Dear Lynx families/Chères familles de Lynx, 

Happy Sunday. I hope you and your family have had a chance to enjoy the snow which finally seems to have arrived, and its melt. Along with the snow and ice comes slippery conditions that can lead to students getting hurt. This is just a message to all families to be extra careful when dropping/picking up students. We have had a few families and community members reach out to me about students crossing the road on 31st Ave. Please make sure students cross the road at safe spaces and avoid going between parked cars. The icy conditions and shorter days can lead to more dangerous conditions around the school so please take care. 

The winter weather does not mean that we will be keeping students inside so a reminder to also encourage your students to dress appropriately for the weather.  

A big congratulations this week to GP Vanier’s wrestling team which had a successful first meet at Bob Edwards last week. 

Finally, we look forward to all those families with children in the GP Vanier band. Our winter concert will be held on December 13. Please find more information below. 

Bonne fin de semaine, 

Chad Edmonds – Principal GP Vanier. 

GP Vanier Swag 

Hello GPV Families, 

Looking for holiday gift ideas?  Look no further. 

We are offering a water bottle and sock promotion. 

Get a pair of GPV Socks and Water bottle for $15.00. This offer will be available until 12:00pm on Thursday, December 21, 2023. 

Money raised from the sale of these items goes directly to support students at the school.  We can use this money to help subsidize field trips for students in need or by resources to support our programming.

Please email sanickle@cbe.ab.ca to order your Sock & Water bottle combo today. Click image under Resources to view full size.

Winter Band Concert Wednesday, December 13 

We invite our learning community to enjoy an evening of music from our Band students. Please see the attached information for more information. The Georges P. Vanier Band is delighted to invite our community to join us in celebrating our Winter Concert celebration, Our Grade 7 Band and our Concert Band, comprised of Grades 8 & 9 students, will both perform.

Of special note this year, this event will introduce a musician, Malcolm, who will greet our guests with his musical talent.

Please contact Mme. Ramos in the school office if there are any questions 403-777-7640.

Wishing you all the best and we are looking forward to sharing our music with you.

Event Details:

• Musicians are required to be in the building and meet in the band room at 6:30 pm to get their instruments.
• Musicians will then go to their assigned warmup room.
• Doors will open at 6:30 pm for the audience members to be seated in the gymnasium.
• Dress code for musicians is black top, black bottoms, black socks and black shoes.

Lost and Found 

We have a number of sweatshirts, t-shirts, jackets and other school materials such as lunch kits and water bottles. All unclaimed items will be bagged and donated to charity the first week of January. If your child has any missing items, please remind them to have a lock at school. 

50 Years of Immersion 

The CBE is collecting names of staff who were present at the beginning of the FI program 50 years ago.  Perhaps some of you were students in the Immersion program and became teachers in the CBE or you were in the program and are now parents / grandparents of a student who is currently learning French at Vanier.  The CBE would love to get in touch and invite you to the 50th anniversary celebration later this year.  If you are interested in this opportunity (or know someone who is and wants to connect) please let me know. 

Our Georges P. Vanier School website has information as well: https://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/gpvanier/Pages/default.aspx 

GPV Winter Spirit 

For the month of December, we will be celebrating winter with a variety of activities. Please see the attached calendar with a list of events! 

Library Reminders 

Please remind your child to return or renew their library books. Ask your child if they keep their book at home or at school. Thank you!

Upcoming Sports Dates 

• Monday, December 11 – No sports scheduled 
• Tuesday, December 12 – No sports scheduled 
• Wednesday, December 13  – No sports scheduled 
• Thursday, December 14  - Wrestling at Sir Wilfred Laurier 
• Friday, December 15 – No sports scheduled 

Students, please continue to check the schedule outside of the gym for updates. 

Upcoming Dates 

Dec. 13: Winter Band Concert 7:00pm start 
Dec. 14: Wrestling at Sir Wilfred Laurier 
Dec. 15: Healthy Hunger -Jelly Modern Donut Delivered 
Dec. 22: Last Day of classes before Winter Break 
Jan. 8: Classes Resume – Welcome Back! 
Jan. 8: Volleyball season begins 
Jan. 15: Non-instruction Day (no school for students) 
Jan. 16: GPV hosts wrestling 
Jan. 19: Last day to order Healthy Hunger – Jugo Juice 
Jan. 26: Healthy Hunger – Jugo Juice delivered