Weekly Update for Sunday May 12, 2024
May 16- Fun Lunch- McDonalds
May 17- Non-Instructional Day - No school for students
May 20- Victoria Day - Schools are closed
June 6 – School Council and SES Annual General Meeting- Voting for positions happens at this meeting
June 21- National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 20- Grade 5 Farewell @ 2pm- Volunteers needed
June 25- Fun Lunch - Jugo Juice
June 26- Sports day in the afternoon – Volunteers needed
June 27- Last day of school, dismissal at 12:50 (Friday hours)
Staffing Update
We wanted to let families know that Mr. Demman is away on leave and will not be back returning this school year. In his role, we have hired Ms. Glenda MacLeod who is a music specialist and well known in the city and the province for her expertise in African drumming and dancing. Ms. MacLeod will be doing a drumming residency during her time at the school, where all the children will receive drumming lessons during their OLA time. Ms. Gillott taught with Ms. MacLeod and is glad she can join us in May and June.
Thank you to our School Council, SES and families for the treats!
Thank you to the many people this week who sent in goodies and messages to celebrate teacher appreciation week. We are all grateful for our strong and caring community and proud to be part of a great school community!
A Pond Update
One of the fences is down... we are watching and waiting and hoping for rain!
Outdoor Learning
We have been getting snippets of some of the learning our teachers are doing at the National Outdoor Learning Conference in Banff.
“It’s been fantastic learning from outdoor learning colleagues from across Canada and being inspired to continue our work with students at Dr. Freda Miller School. We are excited to share new ideas and move our practice forward.” ~ Mrs. Ramsay
On the website this week with the Weekly Update, we are featuring art from a grade 4 student.
School Enrichment Society Online Webinar for Parents and Caregivers
- A reminder to parents that on May 14 there is an Online Webinar paid for by the School Enrichment Society called Digital Literacy and Internet Safety for Parents and Caregivers - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
- Click on this link to join the live session. Password is 4299. Enter #code to vote and ask questions
- Sign into the event 10 minutes prior to the scheduled event going live, as we will be starting promptly at the designated time.
- We will ensure that we keep this link open for 48hrs after the live event has concluded, to ensure that those who cannot attend the live event can have access to a recording.
Have a great week!
Nancy, Julie and Staff