New Heights Newsletter

Important dates

September 5: PAC Social and Coffee

(morning)

September 17 and 18: Parent Teacher Interviews (evenings)

September 19: Organizational day (no school for students)

September 26: PAC BBQ (details to come)

September 30: Truth and Reconciliation Day (no school)

The Other End of the Phone

Our Front Office administration team is Alison Black and Dulaine Lough. These are the two that you will be hearing from when you call the school, when you send a message to info@newheightscalgary.com, or when you ring the doorbell.

Alison Black, also our Admissions Coordinator, is in the Front Office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.

Dulaine Lough is in the Front Office on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. 

If your Student will be Absent

When your student will be late or absent due to sickness, appointments, or other, please contact the main office by leaving a message at info@newheightscalgary.com or 403-240-1312 to let the school know.

PAC: Welcome to the school year social and coffee

Please join us to say hi and enjoy a coffee!

Are you a new parent to New Heights and wanting to meet other parents? 

Returning parents, stop by and reminisce about your summer and connect with other families. 

September 5 | 7:45am - 9:00am 

New Heights Outside the main school door 

We cannot wait to say HELLO! 

 Your Parent Advisory Council (PAC)

Parent Teacher Interviews / IPP meetings

Our first round of Parent Teacher Interviews/IPP meetings are coming up on the evenings of Wednesday, September 17th and Thursday, September 18th.

25 minute meetings can be booked on each half hour between 3:30pm and 7:30pm. These meetings can be held virtually or in-person. Please specify your preference when signing up. 

Please email Alison to request a time slot alison.black@newheightscalgary.com

Note for High School parents/guardians: These meetings will be scheduled with your homeroom teaching team.

You will have opportunity at the PAC Welcome Back BBQ to meet the other subject-area teaching teams. 

ACCESS Calgary

If you are applying to Calgary Transit Access (CTA) for transportation to/from school, you have an upcoming interview or your contract is being renewed, please contact Tracy Tomiak at tracy.tomiak@newheightscalgary.com to discuss eligibility and how we can help with Part G: Professional Verification.

Carpooling

We have a few families that are looking for carpooling for their elementary aged children. We have one family, in Sandleridge NE that would be happy to meet at a common location or at your home for drop off and pick up. We have another family in Mahogany SE.

If you live in a different neighborhood and are interested in carpooling with other families nearby, feel free to reach out to Tracy by email. She’ll be happy to help coordinate connections.

Tracy can be reached at: tracy.tomiak@newheightscalgary.com or 403-240-1312.

Welcome to New Heights: Parent Information Session

This session is for our families who are joining us for the first time this school year, with a student in Grades K-12.

To help welcome you to the New Heights school community, we are holding an in-person session for parents who are new to our school program. This session will take place on Wednesday, September 17th at 5:30pm and will provide information on who we are and what we do.

Topics that will be covered include:

• September and onwards at New Heights: what are the students doing and learning in the classroom
• New Heights terminology
• Parent Teacher interviews: what to expect, what questions to ask, and information to communicate to the school team
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To attend this information session, please RSVP to info@newheightscalgary.com by Friday, September 12th for planning purposes.  

If you are a returning parent who would like to take part in the session, you are more than welcome to join. Please RSVP to info@newheightscalgary.com by Friday, September 12th.

 AAFSter School Program + AAFS Friday

AAFSter School Program runs Monday-Friday from 3-6pm, and they offer transportation for New Heights Students.

AAFS Friday program, which runs from 12-4pm on Friday afternoons, in which they pick up youth from school and go out into the community for the afternoon. 

See below for more info.

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