News

Meet The Teacher BBQ

Posted on Sep. 10, 2024

Welcome Back

Posted on Aug. 27, 2024

Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year at Hugh Sutherland School. Please take a minute to watch Principal Dean's Welcome Back Video. He covers some important topics such as the new cell phone policy and…

Gr 5-8 CTF Options

Posted on Jun. 14, 2024

Before the end of the school year, Grade 5, 6, and 7 students will have the opportunity to submit their CTF option requests for next year. This process will be completed at school during regular class…

Grade 9 & 10 Orientation/Registration

Posted on Apr. 22, 2024

Save The Date - May 2, 2024

ELAA Event

Posted on Mar. 27, 2024

The annual ELAA event is coming back to HSS on Monday, April 8. Grade 9-12 students will have access to speak to representatives from 28 different institutions during block 1.

Gr 10 Parent Meeting

Posted on Mar. 8, 2024

Grade 10 parents mark your calendar and be sure to join us for the Grade 10 Internship Information Meeting. Tuesday, March 12  7:00 PM  North Gym

Badminton Tryouts

Posted on Mar. 8, 2024

Tryouts start on March 18(Gr 10-12) and March 19(Gr 7-9). Email hssathletics@cesd73.ca for more information.

Huey's Hoedown

Posted on Feb. 6, 2024

Tickets go on sale at 8:30AM on February 16.

Science Fair

Posted on Jan. 16, 2024

Information for the Science Fair is below. Science Fair 2024 Master Information 2023 24 Science Fair Participant Letter

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Basketball Tryouts

Posted on Nov. 13, 2023

Basketball tryouts start this week.

Red Deer Polytechnic Information Night

Posted on Sep. 13, 2023

Red Deer Polytechnic is excited to be hosting an information night for parents of students who are interested in attending Red Deer Polytechnic.  The event will be Tuesday, October 3 from 7-8 pm at…

Closed For The Summer

Posted on Jun. 29, 2023

Athletic Awards Banquet

Posted on Jun. 6, 2023

HSS Kodiak Athletic Banquet Tickets 2023 Tickets $10.00 each   Monday, June 26, 2023 North Gym at Hugh Sutherland School 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm   We are hosting an athletics awards banquet for all of our…

Drama Production of Snow White

Posted on May. 1, 2023

Snow White is coming to town. Tickets are $5.00 for the Wednesday, May 17 performance and $10 for the Dessert Theatre performance on Thursday, May 18. Showtime is 6:30 pm for both nights. Tickets can…

From the desk of Mrs Reaman...

Posted on Apr. 21, 2023

HCS 3000- Grade 10 students, you will all be registered for two FLT sessions with Mr. Taylor to take a 1-credit course called HCS 3000. This is a mandatory Alberta Ed. prerequisite course required for…

GoPhysics

Posted on Mar. 20, 2023

8 Kodiaks & Mrs P attended the GoPhysics Workshop from the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics, held at Penhold Crossing School on Sat March 18. They learned about relativity, gravity & black holes.…

Leadership - Mustard Seed

Posted on Mar. 20, 2023

Our high school leadership class delivered their donations to the Mustard Seed on Friday, March 17th. They participated in a workshop to help raise empathy for the homeless. Students learned the many…

School Board Trustee

Posted on Mar. 16, 2023

Thank you to Melissa Copley, School Board Trustee for coming in and talking about your role.

Hugh Sutherland School Skills Alberta Competition…

Posted on Mar. 14, 2023

Students who competed: Nathan Parker Liam Churchill Dawson Smith Skyla Grenier Students were each given tool bags containing all their tools (value of $400 each) donated by our generous donors. Tool bags…

Live Different

Posted on Mar. 13, 2023

Thank you to the Live Different organization for presenting on altruism to our grades 7-12 this morning. Fantastic message.   #HSSKodiaks #Altruism #LiveDifferent

Skills Alberta Competition

Posted on Mar. 9, 2023

Good luck to 4 of our Dual Credit Welders that are competing in the Junior Welding category at SAIT on March 11/23. Skyla G Dawson S Nathan P Liam C   Good luck to Cameron M who will be competing in…

Olds College of Agriculture & Technology

Posted on Mar. 9, 2023

Wednesday, March 22nd at 7:00pm

Thank you Mr. Cooper

Posted on Mar. 8, 2023

Thank you to the Honourable Nathan Cooper for coming in to talk with our grade 6 classes.

Regional Science Fair

Posted on Mar. 8, 2023

Congratulations to Kyla B for winning Best of Fair at the Regional Science Fair. Kyla will be moving on to compete at the Central Alberta Science Fair. Congratulations to Nick D and Cade R for placing…

Red Deer Polytechnic Parent Information Session

Posted on Mar. 2, 2023

Wednesday, March 15th at 7:00pm

Drama Club Practices

Posted on Mar. 1, 2023

Drama practices every Tues/Thurs starting on March 7th. 3:15 - 4:30PM    

Feb 27 - Mar 3 Basketball Schedule

Posted on Feb. 27, 2023

Come out to cheer on the Kodiaks!

Congratulations Davis G

Posted on Feb. 14, 2023

Davis G is heading to Ottawa to attend the 4H Citizenship Congress. What a great opportunity for you, Davis!! We hope you have a great time!

Pink Shirt Day - Feb 13th

Posted on Feb. 10, 2023

No School - Feb 10th

Posted on Feb. 9, 2023

Understanding School Council

Posted on Feb. 8, 2023

School Council members along with administration participating in the first of three modules with an Alberta School Council Association (ASCA) facilitator. These sessions are focused on understanding…

Congratulations 4H Students

Posted on Feb. 7, 2023

Congratulations to HSS students Rowan, Avery and Norah for placing first, second and third in their category of Intermediate Presentations.

No School - Jan 30

Posted on Jan. 27, 2023

There is no school on Monday, January 30. We look forward to seeing everyone back here on Tuesday, January 31st. Day 1 of semester 2.

Science Fair Meeting

Posted on Jan. 10, 2023

HSS will be hosting a traditional in-person Science Fair on Monday, February 13. All Gr. 5-12 students who are interested in participating need to attend a meeting on Wednesday the 11th at 12:00 in the…

January 2023 Newsletter

Posted on Jan. 6, 2023

January 2023 Newsletter

2022

Weekly Events Dec 19-23

Posted on Dec. 17, 2022

Here is a look at this week's events.

Weekly Events Dec 12-16

Posted on Dec. 10, 2022

Here is a look at this week's events.

Weekly Events December 5-9

Posted on Dec. 6, 2022

December is always a very busy and exciting month at school.  Here are this week's major events.

Nov 25/22 - No School

Posted on Nov. 23, 2022

Teachers and staff will be engaged in specific collaborative learning projects according to their grade levels this Friday.Focused efforts on Professional Learning Days in Chinook’s Edge is year have…

Renaissance Feast

Posted on Nov. 1, 2022

The Renaissance Feast is on Thursday, November 24th. Tickets will go on sale Friday, November 4th.

Dwayne Peace

Posted on Oct. 28, 2022

Dwayne Peace was at our school this week working with our grade 9 and 10 students. He also presented to parents that joined the evening session on Thursday.

The Book Fair is Coming!

Posted on Oct. 20, 2022

We will be having a Scholastic Book Fair from October 31 until November 4th. The Book Fair will be open during Parent Teacher Interviews as well.

Picture Retake Day

Posted on Oct. 12, 2022

Picture retakes will be on Thursday, October 13th. If your child(ren) need retakes please have them bring the form on the day of retakes to give to the photographers.  If you have any questions please…

RBC Training Ground Finalist

Posted on Sep. 29, 2022

Congratulations to Rebecca Nielsen. She has been named an RBC Training Ground finalist and will be heading to Ottawa later this month.   You can read the whole article here. RBC Training Ground

Collaborative Day at HSS

Posted on Sep. 23, 2022

Our middle school staff is hard at work right here at HSS for their first collaborative day of the year.

Collaborative Day

Posted on Sep. 23, 2022

HSS high school staff collaborating with colleagues from across the division during our first Collaborative Day of the 2022-2023 school year.

What's Happening Around HSS

Posted on Sep. 23, 2022

Volleyball, Cross Country, Golf, Run Club, Jazz Band, Choir, Games Club, Magic The Gathering, Dungeons and Dragons and Book Club! WOW, there is something for everyone!   Be sure to follow us on our social…

Welcome Back

Posted on Aug. 31, 2022

We are very excited to welcome all of our new and returning students back for the 2022/2023 school year!

Main doors of the school

Closed For The Summer

Posted on Jun. 30, 2022

The office will open on Monday, August 29. We look forward to welcoming students back to school on Thursday, September 1. Email will be checked periodically throughout the summer. hugh.sutherland@cesd73.ca

Athletic Banquet

Posted on Jun. 24, 2022

Congratulations to all of our student athletes.

Group picture of the staff and grads that played slopitch

Staff vs Grad Slopitch

Posted on Jun. 23, 2022

Thank you to the volunteers that helped cook almost 1000 hotdogs! The weather held off and it was a great game between the staff and grads. For the first time ever the grads beat the staff. Final score…

Notebook open that says are you ready for exams. There are pens, paper clips, eye glasses, magnifying glass and crumpled papers.

June 2022 Exam Week

Posted on Jun. 1, 2022

The last day of regular classes for students 9-12 is Tuesday, June 21st.   June 2022 Exam Week

Hansel and Gretel picture with description of the events

An Evening Of The Arts

Posted on May. 11, 2022

Join us for An Evening of the Arts!  Hugh Sutherland School has put together a lovely Evening of the Arts that will celebrate singing, acting, and food. On Wednesday, June 1 at 6:30 pm, enjoy two different theatre…

Grade 9 & 10 Registration/Orientation

Posted on Apr. 29, 2022

Thank you to all the families of next year's grade 9 and 10 students for attending our registration/orientation night on April 28th. If you were not able to attend the evening below is the information…

Picture of Michael Hutchinson and 3 of his books

Virtual Author Visit - Michael Hutchinson

Posted on Apr. 28, 2022

We are excited to have Michael Hutchinson join us for a virtual author visit on May 3rd. Michael, author of The Mighty Muskrats mystery series will be visiting with our grades 5-8 classes. The following…

Collage of Star Wars Characters

May The 4Th Be With You

Posted on Apr. 27, 2022

Junior High Leadership is celebrating May the 4th Be With You. Wednesday May 4th is Star Wars Day! Dress in costume, Star Wars themed attire, or show your allegiance to the dark side by wearing dark…

Laptop open to Google Meet

Virtual Parent Council

Posted on Apr. 26, 2022

Please join us on Wednesday, April 27th at 7:00 PM for our virtual Parent Council Meeting. The Google Meet code will be emailed on Wednesday.

Jersey Day

Posted on Apr. 8, 2022

Tuesday, April 12 is Jersey Day

Parent Teacher Interviews

Posted on Mar. 18, 2022

PT Interviews are March 30 & 31. Booking will close at noon on March 29th. Please use the following link to book your interviews. PT Interview Booking

JV Basketball Zones

Posted on Mar. 11, 2022

We love that our gym is full of students and families for the JV Basketball Zones this weekend. Go Kodiaks Go!

Pink Shirt Day

Posted on Feb. 11, 2022

Pink Shirt Day at Hugh Sutherland School is Monday, February 14.

Science Fair Meeting

Posted on Feb. 2, 2022

There will be a Science Fair meeting on Wednesday, February 9th at 12:15 in the library. Interested Grade 5-12 students will receive information about registering for the Central Alberta Regional Science…

Drama Club Auditions

Posted on Feb. 2, 2022

Auditions of the Drama Club's spring production will be after school on February 10th in Room 120 (last room on the south side in the high school wing). Please ensure that you have signed up for a…

Airon Sevilla Benevolent Fund

Posted on Jan. 13, 2022

Thank you for your support and kindness towards one another during this difficult week in our school. As we shared on Monday, we are dealing with the untimely loss of one of our Grade 12 students. Our…

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HSS Drama Club

Posted on Dec. 8, 2021

Exciting news! The Hugh Sutherland School Drama Club will be holding its first meeting of the year on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at noon in Rm. 120, which is Mrs. Pike’s classroom. Any Grade 7-12 students who…

Thank You For The Donation

Posted on Dec. 2, 2021

WOW! WOW! WOW! A huge thank you to community member Claudette Fox. Claudette saw our post about the winter outwear drive and donated two boxes of hand made hats, scarves and mitts. Thank you, Claudette…

Food Drive

Posted on Nov. 30, 2021

Holly, Teanna and Jordan dropped off 515 lbs of food to the Mountain View Food Bank after a successful middle school leadership food drive. Thank you for all of the support! #HSSKodiaks #GivingTuesday

Spirit Week

Posted on Nov. 15, 2021

Spirit Week is here!! Monday - (Gr 9-12) Anything but a backpack Monday - (Gr 5-8) Hat Day Tuesday - Reverse Dress Day Wednesday - Winter Wednesday Thursday - Throwback Thursday Friday - (Gr 9-12) Dress…

Basketball Tryouts

Posted on Nov. 8, 2021

Basketball tryouts are on November 15/16. High School (9-12) tryouts are from 6-8pm. Middle School fees are approximately $250. High School fees are approximately $375. Practice times are still to be…

Basketball Meeting

Posted on Nov. 1, 2021

Thursday, November 4 at lunch there will be a basketball meeting for any interested students in grades 6-12.  The meeting will be in the north gym. If you missed the meeting please see Mr. Grudeski as…

Middle School Girls Volleyball

Posted on Oct. 29, 2021

A few candid shots from the middle school girls volleyball game on October 28, 2021.

Halloween at HSS

Posted on Oct. 29, 2021

We want to wish all of you a safe and ghoulish Halloween weekend.  Here are some candids taken today around HSS.

BOOK FAIR IS HERE!!!

Posted on Oct. 26, 2021

November 1st - November 5th - Open 8:30 - 3:15 for students only This is an in-person fair and students will attend during their regularly scheduled library times. Students can bring money to make a purchase…

Scare Away Hunger

Posted on Oct. 21, 2021

Middle School Leadership is hosting Scare Away Hunger from now until the end of October.  Please bring in non-perishable items to donate to the Mountain View Food Bank.  Bring items to your homeroom…

Parent Teacher Interviews

Posted on Oct. 21, 2021

Our parent teacher interviews are November 3rd and 4th. This is a reminder that the booking system opens today at 1:00 pm. Parent Teacher Interviews

Spectators For Grades 7-12 Athletics

Posted on Oct. 15, 2021

Dear parents/guardians, We would like to take a quick moment to update everyone on the changing expectations around spectators for Chinook's Edge sporting events. Until yesterday morning the expectation…

Life After High School

Posted on Sep. 21, 2021

Tuesday, September 28 6:00pm - 7:00pm Google Meet - (meet.google.com/fbr-qiyw-yvt)

Terry Fox Run

Posted on Sep. 17, 2021

Thursday, September 23rd   There will be staggered grade race times for the Terry Fox Run. Unfortunately, spectators are not allowed to attend. BRING A TOONIE FOR TERRY “Be Like Terry, Show Your…

September 22 - School Council Meeting

Posted on Sep. 17, 2021

HSS School Council MeetingWednesday, September 22 · 7:00 – 8:30pmGoogle Meet joining infoVideo call link: https://meet.google.com/gzk-eryu-tto

September 29 - Hugh Sutherland School Music Association

Posted on Sep. 17, 2021

Hugh Sutherland School Music Association Annual General Meeting   We were looking forward to seeing everyone in person on the 29th, but with the new AHS restrictions, we now need to have our meeting…

Office Opens August 24th

Posted on Aug. 16, 2021

We hope that you have enjoyed the summer break. Our office will open at 8:00 am on Tuesday, August 24th. We are monitoring our office email daily if you need to get in touch with us. hugh.sutherland@cesd73.ca  …

Closed For Summer

Posted on Jul. 1, 2021

Hugh Sutherland is closed for the summer. Please watch the website and social media for news and information. Our office will reopen on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 8:00 am. Please email hugh.sutherland@cesd73.ca…

Grad 2021 Live Link

Posted on Jun. 24, 2021

Please follow the link below to watch the 2021 live grad on Friday, June 25. Cap & Gown Ceremonies start at 5:00 pm   Live Broadcast

National Indigenous Peoples Day

Posted on Jun. 21, 2021

This June 21, 2021 is the national 25th anniversary of celebrating the heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding achievements of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples!   https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100013248/1534872397533

YES Program Summer Activities

Posted on Jun. 14, 2021

The YES program is offering free summer activities in the community. The details are in the posters. Carstairs Role Play Grow Summer Camp Story Time At The Park! (1) Grow With Me! (4) ART In The Park…

Mental Wellness Day for Schools - June 3rd

Posted on Jun. 1, 2021

A note from Education Minister Adriana LaGrange: As we move through this pandemic, mental health and wellness in our school communities is top-of-mind. The resilience and fortitude shown across our province…

Green Certificate

Posted on May. 27, 2021

Congratulations Jess

Green Certificate

Posted on May. 27, 2021

Congratulations Emma  

K-6 Curriculum Survey

Posted on May. 4, 2021

Alberta Education is holding info sessions in early May for parents and the public to find out more about the curriculum and to ask questions. Information & schedules, as well as links to the survey can…

AHS Daily Checklist

Posted on May. 4, 2021

COVID 19 AHS daily checklist for adults 18 years or older: Checklist

Guidance & Careers

Posted on Apr. 7, 2021

We now have a website made specifically for graduates. This link will provide students with handbooks, orientation, graduation deadlines, and so much more.  We encourage both students and parents to…

School Council Meeting

Posted on Apr. 7, 2021

The next School Council meeting is Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 7:00 pm. This is a Virtual Meeting. Please stay tuned for the meeting link. These meetings are open for all parents to attend, we hope to…

Virtual Science Fair

Posted on Apr. 7, 2021

Gr. 5-12 Virtual Regional Science Fair Official Registration Information Registration is now open for the Central Alberta Regional Science Fair (CARSF), which will be held virtually on April 10, 2021. …