Greetings West Dover Families

This coming week, on Thursday, Dec 5, we will be hosting our annual Winter Concert.  Doors open at 5:30 PM.  Concert starts at 6 PM.  When you arrive, please have children head to their homeroom class.  Their teacher will supervise them from when you arrive until after the concert is complete.  Upon completion of the concert, you can walk to your child's classroom and pick up your child.  

I would like to make everyone aware of a few important updates on our school website.  The School Improvement Results report is a report that outlines several key areas of learning that we identified in our School Development Plan for the 2023-2024 school year.  In addition, you can find the 2023-2024 report to parents on fees.  You can also find a copy of our 2024-2025 School Development Plan.  A School Development Plan is required for every school in the Calgary Board of Education.  The Plan outlines key areas of learning that as a staff we will provide extra focus on making improvements.  For the upcoming school year this includes goals related to reading and math.  Our goal is to improve our assessment work as this helps to identify the next best steps in learning for each child.

This coming week we have contracted Alien Inline to lead inline skate instruction with each class 8 days in the next two weeks.  The instruction culminates in a Family Skate Night on Thursday Dec 12. Set aside that evening, more information to follow.

Looking forward to another fantastic week of learning

Roy Strum, Principal