Dear DGS Families,
We want to thank you all for a great first day with our younger students. They were all in their places with bright shiny faces and we had the best time getting to know them.
We have a few housekeeping things to take care of that will contribute to the safety and comfort of all of our students.
Homeroom Placements
Thank you for being respectful of the classroom assignments for our students. We are not making changes to student homeroom placement at this time. The priorities when creating classrooms are around teaching and learning, class size, balancing complexity and creating welcoming and safe classrooms for our students. We continue to register a higher than anticipated number of students to our school.
Bus Students
We now have 9 busses at DGS. Please ensure your child(ren) know the Letter that identifies the bus they ride. They are responsible for knowing this important piece of information. Teachers are being mindful of ensuring students are able to be at the busses on time for departure.
Bus Zone and Staff Parking Lot
Thanks to those of you who made arrangements to pick your students up safely at the end of the school day. We strongly encourage families to consider walking, biking, scootering or skateboarding to school. Please do NOT attempt to stop or park in our bus zone along Cranston Road. Additionally, please do not move our bus zone signs for the convenience of parking your vehicle. Our drop zone is in front of the school along Cranston Drive. Our staff parking lot is clearly marked as an area that parents and students should not enter- thank you so much for everyone’s help in promoting safe driving behaviour in the community of Cranston.
Servery/Tuck Shop
The Servery will be up and running the week of September 9. Our server offers snacks and drinks for sale Monday-Thursday at lunch. All items are a maximum of $3.00
Healthy Hunger
Healthy Hunger ordering will be released shortly in anticipation of deliveries starting the week of September 16. More information will come in a separate email.
InterSchool Athletics Try-Outs
A try-out calendar will be posted on the school website early next week. Our first seasons of play are Cross Country Running (no cuts), Boys and Girl’s Soccer and Basketball.
Personal Mobile Device Policy
Earlier this week, we sent home information related to the CBE’s PMD Policy. We appreciate your support in ensuring your child is prepared for all mobile phones, air pods, smart watches and gaming systems to be put away from 8:30-2:55pm. We really encourage families to explore avenues other than phones and smart watches to assist with things like self-regulation. Landline phones are located in all classrooms, and arrangements can be made for your child to contact you. Messages delivered to the main office will be given to students in a timely fashion.
Receiving SchoolMessenger?
We have had a number of families connect with us, concerned about not receiving communication that other familes have received. Upon investigation, we have found that in almost all of these situations the issue is the messages are being blocked. Our web-support team has shared the following information to pass along to our families:
"Blocks can happen if you intentionally or accidentally tag an email as spam or junk, or sometimes email servers sense that an email is coming from an electronic mailing system and try to save you from the spam and the system blocks our emails. It can be helpful if you add your usual senders to your address book, then your system will recognize the messages as safe and not flag them as spam, (your teacher's email addresses, or the schools email address) who-ever usually sends the messages. If you also add cbecommunications@cbe.ab.ca that will help to ensure you receive system messages."
Upcoming Dates
Friday August 30
- Grade 7-9 students in the building (no classes for Grades 5 and 6)
Monday September 2
- Labour Day (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Tuesday September 3
- Classes resume for all students
Thursday September 19
- Welcome Back- Meet Our Teachers 6pm to 8pm in the backyard
Friday September 20
- Terry Fox Activities
Friday September 27
- Non-Instructional Day (No School for Students)
Monday September 30
- National Day for Truth and Reconciation (SCHOOL CLOSED)
As always, you are welcome to reach out to me any time. We appreciate that success at school is a team endeavour!
Chantal Malette
Principal, Dr. George Stanley School