Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s):
Our Week at a Glance newsletter is sent out once a week to provide you with the most up to date information on what is happening at Ranchlands School.
Important Dates
Thursday November 27 & Friday November 28 - Parent-Teacher Conferences
Parents will have the option of attending an in-person or online parent-teacher conference. Conferences will take place on Thursday November 27 from 4:30pm to 7:30pm and on Friday November 28 from 8:30am to 1pm. The School Conference Booking system will be open for parents to book a 15-minute one-on-one time slot beginning November 17 at 9:30am. Please access the booking system via your MyCBE account. Feel free to contact the office at 403-777-6350 ext 0 if you require any assistance.
Reminders
School Fees
The 2025-2026 school year fees have now been assigned to MyCBE parent accounts. Please login to your account to review your child's school fees, which will include lunch supervision fees (if your child stays at school for lunch), transportation fees (if your child rides the yellow school bus) and a student supplies fee (annual fee assigned to all students).Central fees for transportation and lunch supervision will be prorated. Families will not be charged for days when services were not provided during the labour dispute. The school supplies fee for kindergarten to Grade 6 students will remain unchanged. Payments can be made through your MyCBE account or feel free to visit the school to make a payment with your debit or credit card. Cash and cheques are no longer accepted.
Are You Concerned That You Cannot Afford to Pay School Fees?
No child is ever denied access to an education at the Calgary Board of Education due to their family’s inability to pay. The CBE offers a Central Fee Waiver which is based upon income level and covers the following central fees: Yellow School Bus Transportation, Lunch Supervision Service fee and Student Supplies fee. Please log in to your MyCBE account to complete the 2025/2026 Central Fee Waiver Application. For more information visit: Central Fee Waiver | Fees & Waivers | Registration | Calgary Board of Education (cbe.ab.ca).
Playground Committee News (Ranchlands Parent Society)
Purdy's Chocolates Fundraiser – Supporting Our Playground!
AFORCS (Ranchlands School Parent Society) is running a Purdy's online fundraiser to help raise money for our school playground.
To order, visit https://fundraising.purdys.com/2167072-132599 and join our campaign using Customer Number 82487.
Order deadline is November 23, and your chocolates will arrive by December 9 — just in time for the holidays!
Keep a look out for the catalogue that was sent home with students earlier this week.
Thank you for supporting our students and helping us get closer to a new playground!
Informational Items
Magic of Christmas
The holidays are coming! If your family is in need of some assistance this year please email our Assistant Principal, Tania Wong, at tjwong@cbe.ab.ca. Currently we are putting in referrals for The Magic of Christmas and some years we get other contacts for support. The Magic of Christmas is available once every three years and your family must be available all day on December 24, 2025.
As always, please call the office at 403-777-6350 ext 0 if you have any questions or concerns.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Ranchlands School Office Team