The excitement is building for winter break! This week is a full five-day week and students’ first day back to classes after the break is Monday, January 8. 

Activity Day Thanks

Thanks to all the staff and parent volunteers who helped make our Activity Day a success. Students had a wonderful time engaging in a variety of activities throughout the city and did an amazing job of being respectful at all the locations. 

Scholastic Book Fair – Thank you! 

Our sincerest gratitude for making our Book Fair an outstanding success! It was so much fun seeing the happiness that the Book Fair still brings to the students!   It was our biggest one yet, and thanks to your contributions, we were able to earn $2500 in free resources that will come back into our school!  Thank you so much!! 

Spirit Week – Holiday Theme 

This week everyone is invited to join in our winter holiday spirit week. Monday is Culture Day (dress in an outfit or wear a piece of clothing that represents your own culture), Tuesday is Fabulous Hair Day, Wednesday is Pajama Day, Thursday is Holiday Sweater Day and Friday is Holiday Character Day (Santa hats, reindeer antlers, elf ears!). Let’s have some fun before heading into winter break! 

CNGS hosts a holiday movie night on Wednesday Dec 20 from 3:00-5:30pm. Tickets have been on sale late last week and will be for sale for $3 until all tickets are sold. 

The Fill–a–Sock Campaign with the Calgary Drop-in Centre

The Fill–a–Sock Campaign with the Calgary Drop-in Centre are looking for donations. We are helping them in the holiday season by donating new or gently used winter clothing (socks, mitts, hoodies, hats), travel size hygiene items, reusable mugs (new or very clean), chocolate/candies, throat lozenges, Calgary transit tickets and $10 Tim Horton’s gift cards. All items will be collected and delivered to the Calgary Drop-in Centre late this week. 

Healthy Hunger Fun Lunch – Tuesdays & Wednesdays 

We are extremely fortunate to continue offering Healthy Hunger as an easy way to order special lunches! Please register and order on the Healthy Hunger website.  We are grateful to our dedicated group of parents who support this initiative, offering Healthy Hunger weekly is uncommon, and we could not do it without you. 

Volleyball Season is Approaching 

We will be starting our volleyball season the first day back from break. The schedule for this is as follows: 

Jan 8 - Jr Boys (gr 6-8) 2:45-4:30pm 

Jan 9 - Sr Boys (gr 9) 6:45-8am and Jr Girls (gr 6-8) 2:45-4:30pm 

Jan 10 - Sr Girls (gr 9) 6:45-8am and Sr Boys (callbacks) 2:45-4:30pm 

Jan 11 - Jr Boys (callbacks) 6:45-8am and Sr Girls (callbacks) 2:45-4:30pm 

Jan 12 - Jr Girls (callbacks) 6:45-8am 

It is important for families to know to be called-back to the second tryout an athlete must be at the first tryout listed.  Our teams need to be chosen very quickly, as they start playing on Jan 24th and must be prepared to compete. 

The Week Ahead 

Monday, December 18: 

School hours – 8:05am-2:45pm 

In-School Activities: 

Culture Day 

Tuesday, December 19: 

School hours – 8:05am-2:45pm 

Healthy Hunger Fun Lunch 

In-School Activities: 

Fabulous Hair Day 

Wednesday, December 20: 

School hours – 8:05am-2:45pm 

Healthy Hunger Fun Lunch 

In-School Activities: 

Pajama Day 

Thursday, December 21: 

School hours – 8:05am-2:45pm 

In-School Activities: 

Holiday Sweater Day 

Friday, December 22: 

School hours – 8:05am-12:10pm  

In-School Activities: 

Holiday Character Day