Dear DGS families
As we move into spring, we want to take a moment to celebrate our incredible student-athletes. Congratulations to all of our volleyball players on an amazing season! Your dedication, sportsmanship, and teamwork have been evident in every game, and we are so proud of the way you have represented our school. A special shoutout to our Senior Boys and Junior Girls teams for winning the championship in their respective divisions—an outstanding achievement!
Looking ahead, we are hopeful for the return of our spring sports, including badminton, track and field, and flag football. With a tentative agreement reached between CUPE and CBE, we are optimistic that workers may return to schools as early as Friday, pending the membership vote. If all goes as planned, our spring sports will move forward as scheduled. This also means our school play, which was rescheduled for April 10, should be officially confirmed soon—stay tuned for more details!
A reminder that school conferences will take place this Thursday and Friday. We strongly encourage parents and students to review grades and comments in PowerSchool before attending. Additionally, we believe student involvement in conferences is essential, so we ask that students join the conversation whenever possible.
Finally, Spring Break is next week! We hope all of our students and families enjoy a restful and refreshing break filled with time to connect with friends and loved ones. Wishing everyone a wonderful and well-deserved pause before we return for the final stretch of the school year!
Thank you for your ongoing support. Have a great week!
Save the Date – Grade 9 Farewell Ceremony
There will be a formal Grade 9 Farewell Ceremony on Friday, June 6. The Grade 9 students will have a late entry that morning and the ceremony will conclude by 11:55 am. It will be followed by photo opportunities and refreshments. Please keep an eye out for specific details to be sent out after Spring Break!
School Development Plan and Annual Survey
Thank you to those who attended our School Council and Parent Society meetings online a few weeks ago. Mr. Rushton and I shared information about our school development plan and asked for feedback regarding fees for next year. Our presentation can be accessed on our school website or by using this link. Feedback is important as we consider school planning. When students, families and staff work closely together, students achieve greater success in their learning. You are encouraged to provide feedback through our annual survey, which will remain open until March 21. The survey can be accessed using this link, or by using the QR code in the presentation. Thanks in advance for your participation!
Email Messages
Due to Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), you need to subscribe online if you want to receive email or text messages on “commercial” school topics such as picture days, student fees, field trip costs, yearbooks, Healthy Hunger and more. If you do not subscribe, you will not receive these messages, but you will, of course, continue to receive emails on non-commercial topics such as absence and emergency notifications.
To subscribe to receive commercial messages, go to www.cbe.ab.ca/subscribe to enter your email address and click Subscribe. Use your primary email address on file at your school.
Blocked Messaging
Blocks can happen if you intentionally or accidentally tag an email as spam or junk, or sometimes when your email server senses that an email is coming from an electronic mailing system and tries to prevent spamming and block our emails. You will also be blocked from all CBE emails if you click the Unsubscribe link at the top of a CBE message in your email. To prevent blocks, it can be helpful if you add our CBE email addresses to your address book or safe senders list. This helps your email system recognize the messages as ‘safe’ and not flag them as spam. Emails to add could be our school’s email address, the teacher's email addresses and anyone else who usually sends the messages.
If you also add cbecommunications@cbe.ab.ca and transportation@cbe.ab.ca (if using CBE bus services) or studentfees@cbe.ab.ca (central fees) it will help to ensure you receive central messages.
Growing Smiles Spring Fundraiser
Parent Society is excited to run a Growing Smiles spring fundraiser campaign, from April 1-29 closing on April 30 at 9PM. View our flyer by clicking this LINK !
Join our plant fundraiser and make an Impact for DGS! When you purchase spring flowers the proceeds go towards:
- Grade 9 Graduation
- Chrome Books and Storage Carts
- Movie Licenses
- Valentines Hot Chocolate
To place your order, click this link.
The Delivery date for all plants will be scheduled for Thursday May 14.
50/50 Raffle Winner
Congratulations to Nicole Barr, who won the DGS Fundraising Society 50/50 raffle! Nicole won $1,142.50.
Proceeds from the raffle will fund student learning around native plants and restoring natural habitats in the flower beds in front of the school. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets and helped to make this raffle a success!
Healthy Hunger
Orders can be made through Healthyhunger.ca
Upcoming Events
March 20 - Last day of classes before Spring Break
March 20 & 21 - School Conferences
March 31 - First day of classes after Spring Break
April 1 - Spring Photo Day
April 10 - Musical - The Enchanted Bookshop
April 8 - Routine Childhood Immunization- Grade 9 Catch-Up (please see Immunization – School Services for more information)
April 18 - Good Friday (School Closed)
April 21 - Non-Instructional Day- System Professional Learning (No School for Students)
Respectfully,
Chris Keuben
Principal, Dr. George Stanley School