June 20th Update
In recognition of National Indigenous Peoples day June 21, Lake Bonavista School is renewing our call to action for Truth and Reconciliation. Today every class participated in a walking field trip with their buddies to engage in land based learning, connect with one another and reflect on the year of learning and story. We have benefitted from the residency with Elder Shirley to help expand our knowledge and experience. As we look forward to next year, we will strive to achieve the following commitment:
Through a focus on CONNECTION, we will design intentional opportunities and tasks to each of the four domains throughout the year, making parallels to the Montessori philosophy explicit.
2025-2026 Calendar
Our 2025-2026 calendar has been approved and is added to the website https://lakebonavista.cbe.ab.ca/calendar With our bell times changing, we have done some rescheduling to account for the change in times. Please note Grade 1-6 hours are 8:10-2:40. We will continue to have soft entry, with doors opening at 8:00. Recess will be bumped to the morning at 10:20-1:35. Our lunch period will now be 11:55-12:31.
Kindergarten AM will be 8:10-11:00 and PM classes will be 11:50-2:40.
Report Cards
Report cards are available for viewing through your MyCBE PowerSchool account on Wednesday, June 25th. Viewing of report cards closes JULY 25, 2025. Make sure you download and save or print a copy for your records.
Appeals Day
Teachers are available for appeals Thursday afternoon until 3:30 at the school. Teachers are available until noon on June 27th. Please call the school if you need to discuss an appeal.
Library Books
We still have quite a large number of books that have not been returned to the Learning Commons. It’s not too late! Please help by looking around the home for LBS books.
Lost and Found
Lost and found will be packed up and donated on Friday morning. Weather permitting, we will be putting the tables outside for parents to come and view.
Staffing Update
We have many staff updates to share with you as we end our year. We have an exciting opportunities and changes ahead.
We would like to congratulate Donna DeLuca and Lois D’Eath on their upcoming retirements from lunchroom. After many years of lunchroom at LBS, they are both embarking on retirement. We wish them both the best as they move on to the next chapter.
We have welcomed Triska Read to the position of Lead Lunchroom. In the last few weeks we were able to add Lauren Roa-Yaremkowycz to the team. We will also be welcoming Virpal Sidhu to our lunch team.
Janet Gerbrandt has been covering in the office for many weeks. She has been an incredibly valuable member of the office team, quickly learning student names and becoming connected to our school community. We are sad to say goodbye to her next week and hope she will be back to cover again next school year.
We are welcoming Lora Tainsh-Jones who will be taking the office secretary position, working alongside Kori Devost. Lora comes with a wealth of experience and will be a great addition to the office team.
There are also some upcoming changes in our classrooms. We congratulate Taylor Gierl for acquiring a Learning Leader position at the Hamptons School. We also wish Lindsay Gerestein the best as she embarks on a new position at David Thompson Middle School. Lastly, Michelle Davidson is off on a new adventure in education, leaving the CBE. We also congratulate Lauren Midgley on a successful teacher exchange. She will be moving to Elbow Park School. We will be welcoming Sylvia LeGeyt from Elbow Park school to our school. We are happy to welcome to our teaching staff Roberta Thumm who will be joining our Leadership team as Learning Leader. We also welcome Kennedy Campbell back to Lake Bonavista School.
Upcoming Dates:
June 23: Grade 6 Moving On
June 24: Sports Day
June 25: Report Cards available for viewing
June 25: Last day for AM Kindergarten
June 26: Last Day of School PM Kinder and Grades 1-6
June 26: Early Dismissal
June 26 pm: Appeals
From School Council
Yearbook
LAST CHANCE!!!!! Don’t be disappointed...order your yearbook before it’s too late. https://ybpay.lifetouch.ca/ use the yearbook ID code: 11352725 This is a School Council sponsored yearbook. Please direct questions to the amazing council volunteers. Yearbooks are printed over the summer and get distributed in September.