Dr. Freda Miller Update - January 18th, 2025

 

Dear families of Dr. Freda Miller School,

And here we are in the middle of January already! We are heading into a few busy weeks at Dr. Freda Miller with a definite mixed bag of weather coming our way.

I was recently reminded by a colleague of a resource for both educators and parents, supporting safe practices with online activity and social media for children. If interested in learning more, please see Common Sense media:

Parents' Ultimate Guides | Common Sense Media

Tomorrow, we start a two-week residency with SoundKreation, a dance residency. The Residency would not be possible without our amazing Dr. Freda Miller Enrichment Society, funding the entire residency through the casino dollars raised previously. Please save the dates of April 1 and 2 to volunteer for our next casino. We will be sending out details soon.

 

Council & Enrichment Society Meeting

Our next meeting is Thursday at 6 pm. All parents are welcome to attend and we encourage parents to come and be part of the conversation of what is happening at school and planning for future possible events. The meeting is held at school in our school library and typically runs for about an hour.

Minutes from our last meeting:

November 2025 Enrichment Society AGM minutes

 

November 2025 Council minutes

 

Term One Report Cards

Just a friendly reminder that the Calgary Board of Education shifted the reporting dates due to the strike. The first report card will be available for viewing on February 24th, 2026 through your MyCBE account.

 

Open Minds & Volunteering

This week, our Ms. McLaughlin’s grade 5 class is going to Open Minds to the Hub for Inspired Learning at Werklund Centre, formally the Arts Commons. They will be off site every day for their learning. The week after, Ms. Barr’s grade 5 class will be attending the same program.

While there is still a cost per student for this program, it is highly subsidized by Chevron. To learn more about Chevron – Open Minds – Campus Calgary, please watch this video:

Chevron Open Minds - Campus Calgary

To volunteer, you do need a police clearance. Right now, the process has been taking just under two weeks to complete. To start the process, please log into your MyCBE account and find the volunteer clearance tab. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email the office or simply respond to this email.

 

Healthy Hunger

A friendly reminder families can order your child’s Healthy Hunger lunch for the remainder of the year. Please note the lunches are for students in Grade One to Five.

Healthy Hunger

 

Upcoming Dates

Jan 19 to 23

Ms. McLaughlin’s gr 5s to Open Minds- Hub for Inspired Learning

Jan 19 to 22

SoundKreation Dance Residency

Jan 26 to 29

SoundKreation Dance Residency

Jan 26 to 29

Ms. Barr’s grade 5s to Open Minds – Hub for Inspired Learning

Thursday, Jan 22

School Council & Enrichment Society Meeting 6 pm

Friday, Jan 23

PM Kindergarten

Friday, Jan 30

NO school for students – System Professional Learning Day

Thurs., Feb 5th  3 pm

PM Kindergarten concert

Friday, Feb 6th

AM Kindergarten attends

Friday, Feb 6th 12 pm

AM Kindergarten and Grade One concert

 

We wish families a wonderful week ahead.

Elan, Julie and the amazing staff of Dr. Freda Miller School