Photo retakes and Dance Residency

 

With Halloween coming up, students are invited to wear costumes to school on Monday, October 31. The costumes must be worn the whole day and must be appropriate for school environment meaning no violent or i
nappropriate content or messaging. Accessories such as swords, guns, knives, weapons etc. should not be brought to school. As costumes should not impede learning, we ask that no mask even if it’s a half face mask be worn to school. Those wanting to wear COVID masks are welcome to. Due to dietary restrictions and preferences, no food should be brought to school for sharing purposes. While well intended, other non-food treats should also be not brought to school (goodie/loot bags). 

School photos retakes were originally scheduled to happen on October 17 & 18 have been rescheduled to November 2 & 3. If you would like your child to have photo retakes, please email your child's teacher to let them know. Class Photos will also happen on the November 2 for all classes with the exception of the Tuesday/Thursday Kindergarten group whose class photo will be taken on November 3. 

Dalhousie students will have the opportunity to participate in a 6-day dance residency at school. Sound Kreations will be coming to dance with the students on November 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, and 22. Our students will be participating in a program called CubaNYC where a Spanish speaking instructor will focus on teaching the students hip hop and Latin street dance moves. The cost of this residency will be $7.26 per student which can be paid through your MYCBE account. This fee is in the process of being posted and you should see it in the next couple of weeks. We are excited to get our groove on, ask your child to see the moves they learned at school.

Tuesday, Oct. 25th

 

During the pandemic, many pieces shifted online, including Parent Teacher Conferences. Some families indicated that they preferred them online as it allowed flexibility in timing and attendance. We have formal opportunities for connections with families throughout the year. Thank you for providing feedback for the format and method delivery of our conferences. Please note that due to logistical parameters that are not in our control, we may not be able to implement all feedback. Thank you for providing your input. The survey will close October 28, 2022 at 4pm.

Friday, Oct. 21st

This week students have had so much fun during swimming classes! Next week there will be swimming on Monday and Tuesday. 

In Spanish, we are learning new vocabulary and reading books to help us practice letters of the alphabet. 

We finished building our science projects using magnets. 

Please find Dalhousie Parent Society information on the right side of our blog under "Important Links."

We continue collecting donations for the Veteran's Food Drive. Items that the food bank is urgent need of are the following: 
Kleenex – tissue boxes 
Napkins 
Paper towel 
1 litre juice cartons 
Juice boxes for lunches 
Cereal 
Coffee and coffee pods 
Pancake mix 
Laundry soap 
Granola bars 
Ziploc bags (medium and large) 
Fabric softener 
Rice packages 
Cookies 
Canned chili / stew 
Mayonnaise 
$25.00 grocery gift cards Thank you for your support of this worthy cause.

Wednesday, Oct. 19th

 This week we are doing swimming from Monday to Thursday and next week only Monday and Tuesday.

In math we started practicing some of the addition strategies up to 20.

Raz-Kids user name and password cards are going home. Please keep this information handy so students are able to access their account from home.

Students are taking home a pink index card with their user name to access their cbe accounts. Please help your child writing their password on the card and send it back to school. We will keep the cards in a safe place where students can have access to this information when using chrome books in class. If parents do not remember the password, please write "forgot password" and Sra. Canji will help students reset it at school.

Holiday Fundraiser: Holiday Floral Arrangements

Check out our Growing Smiles Link to order gorgeous holiday floral arrangements.  Order deadline is Nov 15 and pick up is Nov 29.  Click for holiday magic!

Fundraiser: Purdy's Chocolate

Purdy’s Chocolates!! Need we say more? Grab some delicious treats for that special someone! Order deadline is Nov 26th and pickup is Dec 13th. 

  Click for yummy chocolate!

 

Halloween

With Halloween coming up, students are invited to wear costumes to school on Monday, October 31. The costumes must be worn the whole day and must be appropriate for school environment meaning no violent or inappropriate content or messaging. Accessories such as swords, guns, knives, weapons etc. should not be brought to school. As costumes should not impede learning, we ask that no mask even if it’s a half face mask be worn to school. Those wanting to wear COVID masks are welcome to. Due to dietary restrictions and preferences, no food should be brought to school for sharing purposes. While well intended, other non-food treats should also be not brought to school (goodie/loot bags).

Veteran’s Food Drive starts on Oct. 17th

Starting on Monday, October 17, 2022 we will be collecting food/non-perishable items for the Veteran’s Food Drive. There will be boxes set up at the front and back door for food drop off. At Dalhousie School, we want to support Calgarians who are less fortunate than us, and one way we are doing this is through the Veteran’s Food Drive. This drive will run until after Remembrance Day. Items that the food bank is urgent need of are the following: 

 Kleenex – tissue boxes 

Napkins 

Paper towel 

1 litre juice cartons 

Juice boxes for lunches 

Cereal 

Coffee and coffee pods 

Pancake mix 

Laundry soap 

Granola bars 

Ziploc bags (medium and large) 

Fabric softener 

Rice packages 

Cookies 

Canned chili / stew 

Mayonnaise 

$25.00 grocery gift cards 

Thank you for your support of this worthy cause.

School photo retakes Nov. 2nd and 3rd

                                                                                             

 School photos retakes were originally scheduled to happen on October 17 & 18 have been rescheduled to November 2 & 3.  If you would like your child to have photo retakes, please email your child's teacher to let them know. Class Photos will also happen on the same days.

Fun Lunch Contest Time

 

Win a free fun lunch!!! On Oct 18, Nov 15, and Dec 13, bring a reusable straw and show your fun lunch delivery person when you get your Booster Juice to be entered into the draw for a free Subway lunch on Dec 21! Good luck! 

Oct 18 – Opa & Booster Juice (deadline Oct 13th) 

Oct 26 – Fat Burger (deadline Oct 21st) 

Nov 1 – The Saucy Bread Company (deadline Oct 27th) 

Nov 9 – Boston Pizza (deadline Nov 4th)

Playground Party on Friday, Oct 21st

Playground Party We are having a playground party on Friday, Oct 21 from 1:30pm-3:30 pm to explore our current playground and check out some ideas for the new playground we are hoping to build! Join us with your kiddos and ask any questions that you might have! 

Our playground has already had portions removed due to safety issues. Hope to see all of you there!

Tuesday, Oct. 11th

 In English Language Arts we review the system for our Daily 5 stations. We will start Daily 5 rotations tomorrow.

We are learning how to stretch a sentence by providing extra information such as when, where and why the subject does an action.

Today we started planning our science project using magnets. 

Please send to school any spare magnets you might have at home for our project.

If you know your child's password to access their cbe account, please write it for them on a card or piece of paper and send it to school, as we are starting to use chrome books. If you do not remember their password, we can reset one at school. 

Thursday, Oct. 6th

Today we finished our fall art and students are taking it home.  

In ELA we did some word work practice using long "e" sound words.

For the last two weeks we have earned 16 points for following classroom expectations and being responsible at using our school supplies. So, today we had 16 minutes of free time and we took the time using a turkey timer race! It was funny!

School photos retakes will take place on take place on October 17 & 18, 2022.

There is no school on Friday, October 7 due to a non-instruction day and Monday, October 10 due to Thanksgiving.

Dalhousie Parent Society Updates

Thank you to everyone who purchased for our Apple Fundraiser! Apples will be delivered October 11 from 3pm-5pm at the school. We will need a few volunteers to help with the deliveries. 

Fun Lunch

Oct 4 – Boston Pizza (orders due Sept 29)

Oct 12 – Subway (orders due Oct 7)

Oct 18 – Opa & Booster Juice (deadline Oct 13)

Oct 26 – Fat Burger (deadline Oct 21)

Nov 1 – The Saucy Bread Company (deadline Oct 27)

If your child is going to be absent and you have ordered them a lunch, please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com before 11am the morning of fun lunch and let us know if you would

1.          like it sent home with a sibling

2.          You would like to pick it up

3.          Donate it to the amazing staff

*KINDER PARENTS*

Please make sure you are only ordering for the day your child is attending.

If you would like to volunteer for fun lunch, check out available spots.  

If you aren’t sure if you have clearance for volunteering, please email us and we will be able to help you out dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com

 Please look on our website www.dalhousieparentsociety.com for all info and more! 

Tuesday, Oct. 4th

 In math we started doing centers. This week we are practicing increasing patterns, and how to make a graph. 

In Spanish we started our own alphabet word and vocabulary collection. With this work, we will be practicing writing and reading syllables and learning new vocabulary. We will be using this work to write sentences as well.

In English, we are learning long "e" sound words. We learned that adjectives are words that describe nouns. We sorted different adjectives by category and we will be using them throughout the year when we need to write interesting descriptions. Ask me how many we sorted!

In science we will be doing a project with magnets. Please send to school any magnets you are willing to give us for our project. They will not be returning home.