Queridas familias,
As a part of our cultural focus, I had the pleasure of cooking pupusas from El Salvador today with our grade 5 students. Thank you for the many volunteers who came today and helped. A special thank you to Sra. Paulina for preparing this special work!
Fine Arts Residency
Our students will begin their fine arts residency on Monday with a Mexican artist. They will be looking at “Alebrijes” – coloured Mexican folk art of fantastical creatures. Please note that your student will be using paints for the next few weeks.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Parent teacher conferences will be held on March 21 from 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm and on March 22 from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm. Conferences will be open to parents on Tuesday March 5 at 6 am and will close on March 20 at 8 pm using the link MyCBE.
Please note that both days will be in-person. If you require an online option, please contact your homeroom teacher after you have booked in the system. They will arrange the online option for you.
Kindergarten (Rodriguez) – conferences will be available on Thursday during the day (Morning and Afternoon) as well. Kindergarten (Galvez) will be available on Thursday during the morning only, and then again in the evening. Both will be available on Friday.
WO Mitchell Read-A-Thon
From March 1 - 14, School Council is hosting a Read-A-Thon to encourage a love of reading and support the Learning Commons! Each grade level will have reading goals and any kind of reading at home counts - listening to books too! Participating students will be entered to win draw prizes from the School Book Fair and the class with the most participation will be given new books for their classroom library. All pledges collected will be put towards purchasing books and supplies for our Learning Commons. Look for a package coming home with your child next week!
Scholastic Book Fair
Mark your calendars for our upcoming SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR!
It runs from March 19 - 22. It will be in person only this year, unfortunately there is no on-line option. Look forward to seeing you there.
Book Fair Volunteers
We are looking for volunteers to help during the book fair. If you are available, please sign up via signup genius.
Yearbook - 'Make it Happen'
The yearbook cover contest is back! The theme this year is "Make it happen / Haz que pase." Students can submit their best creations no later than March 18. We love seeing our students' entries and where creativity can take them.
To "make it happen" means to make an effort and work hard for something we want to happen in our lives.
Ask your kids to think about their goals at school or at home - or anything that made them feel proud and happy, or something that they have accomplished. It could also be something that they want to start doing/pursuing or something that they really want to happen.
Encourage them to capture those goals in a drawing and submit the drawing to our yearbook cover contest by March 18. Please see the attached poster for details.
Spanish for Parents
Chinook Learning Services is offering Spanish For Parents (level 1) course at Dalhousie school. Learning Spanish can be both easy and fun. This beginning level course will help parents of bilingual Spanish students learn or refresh their Spanish language skills. Parents will become more comfortable interacting with their children in Spanish, build their network of bilingual parents and become familiar with the school environment. Includes a textbook and CD.
Course: Spanish for Parents – Level 1
Date: Wednesdays, April 10, 17, 24 & May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: In-person at Dalhousie School
For more information and to register please use the link below.
Spanish for Parents
Lunchroom and Field Trips Fees
Parents, please be aware that the noon supervision registration is open. If your student stays at school over the lunch program, please register at https://sis.cbe.ab.ca/public/home.html As well, all school-based fees will be populated in this portal as events happen. Please take note of the fees to pay them in a timely manner.
Fun Lunches
The next Fun Lunch will take place on March 18 from Subway.
WO Mitchell School Council
WO Council helps connect parents to the school and provides additional learning opportunities for all students. There are many ways to get involved that do not require you to hold a position on council. If you would like more information about getting connected or volunteer opportunities, please send an email to womparents@gmail.com
The next meeting will be taking place on April 23 at 7pm. This will be a hybrid meeting in person and via Microsoft Teams. The grade 3 team will be presenting during this meeting.
With gratitude,
Erick Noriega,
Principal
Important Dates
March 8 – AM Kindergarten
March 15 – PM Kindergarten
March 21 – Parent/Teacher Conferences (KG No School; Gr. 1-5 Regular School Day)
March 22 – Parent Teacher Conferences (No School)
March 25 – April 1 – Spring Break (No School)
April 2 – Classes Resume