Planning| 2024-2025 Complementary Course Requests

PowerSchool course registration for the 2024-2025 school year is now open. Complementary course request forms went home last week. 

Please review and support your child as they make complementary course requests for next year, as staffing decisions are based on these requests. For more information about courses and how to register, please visit our website here. Choices must be uploaded in PowerSchool by Monday April 15, 2024.

Request| Information

We are in the midst of planning for next school year. Families must ensure that we have current information on file. If any updates are needed, please make them by April 22, 2024. With increased numbers next year, it will be important that all students attending are in our designated area. CBE has identified Clarence Sansom School as CLOSED status, meaning we cannot take in any more out of area students. Knowing exact numbers helps us to make responsible and informed decisions regarding enrollment and use of space in the building. If your family is moving, and your student(s) will not be at Sansom next school year, it is important for you to notify the office by April 22, 2024 as well. If you have any questions about this, please contact the office to discuss.

Reminders| A Little Bit of Everything

• Students in PE must come prepared to engage in their learning every day. Please see information below for expectations:
• No technology of any kind, including phones and earphones are allowed in PE
• Backpacks must be stored in student lockers before coming to class
• Proper footwear must be worn that is conducive for safe physical activity (ex. indoor running shoes)
• Only students who are changing fully for PE/Athletics are allowed in the change room
• No food or drink (water is permitted)
• Students must sign out at the office before leaving during school hours. A legal guardian must call the office and speak to an office member before a student may leave. If a student is leaving with anyone other than a listed guardian, the legal guardian must inform the office that the person is approved to pick up the child. 
• It is so important to call and let the staff know your child is absent from school, so please make sure you call the Absence Line to let the office know.  Accurate attendance is so important in case we deal with an emergency in the school. Contact 403-777-7700.
• Students should not bring technology to school unless it is kept safely in backpacks and lockers. For more information, please check out our website here.
• Do not drop off and/or pick up students in the bus zones (east side of the school) as you are disrupting the follow off traffic and preventing12 busses from dropping over more than 400 students

Inform| Family Trips and Extended Absence Forms 

We are receiving more requests for learning support from families wishing to travel. If choosing to travel during the school year, please be aware of the following: 

• The Calgary Board of Education believes there is a strong positive correlation between attendance and effective education. 
• The Education Act excuses students from attending school due to illness or other unavoidable cause, religious holidays, suspension/expulsion, or permission from the Board. An absence outside of these exemptions will be recorded as an unexcused absence. 
• Absences may affect a child’s academic progress at school. 
• Schools are not mandated to provide schoolwork for extended absence.  •
• It is parents/guardians’ responsibility to review and support their child’s learning. 
• The cumulative effect of multiple extended school absences could result in significant gaps in a child’s learning and achievement. 
• Absences may affect a child’s peer relationships at school. 
• Make sure to notify the school and the child’s teachers of leave of absence by filling in The Leave of Absence Form. This form can be found in the main office.

Inform| Cafeteria Menu

Important Dates

• April 18: Fun Lunch
• April 19: Non-Instructional Day – No School for Students
• April 22: School Council