Important Dates

Apr 3: Pizza Hut Fun Lunch 

Apr 14-17: Grade 6 Outdoor School 

Apr 18: Good Friday - No School 

Apr: 21 - No School for Students 

Apr 22: School Council Meeting - online link available

May 14: Div I Spring Concert

Admin Message

Hello Monterey Park Families 

Eid Mubarak to those who are celebrating this week. 

Hopefully we are enjoying our last bit of winter snow before spring decides to arrive and stay. Make sure students are dressed for changing weather in the next couple of weeks. 

Please note April 3 is Pizza Hut Fun Lunch this week. 

April 22 is our next school council meeting. We will meet in person, but there is a link in the left column for you to use to join through TEAMS as well. Thank you to those parents and family members who continue to show up for these. Your voice matters! 

Save the date! Our Spring Concert will be May 14. 

If you have any questions or just want to pop in and say hello…please let us know!

Kelly Christopher, Principal

Michelle Dodd, Assistant Principal

April 22 - School Council Meeting at 6pm 

We will meet in the learning commons at MPS with an online option as well. Click here to join teams.

Calgary Food Bank Donation

Thank you to those families that donated food items and cash to our food drive last month for the Calgary Food Bank to help those in need in our community. Eid Mubarak!

Reading at Home

Watch this short video: The ABCs of Active Reading 

Then try this active reading activity with your child:

R and R – repetition and rhyme

Repetition makes books predictable, and young readers love knowing what comes next.

What you’ll need:

  • Books with repeated phrases (Favorites are: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst; Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.; Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss; and The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper.
  • Short rhyming poems.

What to do:

  • Pick a story with repeated phrases or a poem you and your child like. For example, read:
    (Wolf voice:) “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.”
    (Little pig:) “Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin.”
    (Wolf voice:) “Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in!”
  • After the wolf has blown down the first pig’s house, your child will soon join in with the refrain.
  • Read slowly, and with a smile or a nod, let your child know you appreciate his or her participation.
  • As the child grows more familiar with the story, pause and give him or her a chance to fill in the blanks and phrases.
  • When children anticipate what’s coming next in a story or poem, they have a sense of mastery over books. When children feel power, they have the courage to try. Pretending to read is an important step in the process of learning to read.