Season’s Greetings. We have made it through a busy November, and hope-fully students, parents and staff can make it to the Christmas holiday with the energy and spirit to enjoy time with family and friends. December at DHS is packed with some amazing events! Our Drama class has just complet-ed their amazing DHS rendition of The Christmas Carol, basketball teams have started up, and The Symphonic Winds and Jazz bands are already pre-paring for the annual Christmas Band Concert & Silent Auction coming up on Dec. 16th, . As we look at the calendar turning over to December, staff and students are already talking about the Dec. 21 Music Café where we have a chance to enjoy the many musical talents within the school while sipping hot chocolate.

I would like to take this time to thank the many parents who have been in-volved with activities going on at DHS. As I look back through the months, I have seen many parents in the building for parent-teacher interviews, band concerts, athletics, Awards night, and grad meetings. I believe the tone in the school is a positive one, and having more parents and community adults in the building helps contribute to that atmosphere.

Finally, I would like to offer best wishes to Mr. Scott Etienne and his wife in Australia. Mr. Etienne is taking part in a one year teacher exchange that will have him settle into a new school in an ocean-side community on the east coast of Australia. I am jealous as I’ve seen pictures of the home he will be staying in; the only thing between his home and the ocean is a beautiful stretch of white sand. Mr. Ritchie will be coming to Didsbury to take Mr. Etienne’s place. Mr. Ritchie is an experienced CTS Shop and computer teach-er who is looking forward to testing out the ski slopes of Alberta and B.C. The exchange begins immediately after our Christmas break.

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Garth Dagg Principal

Principal’s Message

Principal—Garth Dagg

Vice Principal—Curtis Dick

Superintendents' Message 2

Christmas Café 2

Band News 3

Grad 2019 News 4

Drama News 4

Leadership News 8

Yearbook News 9

January 2019 Final Exam Schedule 11

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Modeling what great citizenship truly means

We are always proud of the goodwill our students and staff share with those around them each day, but

particularly at this time of year. During the holiday season, we can so clearly see the impact our Chi-

nook’s Edge school communities are making as they answer the call to be good global citizens. They are

sharing our caring culture by filling hundreds of shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, organizing

fundraising events for our local food banks, performing seasonal music at seniors’ homes, and much

more.

Whether through quiet acts of kindness that affect a single person, or through grand gestures that impact

an entire community, our students are modeling what great citizenship truly means. In a world where

lessons in the importance of being a good neighbour, a helpful friend and a respectful citizen are all

around us, we applaud our students and staff for the plentiful examples of their kindness. Thank you to

everyone who nurtures this generosity of spirit all year long in Chinook’s Edge!

Kurt Sacher

Superintendent of Schools

Superintendent’s Message

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Christmas Café

Calling all DHS musical talent!! Christmas Café

will be the afternoon of December 21, 2018.

The DHS “Cheer Meisters” will be leading the

festivities! If you have an act you wish to share,

please contact Mr. Wassmer.

Welcome to Kindergarten! Beginning in January, Chinook’s Edge will be accepting Kindergarten registrations for the 2019-2020 school year. Children must turn five years old by December 31, 2019 to begin attending Kindergarten in the fall of 2019. If you are interested in Pre-Kindergarten programming, please contact Chinook’s Edge School Division!

Band News

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TOUR PAYMENT SCHEDULE *All Symphonic Winds members travelling to Whistler should have at least $450 in their tour account at this time. BAND SOCIETY MEETING The next meeting of the DHS Band Society will be Tuesday, December 11th at 7 PM in the DHS Music Room. DHS BAND CHRISTMAS CONCERT

The Didsbury High School Christmas Concert, Tea and Silent Auction will be held on Sun-day, December 16th at 2:00 P.M. in the Didsbury High School Gymnasium.

In addition to being a beautiful afternoon of music, food and Christmas cheer, this is also an outstanding fundraiser for the Music Department. In order to make this event a success, we need every family’s participation in the following ways:

* We are asking each family to donate an item for the silent auction. You may request a do-

nation from a store or business you are familiar with, or some families choose to pur-chase an item for donation. These can be brought in to the Music Room anytime be-tween now and the concert.

* We also require each family to bring a plate of squares or cookies on the afternoon of the

concert. Please send these with your son/daughter when they come for their call time on Sunday. All food items should be cut and on a disposable plate.

* Finally, we will be setting up and decorating the Gym on Sunday morning at 9:00 A.M.

Although we will have a number of students on hand, parent help is always appreciated. If you are coming to bid on items in the silent auction, you are urged to pre-register your

name through our online system. Please go to dhsmusic.ca and click on the Fundraising tab

to register and receive a bidder/buyer number for the auction.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact Mr.

Wassmer at DHS kwassmer@cesd73.ca or 403.335.3356, ext. 5959.

SENIOR

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GRADE 9

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November 30 $300

January 15 $300

March 15 Balance Due $150

April 30 Balance Due

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Drama News

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Leadership News

The minutes for the November 7th Graduation Planning meeting are available on the DHS web-site, didsburyhigh.ca, for anyone who missed it.

The next Planning meeting is on December 4th at 7:00 pm in the Library!

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GRAD 2018 News

Christmas Door Decorating Contest

Sign Up - December 3 - 7

Door Decorating - December 10 - 14

Judging - December 17

The Leadership Team

will be having a

Christmas Bake Sale

December 12 to 14

Leadership News

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Christmas Helpers Food Fundraiser

On behalf of the Zion Church, Didsbury High School

will be collecting food items for the

Didsbury Christmas Helpers Program.

Our goal is to fill 10Food Sleighs!

Items will be collected during second period classes

until December 13th.

We are aware that the need within our community is great this year. The Zion Church is hoping for more community members to come forward and adopt a family or prepare a food sleigh. Please contact the Zion Church if you or your

family are able to help a family in need this Christmas.

Leadership News

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School Fee Invoices have been sent out to all Parents and Guardians by email. Thank you to all who have forwarded their payments or used our online payment system. If you did not receive your school invoice or require to make payment ar-rangements, please contact the office at 403-335-3356. We accept cash, credit cards, debit cards or post-dated cheques. The online payment window can be ac-cessed through our website didsburyhigh.ca/ Online Payments.

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Reminder

Looking Ahead

Students back to Classes January 7

Diploma Exams January 14 & 15

Second Week of Final Exams January 21 - 25

Last Week of Final Exams January 28 - 30

Organizational Day—No Classes January 31

First Day of Semester 1 February 1

January Dates to Remember The Staff of Didsbury High School wish you all a

very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Yearbook

Please note: In order for Grade 12 students to participate in Grad 2019 Celebrations and Cap & Gown ceremonies, all school fees must be paid in full. Please contact the office if you have any questions or concerns.

Make sure that you purchase your personalized 2018/2019 Yearbook.

All orders can be placed through the online school fee payment program.

2018/2019 Online School Demographic Forms

If you have not yet completed the Online School Demographic form in PowerSchool,

Alberta Health News - “Curious about Cannabis” Information Session

Local residents looking for information on youth cannabis use are invited to attend a free Alberta Health Services (AHS) information session.

“Curious about Cannabis” is led by AHS addiction and mental health professionals who will share information on cannabis use with interested parents, professionals and/or community members. Participants will learn about the health effects of cannabis use, low-risk use guidelines, prevalence rates, prevention strategies and resources, and more.

Curious about Cannabis will be held Tuesday, December 15th from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Didsbury High School.

January 2019

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

31 1 2 Christmas Break 3 Christmas Break 4 Christmas Break 5 Christmas Break

6 Christmas Break 7 Students Return 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 Diploma Exams 15 Diploma Exams

“Curious about Canna-bis” Presentation 7pm

16 17 PAT Exam 18 19

20 21 22 Last day of

classes

23 Tutorial Day Diploma Exams

24 Diploma & PAT Exams

25 Diploma Exams & Final Exams

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27 28 PAT Exam and

Final Exams 29 PAT, Diploma and Final Exams

30 Diploma Exam 31 Organizational Day—No Classes

1 Semester 2 Begins

December 2018

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

30DHS Drama Presents “A Christmas Carol”

7pm

1 DHS Drama Presents

“A Christmas Carol” 1pm&7pm

2 3 4 Grad 2019

Planning Mtg 7pm 5 6

7 Non-Instructional Day—No Classes 8

9 10 11 12 Band Mtg 7pm 13 14 15

16 Band Christmas Concert 2 pm

17 18 19 20 21 Christmas Café 1 pm

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26 Christmas

Break 27 Christmas

Break 28 Christmas

Break 29

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