Humanities News Archive
We have focused our first unit in Language Arts this semester on reviewing and expanding our understanding of grammar an...
Walked the, "road less travelled," today in LA9. This personal experience allowed us to realize how the choices we make...
In Ms. Alsafi's Language Arts 9 course, we've been exploring and unpacking our poetry unit. Throughout this unit, we've...
Social Studies 7 students in Mrs. Berg's class have been busy creating early Western Canadian trading fort dioramas. Stu...
Bjel's Room 205 is morphing! In this soon-to-finish semester, it hosted English 30-2, Learning Strategies, as well as...
Ms. Alsafi's Language Arts 10 class was lucky enough to intercept some letters that are headed for Greentree Elementary...
In Language Arts 8, we are currently in the midst of our short story unit. We're so excited to read "Cranes Fly South" b...
Students and staff of DVSS, along with visitors to our school, recently commemorated Remembrance Day with a recollection...
On October 21 along with the rest of the country, students at DVSS had the opportunity to cast their vote. A votin...
Orange Shirt day is Monday, September 30, 2019. Staff are encouraging students to wear an Orange Shirt for that day. ...
Welcome back to Ms. Alsafi’s English 10-1, Language Arts 8, and ESL classroom. We're very excited to spend our first w...
In Mr. Bjel's Social 30-1 class, students were given the opportunity to explore the various platforms of those parties s...
As our semester is soon ending, Ms. Alsafi’s English 10-1 classes are taking some time to reflect the way in which kno...
Students in Bjel's Social 30-1 have been busy prepping for diploma exams. They wrote part 1 on January 15, and are sla...
Social Studies 7 students in Mrs. Berg’s classroom got a chance to explore how artifact collections, from different ti...
Arthur Miller's 1949 play Death of a Salesman is slated to be the next work of literature in Mr. Bjel's English 30-2 c...
Students in Mr. Bjel's English 10-1 class are mid-way through their exploration of Harper Lee's timeless classic To Ki...
Then-mayoral candidate for Drumheller, Ms. Heather Colberg, paid a visit to students in Mr. Bjel's Social Studies classe...
In our Grade 7 Social Studies class, we are beginning the year on Diverse Peoples with a focus on three First Nations gr...
DVSS Students studying social studies are developing skills of critical thinking that include: distinguishing fact fro...
Our English Second Language Students are working on a project where they'll introduce the country they come from to the...
8th grade students worked collaboratively to find answers to questions about the medieval worldview. These students in...
Students in Social 30-1 and 30-2 will have the opportunity to complete part 1 of the Social Studies diploma exam earlier...
Students in Mr. Bjel’s Language Arts 9 class recently completed their first portion of the Provincial Achievement Test...
ESL student try to find their "movie" soulmate by speed dating and quizzing each other on their favourite films.
English 30-2 students are finishing reading the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Students will be able to us...
Ethan Jones gets into the Mestizo spirit during our Social 8 end of the Aztec unit party!
Coltin trys his hand at smahing his way through a pinata during our social 8 end of the Aztec unit Mestizo party.
ESL students take aim at getting a bullseye on their vocabulary!
Mr. Bjel's Language Arts 9 class is nearing completion of their short story unit. After having explored some one dozen...
In Grade 7 Social Studies, students are exercising their wit and knowledge of the fur trade to create a thoughtful and c...
Our ESL class has just finished their novel Holes. To show their understanding of the setting of the novel, they're cr...
DVSS has a tradition of holding Remembrance Day commemorations involving the school and broader community. This year ...
Social 9 students this semester had an opportunity to work on a research project on some Veteran's from World War I ,...
Social 9 students this semester had an opportunity to work on a research project on some Veteran's from World War I ,...
A new semester is upon us, and the beginning of every Social 30-1 or 30-2 brings with it questions regarding diploma exa...
Ms. Dionisio's classes are doing a 28 day challenge for the month of June. It is a great day to finish off the school ye...
Ms. McDonald`s Grade 7 class took their educated opinions to a platform where students researched,compliled information...
The reading class has finished reading "Holes" and have created maps based on the locations they have read. To make it...
Social Studies 20-1 and 30-2 students have been learning about citizenship and the responsibilities and expectations tha...
Students in Ms. Dionisio's class will be competing in Iron Chef DVSS Edition to kick-start persuasive writing! Students...
Social 20-1 students each took on the persona (and costume) of a character from the French Revolution. Maria-Antoinett...
Social studies 20-1 has been exploring the tensions among nationalist and non-nationalist loyalties by attempting to rea...