Dear QEHS Parents and Guardians, 

Happy New Year!  The new year offers an exciting time for all of us to set our intentions for progress and growth towards our goals.  One of those goals for our school community is to enhance ways for us to capture student voice in order to increase engagement in our learning community.  Students told us, through the Assurance, CBE and Our School surveys, that they would like a student council to share their voice in school decision making.  Starting in the second semester, we will be launching the Principal Advisory Council.   

The Principal Advisory Council will meet weekly at lunch starting in the second semester.  This year, our guiding questions will be: What is a Knight?  What does it mean to be a leader, learner, and citizen at QEHS?  We will have 3 representatives from each grade for a total of 18 students.  We want to make sure we gather a variety of voices to represent our community.  The deadline for students to submit an expression of interest is Friday, January 23, 2026.  If students have any questions, they can connect directly with me at school or send me an email at jlneily@cbe.ab.ca.   

We also value parent voice and engagement in important matters and decision making.  The next School Council meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 19 from 6-7 pm. Parents are invited to attend in-person or online.  

There are several important updates for the week ahead below.  Have a safe and relaxing weekend.   

Jennifer Edmondson-Neily 
Principal  

Upcoming Dates 

January 5- Classes Resume 

January 9- PowerSchool grades viewing will be disabled to allow teachers to enter marks and comments. 

January 5 - 23- Regular classes for all students.  No high school “exam break”. 

January 26 and 27- Credit Rescue for high school students.  Attendance is mandatory for some students requiring additional opportunities to demonstrate learning. Teachers will contact parents directly if attendance is required for high school students. 

January 28- First day of Semester 2/Term 3 

January 30- Non-instructional day.  No school. 

February 2- Semester 1 Report Cards visible in PowerSchool 

Junior High Volleyball Try Outs- Week of January 12 

Grade 7, 8 and 9’s are invited to our junior high volleyball tryouts next week.  The tryout schedule has been posted on our website and on our Instagram.  Digital copies of the consent and eligibility forms are also on this page.  Paper copies of the forms have also been provided to students this week in PE classes.  
 

Winter Band Concert 

Please join us for an evening of music on Thursday, January 15 for the Grade 7, 9 and High School Winter Band Concert.  The concert begins at 6 pm in our main gym.  Call time for musicians is 5:30 pm. 

Junior High Physical Education 

Our gym floors were resurfaced over the winter break.  To help preserve them, we are asking that only clean, indoor shoes be worn during Phys. Ed. It would be appreciated if you could ensure your child has a pair at school.  

Cafe 

The Cafe will be closed from January 19 – February 2 for our final assessment week and intro week for the new semester.  Please make arrangements for alternative lunch plans during this time.     

Grad Committee Bottle Drive Fundraiser 

Please support our 2026 graduating class.  We will be collecting refundable bottles and cans at the school every day! Students can drop off their bottle donations at the front entrance into the Grad Recyclables Bin. Thank you! This means a lot to our future graduates.