Feb 28, 2015
At CAPSC’s AGM in late February, a new executive was elected and a summary presented on where we want to take CAPSC over the next year. CAPSC will renew its focus on advocacy, including a focus on accommodation (building new schools), curriculum (including parent...
Feb 1, 2015
Petition the government to increase funds in public education (Especially since we are facing tough times.) Education is the prevention to other big ills that plague our society and drain the coffers. Putting our resources into education is the wisest thing we can do...
Jan 28, 2015
Report of January 27, 2015 Meeting TRADE SHOW FAIR – JANUARY 21 It was incredible and a ton of fun too! Prizes were flowing freely from our fabulous presenters, and there was a great turn out from the school councils in Calgary. We will do it again next year and...
Nov 20, 2014
At a Special General Meeting on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, the CAPSC membership voted overwhelmingly in support of continuing to represent an independent school parent voice in Calgary. Learn more about the meeting and survey results and read about next steps in...
Oct 20, 2014
October 2014 Responding to the evaluated needs of many of our city school councils, CAPSC created a Saturday training seminar for city school council executives. We had space donated by CBE, and very strong support from the Alberta School Council’s...
Oct 10, 2014
April 2013 – October 2014 After hearing concerns voiced by multiple school councils, CAPSC and Sam Livingston School Council co-hosted a stakeholder forum that brought together parents, school administration, transportation officials, police, municipal and...
Sep 16, 2014
10am to 3pm at Western Canada High School Five hours to success and peace in your school council! What could be better? We’ve packed it all into a Saturday seminar for you at the beginning of the school year when you really need it. Register, attend, and watch...
Aug 4, 2014
THE PLAN The Traffic Safety around our schools in Calgary is a real problem! The Calgary School Traffic Safety Week makes a big difference. Your school or community group can join in this year. It is incredibly easy to do. There are 6 tools to use: tsk.capsc.ca Pick...
Jun 23, 2014
The Calgary Association of Parents and School Councils hosted a Volunteer of the Year awards night on Wednesday June 18th. The night was a great tribute to all those hard working volunteers who help our schools and children. CAPSC would like to send out a heart-felt...
May 30, 2014
May 2014 CAPSC hosted this free seminar about the particular challenges of helping our boys to learn. School parents from both the public and separate school boards of Calgary were invited to attend. The response was enormous. Hundreds of interested school parents had...
Feb 3, 2014
For a summary of information from our January 2014 meeting discussing reports cards, please continue to our newsletter.
Jan 2, 2014
Meeting highlights from our November meeting on fundraising can be found here, in our newsletter.
Dec 20, 2013
Please click here to review the Sept. and Oct. 2013 meeting highlights
Sep 30, 2013
September 2013 CAPSC organized and held candidate forums as part of the 2013 civic election to help parents make an educated decision about public school board trustee candidates. Potential trustees were invited to attend and...
Sep 3, 2013
For all the information on Traffic Safety and the upcoming Traffic Safety Week, please see this link.
