Spring is in the air and books are everywhere — happy March, Hawkwood! 📚

 

🌷 March is Here at Hawkwood! 🌷

March has arrived — and we are feeling excited about all the wonderful things happening at Hawkwood School! This month is packed with books, community events, and opportunities to come together as a school family.

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📚 Scholastic Book Fair & Used Book Sale

We’re excited to host our upcoming Scholastic Book Fair! Did you know that Hawkwood School hosts the largest book fair in Northwest Calgary, and one of the largest in the city? Our sales last year generated nearly $6000 in cash and scholastic book credits for our library.

The Scholastic Book Fair isn’t just fun, it gives directly back to the school, putting books & resources into the hands of all Hawkwood students. 

📅 Important Dates:

• March 4–16 – Used Book Drop-Off (outside the office)

• March 5th - 6:30pm - Literacy Night at Hawkwood School - bring the whole family!

• March 16 & 17 – Scholastic Book Fair Viewing Days

• March 18–20 – Scholastic Book Fair & Used Book Sale

• March 19 (5:00–8:00 PM) – Student-Led Conferences

• March 20 (8:00 AM–1:00 PM) – Student-Led Conferences
  (No school on March 20, but the Book Fair and Used Book Sale will be open if you'd like to browse with your child!)

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💛 Our Gently Used Book Sale

Alongside the fair, we will also offer a gently used book sale. Families are invited to donate books their children no longer read (please see donation guidelines below).

Our goal is simple: to make sure every child has the chance to take home a book, regardless of their family’s budget.

Access to books at home helps children:

• Build reading skills and confidence

• Grow their imagination and curiosity

• Develop a lifelong love of learning

The used book table gives pre-loved stories a new home, keeps books out of landfills, and helps ensure that every student can experience the joy of choosing a book of their own.

Optional donations of $1 per book (not mandatory) will be accepted at the Used Book Sale. Any funds raised will go toward the Friends of Hawkwood School Society.

📦 Donation Guidelines

When donating, please make sure books are:

Clean and gently used

Free of rips, stains, writing, or strong odors

Complete (no missing pages)

Appropriate for elementary-aged readers

Please only donate books you would feel good about giving to a child.

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Whether your family shops the Scholastic Fair, donates gently used books, visits the used book table, or all three — thank you for helping us build a strong reading community for every student. 📖✨

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🤝 What’s the Difference Between School Council and School Society?

Many parents aren’t sure what these two groups do — and both are important parts of our school community!

🏫 School Council (as outlined by the Calgary Board of Education)

School Council is a group of parents, caregivers, the principal, teachers, and community members who work together in an advisory role.

What does that mean in simple terms?

• We share parent voice and feedback with the principal (like the recent parent survey results).

• We discuss school plans, goals, and priorities.

• We provide input on decisions that impact students (every year, through the ASCA we get to help develop policy that is then put forth to Alberta Education).

• We help strengthen communication between families and the school (we are the go between for parents and caregivers: email us, come to a meeting, we're here to listen and help!)

School Council does not handle fundraising or manage money — it focuses on collaboration, communication, and supporting student success.

Everyone is welcome at School Council meetings — you don’t need a special role to attend or share your thoughts!

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💰 Friends of Hawkwood School Society

The School Society is a separate, volunteer-run group that focuses on fundraising and financial support for the school.

The Society:

• Organizes fundraisers (like fun lunches, book sale donations, dances, casino, etc...).

• Manages raised funds responsibly.

• Uses funds to support school enhancements such as resources, technology, experiences, and special projects that benefit students.

In short:

• School Council = Parent voice & school collaboration.

• School Society = Fundraising & financial support for student opportunities.

Both groups work together toward the same goal — making Hawkwood School the best it can be for every student.

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🗓 Other March Events to Mark on Your Calendar

• Tuesday, March 3 – 6:30 PM
  School Council Meeting at school and online

• Thursday, March 5 – 6:30 PM
  Literacy Night at school

• Wednesday, March 11
  A&W Fun Lunch CLICK HERE TO ORDER

March into reading, March into community, and March into a great month ahead! 🌷📚 (except for the time change...), 

Hawkwood School Council & Friends of Hawkwood School Society

As always, if you have any questions for us, you can send us an email at hawkwoodsc@gmail.com.

Help us spend our $500 grant!

It's here....February. The most honest month of the year: 

And here's what's happening at Hawkwood School: 

We have $500, tell us how we should spend it! 

Hawkwood School Council has been given a community engagement grant, and we'd like your feedback about how to spend it (click link below). Please take a few minutes to answer this short survey (up until Feb 14th), it would really help us understand where parent and guardian needs are at:  Spend our grant $$ survey

 

February 18th is Fun Lunch and we're doing Dominos'! Save yourself packing a sandwich your kids won't eat AND help Hawkwood School at the same time. Did you know that a portion of money from Fun Lunch goes toward Hawkwood School? Every time you buy a fun lunch you help to buy laptops for classrooms, replace broken furniture, and support education!  click link to order: Fun Lunch!

Break up the bland, bleak, dreary February with a movie night on Thursday Feb 26th! We're watching Elio!

Doors open 5:45pm, tickets and pizza available at healthy hunger: tickets

Report cards are available online February 24th.

 

No school February 12th & 13th, 16th or 27th

 

February 25th is pink shirt day at school. If you'd like to learn more, click here: history of pink shirt day

If you need some good karma, or just appreciate the programs that the Hawkwood Community Association puts on, and love the Community Park, consider signing up for their casino. 1 shift can make a LOT of money for our the neighbourhood: Hawkwood Community Association Casino .

Happy Valentine's and Galentine's and buyyourselfaboxofchocolates day! 

muah,

Friends of Hawkwood School Society & Hawkwood School Council 

*If you have any questions for us, you can send us an email at hawkwoodsc@gmail.com.

 

Jumping right into January!

 

Happy New Year Everyone!

We hope the break was a good one and now we're back in action for January.

Coming up Jan 21st is Fun Lunch, and we're doing Popeyes!

Click here to order and save yourself a day of packing lunches: 

Popeyes Fun Lunch!

We will need volunteers to help sort the fun lunch, so if you have a couple spare hours on Jan 21st, 11:30-1:30pm-ish, please come join us. It's a really easy (and surprisingly enjoyable) way to help our school. SIGN UP HERE, SO FUN :)

If you want an inside look at what the parent society and school council do, or if you have any school questions or ideas you would like to share, please come join us for our monthly meeting at the school (available online also) Tuesday, January 13th at 6:30pm in the school library.

Dates of mention for this month:

Monday, Jan 12th - Kindergarten registration begins

Wednesday, Jan 21st - Popeyes Fun Lunch

Thursday, Jan 29th - Hawkwood School Science Fair

Friday, Jan 30th - No school

As always, if  you have any questions for us, you can send us an email at hawkwoodsc@gmail.com.

Have a Jazzy January!

Friends of Hawkwood School Society & Hawkwood School Council

November, No-problem!

Hello folks,

Wow, you lovely Hawkwood School Casino Volunteers! Council & Society cannot thank you enough!!! What an amazing gift you've given our school - your time has meant a lot (our casino liaison mentioned that each volunteer on shift is worth approximately $2,500 for the school) -  we will know the exact dollar amount raised February(ish) 2026. Thank you. Thank you! THANK YOU 💓

Ok, on to new business!

What to buy for people this holiday season? I know; it's easy, it's delish, it supports Hawkwood School & a local Alberta business. IT'S MEELA'S MIXES! Soups, breads, muffins, cookies, GF options and more! Simply click the link: Meela's mixes and select "Hawkwood School" at checkout. Pick up your mixes at Student Led Conferences Nov 27th & 28th at the school.

Want to get in on a FREE community event? Our Calgary-Edgmont & Calgary-Foothills MLAs, Court Ellingson & Julia Hayter are hosting a free community skating event on Saturday, November 15 from 1:30-4:30pm at Crowfoot Arena - 8080 John Laurie Blvd NW.

Free skates of various sizes will be available, along with hot drinks and light snacks. Everyone is welcome—come skate, smile, and connect with our neighbours.

To make sure they are prepared with enough snacks and drinks, please register at free skating event .

If you've any questions, please contact Julia's office at Calgary.Edgemont@assembly.ab.ca .

Fun lunch is coming up - Nov 19th and it's Subway! Click the link to order: Fun lunch.

We're going to do a movie night December 18th, and we'd like to hear from you! You can vote for your favourite film in our poll: instagram movie night poll (poll will be up soon).

Just a reminder to pack a pair of dry clothes for your child to bring to school in a waterproof bag. The wet & slushy season is upon us, and having a spare set of clothes at school can be really handy — it saves us from having to call you if your child gets wet or messy during the day.

 

That’s what’s new for now!

Take care & stay cozy,

Hawkwood School Council & Friends of Hawkwood School Society.