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Phone: (403)
777-6150
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777-6152
School Hours: AM:
9:00
~
PM:
~
3:40
School Location
640 Northmount Drive N.W.
Calgary
,
AB
T2K 3J5
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Cambrian Heights School is located in the northwest community of Cambrian Heights, serving the communities of Cambrian Heights, Queen's Park Village, Evanstone, Kincora, and Sage Hill. The children from Evanston, Kincora, and Sage Hill are bussed. Students move from Cambrian Heights to Colonel Irvine School for Grades 7 to 9 and then on to James Fowler High School.
About the School
The school was built in 1957 and extended in 1961 and 1967. The building and a large creative playground, constructed by parents, are pleasantly situated on 3.38 acres adjacent to a large community playing field. The school has 21 classrooms, gymnasium, large library, music room, and science room.Cambrian Heights is a Kindergarten to Grade 6 school with two system Paced Learning programs (PLP I and PLP II).
About School Name
The school was named after the community in which it is located.
School Mission
To provide opportunities for all students to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to be self-reliant, responsible, caring, and contributing members of society.
School Belief Statements
Everyone can learn.
Each learner is unique.
People learn in a variety of ways.
Learning takes place both in and out of school.
Learning is lifelong.
The family is the major influence in a child's development.
A shared sense of ownership of public education by parents, children, the school system, and the community builds a positive foundation for lifelong learning.
The parent-learner-teacher relationship is central to the school learning experience.
Everyone has the potential to be responsible for his or her own learning.
A healthy community of learners promotes social and personal responsibility in individuals.
Schools are more successful when they are viewed by all participants as communities of learners.
Schools, as communities of learners, are characterized by physical and emotional security, respect, trust, caring, innovation, open communication, and shared decision making.
Accountability of parents, learners, school system, and community contributes to the quality of the educational experience and to the effective use of resources.
The school should provide learning opportunities that enhance, reinforce, and extend the experiences that have been provided by parents and the community.
School Motto
Character Counts at Cambrian - Be the best you can be!
Unique Points
Cambrian Heights is a vibrant, dynamic and inclusive learning community dedicated to advancing student learning through meaningful engagement, a strong literacy base, using critical inquiry based approach, collaborative teaching practice and a generative and interdisciplinary infusion of the Fine and Performing Arts and Technology. Our school development and renewal work focused on maintaining high academic standards, multiple literacy learning, differentiated instruction and critical inquiry to advance the learning for our diverse learners. Through character and citizenship development, students were encouraged to be actively involved in school, local and global community endeavours. One of our central beliefs is that an atmosphere of respect, compassion and responsibility in a safe and caring environment that promotes optimum learning. Differentiated instruction for students with special needs as well as English as Second Language learners is supported by an on-site resource teacher and English as Second Language assistant who work with classroom teachers to organize appropriate instruction and interventions. We have daily Physical Education as well as French as a Second Language and Culture instruction using the AIMS method at Grade 4, 5, and 6.As well, we are a family -centred learning community and sustaining the sense of community and belonging is nurtured by a number of partnerships such as Big Brothers and Big Sisters In- School Mentoring, Grandparent Program and Families and Schools Together. Similarly we were in our second year of the Comprehensive School Health Initiative whereby we received enhanced public health nurse support as well as an opportunity to develop and promote active and healthy life style choices. Our learning community has adopted “Effective Behavior Supports,” and Character Education principles. Our plan endorses effective instructional strategies, consistent discipline procedures, logical consequences and positive reinforcement to teach the student the skills and appropriate behaviors. Effective Behavior Supports (EBS) promotes positive relationships, conflict resolution, problem solving, and social development and communication skills and in the new school year, the introduction of the Dare to Care initiative has been sponsored by our School Council. Our parent community remains highly involved and supportive of our school through their commitment to residency work and projects such as the transformation of our schoolyard into a naturalization area and new creative playground. We have a before and afterschool daycare, Children Come First as well as the majority of our students participate in noon supervision; students are organized in their classrooms with access to microwaving on rotated basis, emergency Tuck Shop supplies and an optional milk program. Bus receiver school for the three new northwest communities of Evanston, Kincora and Creekside.
Student Enrolment
(September
2009
) Total Enrolment:
367
