Winter Concert

The John G. Diefenbaker Music Program has been working hard over the past couple of months preparing for our upcoming Winter Concert. We hope to see many of you out for our first major performance of the year on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. The concert will take place at Foothills Alliance Church - 333 Edgepark Blvd NW, Calgary, AB T3A 4K4. The doors will be open at 6:30 pm and the concert itself will start at 7:00 pm. It is $10 for adults and $5 for younger adults (aged 13-17). Students with a Diefenbaker School ID get in for free. We hope you can join us next week!

IB Exam Fees Due

All students who are registered in 30-Level IB courses this year will be writing an IB exam in May. The $200 fee for each exam is payable through MyCBE and is due on December 15. The final drop date for Exam level IB courses is October 31, 2023. Any students registered in courses following this date will be charged for the exams.

Official Final Exam Schedule for Semester 1

Please visit out Exam Schedule page.

Any questions regarding exams, please speak to Assistant Principal Ms. Turner in the Main Office, or email her directly cjturner@cbe.ab.ca

Blood Donation Event

Congratulations to the stellar Bio 30 students who made their first blood donation on Friday after school. The National Blood Inventory currently has a critical need for A and O type blood and over 4.5 million transfusions are needed by patients across North America each year. Students each donated approximately 450mL of whole blood, which can provide patients with red blood cells, platelets, and plasma. These students will be able to continue donating for years to come. Way to go, Dief Chiefs!

Are you interested in becoming a blood donor? Learn more here: https://www.blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible-donate-blood. Contact Ms. Allison at laallison@cbe.ab.ca if you are 17 or older and are interested in donating next semester.

Artist Spotlight

Irene L. is a visual artist in Grade 12 here at John G Diefenbaker. She began her art journey at a very young age and has worked consistently to improve her artistic creativity and skills. Irene’s creative works are inspired by other visual/fine arts, digital art on social media and animations. Irene has continued with her artistic passion because the process of creating art pieces gives her a sense of freedom, and enables her to express herself without any limitations. Colourful mediums like acrylic paint, watercolour and pencil crayons are often used in her artworks in order to make use of her knowledge of colour theory. Irene tends to start her creative process by drawing rough thumbnail sketches in order to figure out the final composition of the piece. She then moves on to a more detailed copy. After completing the second, more detailed draft, Irene will then move on to the final copy of her artwork in which she incorporates colours and even more intricate details. During the planning phase, she tends to allow experimentation lead the process while expressing her creative voice through symbolism. Irene plans on pursuing a career in the art industry. ~ Written by Raymond P.

Events Calendar

Area	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Athletics/ FACTS Events		Winter Concert Foothills Alliance Church 7:00 pm		Lunchbox Showcase Cafeteria Lunchtime

Yearbook

Did you order my yearbook!? Copies are limited and sell out fast.
Price $50. Deadline Feb. 14
https://www.jostens.com/yearbooks/students-and-parents/about-yearbooks

Reminder | Forms

School Engage (Demographic Verification and Annual Authorization Forms)

Student demographic verification is required each and every school year. If you have not verified your demographic information for the 2023-24 school year, please log in to your SchoolEngage account and verify your student’s information. Technical support/instructions are available here.

Annual authorizations requiring parent consent are also required for the 2023-24 school year. These are: CBE Use of Student Information: outlines instances when we would like to share student information publically in our day to day work. Consent for Use of Student Information by News Media and Outside

Groups (Third Party): provides information pertaining to including students in media events where images may be recorded and used by the third party.