David Thompson School
9320 Arbour Crescent SE, Calgary, AB T2J 0X8
t | 403-777-7470 www.cbe.ab.ca/b641 | [email protected]
David Thompson Newsletter | May 2013
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Important Dates
May 08, 2013
Track and Field Meet
Glenmore Athletic Park (May 23
Alternate Date)
May 13, 2013
Grade 9 English Language Arts
Part A
May 15, 2013
Grade 6 English Language Arts
Part A
May 15, 2013
Grade 9 Fair – Lunch Hour
Main Gym
May 16, 2013
Spring Dance – After Lunch
May 17, 2013
System PD/Org Day, No School
for Students
The grade 6 classes have come together to raise 1 million pennies, that’s $10,000! The
million pennies will be donated to make a difference in society and individual lives. The
grade 6 classes have decided to donate the money to UNICEF Canada.
We now have 41 312 pennies.
http://benrroberts.wordpress.com/
Grade 5 Parents
Dear Parents,
The Grade 5 students are starting their City of Ember exploration! Any extra shoe boxes
around your home can be donated to the Grade 5 Team.
Grade 5 Math Items
The students in Grade 5 will be looking at liquid capacity; measuring using L & ml. We are
currently in need of uniquely shaped containers that we could use for this study. If you
have a container that you could donate to the Math department, please send it in to Mrs.
Palmer.
Thank You for from the Grade 5 Team
May 20, 2013
Victoria Day – No School
st
May 28 – 31 , 2013
Grade 7 Outdoor School
Page 1 | 8
David Thompson School
Newsletter | May 2013
Book Club
Every Tuesday and Thursday in room 45, bring your lunch.
Me 2 We Club
Me 2 We Club Information
The Me 2 We club meets Wednesdays at lunch in Ms. Ronaghan, Ms. Davis or Ms.
Dorozio’s Classroom. It is a club driven by students that have an interest in helping others.
We appreciate and rely on your support!
Chess Club
The President and Supreme Chancellor of the Chess Club are proud to announce that the
th
2013 Spring David Thompson Chess Tournament will take place Monday, May 6 , at lunch
in the Info Commons. Please make sure to get your name to one of these gentlemen (or
Mr. Markle) if you wish to compete!
Springfest
May 23 7:00
David Thompson Gymnasium
Join us for the Music Departments year end concert. Admission is free to all who wish to
attend.
The concert will feature performances from the Grade 7 Junior Concert Band, the Senior
Concert Band and the Tiger Jazz Ensemble.
We look forward to having you at our concert as we celebrate the end of a terrific musical
year at David Thompson.
Mr. Jeff Part
Page 2 | 8
David Thompson School
Newsletter | May 2013
PE
On Friday, April 26th a group of Gr. 8&9 students participated in the first DTS triathlon at
the Tailsman centre.
We started with a 45min bike, then 30 minutes of running events, 30 minutes of
swimming activities and ended with a hot tub! Half the students were from our grade 9
PE+ program, they have been training for this event during class in the weeks prior to the
event. The other half of the students were grade 8's eager to experience PE+ next year.
The Tailsman centre instructors were phenomenal, and the students had a positive
experience. They said they had fun, it was a challenge for them, but they thoroughly
enjoyed the experience. We are very proud of all the students; they stepped up to the
challenge, and were great representatives for our school.
Special thanks to Mr. Baustad for stopping by the Talisman Centre to support the group.
Robin Morris
Kelly Emslie
Page 3 | 8
David Thompson School
Newsletter | May 2013
Automated Attendance
David Thompson uses an automated attendance system to report student absences. Calls
will be completed twice daily, mid-morning and mid-afternoon.
Calls and emails are sent to one phone number and one email, this is the person listed as
our first contact. Please call the office at 403-777-7470 ext. 0 if you wish to change or add
the number or email that notifications are going to.
It is imperative that you call the school if your child is going to be absent or arriving late.
Please report all absences to the Attendance Line 403-777-7470 ext. 1.
Leave your child's name First and Last, grade, reason for absence and your relationship
to child.
Thank you for your support.
Page 4 | 8
David Thompson School
Newsletter | May 2013
Attention Bus Parents & Students
Please make note of the following policy regarding students who do not pay for regular
school bus transportation.
Students may not go home to friends’ houses on the buses if they have not paid for a bus
pass.
This is a Southland Transportation rider policy. It states that students not paying for the
service may not ride for insurance reasons.
SOUTHLAND Transportation | 403-287-1335 CBE Transportation | 403-817-7433
Riding on a different Bus?
Only students with a paid bus contract may ride busses. If for some reason you will be
riding a different bus you must bring in a note from your parents stating why and when you
will be taking an alternate bus. Any one changing buses to go to a different location for
home-work, play dates, sleep overs etc. must have a note from both homes signed by
parents. Please take the notes to the school office to be signed by the office staff. You will
then give the notes to the bus driver. The driver may still not allow the change if the bus is
full.
Page 5 | 8
David Thompson School
Newsletter | May 2013
Teacher Email Addresses & Voicemail Numbers
GENERAL SCHOOL MAIL BOX [email protected]
Teacher
Bailey, Adam
Teacher Email
[email protected]
Teacher Voicemail
3045
Baustad, Terry
[email protected]
0
Boutette, Danielle
[email protected]
3020
Bromhead, Tony
[email protected]
0
Davis, Cory
[email protected]
3019
Davis, Kelly
[email protected]
3006
Dorozio, Lisa
[email protected]
3013
Emslie, Kelly
[email protected]
3025
Feke, Heather
[email protected]
3035
Greene, Jacqueline
[email protected]
3032
Hart, Lindsey
[email protected]
3048
Honish, Kyle
[email protected]
3042
Janhsen, Jeremy
[email protected]
3041
Jenoure, Evvy
[email protected]
3034
Kelloway, Craig
[email protected]
3024
Kreitz, Sandy
[email protected]
3014
Markle, Josh
[email protected]
3027
Morris, Robin
[email protected]
3046
Murphy, Shauna
[email protected]
3012
Murray, Brad
[email protected]
3016
Palmer, Miriam
[email protected]
3003
Part, Jeff
[email protected]
2263
Phillips, Andrew
[email protected]
3047
Roberts, Ben
[email protected]
3017
Ronaghan, Joy
[email protected]
3011
Shannon, Brad
[email protected]
3038
Smith, Jeff
[email protected]
3009
Terris, Jody
[email protected]
3018
Wasmann, Chris
[email protected]
3021
Wiens, Jay
[email protected]
3043
Page 6 | 8
David Thompson School
Newsletter | May 2013
Want to know what your child is working on?
D2L
Each Teacher has a D2L Shell where current assignments and projects can be found.
Some Teachers have websites with examples of work and links to interesting and helpful
sites. Below are the links to those sites. This information is also available on the school
website.
Teacher Assignments
Teacher
Subjects & Teacher Links
Mr. Bromhead
Principal
Mr. Baustad
Assistant Principal
Mr. Bailey
Film Studies
Ms. Boutette
Physical Education
Mrs. K, Davis
English Language Learning (ELL)
Mr. C. Davis
Math/Science
Ms. Dorozio
Social Studies
Ms. Emslie
Physical Education
Mrs. Feke
Social Studies / Language Arts
Ms. Greene
Math / Science / Robotics
Ms. Hart
Social Studies / Language Arts
Mr. Honish
Math
Mr. Janhsen
Art
Ms. Jenoure
Language Arts
Mr. Kelloway
Science
Ms. Kreitz
Foods / Fashion
Mr. Markle
Language Arts
Mrs. Morris
Physical Education
Ms. Murphy
Science
Mr. Murray
Math / Science
Mrs. Palmer
Math / Science
Mr. Part
Music/Band
Mr. Roberts
Social Studies / Language Arts
Ms. Ronaghan
Social Studies / Language Arts
Mr. Phillips
Physical Education/Social Studies
Mr. Shannon
Construction
Mr. Smith
Math / Science
Ms. Terris
Social Studies
Mr. Wasmann
Math
Mr. Wiens
Science/Language Arts
Page 7 | 8
David Thompson School
Newsletter | May 2013
CBE tackles tough budget
Student success and safety are our top priorities.
The approach we are taking to the budget focuses on maximizing the budget directed to
classrooms while balancing the budget. We are crunching numbers, evaluating services
and reviewing options to achieve our objectives.
Our organization is grappling with the impact of the provincial budget announced on March
7. As we have reported to you before, the provincial budget means our system will have the
same revenue next year as we had this year. This happens when we expect to welcome
3,000 more students and our costs will be increasing. It is the tip of a very difficult iceberg.
We presented to the Board of Trustees the budget assumptions report on April 16. This
report set out the decisions, uncertainties and strategies that we propose to achieve the
objectives set out in the Three-Year Education Plan.
To put students, classrooms and schools first, we have looked everywhere in our system to
be more efficient and make cuts. There will be a significant impact on administration and
central services provided to schools and areas.
The resource allocation method (RAM)—the budget distributed to schools—will increase by
two per cent across the system.
The budget assumptions report also proposes
$5 million of cuts to administration. This equates to a 12.5-per-cent reduction compared to
the current year. We have taken this decision to maximize dollars to classrooms and
advance student learning.
Two years ago we faced a $61.7-million shortfall. To balance our budget we made
significant changes, redesigned central services and said goodbye to good people. This
year, all told, we face a shortfall of $62 million. Cutting deeply again will be even more
painful. Once again we will lose good people.
The detailed budget is scheduled to be debated at a public meeting on May 28. To build the
detail, we will need to make specific decisions about programs, services and positions.
At the same time, principals are planning their schools’ budgets for 2013-14. We distributed
the resource allocation method (RAM) to April 17. We worked very hard to maximize the
RAM; principals will be challenged in the coming weeks.
For many of you, I appreciate that providing some information will only increase the
demand for more information. You can find all of our budget updates, along with the budget
assumptions report on our website.
We will continue to provide updates. In the meantime, I encourage you to read the budget
assumptions report, which is published on our website. It will give you a more complete
understanding of the challenge before us and how we propose to face it.
Thank you for your continued support and understanding as we move ahead under
challenging circumstances. Please know that we put students first and remain committed to
ensuring the Calgary Board of Education remains one of the best school districts in the
world.
Naomi Johnson,
Chief Superintendent of Schools
Page 8 | 8
May
2013
David
Thompson
Cafeteria
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
Friday
Saturday
2
3
4
9
10
11
16
17
18
23
24
25
30
31
Pizza
$3.00
5
6
Hamburger
$2.75
12
7
Taco Salad
$3.00
13
Hamburger
$2.75
19
14
Grilled Cheese
and oven
baked fries $3
20
Holiday
26
Pizza
$3.00
15
Lasagna
21
Hamburger
$2.75
27
Hamburger
$2.75
8
Spaghetti
$2.75
Pizza
$3.00
22
Meat balls
28
Perogies and
smokies
$3.00
Pizza
$3.00
29
Spaghetti
$2.75
Pizza
$3.00
All Sport One Day
A FREE day of sport discovery
Children ages 6 to 12
Saturday, June 15
Registration Opens May 22
AllSportOneDay.ca