Dear Douglas Harkness Families
Upcoming Events
- Friday, April 18, 2025 – Good Friday (No School)
- Monday, April 21, 2025 – Non-instruction Day (No School)
Note | Please refer to the Calgary Board of Education’s 2024-2025 Instructional Calendar and Douglas Harkness School’s Calendar.
Heritage Park Field Trips
As mentioned before, Douglas Harkness School received a $5000 grant for field trips. Within the next few weeks, our Grades 2, 4, 5 and 6 classes will be going to Heritage Park for the day to learn about Indigenous ways of knowing, Bison, and to explore our past. The Grade 3 students have already attended and brought back excitement, knowledge and more questions.
Please ask your child for the consent forms for you to sign on Monday.
There is no cost for this field trip as an anonymous donor has covered the cost. We are grateful and appreciative of the anonymous donor through Education Matters.
Scholastic Book Fair
Douglas Harkness has been chosen for students to receive 2 FREE books from the Scholastic Book Fair. The book fair is on Wednesday, April 9. Your child has a flyer with all the information.
You may send an additional bag for your child to put the two reading books in.
In addition, our library will be receiving a donation of an additional 50 books for our collection.
We are grateful to MYDOH and Scholastic Book Fair for this donation.
School Council and Parent Society
The next School Council and Parent Society meeting is on Thursday, April 10, 2025 from 6pm-7pm. The front doors of the school will be open at 5:45pm
This is an opportunity for parents / legal guardians to make a meaningful difference for students by participating on the school council.
This meeting will be both in person and on-line. The online link will be sent on the day of the council
There is more information below.
Bus Stop in Front of School – Do Not Park in Front of School
We have a school bus that arrives at the beginning and at the end our school day.
Please do not park in front of the school to allow the bus to safely arrive and leave.
Soon, there will be bus parking signs at the front of the school. Until then, we would appreciate your cooperation and respect for our school bus loading zone.
Douglas Harkness Staff Parking Lot
The parking lot is only for Douglas Harkness Staff. There is no visitor or parent parking available.
Volunteers
Douglas Harkness School is looking for volunteers for field trips. If you are interested in volunteering, please go to the following link for morning information: Come Volunteer With Us
Step 1: You will need to register through online SchoolEngage. A MyCBE account is required to complete the Annual Volunteer Registration Form.
Step 2: You will require a Police Information Clearance (PIC).
2025-2026 CBE Registration Open for New Students
If you have a child who is new to CBE and needs to be registered at school, you will need a MyCBE account to register the student through SchoolEngage. Please see the instructions above if you do not have a MyCBE account.
Note | Current Douglas Harkness students do not need to register for next year. We will automatically place students to the next grade level.
Note | For those students who are in Grade 6, we will place you at your junior high school, based on your current address.
Reference | Find your school based on address
Student Demographic Changes
A reminder to update a student’s Demographic Verification Form to ensure your child’s information (parent phone number / email, medical, address, guardianship) is up to date in our system.
Please see the detailed information below on how to access the Demographic Verification Form through MyCBE Technical Support for Students & Parents.
Complete two forms: Demographic Verification Form and Annual Authorization Form
Parents / Legal Guardians are to complete both the Demographic Verification Form and Annual Authorization Form in SchoolEngage.
The Demographic Verification Form is to ensure your child’s information (parent phone number / email, medical, address, guardianship) is up to date in our system. The Annual Authorization is for parent consent/permission to share student information.
You will do so through MyCBE. If you don’t have a MyCBE account, please learn how to create one.
Demographic Verification Form
To learn how to complete the Demographic Verification Form, please go to the Demographic Verification Form technical support page for parents.
Please click on the following link for instructions on how to complete the Demographic Verification Form and the Annual Authorization Form: Demographic Verification Form and Annual Authorization Form
Note | a computer is not required to complete these two forms; you may complete these forms on your cell phone.
Please see the instructions on how to complete both the Demographic Verification Form and the Annual Authorization Form in SchoolEngage.
If you do require assistance in completing the forms, please contact the Douglas Harkness Main Office and we will happily assist you.
School Council and Parent Society
The next School Council and Parent Council meeting is on Thursday, April 10, 2025 from 6pm-7pm.
This is an opportunity for parents / legal guardians to make a meaningful difference for students by participating on the school council.
Under the Education Act, a school council is a collective association designed to advise the principal and the CBE Board of Trustees on matters related to the school. School councils have legislated advisory and decision-making authority defined within the Education Act and the School Councils Regulation. They are different from Parent Societies & Associations, whose main function is to raise funds for the school. You can find more details in the CBE School Council Handbook.
Sincerely
Ms. Amardeep Chana, Principal
Mr. Kenneth Perrone, Assistant Principal