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  • NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION

    NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION

    If you are registering for Kindergarten or if you are new to Edmonton Public Schools, you must register online.

    NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION

    If your child is new to Edmonton Public Schools, you can register for school online. Visit the Division website to learn how to register for school.

    Yellow bus service will be available for eligible K-6 students in Terwillegar Southwest attending their designated school. Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) is the preferred transportation service for junior high students.

    APPLYING FOR YELLOW BUS SERVICE

    Whether your child is new to yellow bus service or a current rider, you need to apply for yellow bus service each school year. 

    The deadline to apply for yellow bus service is June 1, 2023 to make sure your child receives service on the first day of school. You can always apply for bus service throughout the year as bus routes change.

    How TO APPLY 

    STEP 1 Contact your child’s preferred school for information on yellow bus service eligibility. 

    STEP 2 To apply for service in:

    2023 - 2024: Complete the 2023-24 yellow bus service application form if your child needs service starting in September 2023. 

    CURRENT DIVISION STUDENTS PRE-ENROL

    You will need to pre-enrol on SchoolZone to tell us the school you’d like your child to attend next year. Find important dates and deadlines and learn more about pre-enrolment, which opens between March and April each year. See Link below for more information.

    Final PreEnrolment Parent Information

    The following students are guaranteed admission during pre-enrolment:

    Resident students who live within the attendance area.

    Siblings of current students who are returning to the school the following year.

    Remaining spaces are filled, including when a random selection process is conducted, in the following order:

    Resident students who live in the secondary attendance area, where applicable.

    Resident students who live outside the attendance area.

    Non-resident students subject to any other requirements as outlined in this regulation.

    Please note that our school will not accept online registrations for the 2023-2024 school year before February 1, 2023. 

    Children who are five years old on or before December 31, 2023 (born in 2018) may register in Kindergarten for the 2023-2024 school year. 

    If you have questions about registration, please email us at estherstarkman@epsb.ca or call the office at 780-439-2717.  

    CURRENT DIVISION STUDENTS PRE-ENROLMENT

    Parents of current Division students will need to pre-enrol their child in SchoolZone to tell us the school they would like their child to attend next year.  For detailed information, click here.

    Sign in to your parent SchoolZone account between March 6, 2023 and April 14, 2023 to select your child’s preferred school for next year.  Whether your child is staying at the same school or changing schools, all students need to pre-enrol. Knowing how many students to expect helps schools prepare to welcome them in September.

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2023 - 2024 School Year Enrollment

For the 2023 - 2024 school year, with the exception of Grade 3, Esther Starkman School is full in planned classes in the regular program. A Kindergarten student who is a resident and lives in the school's attendance area may still register. We will now only accept resident students in Grades 1 to 9 who have newly moved into the school’s attendance area for the regular program. A resident student of Edmonton Public Schools has at least one parent or legal guardian living in Edmonton who is not Roman Catholic. Non-resident students can enrol in another Division school with space in planned classes.

If you are registering for Kindergarten or if you are new to Edmonton Public Schools, you must register online

 

Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Students,

It is the mission of Esther Starkman School to “ensure high levels of learning for ALL of our students.” We want our students to think, problem solve and apply the knowledge they learn so that they are exceptionally well prepared to succeed in our ever changing world. To that end, our staff works as a professional learning community engaging in job embedded professional development on a weekly basis. Our teachers are learners themselves, constantly improving their instructional practices and collaborating to create a diverse and rewarding classroom experience.

Esther Starkman is a community school that places great value on creating positive relationships with our parent community. We believe education is a partnership between parents and the school, we therefore strive to provide parents with up to date and relevant information regarding their child’s learning. Daily, through SchoolZone/Goggle Classroom, our parents will receive all the information they require to participate in their child’s school experience.  

On behalf of the staff,  I welcome you to Esther Starkman School.  We hope that your experience at Esther Starkman is rewarding and will cause you to believe as we do, that this truly is a school of “Excellence!”

Sincerely,

Kyril Mueller, Principal

 "Ensuring High levels of learning for all students" 

The 3 Big Ideas: 

Focus on Learning

  • something is not taught unless the student has learned it. 

Focus on Collaboration

  • we are not an isolated collection of teachers under one roof, rather we are a team that works interdependently to achieve common goals 

Focus on Results

  • it is the results of our efforts that we are concerned with.  If we are not getting the results in student achievement that we are expecting, then we will change our actions to get different results.

4 Key Questions:

  1. What do we want students to know?

  2. How do we know if students have learned what we want them to?

  3. What do we do when students do not learn what they are supposed to learn?

  4. What do we do when students already know what they are supposed to learn

 

 

Attendance in SchoolZone

Submit your child’s absence in SchoolZone

You can now use SchoolZone to report when your child will be absent from school. This new feature is optional for Division schools, and our school is excited to participate.

On your mobile phone or desktop computer, enter your child’s absence starting a week before it occurs or up to the day they are absent.

Sign in to SchoolZone, choose the Student Profile menu and then Attendance to enter an absence.

If you prefer to call the school to report an absence, you can continue to do so.

 

Lottery process at Lillian Osborne School next year

 Lottery process at Lillian Osborne School next year

Last year, Edmonton Public Schools introduced a lottery process at Lillian Osborne School, to help address growth pressures at the high school.

The lottery process will continue to be in place for the 2023-24 school year. Families of Grade 9 students can find more information about the Division’s Growth Control Model. The process impacts resident attendance area students who are new to the school and wish to enrol for the next school year. This will only impact resident attendance area students who are new to Lillian Osborne School.

More information about the lottery process is available at epsb.ca/lotteryprocess or you can contact Lillian Osborne School at 780-391-2450. 

 

Entry and Exit Doors

Entry Time

Exit Time 

Grade 

Entry/Exit Location 

Division I 

8:10 am 

11:14 am

AM Kinder

students will enter and exit through the front doors of the school

11:55 am

3:02 pm

PM Kinder

students will enter and exit through the front doors of the school

8:15 am

3:00 pm

Grade 1 

students will enter and exit through the north tarmac doors 

8:20 am

3:02 pm

Grade 2

students will enter and exit through the west boot room doors 

8:15 am 

3:00 pm

Grade 3

students will enter and exit through the west playground doors 

Division II

8:20 am

3:02 pm

Grade 4 

students in 4.2 and 4.3 will enter and west playground doors

8:20 am

3:02  pm

Grade 4 

students in 4.1 will enter and exit through the east bootroom/tarmac doors

8:20 am

3:02 pm

Grade 5 

students will enter and exit through the east field doors. 

8:15 am

3:00 pm

Grade 6

students will enter and exit through the outside the east bootroom/tarmac doors 

Division III

8:15 am 

2:50 pm

Grade 7

students will enter through the front doors of the school

8:15 am

2:50 pm 

Grade 8 

students will enter through the west wing back doors

8:20 am 

2:52 pm 

Grade 9

students will enter through the front doors of the school
 

Open House When: Thursday March 9th Time: 6:30 - 7:30 pm See you there.

You can purchase your 2023-2024 School Supplies (Grades 1-9) from Write-On Stationery

https://www.write-on.ca/shop/

FOR ONLINE ORDERS:
• Go to www.write-on.ca
• Click on “PARENTS – Order Here”
• School Name: Esther Starkman School - EDMONTON
• Choose your grade and place your order.
• Complete your order by clicking ‘PLACE ORDER’
• You will receive an automatic email confirmation to confirm your order has been received
• We accept VISA, MC, AMEX, Visa Debit and Interac On-line.

 
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