Symmes – D’Arcy McGee Update – 12/6/24

Dear Families,

I hope you are doing well.

Here is some information for this week:

Power Outage

• Thank you for your patience and understanding during the power outage on Tuesday!
• We are so proud of how our students handled this unexpected situation

Upcoming Events

• Please see the attached flyer advertising upcoming events at our school

Grade 7 Presentation

• Next week, our grade 7 students will receive a presentation from our DART (Drug Awareness Resource Team)
• Mr. Elvis Masudi is a social service officer who will deliver this WQSB substance prevention and awareness presentation

Grade 8 Dental Screening

• This will take place at school for grade 8 students between December 10^th-13^th
• Please see the attached letter from Health Services with more information
• If you do not want your child to receive this free screening, please complete the refusal section in the attached letter and have your child bring it to our reception desk before December 10^th

Donation Drive

• Please see the attached letter regarding our yearly holiday donation drive and consider supporting our community

Upcoming Dates

• December 23^rd – January 3^rd – Winter Break
• January 6^th – PD Day
• February 3^rd – 7^th – D’Arcy McGee Formal Midterm Period

Have a great weekend!

Tara Laine Directrice Principal Symmes-D’Arcy McGee High School