Daysland Digest

September 27, 2023

Principal's Corner

It is hard to believe, but we have nearly finished the first month of school. Students are back into routines, and learning is in full swing. Our athletic teams are also back in action. We thank our coaches for donating their time to develop our athletes. Our coaches to start the year are:

Mrs. Reber - Sr. Girls VB,
Mrs. C. Zimmer - Jr. Girls VB
Mrs. Thomas - Golf
Mrs. Tobler - Cross Country
Mrs. Tobler and Ava G, and Lacey S - Mini-slammers

Parent Teacher Interviews are tomorrow evening. Thank you to the parents who have signed up for an interview time. If you have not signed up or cannot make it, don't hesitate to contact your child's teacher to make arrangements.

Looking ahead to October, we are excited to begin our school assemblies and squads. Our first planned squad activity for October will be to create scarecrows for the town Scarecrow Festival. Our assemblies will continue celebrating our students' successes in and out of school. At our annual Awards Night on October 6th, we will recognize our Junior and Senior High students' achievements from the 2022-23 school year.

Our first staff meeting of the year will be Thursday, October 5th. Please note that students will now be dismissed at 11:40 am on staff meeting days.

This is a friendly reminder that we are relying on PowerSchool as our primary form of communicating student progress. If you need assistance accessing PowerSchool's parent site, please use this link. If you or your child have any further questions about accessing PowerSchool, please contact us; we will be glad to help.

Please follow us on Facebook, X and Instagram to learn more about what is happening at Daysland School. You can also call or email me if you have any questions.

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Looking Ahead

Sept.

27 - Jr. G V-Ball vs Round Hill

28 - New Norway Cross Country

28 - Parent Teacher Interviews 3:30 to 8:30

29 - Orange Shirt Day

29/30 - Jr. V-Ball @ Hay Lakes

29/30 - Sr. G V-Ball @ OLMP

Oct.

3 - Sr. G V-Ball vs Hay Lakes

4 - Jr. G V-Ball @ Tofield

5 - Hardisty X-Country

5 - Staff Meeting (Early Dismissal @ 11:40)

6 - School Photos

6 - Jr./Sr. High Awards Night

9 - Thanksgiving (school closed)

10 - Gr. 6 Immunizations

11 - Sr. Cross Country Zones @ Red Deer

11 - Jr. G V-Ball vs Ryley

12 - Cross Country Regionals @ Bashaw

12 - Sr.G V-Ball @ Bashaw

13/14 - Jr. G Host

17 - Sr. G V-Ball @ Forestburg

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Permission Forms

Permission form packages are now past due. Please carefully read, fill out, sign, date, and return all forms as soon as possible. If you have not received your package or if you have any questions, please call the school at 780-374-3676.

If you have not already done so, there are also Verification Forms that were sent by Battle River school Division that need to be completed through SchoolEngage. If you are unsure how to access SchoolEngage or the PowerSchool Parent Portal, please contact Mrs. Omoth at somoth@brsd.ab.ca.

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School Council Meeting

Our next School Council Meeting will be on October 25th at 7:00pm in the Learning Commons. Everyone Welcome!

Athletics

Congratulations to our Sr. Girls Volleyball team, who won the Wetaskiwin Challenge Cup Tournament on the weekend! Their Tuesday, September 26 game has been rescheduled - a new date to come!

Our Jr. High and Mini Slammer teams have also started their seasons. Good luck to players!

Congratulations to our Sr. Boys Golf Team who placed third at Zones. A special congratulations to Drew Petiot, who competed as an individual at Provincials on Monday and Tuesday!

Our Cross Country Runners are off to a quick start as well. We had a successful first race in Camrose and are off to New Norway this week!

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Parent Parking

A friendly reminder to families that are dropping off and picking up students to avoid parking in front of the yellow lines in the bus loading zone. There is just enough space for our buses to safely park. We appreciate your attention to this. Also, please ensure cars are not parking in our crosswalk for the safety of our students. If there is not enough room directly in front of the school, parents can park across the street on the east side of the school and along the south side of the playground. We appreciate your assistance with this.

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School Photos

We have contracted with Smart Photography to take the students' photographs this year. All Kindergarten to Grade 12 students will have their individual portraits and group photos taken on Friday, October 6th.