Glen Allan Elementary

Welcome to the Glen Allan Elementary School website! Information on our home page will be changing on a regular basis.  Please check here for new information bulletins.  

As part of the Re-Imagining our Sherwood Park Schools: Student, Program, and Boundary Planning project, Elk Island Public Schools is conducting a series of community consultation meetings to gather input and feedback from our parents, students, and staff. This project will look at school boundaries and possible grade configurations in Sherwood Park, and how changes in either of these areas might impact programming in our schools. Our key stakeholders will be looking at demographic and population issues and trends in Sherwood Park, and brainstorming how we can best:

• make use of our facilities,
• consider various grade configurations, and
• provide programming

 for the maximum benefit of all our students, now and in the future.

 To facilitate the parent conversation, we will be hosting a special School Council meeting at Glen Allan on February 21 from 6:30 - 8:00 pm and we invite all parents to join us for this meeting.

Grade 5's will be hosting a used book sale as a fund raiser for next year's Grade 6 Leadership Camp. All proceeds from the used book sale will go directly towards the Grade 6 Leadership Camp fees for all grade 5 students. Please join us at the book sale which will be held during Parent/Student/​Teacher Conferences on February 22 and 23 (5:00 - 7:30 p.m.)

Under the leadership of our amazing students, GLN TV Ltd. is busy creating magic! Our innovative students produce, direct and air our awesome TV News Show, highlighting Glen Allan's exciting, upcoming events.  Original, incredible episodes will be broadcast at the beginning of each school week.  To check out these thrilling stories on a regular basis, click on:  GLN Goes LIVE! 

Click here to check out our monthly newsletters. 

Do you have a child who will start Kindergarten in fall 2012? Registration for the 2012-2013 school year will begin on January 9, 2012. Your child is eligible to enroll in Kindergarten for the upcoming school year if he/she will be five years old on or before March 1, 2013.

It is common practice within Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) for families to register their children at their Designated School, as all schools in the division provide quality educational programming. You can find your Designated School by using the Versatrans e-Link tool on EIPS' website at www.eips.ca/versatrans-e-link.  

In the event of extenuating circumstances, parents/guardians/independent students may wish to apply to a school other than the designated school (School of Choice). Please note the following processes and timelines if you are requesting a School of Choice: 

• January 9 to February 15, 2012 - The Boundary Exemption Request form available on EIPS' website at http://www.eips.ca/boundaries must be completed in full and submitted to the principal of the designated school.
• March 9, 2012 - Principals will contact families regarding the decision about their requests.
• March 16, 2012 - Last day to submit written appeals to Bev Fleming, Associate Superintendent.
• March 23, 2012 - Appeal decisions made and communicated to families.

Boundary Exemption requests made after February 15, 2012 must be submitted directly to Bev Fleming, Associate Superintendent at Central Services (683 Wye Road). Families are dissuaded from this practice unless they move into the division after this date.

Standard EIPS' practices allow students who have been granted a boundary exemption to continue attending their School of Choice until they move to a grade not offered at that school. At that point, should they choose to explore another School of Choice option, they must again submit a Boundary Exemption Request form for the new School of Choice.

Parents/guardians/independent students who are interested in School of Choice busing are responsible for contacting Student Transportation. School of Choice busing is not guaranteed, and families are responsible for the associated transportation fees, if applicable, which are due June 30, 2012. For further information or to make transportation arrangements, please contact EIPS' Student Transportation department at 780-417-8151 or by e-mail using our online contact form.

If you have questions regarding the boundary exemption process, please contact the Principal, Mrs. Bonnie Hunka, at 780-47-5519 or Bev Fleming, Associate Superintendent at 780-417-8227.

Glen Allan School will be closed on the following dates:

February 9 and 10 - Teachers' Convention

February 17 - School Based Professional Learning Day

February 20 - Family Day

March 2 - Division PD Day

March 23 - Day in Lieu

March 24 to April 1 - Spring Break

April 6 - Good Friday

April 9 - Easter Monday

April 27 - School Based Professional Learning Day

May 11 - School Based Professional Learning Day

May 18 - School Closure Day

May 21 - Victoria Day

Elementary Student Enrichment - Feb'12 Newsletter/Website:

The following Student and/or Parent Enrichment opportunities are starting soon at Next Step Continuing Education, proud to be a part of Elk Island Public Schools: 

I.M. S.M.A.R.T.
For students in Grades 1-6 together with their parent(s)/guardian(s).
Does your elementary age child have trouble with spelling, math facts or sight words? Do you want to work with him or her more efficiently and effectively? Then this course is for you. Learn powerful brain-based techniques that are time efficient and effective with your child.

$69 + $20 materials +GST (per parent/child team) | 4 Hrs
Feb 21, 23 (T/Th) 4:30-6:30 pm

I. P.A.S.S.
For students in Grades 4-9 together with their parent(s)/guardian(s).
Evaluate present studying strategies, increase awareness of other methods of "studying", learn "new" strategies and immediately apply them to improve student learning in the different subject areas.

$85 +GST (per parent/child team) | 6 Hrs
Feb 28, Mar 1, 6 (T/Th) 4:30-6:30 pm 

Ultimate Kids (for Parents)
This workshop highlights types of relationships children need with adults, the impact of adult attitudes about children and tools to help children succeed.

$35 +GST | 2.5 Hrs
Feb 22 (W) 6:30-9 pm

Tech Savvy for Parents
Wondering what your child is doing online? Learn the social networking technologies students are using (for example Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.). A discussion about digital citizenship and internet safety will also be provided.

$35 +GST | 2.5 Hrs
Mar 5 (M) 6:30-9 pm

Registration is easy with our Online Registration system. Find details about how to register and other courses offered by Next Step Continuing Education at eipscontinuinged.ca. Registrations are also accepted by phone (780-467-7292), by fax (780-449-3530) or in person at our office, located in Salisbury Composite High School.    

Our parent math workshop, November 30th with Deb Duvall, EIPS Math Consultant, provided our parent participants with the opportunity to try their hand at some math activites. Ms Duvall led the group through some of the rationale behind the shift in instructional strategies in Mathematics. Using examples and acitivites parents completed some tasks, then were encouraged to discuss and justify their reasoning.

Check out the following link for the full power point presentation - Teaching Children Mathematics.    *****Please note -  click on the link and save the document "Teaching Children Mathematics" to your desktop (rather than opening it), and then click on open in order to view in Power Point format.*****

Click here for the Approved 2011-2012 School Calendar.

Click here for the Approved 2012-2013 School Calendar.

To access interesting and informative articles from our Counsellor, Liz Holt, please click here.

The School Education Plan and Results Reports for Glen Allan Elementary School are now available. They can be viewed by clicking on the following link:

School Education Plan and Results Reports Documents