New Heights Newsletter
School News
Upcoming Important Dates
September 15th and 16th: Parent Teacher Interviews
September 17th: Organizational Day (no school or ECS classes)

September 27th: FOP Day (no ECS classes)

September 29th: Orange Shirt Day and Assembly

September 30th: Truth and Reconciliation Day (no school or ECS classes; all programs closed)

Parent Teacher Interviews / IPP meetings
Our first round of Parent Teacher Interviews/IPP meetings are coming up on the evenings of Wednesday, September 15th and Thursday, September 16th. Meetings can be booked on each half hour between 3:30pm and 8:30pm.

Due to the COVID-19 protocols, we will be doing these meetings virtually this round, using Google Meet.  

The Office will be sending the schedule link next week for you to sign up for a time to meet with your teaching team.

High School parents/guardians: You will have the opportunity to sign up with your homeroom teaching team, as well as book a shorter time with the other subject-area teaching teams if you would like to meet them as well.
 
Drop off and Pick up
A reminder that we have the North parking lot at the back of our building, as well as the parking stalls facing our building in the West parking lot.
 
Our allocated parking stalls in the West parking lot (labelled with New Heights signs) are also used for Access Calgary drop off and fill up quickly. The rest of the stalls in the West parking lot belong to Clear Water Academy. The North parking lot is much quieter at drop off and pick up times.
COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic for New Heights
New Heights is partnering with the AHS Low Stimulus Clinic for COVID-19 vaccinations for our students 12 years and older who would like to have these vaccines. The Low Stimulus Clinic is located just down the street from the school on Richmond Road. This clinic offers a quieter, less public place, and is intended for neurodiverse individuals.
 
If your student is 12 years old or older, and you consent to their having a COVID-19 vaccine, please contact the school at info@newheightscalgary.com to book an appointment at the Low Stimulus Clinic.
Welcome to New Heights: A Parent Information Session
This session is for our families who are joining us for the first time this school year, with a student in Grades 1-12.
 
To help welcome you to the New Heights school community, we are recording a session for parents who are new to our school program. This session will be sent out the week of September 7th and will provide information on who we are and what we do at New Heights.
 
Topics that will be covered include:
  • September at New Heights: what are the students doing and learning in the classroom
  • Who is the therapy team and how do they work with the students and in the classroom
  • New Heights terminology
  • Parent Teacher interviews: what to expect, what questions to ask, and information to communicate to the school team  
If you are a returning parent who would like to take part in the session, you are more than welcome to join. Let us know and we will add you to the link. 
 
Thank you!
Parent Advisory Council (PAC)
The Parent Advisory Council (PAC) is an elected group of parents that promote the well-being and overall effectiveness of the New Heights school community. PAC also raises funds to help enhance activities within the school program.

During the 2021-2022 school year, PAC will be meeting virtually to begin and events will be re-imagined as large indoor gatherings will not be occurring at this time. 

Meetings are held approximately every third week, with the next meeting on Thursday, September 23rd at 6:30pm. All interested parents are welcome to participate and can join by sending their interest to the email address below.

If you are interested in joining PAC please email PAC@newheightscalgary.com.
A note from our friends at AAFS
Hello from AAFS - the Autism Asperger Friendship Society of Calgary! We are a respite service where youth are able to connect with peers and form friendships while out on fun community activities! We have registration spaces available for some of our programs, including the AAFS After School Program and the AAFS Friday Program, for which we provide transportation and pick-up from New Heights. Please contact anaik@aafscalgary.com for more information.

The AAFS After School program runs Monday-Thursday at the AAFS Clubhouse (7220D Fairmount Dr SE) from 3:00pm-6:00pm each week for the entire duration of the school year (with the exception of holidays, Winter Break, and Spring Break).

The times for the After School program are flexible; parents are welcome to pick their child up whenever they wish (but each registrant is billed for the entire length of the program (3 hours) regardless of how long they attended). We do provide a pick-up for our youth attending school at New Heights.

AAFS Friday is where we as a group go out into the community to enjoy all sorts of activities! Youth are picked up from New Heights, then we go on to our community activity, and pick-up is at the AAFS clubhouse at 4pm (there is aftercare available until 5:30pm if necessary).

While COVID-19 is still at the forefront of our lives, parameters are continuously being evaluated, in accordance with AHS guidelines, for how we operate activities. In accordance with our AAFS protocol, we require that a daily screening form is filled out prior to attending the program. The daily screening form, as well as our current covid protocol can be found on our website at aafscalgary.com. Distancing and masking requirements remain in effect.
Baby Jay
Laura Jay is excited to introduce baby Bear Reuben Jay to the New Heights community!

They welcomed him to the world on September 1st, weighing 8 lbs 14 ozs.

Congrats to Laura and her family!
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