DVMS Calendar 2024-25
August
27-28 - YCC Home Visits
27 - Strata Odyssey Information Session - Zoom - 4pm
28 - UE New Student (w/parent) tour classroom & meet guides 10-11:30am
29 - Casa New Student Orientation 9:30-10:30 am
29 - Lower Elementary New Student Orientation 9-10am
29 - YCC Open House 10:30-11:30am
September
UE - Field trips -6th (McMaster), 13th (UE Conserv), 20 (Crawford Lake), 27 (Christie Lake)
LE - RBG (13th, 20th 27th)
CYO Cross Country
3 - First Day of Fall Term
3-10 - YCC & Casa Staggered Start
3-10 - Coffee & Kleenex 8:30-9:30 am
3-7 - Strata Odyssey
6 - UE to Planetarium/Art Gallery
9 - Strata Parent Orientation 4:30-5:30pm
10 - Strata Photo Day - 9am
9-12 - Strata Orientation Week
12 - Strata Goal Setting Conferences - 4:30-7:30
13 - Strata - No School - Goal Setting Conferences
13 - UE - Conservation Area, LE RBG
14 - Welcome Back Picnic 10:30-12:30 pm - Including Elementary Open House (10:30 - 11:30) - Rain day is 23
16-20 - LE Meet & Greet w/new students (10 mins sign ups on their prep time), Including LR IEP meetings
16-27 - Casa Meet & Greet (by request) - 3:45 - 4 or on prep time, Including LR expectations meetings
20 - UE Crawford Lake
24 - MMUN Parent Meeting - 3:45-4:30
24 - 26 - DVMS Photo Days
26 - YCC Parent Therapy 5:30-7pm - First Weeks of School / Home Environment
27 - UE Field Trip
LE - RBG for Truth and Reconciliation
30 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Orange shirts
October
UE Frisbee
LE Parkour
CYO Girls Basketball
24 - Parent Observations - 9-10am
5 - Fall Fair Fundraiser at Strata
7 - Parent Engagement - LRT - 7-8pm - Zoom
11 - No School - PD Day 14 - No School - Thanksgiving
18 - Strata Parent Dinner
23 - Casa Parent Social/Curriculum - Strata 6 - 8pm
24 - YCC Parent Therapy 5:30-7pm - Toilet Learning
25 - Strata Public Health Vaccine - 1st year Strata students only
26 - Parent Preparation Course - 9 - 12
28, 30 - UE Yr 4 Parent-Guide Interviews
November
UE - Frisbee (Nov 1)
UE - Rock Climbing (Nov 8, 15, 22, 29)
LE - Hip Hop
CYO Girls Basketball
7,14, 24 - Parent Observations - 9-10am
6 - Parent Book Club - Raising Good Humans - Hunter Clarke-Fields MSAE and Carla Naumburg PhD - 7:30 - 9pm (facilitated by Monica Rosas)
13 - Parent Engagement / staff PD - Speaker/Curriculum - Paula Lillard Preschlack- Presentation - 6-7:30pm
11 - Remembrance Day
18 - No School - PD Day - External Observation
28 - DVMS All Staff Meeting 4-5pm
28 - YCC Parent Therapy 5:30-7:30pm - Holiday Gift Giving and Family Relations - Strata
December
UE Hip Hop w/ Josh Taylor (Dec 13)
LE DVSA (Dec 13)
12 - Parent Observations - 9-10am
2 - Casa North Parent Guide Conferences, UE during prep
3 - Casa South Parent Guide Conferences
4 - Casa East Parent Guide Conferences, UE during prep
5 - Parent Guide Conferences PM
6 - Parent Guide Conferences No School
9 - Parent Book Club: Good Inside - Becky Kennedy - 7:30 - 9pm (facilitated by Kate Millie)
11 - Casa New Parent Orientation - 8 - 9:00 - Zoom
12 - YCC New Parent Orientation - 8-9:30pm - Zoom
14 - Strata Market
19 - Elementary Joy Day
20 - No School - Holiday Concert
January
UE - Skating (10, 17, 24, 31)
LE - Soccer
CYO Boys Basketball
16, 23 - Parent Observations - 9-10am
6 - First Day Winter Term
6-10 - YCC Home Visits & Staggered Starts
30 - YCC Parent Therapy 5:30-7pm - Freedom and Limits
25 - Strata Reports Due
31 - Strata Ski Trip
February
UE - Parkour (7, 21, 28)
LE - Skating
CYO Boys Basketball
6, 13, 20, - Parent Observations - 9-10am
12 - Parent Engagement - Montessori Curriculum Night - 6-7:30pm - The Mathematical Mind -
14 - No School - PD Day
17 - No School - Family Day
19 - Parent Book Club - Love and Logic - James and Charles Fay - 7:30 - 9pm (facilitated by Zach Martin)
18 - 22 MMUN (Yr 6s)
27 - LE Show Me Day - 9 - 11am
26 - YCC Parent Therapy 8-9:30pm - Sleep with Rebecca Mendoza - Zoom
March
UE track @ McMaster (28th)
LE DVSA (28th)
3 - Casa North Parent Guide Conferences, UE during prep
4 - Casa South Parent Guide Conferences, UE during prep
5 - Casa East Parent Guide Conferences
6 - Parent Guide Conferences PM
7 - No School - Parent Guide Conferences
10-21 - No School - March Break
17-21 - March Break Camp
27 - DVMS All Staff Meeting 4-5pm
28 - UE - Track at McMaster
April
UE - Track at McMaster (4, 11, 25)
LE - Karate
3, 10, 17, 24, - Parent Observations - 9-10am
3 - Parent Engagement - LRT - 7-9pm
10 - Parent Engagement - Elementary and Strata-- 7-9pm - ZOOM
12 - Parent Preparation Course - 1 - 4pm
16 - Parent Engagement - Casa - Curriculum - 3:45-5pm Revisit the Mathematical Mind (Jaclyn)
18 - No School - Good Friday
21 - No School - Easter Monday
24 - DVMS All Staff Meeting 4-5pm
24 - YCC Parent Therapy 5:30-7pm - Tantrums
30 - Parent Book Club - Anxious Generation - John Haidt - 7:30 - 9 (facilitated by Terry Millie)
May
UE - Tennis (2, 9, 23, 30)
LE - Skipping / Ultimate
CYO Cross Country
1, 8, 15, 22 - Parent Observations - 9-10am
5,6,7,8 - UE speeches - 10 - 11 am
1-3 - Strata Play
8 - Parent Engagement - Tentative - Speaker - 6:00 - 7:30 (
13 - Casa/LE Moving Up Day, UE6s Shadowing and Canadian presentations at Strata - both classes - all day
13 - Strata New Family Orientation - 4:30-5:30pm
15 - Casa/LE Moving Up Day, UE6s Shadowing (and projects) at Strata - both classes - all day
16 - No School - PD Day
19 - No School - Victoria Day
21 - Casa New Parent Orientation - 8-9pm - Zoom
22 - DVMS All Staff Meeting 4-5pm
22 - YCC New Parent Orientation - 8- 9:30 - Zoom
23 - Grandparent’s Day - YCC/Casa (3-4) - YCC Social with parents /Lower Elementary
24 - Spring Family Event - Strata
28 - 30 - Strata Summit
June
2 - Casa North Parent Guide Conferences
3 - Casa South Parent Guide Conferences
4 - Casa East Parent Guide Conferences
4 - UE Science Fair/
5 - LE/UE New Parent Orientation - 4-5pm in person
5 - Parent Guide Conferences PM (YCC/Casa)
6 - No School - Parent Guide Conferences for YCC/Casa
9 - Strata & Elementary Reports Due
7 - DVMS/Strata Benefit concert & silent auction!!
10, 11 12 Uppers Camping Trip
12 13 Lowers Camping Trip
13 - Strata Graduation
16-20 - Strata Odyssey
19 - Last Day of School
20 - Bonanza - 10 - 1pm -