Dear Vanier families,
Let me begin by thanking your children for a successful first week of the 2026-2027 school year. From my perspective, the students have done a great job transitioning to being back at school, or in some cases, adjusting to a new school and all the anxieties that come with it.
One of the things that makes Vanier such a positive school is the support we get from our wider community. For those that are interested in connecting with our school there are a few opportunities coming up over the next month that I encourage you to take advantage of.
Meet Vanier Open House
We have our “Meet Vanier” evening this coming next Thursday evening (Sept 10 ) from 6:30-8 pm. This will be an opportunity for you to get a tour of the school from your child(ren) and hear from Mme. Cindy and I about the school. You will also get a chance to say hi to the teachers and, if you would like, schedule early year meetings.
Volunteer Registration
Submit a volunteer application. Volunteers are so important when it comes to running much of what we do here. Please see below for more information and some upcoming volunteer opportunities. Please note, even if you are currently registered to volunteer, you need to go into MyCBE to review new documents.
Coaching
Last year we were very well supported by a host of parent coaches who gave up their time to work with our athletes. We also brought home a few division titles along the way. If you are interested in coaching, or assistant coaching with Vanier please reach out to Mme. Dunn at madunn@cbe.ab.ca and let her know. This month basketball, soccer and cross-country seasons begin, and we would love your help.
School Council
This is another fantastic opportunity to support Vanier. Our Parent Council president, Travis McIntosh, will be at the Meet Vanier evening on Tuesday if you would like to know more, or you can read these emails for upcoming meeting dates and times. Our first meeting is September 29 at 7:00 pm.
Forms for New School Year
With the new school year, you should have all received emails about the new group of forms that are required of families. Most of these are now online and attached to PowerSchool, so please make sure you access your MyCBEaccount to complete these forms.
School Information
You can click on the links attached to find information for this year at Vanier. It includes a calendar, bell schedule, information on fees and school supplies (grade 7-9 only) as well as support accessing various CBE applications.
- Georges P. Vanier School Grade 7-9 Student Package | 2026-2027
- Georges P. Vanier School Grade 6 Student Package | 2026-2027
If your child is in grade 6, there will be a fee appearing in your MyCBE account for lunch supervision in October once numbers are confirmed.
Also, please see the notes below regarding the “Fairness in Sports Act” that came into effect at the beginning of the school year.
Your children may also tell you about the new camera system that was installed over the summer. Please read below for more information about that as well.
This fall, the CBE has hired hundreds of teachers, education assistants and other school staff to support student learning. These positions have been funded by the Government of Alberta with the intention of addressing classroom complexity and class sizes.
With this funding we were able to keep Mr. Yat, Ms. Gonsalves and Mme. Busch at Vanier.
We are very pleased to welcome back these staff members to our school community! This additional staff will help ensure students benefit from:
- Increased teacher attention
- Improved classroom learning environments
- Greater support for diverse learning needs
My apologies for the length of this first message, but there was a lot of information we are wanting to share. Enjoy your first weekend of the school year!
Bon long weekend,
Mr. Chad Edmonds – Principal Georges P Vanier School
Georges P. Vanier School website has information as well:
https://georgespvanier.cbe.ab.ca
GP Vanier Cafeteria Menu:
https://georgespvanier.cbe.ab.ca/cafeteria-menu
Administrative Regulations
I wanted to share a few of the CBE’s adminstrative regulations with families to start the year. They are:
- AR 6031 – Welcoming, Caring, Respectful and Safe Learning and Work Environments
- AR 6006 – Progressive Student Discipline
All of the CBE’s Administrative Regulations can be found here.
Healthy Hunger Is Back!
We are excited to offer Healthy Hunger lunches/snacks again this school year! Families can order special lunches for their children through the Healthy Hunger website.
Our first Healthy Hunger lunch will take place on:
- Friday, September 18. It will be Subway!
To participate, please visit www.healthyhunger.ca, create or sign in to your account, and add your child using their current teacher and homeroom. All orders and payments must be completed online before the ordering deadline.
Please note that lunches are not provided unless an order has been placed in advance. If your child is absent on a Healthy Hunger day, their lunch cannot be refunded and will be donated. All orders close 5 days before the lunch date. September 18th, 2026 orders will close 5 days before.
We look forward to enjoying our first special lunch together!
Annual Volunteer Registration Required for All School Volunteers
To ensure the safety and security of CBE students and staff, all volunteers must be registered with the school each school year before participating in volunteer activities.
The Annual Volunteer Registration Form is valid for the current school year only. All volunteers, including returning volunteers, must complete a new registration form each school year before participating in volunteer activities.
Process:
Parents and guardians can register as volunteers through the SchoolEngage tab in their MyCBE account. As part of the registration process, all volunteers must review the POPA requirements and sign to indicate their agreement with the conditions outlined in the form.
New This Year: Community members who do not have a child registered with CBE must complete their volunteer registration in person at the school where they wish to volunteer. This change allows school staff to verify that volunteers have reviewed and acknowledged their privacy obligations under Alberta's Protection of Privacy Act (POPA).
Parents and guardians can access the form through the SchoolEngage tab in their MyCBE account. Community members without a child in the system should be visit the office where they can complete their registration in person.
Volunteer Opportunities
We need adults to help with different roles (marshalling, collecting flags, etc.) at the meets. If parents are interested please email Ms. Soukoreff at lmsoukoreff@cbe.ab.ca
- Thursday, Sept 10 - Vista Heights 4:30 - 6:30 pm
- Tuesday, Sept 15 - West Confed 4:30 - 6:30 pm
- Monday, Sept 21 - Confed 4:30 - 6:30 pm
- Tuesday, Sept 29 - Meet #4 (if needed)
Option Changes
For those students interested in changing their option class, option change forms will be available Friday, September 11 . More information will be available next week.
Fairness in Sports Act
The Fairness and Safety in Sport Act (the Act) came into effect on Sept. 1, 2025. Under this provincial legislation, all school boards in Alberta—including the CBE—are required to align their practices and policies to comply with the new legal framework.
In response, the CBE has developed and adopted an administrative regulation to meet the requirements of the Act. Our primary goal is to ensure full compliance with the law while continuing to support the well-being, inclusion, and development of all students participating in school sports.
The government of Alberta has additional information about the Fairness and Safety in Sport Act on its website. Questions about the new legislation may be directed to Tourism and Sport at SPAR@gov.ab.ca, or you can contact your member of the legislative assembly.
The CBE remains committed to fostering safe, respectful, and equitable environments for all students in accordance with provincial legislation and our broader educational values.
CBE Online Forms
Each year, schools have a variety of forms that parents / legal guardians / independent students are required to complete or review and update, some of which are paper and others online. For families who have not yet completed these annual forms, please submit the Demographic Verification and Annual Authorization forms in SchoolEngage for your child by Monday, Sept. 15. These forms are required every year for Alberta Education to confirm student funding. We recognize certain families have already completed Demographic Verification and Annual Authorization forms for their children for the 2025-26 school year and we thank you for taking time to submit them.
Details of the online forms found in SchoolEngage include:
- Demographic Verification - 2026-27 – This required form is an Alberta Education requirement as proof of Registration for funding purposes and includes your child’s personal information as well as parent / legal guardian contact information.
- Citizenship Information Update - 2026-27 – This form becomes available if you change your child’s citizenship information on the Demographic Verification form.
- Annual Authorization - 2026-27 – Combines the following forms:
- School District Use of Personal Information - explains how CBE uses personal information in providing education services.
- Consent for CBE Use of Student Information – provides an option to grant / not grant consent for additional use of student information by school/district and third parties.
- Consent for Use of Student Information by News Media and Outside Groups (Third Party) - provides an option to grant / not grant consent for additional use of student information by outside groups and third parties
SchoolEngage is one of the applications found in your MyCBE account. This is the same account that you use to pay fees, view academic information, book school conferences, register to volunteer etc.
If you do not have a MyCBE account, on the MyCBE page click on Create a MyCBE Account. For online help, refer to MyCBE - Creating an Account (includes instructions and a video).
To complete these forms:
- sign in to your MyCBEaccount
- click on the SchoolEngage icon
- select the form
- complete or review and update the form
- click on Submit to send the form electronically to the school
- repeat steps 3-5 for each form
If you have any questions, please the office GeorgesPVanier@cbe.ab.ca. Thank you to everyone for taking time to complete and submit annual forms each year.
Video Surveillance notice
Our school has a video surveillance system to help maintain a safe and secure environment at the school for students, staff and the public, and to help address vandalism and criminal activity on school property.
The video surveillance system is installed and reviewed in accordance with Administrative Regulation 1066. Personal information is collected under the authority of the School Act and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP) section 33.
This technology can be placed in areas such as the school parking lot, building entrances and exits, stairwells and hallways. This information is recorded and collected to help maintain a safe and secure environment in the school and on school property. The users of this information are the principal or designate and law enforcement personnel in the case of reported incidents that would require an investigation. Only authorized persons will review video surveillance information.
Inquiries concerning the video surveillance system, or the collection and use of recorded information may be made by contacting the school office.
School Waivers
For the 2026–27 school year, all parents requesting a school fee waiver will begin by applying through the central fee waiver process.
For more information please contact the main office at Vanier or visit: https://www.cbe.ab.ca/waivers
Upcoming Tryouts:
Girls Soccer ALL GRADES Tryouts:
- Wednesday September 9 at 7:50am upper field
- Thursday September 10 at 7:50am upper field
Boys Soccer ALL GRADES Tryouts:
- Tuesday September 8 at 7:50am lower field
- Wednesday September __ at 3:45pm lower field
Senior Girls (Grade 8, 9) Basketball Tryouts
- Tuesday September 8 at 8am
- Wednesday September 9 at 3:45pm
Senior Boys (Grade 8, 9) Basketball Tryouts
- Tuesday September 8 at Lunch
- Wednesday September 9 at Lunch
Junior Girls (Grade 6, 7, 8) Basketball Tryouts
- Thursday September 10 at 3:45pm
- Friday September 11 at 8am
Junior Boys (Grade 6, 7, 8)Basketball Tryouts
- Monday September 14 at 3:45pm
- Friday September 18 at 8am
Cross Country
- Practice Tuesday (Sep 8) after school. Return the form to get a jersey.
- Meet #1 Thursday (Sep 10).
- Optional Practice Friday (Sep 11) morning 8 am
- Meet #2 Tuesday (Sep 15).
- Practice Thursday (Sep 17)
- Optional Practice Friday morning 8 am (Sep 18)
- Meet #3 Monday (Sep 21)
Upcoming Sports Dates:
Cross country, soccer and basketball seasons begin the second week of school.
Please sign the blue athletic tryout form that will come home if your child is interested in playing any school sport this year!
- Monday: no sports scheduled
- Tuesday: no sports scheduled
- Wednesday: no sports scheduled
- Thursday: Cross Country Meet #1 – Vista Heights Park
- Friday: no sports scheduled
Upcoming Dates
September 7: Labour Day School Closed
September 9: Meet Vanier Open House 6:30 – 8:00 pm
September 18: Healthy Hunger (Subway)
September 25: Instructional Day – No Students
September 29: School Council 7:00pm
September 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (no school for students)