Footprints for Learning Academy
102-2926 Kingsview Blvd T4A 0C9 Airdrie, AB, Canada

Next year's OPTIONS selections for our middle school students are due this FRIDAY!! Parents with children currently in grades 6/7/8 please make sure to check your emails for the google form. Students are placed in classes on a first come first serve basis, so ensure your form is in as soon as possible to ensure you get the options you would like. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

There is a PL day heading our way...No classes on MONDAY for students!

It is our annual survey time and wanted to send a reminder to our parents to please take the time to fill them out and let us know your thoughts! Alberta Education Assurance Surveys are due Friday, April 23! You should have received one survey/code in the mail for every child you have attending FFLA from grades 4 and up. Your feedback is voluntary however EXTREMELY important to us. The results of that survey are very important for both feedback and for accountability between... our school and Alberta Education. You can complete it online here: https://public.education.alberta.ca/APOS/ ***Also, the FFLA In-House Parent Satisfaction Survey link was emailed out to parents last week. Please note that this survey is an in-house survey that is not published publicly. It is used by us to improve our program*** Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions about either of these surveys.

HAPPY MONDAY!! We are SO excited to see you all back in class today! We hope you had a great break!!

It is officially Spring Break!! Enjoy your time off and we will see you all back to class on April 12th!

We are so excited that IN CLASS learning will resume on Monday! We can’t wait to see all of you! Our skill and value that we are working on for the month of January is WORK and RESPONSIBILITY. If you haven’t already checked it out make sure to read this month’s newsletters that were emailed out this past week (or find them under the parents tab on the school website).

Hoping you all had a great winter break! We are SO excited to see everyone bright and early tomorrow morning on our Google classrooms! Please make sure to check your child’s Google classroom and/or look for an email from your child’s teacher for information on what is happening this week.

Happy New Year!!! May the gift of this New Year be filled with hope, love, and happiness. Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect. - Alan Cohen

Wishing all of our students, parents and staff a very Merry Christmas. Christmas is forever, not for just one day, for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.... The good you do for others is good you do yourself. Peace on Earth, good will to men, kind thoughts and words of cheer, are things we should use often and not just once a year. Norman Wesley Brooks

Our extra special holiday performance is ready and a link has been emailed out to all of our parents!!! Snuggle up with your family on this snowy day with your favourite holiday treats and enjoy the show. Merry Christmas from all of us at FFLA!!

TOMORROW our grades 1-6 students will be pre-recording our virtual Christmas concert so please don’t forget to send them in their costume! Here are the costume suggestions for each class/grade. If your child does not have the suggested items please use whatever you have. Grade 1M: Nice outfit and a pair of sunglasses... Grade 1T: Nice outfit Grade 1/2L: Nice outfit and any or all of the following: toque, mittens, scarf, earmuffs, etc. All Grade 2 Students: Blue, white, or grey shirt with a scarf or toque All Grade 3 Students: Nice outfit (could be dressy and/or something festive!) Grades 4-6: Red, green, white, or black shirt (anything festive!) See more

Still shopping for those hard to buy for people on your holiday lists?? We have a school account set up with FundScrip and you can order gift cards at any time that will give back funds to the school. FFLA has been working with Fundscrip for over 6 years and it’s such an easy way to support the school and get your holiday shopping all done in one place! Check out their website at www.fundscrip.com, click SUPPORT GROUP and enter our schools invitation code DDEBV2 to set up you...r account and to order. Please Note: all fundraisers and events are 100% optional -- it is totally up to you to decide if, and how much, you want to participate. We want you to support what you believe in so we are creating programs throughout the year that will allow the opportunity for you to contribute to the things you value and will use. Ultimately, supporting any program helps support our kids learning and growth. Every single penny raised goes back to the school to pay for the items our students need here at Footprints, which is pretty awesome.

December Newsletters are on the website! Please make sure to check them out for all of the information you need for the fun month ahead. https://footprintsforlearningacademy.com/newsletters/

We hope you all have a joyful and rejuvenating winter break. Enjoy this time to relax and reconnect (and of course have loads of fun!) with your family. We will welcome you all back on January 4th with a week of VIRTUAL learning. Please watch for information about that from your teachers. Until that time - have a wonderful break!

Don’t forget that our FFLA school clothing is available for purchase now and that ORDERS ARE DUE THIS FRIDAY!! Although school gym strip is not mandatory this year, we wanted to offer it to for those wanting to show their FOXES pride. Follow this link to submit your order: https://docs.google.com//1v4meR164FbF6l7tvyAcrz6/viewform

Report Cards are coming home today. So make sure to check your child’s backpack for it! ***Next week our teachers we will be hosting virtual parent teacher interviews. If you haven’t received it already more information will be sent in an email from your child’s teacher on how to sign up***

Make sure to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather today!! It doesn’t look like it will last long! November newsletters went out yesterday. You can always find them online here in the parents section of our website: https://footprintsforlearningacademy.com/newsletters/

Just in time for Christmas we are doing one last fundraiser. This one is all about coffee! This fundraiser is particularly neat because it is going to support both our school and an amazing organization, Haiti Arise. To order, fill out this online form: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSdkApUUgi8E-gCG3n/viewform Orders will close Sunday, December 6th so that we can get them back in time for Christmas!

Don’t forget we have a Professional Learning day coming up on Monday so there will be no school for our students!

Check your emails for our fundraising newsletter! It covers all the details of our current and on-going fundraising programs that we have set up at FFLA. Your support is so greatly appreciated!

Parents please make sure to check your emails for all the info on the fundraiser we have happening....Just in time for the holiday gift giving season!!! You can set up an account and order directly online here: https://fundraising.purdys.com/1205412-78520

Attention FFLA parents: the school will be closed tomorrow (Friday, November 13). Please check your email for more information.Attention FFLA parents: the school will be closed tomorrow (Friday, November 13). Please check your email for more information.

Daylight savings is coming to an end so don’t forget to change your clocks after you’ve had your fill of Halloween treats tonight!

Today the City of Airdrie is hosting a virtual Remembrance Day Ceremony at 10:30 AM on November 11th follow this link to participate: https://www.airdrie.ca/index.cfm?serviceID=1679 As well, Historica Canada is hosting a Remembrance Day Ceremony today which you can register for at this link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/remembrance-day-ceremony-ceremo #weremember #lestweforget #remembranceday #thankyou... In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.