DTS Message de la semaine - 19 décembre, 2024

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Items in this update:

• Winter Solstice Message
• Child and Youth Well-Being Family and Caregiver Fall/Winter Series
• Volleyball Season
• Yearbook photos
• High School Transitions

• Important Dates 

Winter Solstice Message

As we prepare to welcome the winter break, we want to take a moment to recognize the global tapestry of traditions celebrated during this season. The Winter Solstice holds profound significance around the world, inspiring a diversity of customs and connections.

From the festive lights and carols of Christmas to the family-centered observances of Dong Zhi, and from the candles of Hanukkah to the principles of Kwanzaa, each tradition enriches the spirit of this time. Celebrations like Inti Raymi in the Andes, Toji in Japan, and the deeply rooted practices of Indigenous peoples honoring the rhythm of nature and the land also remind us of our shared humanity.

This season, let us embrace the unity in our diversity and cherish the common values of togetherness, gratitude, and hope that these celebrations embody.

On behalf of all the staff at David Thompson School, we wish you a joyful, peaceful, and safe holiday season. We look forward to welcoming everyone back in the New Year, refreshed and ready for the opportunities ahead.

Child and Youth Well-Being Family and Caregiver Fall/Winter Series

The Calgary Board of Education invites all parents and guardians to join us in a pre-recorded and live online series focusing on child and youth well-being. These sessions will be hosted in partnership with experts from Alberta Health Services and Recovery Alberta and will explore topics such as Peer Pressure, Healthy Relationships, Mental Health for Highly Sensitive Teens, and navigating Parent-Teen relationships. Acting on feedback from participants who joined us during our live online sessions over the past two years, moving forward we invite all guardians and parents to listen to the pre-recorded or live sessions at their convenience.

ChildandYouthWellBeingFamilyandCaregiverFall2024.pdf 

Volleyball Season

Volleyball Season begins right after Winter Break. All students in grades 6-8 (Junior team) and 9 (Senior team) who are interested in playing on the school team were encouraged to come to the information session on Tuesday, Dec 17th. Tryouts will be held January 6th-9th. Parents are responsible for 4:30pm pickup after tryouts. 

Yearbook photos

If any parents/guardians took photos of the Girls Basketball team or the Girls Soccer team, we would love to feature the photos in this year’s yearbook! Please send any photos you have to Natasha Andrews NaAndrews@cbe.ab.ca. 

High School Transitions

Students will be meeting with high school counsellors and touring their future high schools in January. Parents/Guardians are encouraged to save the dates for the following open houses:

E.P. Scarlett High School Open House: January 23, 2025 @ 5:30pm

Lord Beaverbrook High School Open House: January 23, 2025 from 6-8pm

Centennial High School Open House: January 23, 2025 from 7-9pm

Western Canada High School Open House: January 27, 2025 from 4-6pm

Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School Open House: January 30, 2025 from 6:30-8:30

If you have any questions, please reach out to Kris Bains kmbains@cbe.ab.ca

Important Dates

December 20-    Last day of classes before winter break

January 6-        Classes resume

Jan 6-9        Volleyball Tryouts

Jan 7 -         Grade 6 to Telus Spark

Jan 7 -        EP Scarlett Counsellors visit Grade 9s

Jan 8 -         Band Parent Society Meeting 7:00 PM

Jan 9 -         DTS Band to MRU Conservatory

Jan 20 -         Lord Beaverbrook Counsellors visit Grade 9s

Jan 23 -         Grade 9 French Immersion students tour E.P. Scarlett High School

Jan 27 -        Grade 9 Regular Program students tour Lord Beaverbrook

Jan 27 -         Last day of Term 1

Jan 28 -         First day of Term 2

Jan 31 -         Non-Instruction day - No school for students