Happy Sunday DDS Families, For our families who walk to and from school, we wanted to share steps that are happening within our community to improve safety. Our School Council has been actively working to improve crosswalk safety. Action items have included submitting requests through 311, requesting traffic safety support from CPS, setting up a volunteer crosswalk schedule, starting a community petition on change.org, and raising awareness through Global News and QR radio. Thank you to our community members who are actively working towards making the walk to and from school safer! Families can also support this by reviewing crosswalk safety at home with your child. The City of Calgary has many resources to support this. For example, they offer a conversation guide in multiple languages and a video to watch with your children. When we all work together as pedestrians and motorists, we can improve safety! For more information about this collective effort, we invite you to attend our next School Council meeting on October16th at 6:00 pm. Have a great week ahead! Heather, Monique, Sue, and Debbie DDS Administrative Team Follow along our DDS Instagram pages to stay up to date with school events and learning! @dds346cbe and @ddsschoolcouncil Club Sign Ups: Teachers offer lunch hour and before school clubs throughout the school year to support students to connect with peers outside their classroom, around areas of personal interest. New club offerings include: There are multiple leadership options for students in grades 3 to 5. Please limit your sign up to ONE of the following leadership clubs below: · TAB Team Student Leadership Club with Ms. Kesler (for Grades 3-5) Sign up here · Kindness Crew Student Leadership Club with Grade 5 Teachers (for Grades 3-5) Sign up here · Spirit Day Leadership Club with Mrs. Krieger (for Grades 3 – 5) - students are invited to attend an information meeting on October 16th at 12:40 pm to learn more. Engineering Club with Mrs. McKay (for Grades 1 and 2) Sign up here Book Fair with Owl’s Nest | October 21 – 25, 2024: DDS is hosting a book fair during the week of our October Parent/Teacher conferences. This is a fundraiser for the school, where all funds earned go directly into purchasing books for our school library and classrooms. We will be supporting a local company called Owl’s Nest Books. Families are welcome to shop online for both children’s and adult books starting now and until Nov. 1, 2024. There will also be an opportunity for students to shop and purchase in person during the week of October 21 - 25, including during Parent/Teacher conferences. To shop online, you can purchase books through their website https://owlsnestbooks.com/ using our school code DOUGLAS at checkout. Volunteers Needed - If you are willing to volunteer to support our book fair fundraiser, please sign up here. Lost and Found | Labelling Belongings: As our fall weather is constantly changing through various temperatures throughout the day, there has been an increase of items left outside, in our gymnasium and other areas of the school. Often students are unaware they have even lost these items. Families can help prevent the overflow of Lost and Found by labelling as many items as possible. Please consider labelling these more popular items: coats, snow pants, hoodies and sweatshirts, shoes, boots, backpack, water bottles and lunch kit. Thank you! Upcoming Dates: Sept 11-Oct 30 G4/5 Kickball Club (every Wednesday 12:40pm to 1:120pm) Oct 1-31 Latin America Heritage Month Oct 1-16 G1-5 Friendship Bracelet Club (Tuesdays & Wednesday 8:15am to 8:45am) Oct 7 Fall Picture Day Oct 8 Celtic Traditions Across Canada Performance (students only) Oct 9 Parent/Teacher Conferences bookings open 4:30pm Oct 10 Healthy Hunger – A & W & World Mental Health Day Oct 14 Thanksgiving Day – School Closed Oct 16 G5 Wordfest Field Trip | School Council Meeting 6pm to 7pm Oct 15-Nov19 G1/2 Just Dance Club (every Tuesday 12:10pm to 12:30pm) Oct 23 Parent/ Teacher Conferences bookings close at 11:59pm Oct 24 Parent / Teacher Conferences (PM) | Healthy Hunger - Subway Oct 25 Parent / Teacher Conferences (AM) | Non-Instruction Day – No School for students Oct 28 G3 Teacher’s Pet (In-School Activity) Oct 29 G3/4 Split Teacher’s Pet (in-School Activity) Oct 31 Halloween & Diwali | Healthy Hunger – Kernels Popcorn Nov 1-30 Hindu Heritage Month Nov 4 Fall Retake Picture Day Nov 4-11 Veteran Week Nov 7 to Dec 12 G1/2 Engineering Club (every Thursday11:50am to 12:30pm) Nov 7 Remembrance Day Assembly (10:30am) | Healthy Hunger EDO Nov 8 Non-Instruction Day – No School for Students | Indigenous Veteran’s Day Nov 11-13 Fall Break – School Closed | Metis Awareness Week Nov 14 Classes Resume Nov 20 School Council Meeting (6pm to 7pm) Nov 21 Healthy Hunger CIBO Nov 25 KG Fire Fighter Presentation Nov 26 G2 Studio Bell Field Trip Nov 28 Healthy Hunger The Saucy Bread Company Nov 29 Non-Instruction Day – No School for Students | 
