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Dear Parents and Guardians,

Last week, our students elected a new SPB Student Council Leadership Team. Sophie and Mykaela will join Mathias (all Grade 9 students) as Student Council Presidents due to James stepping down from his position at the end of last year. Katelyn and Aven (both Grade 8 students) were elected as Student Council Vice Presidents to complete our team. Sr. Toro and I will work closely with the leadership team to support their work. I am incredibly proud of the work the SPB Student Council has done over the past year and having listened to all of the candidates’ speeches and answers to probing question of other student council members, I am convinced that this year’s Student Council team will continue the outstanding work of past years group and make SPB an even better school for our students.

If you would like to get more involved with Senator Patrick Burns School, why don’t you join us this Wednesday for our second School Council Meeting followed by a meeting of our Parent Association which is doing all the amazing fundraising work to support our school. Please see below for the link for this month’s meeting

Kind regards,

Sr. Ludwigsen, Principal

Important Dates

Monday, November 17

AFTER SCHOOL

  • Yearbook Club | Rm 26 | 3:00-3:50 PM. See you there!
  • Grade 7 Band Practice | 3:00 – 4:00 PM

Tuesday, November 18

LUNCH

  • Student Council Meeting | Room 26 | 11:50 am to 12:20 pm

EVENING

  • Jr Boys Basketball games at T.B. Riley; 6:00pm SPB VS TMC, 7:00PM TB VS SPB

Wednesday, November 19

BEFORE SCHOOL

  • 7:15 Girls Basketball Practice | Main Gym.

AFTER SCHOOL

  • Homework Club in the Learning Commons from 3:00 to 3:45 p.m.
  • School Council (AGM) | Online | 6:30 – 7:30 pm

Thursday, November 20

BEFORE SCHOOL

  • 7:00am Boys Basketball Practice | Main Gym.

ALL DAY

  • GSA Meeting | Rm 27 | Lunch. Everybody is welcome!

AFTER SCHOOL

  • Grade 8-9 Band Practice | 3:00 – 4:15 PM
  • Basketball Game at SPB | Come support us!

Friday, November 21

ALL DAY

  • Day 2

AFTER SCHOOL

  • López Math Club | 1:45 – 2:45 PM Room 7

SPB Parent Association – Casino Volunteers

The SPB Parent Association needs you for our largest fundraiser for our school. We will require over 40 volunteers for our casino being held at Cowboys Casino on Tuesday, December 9 and Wednesday, December 10. Please consider signing up as soon as possible and ask a friend, grandparents, or other relatives to come join us with this sign-up link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D48AEAF28A13-58752077-spbcasino

Please email Nica at spbparentassociation@gmail.com if you have any questions. Thank you, in advance, for helping to raise funds for many different programs and projects for our students at SPB!

Parent-Teacher Conferences – New Dates

Please note that we have rescheduled the parent-teacher conferences for Thursday, November 27, 2025, 4:30 – 8:00 pm in person in our gym:

  • Friday, November 28, 2025; 8:30 am – 2:00 pm online
  • Bookings will be open MyCBE from Monday, November 17 – Wednesday, November 26

Individualized Program Plans (IPPs)

IPPs will be shared with parents/guardians on Friday, November 21.  If you have not received your child’s IPP by the end of the day on Monday, November 24, please contact your child’s key IPP teacher.  Please review the IPP and sign and return the signature page (the second last page of the document) to your child’s key IPP teacher by Friday, November 28.

Upcoming Lopez Math Club

We are pleased to announce that the Lopez Math Club will begin on Friday, November 21. We are very fortunate to have students from Sir Winston Churchill High School joining us to provide enriched math instruction aimed at helping students prepare for high school.

Although the club is primarily designed to reinforce Grade 9 Math skills and introduce some Grade 10 concepts, all students who would like to challenge themselves in Math are welcome to participate.

The club will run on Fridays from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m., and sessions will be announced in the Week Ahead message.

High School Open Houses

Open Houses will begin this month. Most of the High School Open Houses are in January; however, there are two in November.

School: Central Memorial (Performing & Visual Arts program info night)

School:  John G Diefenbaker – IB Information Evening

School: William Aberhart High School

School: Sir Winston Churchill High School IB Presentation

 Please use CBE School Open House to look for any upcoming open houses or go to the school websites for up-to-date information.

Upcoming School Council Dates for 2025-2026 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm

  • Wednesday, November 19, 2025
  • Wednesday, December 17, 2025
  • Wednesday, January 21, 2026
  • Wednesday, February 18, 2026
  • Wednesday, March 18, 2026
  • Wednesday, April 15, 2026
  • Wednesday, May 20, 2026
  • Wednesday, June 17, 2026