DTS Message de la semaine - 16 janvier,, 2024
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Items in this update:
- New Principal Feedback Form
- New Term
- Naming Ceremony
- Yearbook photos
- High School Transitions
- Important Dates
New Principal Feedback Form
As we prepare to select the next principal of David Thompson School, your feedback is invaluable in helping us identify the qualities and priorities that matter most to our community. We encourage you to share your thoughts through a brief online survey, which will be available at the link provided below. Your input will play a vital role in shaping the leadership of our school and ensuring we continue to meet the needs of all students. Thank you for taking the time to provide your perspective. The survey will be open until 3:00pm on January 17, 2025.
New Term
Term two begins January 28th. Please connect with your child and check into their term two options so they know where they’re headed. As the first day is a Tuesday, it will be a B day option.
Naming Ceremony
École David Thompson School is honored to host a garden naming ceremony under the guidance of Ninna Piiksii (Elder Dr. Mike Bruised Head) on the morning of January 30th
Students from DTS Advisory groups will be in attendance. They have been actively working all year to lift the stories of the garden space and share them with our community. The naming ceremony will honour the four lodges of the garden space with a name, which will also be carried by four current and retired CBE staff: Martin Poirier (retired – Director of Education Area 6 and Languages) Trista Strickland (Teacher), Chris Keuben (Principal), and Tracy Evans (Assistant Principal). This honour comes out of our work together with Ninna Piiksii and forms an integral part of our commitment to action in meeting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls to action. We support students and community in building relationship with space, with Elders and Knowledge Keepers, and with community. Traditional Knowledge Keeper Sandra Manyfeathers reminds us that “the land is happy to hear the Blackfoot language” and we are happy to connect the garden space with the language and support students in knowing the space.
Attendees will have an opportunity to listen to Ninna Piiksii tell four stories, which include his hopes for the space and the people carrying the names..
As a part of this event, we are seeking parent and community volunteers who may support with preparations.
January 21, 2025: Advanced preparations (berry soup and bannock) 3:00-4:30
January 31, 2025: Day-of preparations (Preparation of berry soup and bannock) 7:30 - end
January 30, 2025: Ceremony 10:30 - end
Questions regarding preparations and volunteer roles, along with RSVP for the ceremony, can be directed to Tracy Evans.
RSVP ceremony attendance to: tcevans@cbe.ab.ca
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
Grade 9 students attending E.P. Scarlett High School met with counselors on January 7th. They will be going on their student tour January 23rd. Field trip permission forms will be sent home on Monday, January 13th.
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
Jan 15 - School Council/Parent Society meetings
Jan 20 - Lord Beaverbrook Counsellors visit Grade 9s
Jan 23 – Lord Beaverbrook Open House
Jan 23 - Centennial Open House
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 - Report Cards available for Viewing
Jan 27 - Last day of Term 1
Jan 27 - Grade 9 Regular Program students tour Lord Beaverbrook
Jan 27- Western Canada Open House
Jan 28 - First day of Term 2
Jan 28 - Middle School Well-Being Symposium
Jan 29 - Celebration of Learning
Jan 30 - Naming Ceremony
Jan 30 - Joane Cardinal Schubert Open House
Jan 31 - E.P. Scarlett Jazz Workshop
Jan 31 - Non-Instruction day - No school for students
Feb 5 - Jazz on Canterbury (Jazz Band Performance)
Feb 6 - DTS Open House
Feb 12 - Band Parent Society Meeting
Feb 13-14 Teachers’ Conventions
Feb 17 - Family Day - No School