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February 2- Groundhog Day

February 3- Lethbridge Soup Kitchen opportunity for Gr 8 students who volunteered

February 3- Grade 8s are curling

February 3- Divisionals start for our basketball teams

February 5- Grade 6s are swimming from 11-12

February 5- Winter Walk in period 8- weather permitting

February 5- World Read Aloud Day

February 6- ISP meetings for students with extra supports

February 10- Grade 8s are curling

February 11- Parent Council Meeting at 12:15pm

February 11- Hot Lunch DQ meal

February 13- Parent Teacher Interviews 4pm-8pm

February 14- February 24 No School due to February family day break

February 15- DAF French class meet at the school at 3:30 to start our journey to YYC and on to Quebec for the break

February 22- DAF French class returns to the school at 8:30pm from Quebec

February 24- Horizon School Division PD day- No school for students

February 26- Pink Shirt Day

February 26- Lockdown drill at 12:50

February 28- Grade 7 Theme 5

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Here are two links to places you could get your pink shirts for Pink Shirt Day

Official Website

DAF School Swag site

We sent our Grade 6 students into outer space in January! The virtual reality company VRCORE travelled to DAF from Calgary to give our students the opportunity to experience outer space through the means of virtual reality. Each session allowed students to visit the planets, go on a scavenger hunt, and play space dodgeball! It was quite the educational experience and memorable day! Thanks to our School Council for supporting us in offering this opportunity to our students.

Our yearbook class with the help of Mrs Cayford created this amazing video to highlight our school. Please take a minute to watch.

Our grade 7s participated in the Amazing Shake which puts an emphasis on teaching our students manners, discipline, respect, and how to conduct themselves in a professional environment. This contest allows us to test our students on these skills through fun and memorable experiences and enables us to engage with local business leaders on behalf of the school. During the Amazing Shake, students learn and develop professional qualities — from the mechanics of a proper handshake to how to “work the room” — so that they are able to present themselves exceptionally well for opportunities today and in the future! Thank you to Sharla Kane and our community helpers who provided our students with such a cool, hands on experience! Congratulations to Jonah and Alex as well as Rachel, Fatima, Sadie, and Tamsin for your high scores during the day. The future looks bright!

We had our Foxfest last month and our kids did not disappoint! Our girls and boys teams took home the gold in each of their tournaments.

We have been doing well with our division and tournament play bringing home lots of wins and more medals from other tournaments and most importantly we are continually getting better and have fun.

A huge thank you goes out to our coaches who are putting in tireless effort and volunteer time to help our students continue to improve and reach for new team bests.

Our grade 8 ski trip fell on a beautiful day in January with the best kids and an amazing staff to hit the slopes to have the best day ever! Here are some picutres of our amazing ski trip. Many students were skiing for the first time and some students were already quite skilled on the hill. No matter the level all students had a great time.

Parent teacher interviews are open for booking on our school website. Booking will be open until Wednesday February 12th until 8am. Click here to take you to the booking page.

Mrs Cayford is starting up an Esports club here at DAF! We are excited to potentially see them compete in their first competition in March. Please have your child reach out to Mrs Cayford if they are interested in joining this team.