We love our school, but our playground is a little underwhelming. The current set up works well for our youngest community members, but our grade 4, 5 and 6 students have historically been without an appropriate play space. That is about to change! We’re currently fundraising to add a small Agility Playground to our school  Continue Reading »

Exciting news! The grades 1 and 2 classes have been provided an opportunity to visit both the Chinese Cultural Centre and Baitun Nur Mosque early in 2023. These off site trips connect to our social studies curriculum in outcomes around citizenship, belonging, and connecting. They also provide us an opportunity to explore places that we  Continue Reading »

The Mariam Rakka Inclusive Education Fund was founded in 2022 by the Rakka family in honour of Mariam with over $30,000 raised from dad Rob’s head-shave event. Mariam is a fun-loving, wildly imaginative,  friendly, kind, and energetic student who loves her time in school; Mariam also has Cerebral Palsy and learning challenges and sometimes requires  Continue Reading »

  As part of the SAIT Business Administration course students are expected to put on an event benefitting a non-profit in the community. This year our group chose EducationMatters as we have a passion for public education and appreciate the good work they do for the Calgary Board of Education. The funds raised through our  Continue Reading »

CBE’s Inclusive Education department is raising funds to focus on academic and sensory learning support resources to allow all learners to be successful in showing what they know. The Inclusive Education team is made up of Learning Leader Teachers who provide intensive short-term support in classrooms. Our teachers work with a wide array of students,  Continue Reading »

David Thompson School’s Student vs Teacher volleyball is back, and this year it is in support of newcomers to Calgary! The Grade 9 Leadership Team hosts this event and get to choose a worthy community cause to support, and this year we chose to fundraise for the CBE Welcome Centre. The Welcome Centre is working  Continue Reading »

David Thompson School would like to design and install an outdoor Indigenous learning space. The garden will be a place of gathering for students, staff, and community members to come together, learn about Indigenous plants and traditions, reflect, and relax. This area will be designed as a circle to promote sharing. The garden will be  Continue Reading »

Christine Fielding was a dedicated and much loved grade three teacher at Banff Trail School who taught her students to treat each other with empathy and respect. Modeling this in her own teaching, she was a champion for all of her students, and always took the extra steps to help those most in need. Christine  Continue Reading »