SEPTEMBER 2011 · ISSUE 1 · VOL. 9
THE CALGARY SCIENCE SCHOOL
Principal's Message Welcome back, and a particular welcome to our new students and their families. We had another very smooth startup this year. I want to thank the school council for organizing a number of events in the first days of the school year; they hosted a welcome back coffee the first day of school, they organized our first CSS outdoor education gear sale, our parent volunteer coordinators collected many names of potential volunteers in support of numerous activities, our parent run transportation committee has already met, and we’ve hosted a work bee at Camp Sweet in preparation for our Fall camps. We are off to a running start.
Our Fall camps are well underway. Between August 22 and September 30 five hundred students will attend Camp Sweet and our grade nines will have visited Bamfield. I very much appreciate the support of our parent volunteers and, of course, Mr Sweet, in making the camps such rewarding experiences. Additionally, I want to recognize the fact that our teachers go above and beyond in order to provide those camp experiences to students.
teachers is an important part of our commitment to the profession and the development of preservice teachers. It is also a great opportunity for the professional development of our own teachers; deconstructing one's teaching in order to assist a student teacher is a very effective way for a teacher to develop their own practice.
Lastly for this principal's message, I want to encourage parents to attend the school council AGM on September September will also see us 7th. The school council is the welcoming a cohort of student primary conduit through which teachers. There will be 13 parents can advise and inform student teachers working with school administration on the a number of teachers in order operation of CSS. I hope to see to develop their practice in you there. preparation for taking on their Darrell Lonsberry own classroom after gradu graduation. Working with student