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April Calendar

April 11 - 18 - Spring Break  April 19 - School Council Meeting at 6:15 PM  April 22 - Earth Day Please contact your child’s teacher if you are interested in volunteering in their class. We are beginning…

March Calendar

Important Dates:  March 10 - No School for students (PD Day)  March 11 - No School Family Friday  March 13 - Daylight Savings begins  March 15 - School Council Meeting at 6:00 PM  March 17 - Saint…

February Calendar

Important Dates  Feb 2 - Winter Walk Day  Feb 14 - Valentine's Day - Wear Red, Pink or White  Feb 16-18 - No School - Teacher’s Convention  Feb 21 - No School -Provincial Family Day  Feb 22 - 28…

January Calendar

Important Dates  Jan 3 - First day back at school  Jan 4- School Council Meeting  Jan 14 - Family Friday - No School  Jan 28 - Tropical Day   Have a wonderful Christmas break with your friends and…

December Calendar

Important Dates  Nov 29 - Report Cards sent home with students  Nov 30 - Parent Teacher Interviews  Dec 1 - Parent Teacher Interviews  Dec 3 - Family Friday - No School  Dec 6 - No School  Dec 16…

November Calendar

Important Dates  Nov. 1 - PD Day - No School for Students  Nov. 2. - Parent Council Meeting (6:00 PM)  Nov. 7 - Daylight Savings (Fall Back)  Nov. 10 - Class based Remembrance Day activities  Nov.…

October Calendar

  Oct. 1 - Terry Fox Run at Vera   Oct. 6 - Picture Day   Oct. 8 - IPP Day - No School for student   Oct. 11 - Thanksgiving Day (No School)   Oct. 29 - Halloween Dress Up Day   Nov. 1 - PD for staff…

Welcome Back to School!

Aug 31 - Meet the Teachers (1:00 to 3:00)  Sept 1 - First Day of school for grade 1, 2 and 3 students  Sept 3 - First day of school for half of the Kindergarten students  Sept 6 - Labour Day (no school)…

Come Join Us at Vera M Welsh!

Come join us at Vera M Welsh! If you have any questions please call the school at 780-623-4672 (leave a message in the summer) or email rob.wicker@nlsd.ab.ca and we will be glad to help!  If you would…

Information for the beginning of the 2021/2022 School…

    Aug. 31 - Meet The Teacher (1:00 - 3:00)     Sept. 1 - First day of school for grades 1 to 3     Sept. 3 - First day of school for half of Kindergarten     Sept. 6 - Labour Day    …

June 2021

June 3rd and 4th - Motivational Magic     June 9 - School Council meeting       June 17th and 18th - Sports Fun Day     June 21 - National Indigenous Peoples Day     June 24 - Last day of…

May 2021

We are continuing  to plan for next school  year.  If you know of any families  with children that will be starting Kindergarten next year please encourage them to follow Vera M Welsh on Facebook…

April at Vera M Welsh

President's Choice Children's Charity donation to…

We are very pleased to announce that the President's Choice Children's Charity has donated a total of $9000 to Vera M Welsh Elementary School to enhance our hot lunch program here at Vera M Welsh!  This…

February at Vera

We appreciate that students are here by  8:45 every morning.  It makes it so much easier to transition into the school day when the students are here for the whole routine. Thank you for your continued  …

January 2021

Return to School We want to thank everyone for the tremendous support you provided for our students during the week of online learning that has now come to an end.  We know that many of our students…

December Principal's message

Report Cards Report Cards for our grade 1 through 3 students are almost complete and will be sent home with students on Monday, November 30th.  If your child is not at school on Monday, we will email…

November Principal Message

Happy Halloween Everyone! It was great fun celebrating Halloween with the students here at Vera today! Their excitement was contagious! We really appreciate the Halloween snack that our School Council…

October Principal Newsletter

September flew by and it’s a little hard to believe we are already turning the calendar to October.  I am really enjoying my new role as principal here at Vera M Welsh.  I know this is because we…

September 1st information for parents

Good Morning, I trust you are enjoying a pleasant Saturday morning.  It feels a little like fall outside this morning and that means school will be starting very soon.  We have been sharing information…