Important Dates for Your Calendar - Fall Term and 25/26 Closure Dates
*Ongoing Parenting Classes*
Tuesdays - Parent music with Kelly, 10:30 - 11:15
Wednesdays - Parent/Infant 9am - 10:15am, Parent/infant 10:45 - 12:00 - with Kristy
Thursdays - Parent/toddler 9am - 10:15am, Parent/movers 10:45 - 12:00 - with Kristy
August
5 - YCC New Parent Orientation 5:30 - 7pm
27 - Strata Odyssey Information Session - Zoom - 4pm
27 - UE New Students and yr 4s (w/parent) tour classroom & meet guides 10-11:30am
28 - Casa New Student Orientation 9:30-10:30 am
28 - Lower Elementary New Student Orientation 9-10am
28 - YCC Open House 10:30-11:30am
28, 29 - Strata dry bag pick-up from the hoop house
September
UE - Field trips -5th (Dundas Self-Tour), 12th (UE Conserv)LE - RBG (12th, 19th 26th)
CYO Cross Country
2 - First Day of Fall Term
2 - 10 - YCC & Casa Staggered Start
2-10 - Coffee & Kleenex 8:30-9:30 am
2-6 - Strata Odyssey
5 - UE does Self-guided tour in Dundas in small groups
9 - Strata Photo Day
8-11 - Strata Orientation Week
10 - DVMS Town Hall/Level parent Vision and Plan/Beginning of Year BBQ - 3:30 - 7pm
11 - Strata Goal Setting Conferences - 4:30-7:30pm
12 - Strata - No School - Goal Setting Conferences
12 - UE - Conservation Area, LE RBG
15-19 - LE Meet & Greet w/new students
15 - DVMS Photo Day - Elementary and Elementary and Casa siblings
17 - DVMS Photo Day - Casa and Casa siblings
19 - DVMS Photo Day - YCC
19 - Strata Public Health Vaccine Clinic 8:30am-12pm
19 - Strata Parent Orientation dinner - 5-6 orientation, 6-8 dinner
23 - MMUN Parent Meeting - 3:30-4:30
25 - YCC Parent Connection 5:30-7:30pm - First Weeks of School / Home Environment
30 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Orange shirts
October
CYO Girls Basketball
23, 30 - Parent Observations - 9-10am
6-9 - Casa Meet & Greet on prep time, including LR expectations meetings
10 - No School - PD Day
13 - No School - Thanksgiving
15 - Parent Engagement - Curriculum Night - The Mathematical Mind - 6-7:30pm
23 - YCC Parent Connection 5:30-7:30pm - Toilet Learning
25 - Parent Preparation Course - 9 - 12
25 - Fall Fair at Strata 11am-3pm
27, 29 - UE Yr 4 Parent-Guide Interviews
November
6,13, 23 - Parent Observations - 9-10am
5 - Parent Book Club - Please email kate@dvms.ca if you would like to host a book club
10 - Parent Engagement - LRT - 4 - 5pm,
11 - Remembrance Day
13 - Casa Parent Engagement - 3:45 - 5:00pm - Social Relationships in the Casa
17 - No School - PD Day - External Observation
21 - Elementary Parent Dinner at Strata - 5:30-9pm
27 - YCC Parent Connection 5:30-7:30pm - Holiday Gift Giving and Family Relations
December
11 - Parent Observations - 9-10am
1 - Casa North Parent Guide Conferences, UE during prep
2 - Casa South Parent Guide Conferences
3 - Casa East Parent Guide Conferences, UE during prep
4 - Parent Guide Conferences PM
5 - Parent Guide Conferences No School
10 - Parent Book Club - Please email kate@dvms.ca if you would like to host a book club
10 - Casa New Parent Orientation - 4 - 5:00 - in person
11 - YCC New Parent Orientation - 5:30 - 7 - in person
13 - Strata Market - 11am-2pm
18 - Elementary Joy Day
19 - No School - Holiday Concert, 9am and 11am
January
5 - First Day Winter Term
5-9 - YCC Home Visits & Staggered Starts
7 - Basketball at DVMS - DVMS 4:30, Strata 5:30
7 - Strata PE at DVMS AM - Drop-off at DVMS
10 - Strata Dinner - Fundraiser for Costa Rica with Rocky
12 - LE to UE Program information session 4 - 5
14 - Basketball at DVMS - DVMS 4:30, Strata 5:30
14 - Strata PE at DVMS AM - Drop-off at DVMS
19 - Re-Enrolment Out
21 - Basketball at DVMS - DVMS 4:30, Strata 5:30
21 - Strata PE at DVMS AM - Drop-off at DVMS
23 - YCC/Casa Dinner at Strata - 5:30-9pm
28 - Strata PE at DVMS AM - Drop-off at DVMS
30 - Strata No School - Report Writing
February
3 - Re-enrolment back
3 - Strata Art in Action : Climate Event at First Ontario Performing Arts Centre, St Catharines. Packed lunch required.
4 - Strata PE at DVMS AM - Drop-off at DVMS ??
4 - Basketball at DVMS - DVMS 4:30, Strata 5:30
6 - Strata Ski Trip to Blue Mountain
11 - Parent Engagement - Montessori Speaker Night - 6-7:30 pm - Joanna Blackwell - RESCHEDULED
11 - Strata PE at DVMS AM - Drop-off at DVMS
13 - No School - PD Day
16 - No School - Family Day
17-24 - Strata Year 9 Costa Rica Trip
18 - Strata PE at DVMS AM - Drop-off at DVMS
18 - Parent Book Club - Alexandra George the bully, the bullied and the not so innocent bystander
25 - Strata PE at DVMS AM - Drop-off at DVMS
26 - LE Show Me Day - 9 - 11am, Casa Show and Share - 3:00 - 4:00
26 - YCC Parent Therapy - Freedom and Limits - 5:30 - 7:30
March
4 - Strata PE at DVMS AM - Drop-off at DVMS
5 - Parent Guide Conferences PM
6 - No School - Parent Guide Conferences
9-20 - No School - March Break
9-13 - March Break Camp
27 - Strata Public Health Vaccine Clinic 8:30am-12pm
April
3 - No School - Good Friday
6 - No School - Easter Monday
30 - YCC Parent Therapy 5:30-7:30pm - Tantrums
May
5 - Parent Engagement - Social Media Speaker-Paul Davis - confirmed, daytime with Strata and UE, Evening with parents
6-9 - Strata Play
12 - Casa/LE Moving Up Day, UE6s Shadowing and Canadian presentations at Strata - UEE
12 - Strata New Family Orientation - 4:30-5:30pm
14 - Casa/LE Moving Up Day, UE6s Shadowing (and projects) at Strata - UEW
15 - No School - PD Day
18 - No School - Victoria Day
20 - Casa New Parent Orientation - 4 - 5pm - in person
26-29 - Strata Summit
27 - LE New Parent Orientation - 4-5pm in person
29 - Grandparents’ Day - YCC/Casa (3-4) - YCC Social with parents /Lower Elementary 9-11 Science Fair/Art Show
June
1 - Casa North Parent Guide Conferences
2 - Casa South Parent Guide Conferences
3 - Casa East Parent Guide Conferences
4 - Parent Guide Conferences PM (YCC/Casa)
5 - No School - Parent Guide Conferences for YCC/Casa, report card writing day El/Strata
6 - DVMS/Strata Benefit concert & silent auction!!
10 - UE New Parent Orientation - 4-5pm in person
12 - Strata Graduation
15-17 Uppers Camping Trip
17-18 Lowers Camping Trip
15-19 Strata Odyssey
18 - Last Day of School
19 - Bonanza - 10 - 1pm -