School Start Up Info 2025/26
Welcome to the 2025/26 school year!
Bell Times – Our bell times will be same as last year. Grades 1-5 from 8:45am-3:48pm Monday-Thursday and 8:45am-12:35pm on Fridays. Kindergarten AM Programs will be from 8:45am-11:51am Monday-Thursday and the PM Program will be from 12:40pm-3:46pm. Scheduled Fridays will be from 8:45am-12:31pm. EEP will be from 12:50pm-3:35pm Monday-Thursday.
Staggered Entry - We will be starting off with Staggered Entry. Kindergarten to Grade 5 students with last names starting with A-K will start Tuesday, September 2nd and not attend on the Wednesday. Students with last names starting with L-Z will start on Wednesday, September 3rd. Regular classes for all students will start on Thursday, September 4th.
Homeroom teachers will be reaching out by email or phone some time between Tuesday, August 26th and Thursday, August 28th. If you are unable to attend their assigned staggered entry days, please let the teacher know.
New Family Open House – New families of students in grades 1-5 are welcome to join us on Thursday, August 28th between 1:00 and 2:00pm for an Open House to meet the Admin Team and get tours of the school.
School Supplies - The school will supply most school supplies for a fee on SCO in September (invoices with ASN numbers will be sent home when everything is posted). The only items you have to provide are a backpack, lunch kit, pencil case, water bottle and indoor shoes. Headphones will be provided but families are welcome to supply their own if they would prefer. Teachers do appreciate donations of wet wipes, disinfecting wipes and Kleenex too but they are not mandatory to bring in.
Medication Administration – if your child(ren) will need to have any medication required at school or emergency medication on file, please make sure that this form is completed, signed by a doctor and brought to the school with the medication: https://ns.lethsd.ab.ca/parents/medication. This form must please completed every year and every time there are any changes.
Bus Routes – Bus passes will be handed out the first week of school to all students that qualify (reside more than 1km away from the school) and have registered through SchoolEngage (passes are not required to ride the first week). Please be sure to discuss routes and stops with your child(ren) if they will be riding the bus. Routes are posted on The Southland Transportation website at https://www.southland.ca/lethbridge/. Our Admin Team will provide a quick school bus orientation for all bus students at the end of each day for the first week of school (making sure they know which bus to take, where pick up/drop off at the school is, how long they have to get there at the end of the day and school bus safety rules).
Attendance – If your child(ren) will be late or absent from school, please report it through SchoolMessenger. Accounts can be created or accessed at https://go.schoolmessenger.ca/#/home. There is also an app that you can download or you can call 1-866-879-1041 to report absences before 8am.
Parent & Student Handbook - on our website at https://ns.lethsd.ab.ca/about/handbooks.
The first Parent Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 16th at 6:30pm in the NS Staff Room. All parents/guardians are welcome to attend!
We are excited to see our returning students and meet the new ones :)