Estimadas familias,

 ¡Felíz año nuevo! Happy New Year! We enjoyed a great first week back to school with our staff and students.

 We are pleased to welcome Ms. Chrissel Agaton, who joins our teaching staff in the role of literacy and numeracy intervention. She has been getting to know students and teachers this week. We are pleased to see that our budgetary planning for this year, left us enough funding to directly support students.

 Mandatory Provincial Literacy and Numeracy Assessments will begin January 19, 2026, until February 4. Our K-3 teachers will be completing mandatory literacy and numeracy screeners for all students across those grade levels. 

 These assessments are mandated by Alberta Education to be administered across the province. The first round of this testing occurred in September for grades 1-3 only. A third round of testing will take place in May, only for students who have been identified through testing as needing additional support.

 Alberta Education (mandatory) assessments include:

▪ Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) Digits test (K)

▪ Phonological Awareness Screening Test (PAST) (K)

▪ Letter Name and Sound Test (LeNS) (K-2)

▪ Castles and Coltheart Reading Test 3 (CC3) (1-3)

▪ Provincial Numeracy Screening Assessments (K-3)

 It is important to know that these assessments do not inform report card grades for your students and also do not align perfectly with curriculum expectations for each grade level. Rather, they help teachers to see what areas of learning may require further instruction or intervention support. Data gathered from these assessments guide us in our instructional planning and goal setting for ongoing improvement.

 Earlier this year, our school received additional funding to allow us to book release time so that teachers had coverage in their classes in order to administer the screeners. This support for our teachers will continue during the January assessment period and with the support of Ms. Chrissel. 

Con aprecio,

Carmen Fandino

Pronouns: she, her, hers

Principal, Eugene Coste School 

Calgary Board of Education | https://eugenecoste.cbe.ab.ca/

t | 403-777-8511

Access Online Report Cards in February 2026

Families will be able to view, download, and print online report cards starting in February through MyCBE.

 Kindergarten to Grade 9 Report Cards will be available starting February 24, 2026.

 After May 29, 2026, all Semester 1 Reports Cards will no longer be available for viewing, downloading and/or printing.

 Parents and Guardians can sign in to MyCBE  to view student information, including report cards, comments from your child’s teacher, assignments and grades, and attendance information. For the best access to information, log in through the MyCBE portal instead of using the PowerSchool App.   

 Need Help? Check out these videos for more information on how to log in and navigate the portal when you have more than one child attending CBE schools.  

  Video Tutorials   

• Kindergarten to Grade 9    
• Grade 10 to 12  

Having technical issues with MyCBE? Visit Technical Support for Students & Parents.

Away for the Day

Parents/Guardians we appreciate your support with our Away for the Day policy which indicates that Students may not use Personal Mobile Devices (PMD) during instructional time, unless such use is approved by the classroom teacher to facilitate learning activities.  Students may not access social media on school networks or on school devices. Student PMDs are valuable electronic devices. The security and storage of these items is the sole responsibility of the owner or user. CBE assumes no responsibility for the safety, security, loss, repair or replacement of student PMDs.

 Personal Mobile Device (PMD): Any personal electronic device that can be used to communicate with or access the internet, such as a cellphone, tablet, laptop, gaming device or smartwatch. This also may include devices capable of communicating with a PMD (e.g. Bluetooth devices) such as headphones, earbuds, or smart speakers.

Robert Warren

We are pleased to invite your Grade 5 families to the Robert Warren School Open House f

Event Details:
📅 Date: Thursday, January 15, 2026
🕕 Time: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
📍 Location: Robert Warren School, 12424 Elbow Drive S.W., Calgary

This event will provide families with an opportunity to:

• Tour the school
• Meet our dedicated teachers
• Learn about core and complementary courses
• Explore activities that enrich the student experience

We will also share information on:

• Student support services
• Bell schedules
• Transitioning to middle school
• Enrichment opportunities

School Council and Enrichment Society Updates 

Please note that our upcoming School Council and Enrichment Society meeting has been rescheduled.

The meeting will now take place on January 29 at 6:15pm.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

We look forward to connecting with you.

School Council and EC Enrichment Society Meetings for 2025-2065 will continue to take place online through TEAMS.  

The next meeting is January 29, 2026

School Council: 6:15pm – 7:30pm 

EC Enrichment Society: 7:30pm – 8:30pm

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Upcoming Meetings

March 11, 2026

April 15, 2026

May 20, 2026

Fun Lunches 

Fun lunches are offered throughout the year to students who wish to participate.  We receive our lunches through Healthy Hunger, an online platform that delivers pre-ordered lunches to the school in which a portion of the proceeds goes to the school.  

On the day of the event, lunches are sorted and delivered to your child’s classroom by parent volunteers.  If you would like to participate, please register your child at www.healthyhunger.ca . Lunches must be ordered prior to midnight, 5 days before the fun lunch event.   

 We kindly ask that if your child is absent the day of the fun lunch, please contact the school prior to 10:30am, if you wish to pick it up the same day, after 1:30pm. If not specified, your food will be donated to someone in need of lunch. No refunds will be issued if your child is absent on the day of a Fun Lunch. 

 If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to parent support at www.healthyhunger.ca or email ecsfunlunch@gmail.com .