Athletics

Get Ready to Aim: Charlotte Small Archery Club 2025!

We are getting ready to run our archery program again this year. Permission forms have been sent home with those students who are interested. 

Archery is a very safe sport and at Charlotte Small, we follow the National Archery in Schools Program (NASP). NASP promotes student education, physical education, and participation in life-long sports. In Alberta, the Alberta Hunter Ed Instructors' Assoc is the coordinator of the program. We are lucky to have several teachers at our school who are certified AHEIA and NASP archery instructors that will be leading the program. 

NASP focuses on skill development and standardizes all equipment, from bows and arrows to range setup and tournament structure. The school, therefore, provides all necessary equipment and we ask that students use this rather than their own equipment. 

Archery practice will run Sundays in the Charlotte Small gymnasium. Because of the size of the interested group, we will run 2 practice times from 2:00-3:30pm and 3:30-5:00pm. Students will be informed of their practice time upon completion of the permission forms.

Practices will begin on Sunday, Jan 26th. Please continue to check the school website for all athletic schedules.

In order to participate in the archery club, there will be a fee of $30 to cover equipment and T-shirt costs. Please watch for archery fees to be posted on school cash beginning January 23rd. 

Grade 6 Basketball season is underway!

We’re thrilled to announce that the Grade 6 Basketball season has officially begun! Our Charlotte Small Hawks are ready to take the court, and we couldn’t be more excited to watch them play and grow throughout the season.

It’s going to be an exciting time for all of our players, and we look forward to seeing their teamwork, skills, and sportsmanship shine.

Please contact Coach Whitecotton for any questions. Kassie.Whitecotton@wrsd.ca

Thank you for supporting our athletes – let’s cheer them on together!

Please remember that if you are transporting children from the school to a game (other than your own) that we require a driver's abstract/proof of insurance here at the school office. Please contact the office if you have any questions regarding this. 

Grade 5 Basketball

The premise of the Gr. 5 program is to meet once a week for a couple months.  We hope to keep the cost of this program FREE. The nights will most likely consist of some drills for about 45 mins to develop skills followed by a 45 minute scrimmage.  We will do our best to find opposition teams and organize a couple games later in the season which will be posted on the athletic calendar.  Practices will mostly run on Wednesdays when they do not interfere with the grade 6 program, beginning on Jan 22nd. 

  Students need to have arrangements for rides before they come to school in the morning.  This needs to include notifying the bus driver and a note in the agenda telling the homeroom teacher that they are to stay after school.  In the event of a travel game, students are only allowed to ride with approved drivers, if not with a parent or guardian.  

These are non-negotiable expectations and students that do not have all arrangements in place will be sent home on the bus. Siblings may not stay to watch practice unless accompanied by a parent.

Parents MUST pick their child up after practice on time.  Please be at the school by 5:00pm on practice nights.

Mr. Whitecotton will be running practices with the help of Mr. Smith and Mrs. Whitecotton.  

What an incredible season it has been for our volleyball girls! From day one, they demonstrated not only amazing teamwork but also the kind of sportsmanship that truly defines what it means to be a Hawk. Their dedication, hard work, and willingness to learn have been truly inspiring to watch.

Throughout the season, they’ve grown tremendously, both as players and as a team. We are so proud of how far they've come and the progress they've made. You all have shown what it means to work together and lift each other up every step of the way.

We couldn’t be more excited to see what the future holds for each of you. Way to go, girls! Keep up the awesome work!

A great big THANK YOU to our Girls Hawks coaches, Coach Marchbank, Coach Dickson and Coach Smith. 

#ProudHawks #Teamwork #GreatSeason

Congratulations to our Charlotte Small Volleyball Boys Team! 

A huge shoutout to our incredible team for their amazing performance at the Divisionals Tournament! They conquered every single league game leading up to the tournament, and they didn’t let down when it mattered most. Gold medal winners, and they earned every bit of it!

Way to go, Hawks! Your hard work, determination, and teamwork paid off in the best possible way. 

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to Coach Whitecotton for all your time and awesome help throughout the fun season!

#GoHawks #Champions #VolleyballGold

The Grade 6 Charlotte Small Hawks play in the Wild Rose South Middle Schools Athletic Association, competing against teams from Rocky Mountain House, Caroline, Ta Otha, Sunchild, and O’Chiese. 

We participate in cross country running, volleyball, basketball, archery, badminton, and track/field.

The Charlotte Small Hawks were founded in 2022 as a class activity by former Condor School students.  The Hawks were chosen because they represent strength, intelligence, and focus.  Students felt that Charlotte Small would have had a connection with Hawks in her travels.  Our uniform was chosen with intent as well.  The natural world is represented by the green and the blue waves represent the water that would have carried Charlotte Small during her voyages.

Several other opportunities are provided at Charlotte Small as well.  Students in Gr. 4-6 have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the National Archery in Schools Program.  All students get to do a swim program in Rocky Mountain House and all students have access to our own, on site, skating rink with a heated prep shack.  This continues to be one of the identifying features of our rural school and has been so for generations.