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Items in this update:
- Tiger Pride Nominations
- Beading Club
- Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth
- Magic of Christmas
- Grade 6 and 9 Provincial Achievement Test Individual Student Profiles (ISPs)
- Drop Off/Pick Up
- Child and Youth Well-Being Family and Caregiver Fall/Winter Series
- High School Transitions Updates
- Important Dates
Tiger Pride Nominations
Nominations are now open! Students are invited to reflect on all four domains of the medicine wheel - Spirit (to be), Heart (to belong), Body (to do), Mind (to know) - and to submit their nomination for consideration. Students may nominate themselves or another student and are invited to to write 2-3 sentences about why this student is deserving of recognition.
https://forms.gle/2fdehEzWFshHRuzEA
Beading Club
David Thompson School is seeking families and community members who might be interested in supporting a student beading club. If you have some availability to support with this, please contact Tracy Evans tcevans@cbe.ab.ca to discuss the initiative and how you might support.
Magic of Christmas
The deadline for applications to the Magic of Christmas is December 10th. If you feel your family could benefit from this support please contact Tracy Evans tcevans@cbe.ab.ca
Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth
The Mentorship Program, part of the Settlement Workers in Schools (SWIS) initiative, supports newcomer immigrant and refugee youth in grades 7–12 with settling into Canadian schools and communities. Through resources, information, and personalized guidance, the program helps ease the transition for these students.
The Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth will be offering this mentorship program Thursdays at lunch beginning on December 5. Use the following links for more information and to print the consent form. Copies of the consent form will also be available in the office for your convenience.
ISSP CBE Consent Form (2016) .pdf
Updated 2024 CBFY Trifold Brochure (1).pdf
Grade 6 and 9 Provincial Achievement Test Individual Student Profiles (ISPs)
In May and June of last year, Grade 6 students throughout the province wrote Provincial Achievement Tests. Results from these tests provide Alberta Education, school administrators, teachers, parents/guardians, students and the public with information about what students know and can do in relation to provincial standards at the end of Grade 6.
Provincial Achievement Tests are based on what students have been learning throughout the school year, they are marked by teachers before they are returned to Alberta Education in June.
Individual Student Profiles (ISPs) are available. Parents are encouraged to sit down with their child and have the student create an account through myPass using their student’s email address. There are several videos on the Alberta Education Student information and high school transcripts webpage that can help guide parents on the process to sign up for their account (How to sign up for myPass as a current student or parent). If you are still having difficulty, please contact the office.
Drop Off/Pick Up
Welcome winter! We know that this region experiences freeze/thaw cycles that contribute to icy roads from the first snow fall to the last thaw. With bus drop off expected from 7:45 and sometimes delayed due to traffic conditions, Arbour Crescent becomes extremely congested and icy and should not be used for drop off and pick up. Our first concern is always for the well-being of students. We ask that families please use 5th street behind the school (near Acadia School) for this purpose. The back door is unlocked for student entry until 8:05 for the shortest path into the school. With icy road conditions, we would like to remind families to drive cautiously and allow extra time for safe travel. Your safety and the safety of our students and staff are our top priority—thank you for your care and vigilance on the roads.
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
High School Transitions Update
E.P. Scarlett High School Advanced Placement (AP) Information Session
Did you miss the information session? Click on this link to read the PowerPoint presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eMMC5DLcy59xnAK2MdEGswLZxs8gAalX/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103993595616648994828&rtpof=true&sd=true
Basketball Season
As basketball season wrapped up this week, we want to send a congratulations to both teams on a great season! All athletes showed growth and determination, and represented our school with Tiger Pride! A big thank you to all parents for supporting your athletes every week. We also want to thank our teacher and parent coaches who volunteered so many hours to our school community. Go Tigers!
Important Dates
December 6- All Gr. 9s: Community walk to Carburn Park 8:15 am-11:45 am
December 10- Drama trip to Lord Beaverbrook
December 11- Band Parent Society Meeting
December 12- Band Winter Concert
December 17- Gr. 6 Telus Spark Trip
December 18- Gr. 8 Outdoor Education Snowshoe Trip
December 20- Last day of classes before winter break
January 6- Classes resume