School Council Meeting
The JGD School Council meeting is being held on Tuesday, March 12 at 6:30pm in-person in the Learning Commons. Please use this link for registration: School Council Meeting registration
Attention Grade 12 Students
The Education Matters website is live! Check out the website and sign up for an information session. There are approximately 40 different awards and scholarships that Grade 12s may be eligible to apply for! See Mrs. MacDonald for questions or more information.
Student Progress Conferences
Student Progress Conferences are coming up on March 21 from 4pm – 8:30pm online only. The conference booking tool will close on March 20 at 8am. Each meeting block will be 10 minutes in length. Please see your student’s MyCBE schedule for teacher names.
International Trip Spring 2025
Exciting News! We're thrilled to offer an incredible international travel opportunity for our current Grade 10 and 11 students: a trip to Amsterdam, Berlin, and Prague in the spring of the upcoming school year! This adventure promises rich cultural experiences and valuable learning opportunities.
Parents of interested students are kindly requested to attend a Parent Information Meeting on Thursday, March 14 at 6:00pm in the Diefenbaker’s Student Learning Centre. During this session, we'll cover trip details, safety precautions, and other important information.
If you're unable to attend, please reach out to Ms. Stiff: ajstiff@cbe.ab.ca
Artist Spotlight
This week some of the Art 20, 30, LITA and Advanced students had the opportunity to go on gallery tours of the Masters Gallery, Contemporary Calgary and the Alberta University of the Arts. Thank you to the Masters Gallery for providing transportation for this awesome opportunity!
It was a great day in which the students saw and learned about the work of many notable artists. It started with Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Michael Corner and Joe Fafard at the Masters Gallery, Star Crop Eared Wolf, Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins at Contemporary Calgary, and the day was completed with many up and coming artists at the Alberta University of the Arts.
The students were upstanding ambassadors of Diefenbaker and a great experience was had by all. We are excited to continue to offer these experiences in the upcoming semesters and have our next tour planned for early September of next school year.
Alberta University of the Arts hosts a high-school student AuArts ShowOff! Competition & Exhibition every year, and this year, four Diefenbaker students won the opportunity to be in the show. It is a great honour just to be chosen, as artists apply from all across the country and only 83 were selected overall, but they also have the chance to win various prizes that are up for grabs - worth more than $11,000.
We will be rooting for them all, but we are so proud of our four students already!
Athletics Events
Spring sports practices begin this week.
