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Annual General Meeting

That time has come again for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Crestmont Community Association.  All the board positions are open so if you are interested in volunteering to get involved in your community, please come and check out what we have to say.

The meeting will be at the Crestmont Resident’s Hall on March 18th from 2pm – 4pm.  All Crestmont Community Association members in good standing will be able to vote in the election of the new board for 2012/2013.  Memberships ($20 / year) will be available at the meeting so please come early to sign up.

 
Al Del Degan
President

Area Development Open House January 22nd

CommunityYour Crestmont Community Association is having an event on January 22nd from 1pm – 3pm at the Crestmont Hall.

We are expecting to have representatives from the three big developments that are planned for the areas surrounding Crestmont including Qualico, Shape, and Capital One.  There will be land use plans and information displayed as well so you can find out what is in the works regarding both commercial and residential development around us.

We encourage you to make the effort to attend this open house event.  There will be a lot of information available and many of the development plans are in the crucial stages of getting approval so your opinion counts.  Please tell your neighbors as well, if everyone tells just one neighbor then the whole community will know.

This post will be updated as more information is available.  If you are not already on our email list, please sign up now at the top right side of our web page.

Thank You,

Al Del Degan
President
Crestmont Community Association

Varsity Acres School

Varsity Acres School is a K-6 French Immersion school, serving 16 communities in northwest Calgary.  At Varsity Acres School, we are in our second year of a 3 year plan looking at ways to enhance teaching and learning in the area of math. We celebrated some of our work at a recent school council meeting and we received very encouraging, positive feedback.

At this time, we are looking ahead to December and our Winter Celebration being held the evening of Thursday December 8th from 7:00-8:30pm. This year our approach is to invite parents and the community in to our school to enjoy and share in the joys of learning. Also in December, our division 2 students are headed to Canada Olympic Park for 4 days of skiing. Bring on the snow!
Looking ahead to January 2012, we will be holding our open house for parents new to kindergarten or who may have a child entering grade 1 French Immersion for September 2012. Our information night will be held Thursday January 12th at 7:00pm. Registration for kindergarten begins Monday January 16th 2012. The office will be open for registrations beginning at 8:00am and will be open each day thereafter between 8:00am and 3:30pm. If your child turns 4 on or before March 1st 2012, they are eligible to register in a Calgary Board of Education kindergarten program. We look forward to seeing new families on the 12th of January. Until then, from everyone here at Varsity Acres School, nous vous souhaitons un “Joyeux Noêl et Bonne Année”.

For a detailed listing of communities designated to Varsity Acres School for French Immersion, please visit http://www.cbe.ab.ca/schools/view.asp?id=67

For an overview of our school and related activities, please visit http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b238/default.htm

Sincerely,
Carrie Edwards
Principal, Varsity Acres School

 

Qualico Christmas Parties

Crestmont Christmas Parties 2011

Crestmont Christmas Parties 2011

Qualico is holding their annual Christmas parties at the Crestmont Hall

RSVP by December 8th via crestmonthall@shaw.ca or (403) 202-2175

Children’s Christmas Party Featuring Santa
Sunday, December 18th, 2011 – 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Adult Christmas Cocktail Soiree
Thursday, December 15th, 2011 – 7:00pm – 10:00pm

Fun With Crestmont Families

Crestmont Children Playing Limbo Game

Crestmont Children Playing Limbo Game

The second Crestmont Community Association Family Games Night was a lot of fun for everyone who attended.  There was popcorn, activities, games, and social interaction.  Make sure you are signed up for our newsletter so that you can keep up on upcoming activities with your Community Association.  Feel free to watch our event calendar so you can clear your schedule and attend our next event.

We are working hard to make this the best community in Calgary and part of that is knowing your neighbors.  We are planning an event on the third Sunday of every month except December.

If you have a suggestion for an activity, please let us know.

Family Games Day 2011

Family Games Day!

Playing Games

Crestmont Children Playing "Hamburger"

Come and join us at the Crestmont Community Hall for our Family Games Day!

November 20th from 3:00pm- 6:00pm

See how low you can go at the Limbo game!  Who will win the Egg Relay race!

Meet your community neighbours!

Enjoy a bag of freshly popped popcorn for $1.00!

If you would like to volunteer at this event (we will need volunteers for each game station), please contact the Events Coordinator (Celina) at events@crestmontcommunity.org

Mayor Nenshi says “Get Involved”

In the Calgary Herald,

Mayor Nenshi
Mayor Nenshi

Mayor Nenshi wrote a column on Calgary Communities and how people need to be more involved…

Nenshi is urging people to do three things to make their community better, and to mentor three others to do the same.

“They can be big things like joining a community association or small things like having a frontyard barbecue and inviting your neighbours over,” Nenshi said.

Full Story at: The Calgary Herald online

Spooky Family Fun

Halloween PartyThe first annual Halloween party turned out even better than we had anticipated.  So many people turned out we ran out of cookies and cupcakes in the first hour.  There was spooky crafts and coloring pages along with pin the tail on the cat, story corner, food and appropriate spooky music.  There was even a freaky haunted house in the kitchen with it’s own haunted guardian.  Did you get a chance to stick your hand in the sink???  Warm thanks goes out to all who attended and also to the Crestmont Community Association board and volunteers for putting together a fun family event.

Here is the photo album with shots from this event:

Your Crestmont Community Association has booked the Crestmont Hall for the third Sunday of every month except December so we can have some regular family fun events.  Please stay tuned and check our calendar regularly to see what is going on.  If you have any suggestions for fun family events, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

If you don’t yet have your membership, please sign up now so you can take advantage of discounts and freebies at future events.

Happy Halloween!

Family Halloween Party

Halloween PumpkinThe Crestmont Community Association (that’s us) is having our first ever Halloween Party at the Crestmont Hall on October 29th (Saturday) from 3:00pm – 7:00pm.

Buy a Hot Dog, a Bag of Chips, and a Bottle of Water for only $2.00.

We will have Crafts, Games and also Prizes including best costume, so be sure to dress up!

Kids can listen to a spooky story in the Story Time Corner and there will be a haunted maze.

Don’t miss this fun family event, please help spread the word and tell your neigbours!

Watch the Crestmont Community Association website for up-to-date details and contact us if you have any questions or you would like to lend a hand.