DTS Message de la semaine - vendredi le 12 janvier, 2024

 

Items in this update:

• School Council and Parent Society Meetings
• High School Open House Information
• Adolescent Brain Development | Family & Caregiver Well-Being Session
• Parent Engagement - Supporting Youth Targeted by Aggression and Cyberbullying For Parents: Thursday, January 23, 2024
• Important Dates 

School Council and Parent Society Meetings

We welcome and encourage all parents and caregivers to get involved in School Council. Our meetings are a great place to hear from the school administration, ask questions, share ideas, and get involved.  School Council will start at 6:00pm, followed by the Parent Society Meeting.   Link: January 25 - Virtual

High School Open House Information

• Thursday, January 25th - Centennial High School Open House at 7:00pm

• Monday, January 29th - E.P. Scarlett High School Open House at 5:30pm

• Monday, January 29th - Lord Beaverbrook High School at 6:00-8:00pm 

• Tuesday, January 30th - Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School Open House at 6:30 (doors open at 6:15pm)

• Tuesday, January 30th - Western Canada High School Open House for English and French Program at  6:00-8:00pm

Adolescent Brain Development | Family & Caregiver Well-Being Session

As part of a continued effort to support the well-being of students, CBE is committed to sharing valuable information about child and youth well-being with families and caregivers.

This is the second (of five) sessions available for families and caregivers, this time focusing on 'brain development in adolescence'. 

Description: Teen brains are amazing, but working with brains under construction comes with challenges. How do you nurture and appreciate this time? Adolescence is known across cultures as a tough time for both teens and adults who support them.  Adults and teens can work together to form a deeper understanding of what is happening in the brain creating a deeper understanding of one another. Come learn with us!

Microsoft Teams Link 

Date: Thursday, Jan. 18 

Time: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. 

Parent Engagement - Supporting Youth Targeted by Aggression and Cyberbullying For Parents - Thursday, January 23, 2024

We invite you to join us for a special parent engagement night online for a special interactive presentation aimed to help parents and caregivers support youth who may find themselves subject to various forms of aggression online.The White Hatter, an internet safety and digital literacy education specialist company, will outline concerning signs to look for. The diverse forms of aggression takes will be examined ranging from simple messages, threats of violence to more elaborate hacks. 

Many topics in the program are applicable to people of all ages who are being targeted. This program addresses:

• Potential Challenges and Prevention Process
• Types of aggressors: schoolmates, friends, random online encounters
• The forms of aggression can take – stalking, aggressing messages, hacks, doxing
• How to protect from common aggression forms
• Identifying situations that need responses
• Response Process
• Assessing the risk
• Technological solutions from settings changes to complete disconnects
• Working with law enforcement and your child’s school
• What information you should/need to collect and provide
• Recovery Process
• Tools available to you as a caregiver
• Monitoring for any future encounters
• Legal actions
• Live Broadcasting of this program includes a Q&A portion

Students will participate in the presentations on January 16th at school.  We would like to thank our Parent Society for their financial support!

We will be sending out detailed instructions, including a link and password, closer to the event.

Important Dates

Monday, Jan 15 - Non-Instruction Day - No Classes

Tuesday, Jan 16 - White Hatter Student Presentation

Monday, Jan 22 - Grade 9 - Lord Beaverbrook presentation

Tuesday, Jan 23 - Dr EP Scarlett Presentation to grade 9s

Tuesday Jan 23 - White Hatter Parent Presentation

Wednesday, Jan 24 - DTS Band Parent Society Meeting

Thursday, Jan 25 - Parent council

Monday, Jan 29 - Grade 9 FI Tour to Dr. EP Scarlett High School

Tuesday, Jan 30 - Grade 9 Eng Tour to Lord Beaverbrook High School

Tuesday, Jan 30 - Report Cards available Online through MyCBE 

Wednesday, Jan 31 - Term 2 begins

Thursday, Feb 8 - DTS Open House

Thursday, Feb 29 - Tiger Pride Assembly