her wonderful years of commitment to the Mayland Heights community.


We have collapsed the grade 4/5 split class and now have a single grade 4 (Mme Jade Anderson) and a single grade 5 class (Mme Sonia Daigle-Patenaude) in French Immersion.   We also had to modify teacher assignments in order to meet the needs of the French Immersion program.  As such, Mme Katrina Hegmann is moving to our grade 2 French Immersion class in Room 212.   Morning classes will now be taught by Mme Brigite Fournier (AM). Afternoon classes will be taught by Sara Reinikka-Scott (PM). Students will stay in the same classroom. Teachers are working hard to ensure a smooth transition for all students and minimize impact on learning.


Parents and Visitors in the School 

All parents and visitors are required to report to the office.  Parents are not permitted to travel in the school hallways without being accompanied by a staff member.  We ask all parents to say their goodbyes at the front door in the morning and allow their children to build independence by entering the building on their own and carrying their personal items themselves (backpacks, lunch box and shoes).  This is to ensure safety for all students and staff at Mayland Heights. We thank everyone for their cooperation and understanding.


Student Personal Mobile Devices in School

Cell phones and other devices will be restricted in all schools in Alberta again this year.  Personal mobile devices include any device that can be used to communicate with or access the internet, such as a cell phone, tablet, gaming device, laptop or smartwatch. This also includes devices capable of communicating with a mobile device such as headphones and Bluetooth devices (e.g. earbuds and speakers.)​

These new rules will apply to all students, with exceptions for students using devices for health and medical needs, to support specialized learning needs and for educational purposes.  

  • -CBE will block student access to known social media platforms on school networks and school devices for all grade levels.
  • -K-9 Students: will not be permitted to use personal mobile devices during the school day. Student devices brought to school must be out of sight and either powered off or set to silent. They should be left in backpacks, lockers or areas designated by teachers or better yet - simply left at home.

If a student is found to be using a personal mobile device in class without permission from the teacher, we will work with the student to ensure the rules are understood. We rely on good communication and other existing processes to ensure students know what is expected.   

Positive results have already been seen within schools that have implemented similar measures in recent years. Our goal is to improve student achievement and well-being with a focused and supportive learning environment.   

The Student Personal Mobile Devices Administrative Regulation will be in place for the first day of school. However, it is set to be reviewed in December, 2024. At that time, any feedback from schools will be considered before it is finalized as of Jan. 1, 2025.  For more information, please visit our Digital Citizenship page.​​​​​

Morning Drop Off - 9AM - 9:15AM

All students are asked to enter the school using the front entrance in the morning.  Doors open at 9AM and until 9:15AM when all our school buses have arrived.  Students arriving after 9:15AM will need to ring the front doorbell and report to the front office for a late slip.  Arriving at school on time helps form healthy habits for students and allow them to start their day without the stress of feeling rushed or missing out on critical morning classroom routines.


Afternoon Pick Up is at 3:50PM-  

No calls to classrooms will be made after 3:30PM for pick up. We ask parents to consider making plans ahead of time with their children for a meeting spot around the school to facilitate the busy doorways and help vehicle traffic.  Families driving to pick up children are encouraged to park on side streets and allow our 4 large buses to park in front of the school and load our students.  Parents should consider driving in the same direction as the buses.  

  • Do not make u-turns in the middle of the street.  
  • Parents are not permitted to park in the school parking lot.  The parking lot is reserved for staff and daycare vans or special mobility vehicles.  Children running across the parking lot or street is dangerous.  Practice safe traffic habits with your children. We care about all our students and families and do not want anyone hurt.


TERRY FOX - 45th Anniversary

It’s the 45th anniversary of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope. This year, our school is going all out to support cancer research! We’re proud to carry on Terry’s legacy by coming together as a school community to make a difference. Our run will take place on September 25th, 2025 at 3:00 pm on the school field.

 

If you would like to support our student’s fundraising efforts, please visit:

https://schools.terryfox.ca/MaylandHeights


ORANGE SHIRT DAY - Sept 26

For more than a century, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their homes and placed in residential schools. This government policy had individual, family, and community intergenerational trauma impacts. Mayland Heights will be showing their support for Truth and ReconciliACTION by wearing an orange shirt on Friday, September 26th.  To learn more about Orange Shirt Day please visit this link ORANGE SHIRT DAY.


School Council Meeting -Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 6:30PM

Our first School Council Meeting and Mayland Heights Fundraising Association will be on Wednesday, Sept 24 at 6:30pm in the library.  We encourage any parent to join us and be part of this group.  The School Council is an opportunity for parents to be involved in the school community and support initiatives at Mayland Heights for students.  Events can include fundraising through Healthy Hunger,  volunteering, family events or developing projects such as the outdoor learning space and much more.  Every parent of a student registered at Mayland Heights is a member of the School Council.  The first meeting will also be available to join online through TEAMS via School Council Meeting LINK


Mayland Heights School Council (Facebook Group)

Did you know that the School Council and MH FundraisingAssociation have a Facebook Group?  Check it out. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1306002323231566/


Mayland Heights Huskies- Instagram Page

Follow us on Instagram - École Mayland Heights Huskies

https://www.instagram.com/maylandheightshuskies/#


SUBSCRIBEto School Messages (Field Trips, Healthy Hunger, After School programs) 

Due to Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation, parents and guardians need to subscribe online to receive some email and text messages on topics like student fees, picture days, field trip costs, yearbooks, fun lunches and more.

Subscribe online at www.cbe.ab.ca/subscribe

In addition, to receive any text messages from our school or the Calgary Board of Education, please opt in for texts. Use the cell phone on file with the school to text the word YES to the six-digit number 978338​.

2024-2025 School Calendar 

Our calendar for the next school year is now available online on our school website.  You can also find our NEW dismissal times here.


Important Dates

September 24 - Lifetouch School Photos (Individual and class)

September 24 - School Council Meeting @ 6:30PM in the library (all parents welcome)

September 25 - Terry Fox Run 3PM

September 26 - Orange Shirt Day

September 29 - Non-Instructional Day - no classes for students

September 30- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - School closed

October 13 - Thanksgiving - School Closed

October 20 - Non-Instructional Day - No classes for students -Calgary General Election