Dear Woodman Families: 

We enjoyed a full house at the “Meet Woodman Night” last Thursday. Thank you to the families and students who were able to join and make early connections with teachers and the school community. 

The Wolf Pack Celebrates Terry Fox

Friday was a fun day for all. The Terry Fox lessons presented, the commitments to run for family and friends who have faced a cancer diagnosis, the class photos, and the sense of school community in the outdoor fields all contributed to a special event. We acknowledge the Leadership 9 students who organized the event with a great sense of responsibility. Thank you for the cash donations towards the Terry Fox Cancer Foundation. Online donations will continue to be accepted until Sept.30.

School Council and Society Meeting – Tues. Sept. 23, 7:00

Come to the Learning Commons (or join us online) this Tuesday evening. We will be joined by U of C associate librarian, Leanne Morrow, for a deep dive into Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Learning. Read More

Other agenda items for the School Council and Parent Education Society are included here: Woodman School Council Agenda and Parent Society Meeting Agendas

Athletic and Field Trip Fees in MyCBE

Over the next week, all participants of Cross Country, Soccer and Basketball teams should have received their forms, and had their fees posted on MyCBE.  There are also fees posted for various upcoming field trips.  Punctual payment of fees allows the school to pay referees, transportation service providers, and vendors. Thank you for your attention in this regard.

Note that central fees - such as Lunch Supervision (Grade 5-6), CBE Transportation and Music Instrument Rental Fee - and school-based fees - such as Complementary Courses and Incidental Lunch Activities - will be posted in mid-October.

CBE Required Online Forms 

Currently, approximately 28% of students do not have a completed Demographic Verification Form for the 2025-26 school year. These forms are a legal requirement from Alberta Education. Forms may be found on SchoolEngage, which is one of the applications found in the MyCBE account. Assistance and tutorials may be found here.

To complete all required forms: 

1. sign in to the MyCBE account 
2. click on the SchoolEngage icon 
3. select the form (see types of forms, below) 
4. complete or review and update the form 
5. click on Submit to send the form electronically to the school 
6. repeat steps 3-5 for each form 

Demographic Verification - 2025-26 – This form includes your child’s personal information as well as parent / legal guardian contact information. 

Citizenship Information Update - 2025-26 – This form becomes available if you change your child’s citizenship information on the Demographic Verification form. 

Annual Authorization - 2025-26 – Combines the following forms: 

• School District Use of Personal Information - explains how CBE uses personal information in providing education services. 
• Consent for CBE Use of Student Information – provides an option to grant / not grant consent for additional use of student information by school/district and third parties (including the Woodman Instagram account)
• Consent for Use of Student Information by News Media and Outside Groups (Third Party) - provides an option to grant / not grant consent for additional use of student information by outside groups and third parties  

Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth at Woodman 

We are pleased to welcome the return of a valued community partner to work alongside the school in offering new-to-Canada students with vital supports and resources.  The program offers eligible youth and their families with assistance in transitioning to a new school system, translation services, making friends, accessing medical and psychological services, etc. There will be two portions of the programming delivery model: 

• Weekly In-School Settlement Worker (Tuesdays) 
• After School Program (Tuesdays, 3:45) at Woodman, commencing Oct.7 

The team has been visiting Gr. 7-9 classrooms to provide more program information to students.  Any students who are interested in making friends and hanging out on Tuesdays after school are welcome to register.

Truth and Reconciliation Week

We have launched the school year by focusing on classroom learning related to our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation through Education.  Woodman’s commitment this school year is:  

We enact the provocations and attributes of “Spirit Domain – To Be” and “Heart Domain – To Belong” in our school community, as highlighted in the CBE Indigenous Education Holistic Lifelong Learning Framework.

Specific learning related to the significance of Truth and Reconciliation will occur throughout this week.  On Friday, students are encouraged to wear an orange shirt, as a sign of solidarity. Families may wish to visit the Orange Shirt Society website to learn more about what inspired the movement.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Event – Tues. Sept. 30

​All CBE staff, students, families, and friends are invited to continue their learning and show their support on Tuesday, Sept. 30 (9 - 10:30 a.m.) at the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation & Orange Shirt Day event taking place at the Confluence Historic Site. This important event is a collaboration between the City of Calgary, CBE, Calgary Catholic School District, Calgary Police Service and Calgary Fire Department. To learn more about this event and others, visit the City of Calgary Orange Shirt Day​ website.  Sept. 30 is a CBE Non-Instruction Day.

IPP Parent-Student Input Meetings – Mon. Sept. 29 

Over the next few days, every family of a child on an Individualized Program Plan (IPP) will receive contact from their key IPP teacher.  Flexible meeting times will be arranged and set up by the key teacher. Meetings may occur on or around Mon. Sept. 29 (CBE Non-Instruction Day), either in person or through Microsoft Teams. Students should participate in these meetings, to foster ownership and voice in the learning process. The next Learning Conferences for all students are on Nov. 27-28. 

If you have diagnostic information about your child that you have not yet shared with the school, or if you do not hear back from your child’s IPP key teacher in the upcoming days, please email Mme. Walker, Student Services Learning Leader (akwalker@cbe.ab.ca). 

 Woodman Music Parents’ Association AGM Minutes, Sept. 19

Thank you to the parents who joined the first WMPA meeting of the school year.  The executive was pleased to vote in both returning and new members.  See the minutes from their meeting here: WMPA AGM Meeting Minutes September 2025 

Woodman Athletic Schedules  

Boys Soccer  

• Monday (8:00am - 9:00am) - Practice 
• Wednesday (8:00am - 9:00am) - Practice
• • Game #2 Thursday, September 25 -  ( Woodman vs. Marshall Springs) 4:45-5:45 

Girls Soccer 

• Monday (8:00am - 9:00am) - Practice
• Thursday (8:00am - 9:00am) - Practice 
• • Game #2 Wednesday, September 24 - (Woodman vs. Marshall Springs) 4:45-5:45 

Senior Boys Basketball

• Tuesday (8:00am - 9:00am) - Practice 
• Thursday (4:00pm - 5:00pm) - Practice 
• • Game#1 Wednesday, September 24 (at Bishop Pinkham (5:30 & 6:30)​

Junior Boys Basketball

• Tuesday (4:00pm - 5:00pm) - Practice
• Thursday (8:00am - 9:00am) - Practice 
• • Game #1 Wednesday, October 8 (at Woodman (4:30)

Senior Girls Basketball

• Monday (4:00pm - 5:00pm) - Practice 
• Wednesday (8:00am - 9:00am) - Practice
• • Game #1 Thursday, October 2 (at Dr. Martha Cohen (5:30 & 7:30)

Junior Girls 

• Monday (8:00am - 9:00am) - Practice
• Wednesday (4:00pm - 5:00pm) - Practice
• • Game #1 Tuesday, September 23 (at Bishop Pinkham (5:30 & 6:30)​

Cross Country 

• Monday, September 22 - (Meet #3 - at North Glenmore)

Important Dates