Spring Concert Info March 17 2023

 

Spring Concert Information

Dear Dalhousie Families, With our highly anticipated Spring Concert coming up next week, here are some important notes: March 22 & 23 Evening Performances For the evening performances on March 22 & 23, doors will open at 6:00 pm.  Seating is first come, first served.  Please be respectful of our neighbours when parking.  There is no parking available in the parking lot. Due to space restrictions and fire code regulations, each family has two seats.  Seats are one person per seat due to the maximum capacity allowed (no lap children). For evening performances only, please have your child at the school by 6:00 pm for the evening that they are performing.   They should be dropped off in classrooms as follows: Kindergarten – Sra. Fredette Sra. Fredette’s M/W class go to Room 4 on their evening Sra. Fredette’s T/Th class go to Room 6 on their evening Kindergarten – Srta. Di Lorenzo Sra. Di Lorenzo’s M/W class go to Room 3 on their evening Sra. Di Lorenzo’s T/Th class go to Room 5 on their evening Grade 1 Sra. Fuentes and Srta. Alvarado go to Room 7 (in the Learning Commons) on their evening. Srta. Houde and Srta. Carcamo go to Room 8 (in the Learning Commons) on their evening. Grade 2 Grade 2 students go to Room 2 (in the Learning Commons) on their respective evening Grade 3 Grade 3 students go to their regular classroom on their respective evening Grade 4 Grade 4 students go to their regular classroom on their respective evening Grade 5 All Grade 5 students go to Room 1 on any evening that they are performing March 20 & 21 Dress Rehearsal We encourage families who would like to bring additional family members and small children to attend the dress rehearsal performance at 2:00 p.m on March 20 or 21, where there are no limits and everyone is welcome.  Doors open at 1:45pm and seating is first come, first served.  Again, please be respectful of our neighbours when parking. The March 20 dress rehearsal will be for those performing in the evening performance on March 22.   The March 21 dress rehearsal will be for those performing in the evening performance on March 23.  If you plan on attending the dress rehearsal, please ensure that you are attending on the correct date to see your child. Students will be called to the dress rehearsal and classes will resume once the dress rehearsal is complete, so there is no need to sign out your child. Thank you to everyone who has supported their child and the school in preparation for the concert.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Dalhousie Announcement March 17 2023

 Friday, March 24 is the last day of classes before Spring Break.  Classes will resume on Monday, April 3.  After Spring Break, there is no school on Friday, April 7 and Monday, April 10.

 

Spring Concert-March 22 & 23

 

Spring Concert - March 22 & 23

Srta. Primak has been working diligently on the spring concert, which take place on March 22 & 23 at 6:30pm.  The same program will be presented on both evenings with a representation from all grades.  As much as possible, the classes were grouped to have siblings perform on the same evening.  Logistically, this was not possible in all cases.   If your child will not be able to participate on their designated evening due to prior commitments, please email your child’s teacher as well as Srta Primak (oprimak@cbe.ab.ca) to let them know.  More specific details will follow. Group A – Concert on Wednesday March 22 Kindergarten Srta. Di Lorenzo – M/W Group Sra. Fredette – M/W Group Grade 1 Sra. Fuentes Srta. Alvarado Grade 2 Srta. Mitchell Sr. Scott Grade 3 Sra. Outhet ​​​​​​​Srta. Galiana Grade 4 Srta. Marasescu Grade 5 See separate email sent   Group B – Concert Thursday March 23 Kindergarten Srta. Di Lorenzo – T/Th Group Sra. Fredette – T/Th Group Grade 1 Srta. Carcamo Srta. Houde Grade 2 Sra. Canji Sr. Sala Grade 3 Sr. Flores Srta. Tugle Grade 4 Sra. Sutherland Grade 5 See separate email sent   We look forward to having our concert in quite some time!  Thank you to everyone who will contribute to make this happen.

Learning Update March 3 2023

 This week students focused on the following:

ELAL

Editing their writing using COPS (capital letter, organization, punctuation, and spelling) to complete a mini journal with different writing prompts.

Spanish

Students practiced the vocabulary of winter activities, clothing, and body parts.

                                                 

Math:

Students practiced addition and subtraction within 20 using different strategies such as counting gon, ten frames, pictures, and a number line.

Online Book Fair

 Dear families,

It’s here! Our school’s Scholastic Book Fair has begun! Students will be scheduled time to shop during school hours next week. Parents and families are also welcome to shop in person after their scheduled Student Celebration of Learning on Thursday March 9^th and Friday March 10^th 

Even if you can't join us in the school, you can experience the joy of our Book Fair online by visiting our Virtual Book Fair Extension. Virtual shopping can be done March 3^rd-13^th inclusive!

https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5184011

Remember, all purchases benefit our school and earn rewards that can be redeemed for books and Education Resources for our school’s classrooms and library.

Thank you for supporting our Scholastic Book Fair!

Happy Reading!

 

Dalhousie Reminders March 3 2023

 Please see the separate email sent regarding our Celebration of Learning & Book Fair on March 9 & 10 and how to book for it.   A reminder that Thursday, March 9 is a full day of school and that there is no school for all students on March 10.

 

We are continuing our Food Drive for Kindness Month.  All donations are gratefully accepted and can be dropped off at the donation boxes at either the front or the back door.

 

Volunteer opportunities are available for each class.  You must have a valid CBE volunteer clearance at the time you sign up and we ask that you sign up for two opportunities per class to allow for as many people as possible to participate.  If you would like to volunteer more, please check with the teacher.    More details can be found in the separate email that was sent out.

 

Our Spring Concert will be held on March 22 & 23 at 6:30pm.  You can see which classes perform when as well as the costume preparation in when in the separate emails that were sent out.   You can also check the class blogs for information. Srta. Primak is also looking for helping with prop creation.  You can sign up here if you can help out.  If you have any questions regarding the concert, please email Srta. Primak.