DCS Open House

Welcome to our Open House! We encourage you to watch the videos in the order they appear by clicking on blue links.

1. Welcome to our Open House – We are very sorry that you could not come in the building with us to share these stories in person. Please accept our welcome and enjoy virtually!

2. Orientation to DCS – Are you new to our school? Here is a quick look at DCS.

3. DCS Tour/Staff Introduction – Please take a tour of the school with us and meet the staff.

If you would like to view information on DCS Courses, Credits and Course selection please click here. After moving to the course selection page, please scroll down the page and choose the DCSDIV4Parent 2020 Voice recording. Please note that this presentation a Powerpoint Document and is intended for our current Grade 9 going into Grade 10 students.

The next videos will introduce you to the theory regarding how we assess.

4. What are Outcomes?

5. Why Change Assessment? – The way we assess student learning at DCS has been changing. Here is a quick look at the why.

6. Assessment Capable Students

7. Gathering Evidence of Learning

The next series of videos will show examples of how this assessment is used in our classrooms to support student learning.

8. Day in an ELA Classroom

9. Day in a Math Classroom

10. Day in a Sr. Science Classroom

11. Day in a Jr. Science Classroom

12. Day in Mr. Lesperance’s Classroom

13. Day in Gr 8 Visual Art

14. Supporting all Students at DCS