Exploration
- Within and beyond the walls of the school
- Personalized learning
- Land-based and place-based learning
- Program enrichment through residencies, guest speakers, field trips
- Celebrate and learn from mistakes
Diversity
- Families from all four quadrants of the city
- Celebrate differences
- Building connections between students across classes and grades (buddies, Community days)
- Recognizing the multifaith calendar
- LEAD program for refugee students
- Half of our students are English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners
Belonging
- Community groups (cross-graded groupings)
- Buddy classes
- Regrouping daily
- School-wide events (Welcome Back BBQ, round dance, Fun Run, etc.)
- Families invited to events and into the school
- Fine arts performances
- Kindergarten end of year celebration and the Grade 6 farewell
- Ongoing school tours and open houses for new families, led by our students
- Clubs (leadership, coding, crochet, running, etc.)
School at a Glance
- A true “gem” of a school: welcoming, safe, caring, and respectful
- Home to a regular program and the LEAD (Literacy, English, and Academic Development) program for refugee students
- Fostering strong, healthy relationships between students and staff and between home and school
- Enrichment opportunities (residencies, field trips, school events) are supported by an active and engaged school Council
- Strengths-based approach to teaching, meeting all children where they are
- Incorporating land-based and place-based learning throughout the seasons on our school grounds and beyond
- Whole-school performances at least twice per year
- Diversity is celebrated through school-wide events and the multifaith calendar
- Home to a high quality, long standing before and after school care program – Belfast Student Care
Our School's Commitment to Truth and Reconciliation
We are committed to acknowledging and supporting the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 94 Calls to Action specific to education. Our school, along with all CBE schools, made a Truth and Reconciliation Commitment to Action, on June 21, we renewed our commitment.
View OurTruth and Reconciliation Commitment | 2025-2026
School Development Plan
Each year, our school prepares a development plan with input from teachers, school staff, students and parents. We review many sources of data, including report cards, provincial achievement test results and school surveys. Based on this information, we create our plan identifying targeted areas for growth. Our school development plan is not meant to represent all of the work that takes place in our school, but rather it focuses on specific areas for improvement.
View Our School Development Plan | 2024-2025
School Improvement Results Report
Our school also prepares a results plan, which looks at our previous school year. It shows our students’ achievement and progress in meeting the goals and outcomes as set out by the CBE and Alberta Education, outlines some of the highlights of our school development plan and gives an overview of our school. You can look on the CBE website for system-wide results.