Welcome to the community of Diamond Vale Elementary where we strive to

"Be the Best We Can Be"!

Working together with our parent community, we strive to offer each child a safe and supportive environment in which to foster the intellectual development of each child, develop and strengthen talents and build the skills necessary for a happy and productive life. We aim to educate the hearts and minds of our school community.

 

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Principal: Mrs. Becky Puterbough

Secretary: Mrs. Kathleen McCormack

 

Phone: 250-378-2514

Address: 2675 Coldwater Ave, Merritt, BC V1K 1B2

First Bell: 8:25 am

Recess: 10:30-10:45 am

Lunch: 12:05-1:05 pm

School Finishes: 2:30 pm

Attendance Information

  • Our school uses Automated Student Absence Reporting (Safe Arrival) to help ensure the safety of our children. If your child is going to be late, absent or leaving early please let us know by calling 1-844-434-8117 before 9:00 a.m. You can also report child absence on line at go.schoolmessenger.ca or using the school messenger app.
  • It is important that you update the school when your contact information changes.
  • We would like you to call the school prior to 2:00pm if you have a message for your child regarding after school pick-up.
    Please call the office if you would like to arrange a meeting with your child's teacher.

School Calendar

Month
Month
2016 Sep October 2017 Nov 2018
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
2
3
Tea picking trip 8:45 am
Tea picking trip
Oct 3 @ 8:45 am – 12:00 pm
Tickets
Gr 4,6,7 to Sunset Main for Tea picking.
4
X-Country run @ Central 11:45 am
X-Country run @ Central
Oct 4 @ 11:45 am – 12:30 pm
Tickets
Runners off to Central Elem.
5
First Nations Welcome dinner 4:30 pm
First Nations Welcome dinner
Oct 5 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Tickets
 
6
7
8
9
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
Oct 9 all-day
Tickets
Thanksgiving.
10
11
X-Country run @ Bench 11:45 am
X-Country run @ Bench
Oct 11 @ 11:45 am – 12:30 pm
Tickets
“Sash Run” @ Bench
12
13
Ricci + Marklund to Pumpkin Patch 9:30 am
Ricci + Marklund to Pumpkin Patch
Oct 13 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tickets
 
Princeton Run 12:00 pm
Princeton Run
Oct 13 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Tickets
X Country team to Princeton at 10:15
14
15
16
17
18
Photo Retakes
Photo Retakes
Oct 18 all-day
Tickets
 
‘WE Day’ 5:30 am
‘WE Day’
Oct 18 @ 5:30 am – 5:30 pm
Tickets
Leadership kids to Vancouver for WE Day
19
“Fall Fling” Dance 6:00 pm
“Fall Fling” Dance
Oct 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tickets
DV PAC will again be hosting a District wide dance for students in grades 5-7.  Watch for further info.
20
No school – Pro-D
No school – Pro-D
Oct 20 all-day
Tickets
School not in session
21
22
23
24
25
26
DV Movie Night 6:15 pm
DV Movie Night
Oct 26 @ 6:15 pm
Tickets
 
27
28
29
30
31
2016 Sep October 2017 Nov 2018