At Forest Heights, we are committed to encouraging and supporting students as partners in their learning and as active participants in the school community.  We develop learners who realize that their effort is the greatest factor to achieving their goals.  We facilitate this by analyzing student work to determine next steps in learning and to ensure students are receiving the instruction that will lead to their success.  As we make students part of this process by sharing with them the goals of the learning, they become more engaged in the monitoring of their growth.  The students then become key in sharing their growth with their families.  Our purpose is to help them understand themselves as learners so they can use this knowledge to learn, achieve and growth to their full potential.  Through class work, school wide programs, student council and a variety of special events and activities, students have the opportunity to see themselves as active members of our community.  All members of the school community contribute to the safe, caring and welcoming environment of the school.

Forest Heights offers regular English programming with French as a Second Language starting in grade 4.

Running Club (Running Room Games and Cross Country)

Soccer Intramurals

Forest Heights School leases classroom space to the YMCA Before & After School care.  The YMCA works closely with the school. Inquiries can be made at 780-461-6211.

Check to see if the YMCA has spaces available for the 2023-2024 school year.  Call today or contact  Ms. Merton at dora.merton@ymcanab.ca.

2025 - 2026 Deadline to apply for new Yellow Bus Service is Friday, May 30, 2025.

You may still apply after May 30, but bus service will not start on the first day of school. Yellow bus service is available to students attending the German Bilingual Program and from the Terrace Heights neighbourhood.  There are restrictions and guidelines with this service. There is a monthly fee for this service.  Please contact the school to see if you qualify.  

Attendance Area Maps

Parent Guide to Yellow Bus

We would like to acknowledge the following community members who have helped to foster the growth and success of our students.

Alberta Education International Education Services

Alberta Health Services (AHS)

Association for English-German Bilingual Education (AEGBEE)

Die Kleine Kinderschule German Playschool (DKK)

Edmonton Public Library (EPL)

Everything Deutsch (German books and resources)

Forest Terrace Heights Community League

Parent Volunteers

Boys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton & Area (BCBbigs) with McNally School

and the YMCA.

Forest Heights is one of the three elementary schools in Edmonton that offers the German Bilingual Program.  Fifty percent of the instruction is conducted in German.  The last entry point for this program, with no German background, is grade one.  Students wishing to enter the program after grade one must have basic German and go through an interview process.

German Bilingual Program Description

Student Leadership

Handbells

Choir

Lego Club

Knitting Club

Intramurals

Cross Country and Indoor Games Running Club

Pokeman Club

and many more school-wide activities such as Terry Fox Run, Jump Rope for Heart, Oktoberfest, Socktober, Community Winterfest, Game Nights.

2024-2025 School Hours - designated entry and exit doors

Grades 1-6

School yard assembly 8:15 - 8:30 a.m. (supervision on southside of school - playground side)

Students assembly and classes begin 8:35 a.m.

Lunch Hour 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Students assembly and classes begin 12:35 - 3:26 p.m.

Thursday early dismissal at 2:20 p.m.

Kindergarten

School yard supervision 8:15 - 8:30 a.m. (supervision on southside of school - playground side)

Students assembly and classes begin 8:35 a.m. - 11:31 a.m.

Recess

Morning Recess:  10:10 - 10:25 a.m.

Afternoon Recess:  2:05 - 2:20 p.m. (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday)

SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY

We believe:

• That students achieve their goals through effort.
• That problem solving and looking at situations from the other's point of view are the heart of positive behaviour.
• In contributing to groups beyond the walls of our school.

Parent volunteers are a welcome and essential part of our school community.  At the beginning of each school year, volunteers are asked to complete a Volunteer Registration Form, agreeing with the guidelines and conditions set out by the division.

Student Registration for 2025-2026.

Pre-Enrolment opens on Monday, February 3 and closes on Wednesday, March 19.

To be eligible for Kindergarten for the 2025-2026 school year, your child must turn 5 years of age on or before December 31, 2025.

For late registrants or family who have just moved into our catchment, please contact the school office at 780-466-0312 prior to registering online.

https://www.epsb.ca/schools/register/

We work with families and community partners to provide safe, caring, healthy, diverse, inclusive and equitable experiences that engage students to achieve their full potential in an increasingly interdependent world.