Dear DG Families,
Happy Family Day to all our families! We hope you are enjoying the extra day to spend with one another.
Reporting Student Absences
If your child will be absent from school, please remember to call our office at 604-581-6185 to let us know. In your message, please also let us know the reason of your child’s absence. If your child is away due to illness, please also let us know your child’s symptoms; particularly in the case of communicable diseases such as respiratory infections, strep throat, chickenpox,stomach flu, etc…
Our school and classrooms are cleaned daily. However, we do realize that children like to “share” with others, even germs. As such, we monitor attendance closely. When we know that students have come down with chickenpox, the flu, etc… . (or when we notice a spike in student absences due to illness), this is reported to our custodial department and additional cleaning sanitizing procedures are followed. We really appreciate your assistance with this by reporting your child’s symptoms when they are away due to illness.
Kindergarten Registration
We are getting ready for Kindergarten registration at our school. Our Kindergarten registration day is Wednesday, February 19th from 9:00 a.m. until noon. For more information, please call Mrs. Verma at the school office.
For general information about kindergarten registration, please see the district website.
Website
https://www.deltasd.bc.ca/schools/student-registration/kindergarten/
As well, here is a ready link to the registration form.
Registration
Parent Information Night for Kindergarten – The School District is putting on a Free Parent Education event to assist parents in helping their children be ready for Kindergarten. There are 2 sessions to choose from – March 9th and 12th. See below for more information:
February’s Focus
This month, we are focusing on the importance of respectful greetings. At Devon Gardens, we do this by looking at each other, smiling and exchanging greetings such “hello”, “bonjour”, “goodbye”, etc…
Dragon Tickets
One of the ways we encourage and recognize positive student behaviour is through Dragon Tickets. Staff have been giving students they catch doing kind and nice things a Dragon Ticket. On Fridays, we randomly draw 10 tickets to recognize and thank our students for being great role models.
Battery Recycling – until the end of February
The ECO Team at Devon Gardens is collecting single use batteries to recycle. If you have single use batteries to recycle, please bring them into your child’s class or to the office. Our ECO Team teacher leaders this year are Mme Santos, M Lawler, and Ms. Chan. Thank you for their leadership and time in helping us reduce waste at our landfills.
School Twitter Page
Did you know that our school has a twitter page? On it we share information and pictures (of students who have photo consent) as well as some of the events happening at our school. Check it out! It is another way that we connect and share with our parent community.
“Devon Gardens Green” – the results are in!
Thank you to all our students for voting for the Devon Gardens Green! The results are in! Our official school colour is Irish Green (choice #2).
Food Left on our Pathways
We shared with you in the Fall that we sometimes find food mysteriously left on our school grounds (usually on the path near the back of the school). 
We are still finding food, like the picture here, left on our school grounds. The piles of food don’t appear to have come from a garbage can or green bin. It’s more like “leftovers” (eg. large quantities of rice, beans, noodles, a loaf of bread, etc…). Please help us spread the word to others to NOT leave food on our pathways. Food left out attract rodents and other animals to our school grounds.
Talent Showcase
DG’s got talent! As such, we are pleased to be having a talent show for our grades 4-7 students to audition and share their talent with the school. Please stay tuned for more information … coming soon!
Sungod Skating Club Under the Sea Ice Show
A number of our students are participating in the Sungod Skating Club’s “Under the Sea” Ice Show on March 7th, at 1pm and 6pm, at Sungod Arena. The cost of the tickets are $5 for children/students/senior and $10 for adults. We have been given 4 free tickets for this event which we will give away through a random draw. If you are able to attend the show on March 7th and would like to go, please fill in the form by Friday, February 21st. The winner will be announced by the end of February.
https://forms.gle/9cw94AJ6ZANYMYKQ7
Monday, February 17th – Family Day – Schools are closed
Tuesday, February 18th – Delta Gymnastics K-grades 3/4
Tuesday, February 18th – Homework club Grades 4-7 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. in the library
Tuesday, February 18th – Grade 7 Boys’ Basketball DG at Richardson
Tuesday, February 18th – Grade 6 Boys’ Basketball Brooke at DG
Wednesday, February 19th – Kindergarten registration 9:00 – 12:00
Thursday, February 20th – Delta Gymnastics K-grades 3/4
Thursday, February 20th – Grade 7 Girls’ Basketball Gibson at DG
Thursday, February 20th – Grade 6 Girls’ Basketball DG at Gray
Thursday, February 20th – Community Schools LEGO program 3:15 – 4:45
Friday, February 21st – Crazy Hair Day
Friday, February 21st – Jump Rope for Heart Assembly
Friday, February 21st – Hot lunch
Tuesday, February 25th – Homework club 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Grades 4-7
Tuesday, February 25th – Grade 7 Boys’ Basketball Hellings at DG
Tuesday, February 25th – Grade 6 Boys’ Basketball DG at Gray
Wednesday, February 26th – Battle of the Badges Field Trip
Thursday, February 27th – Science Fair
Thursday, February 27th – Grade 7 Girls’ Basketball DG at Hellings
Thursday, February 27th – Community Schools Lego Program 3:15 – 4:45 p.m.
Friday, February 28th – Non Instructional Day