To access our School Improvement Plan in full, click here.

We have two staff members who will be moving on to new opportunities next year. A big thank you to Wes Sandy, our Indigenous Support Worker, and Ms. Smirl, who taught Explorations and a variety of different subjects in Div 1, 2, 3, and 4. We wish them both well as they pursue other opportunities. Our Indigenous Support staffing allotment at our school has increased to three days a week next school year and unfortunately for us, he cannot fit another work day in his already 5 day work week. We will be piecing together a posting for a part time teaching position starting in September.

Cathy Steigleder accepted our StrongStart facilitator position on a regular basis. Congratulations Cathy!

Next PAC meeting is Wednesday, September 11th at 2:30 PM in the Staffroom. All parents welcome and babysitting will be provided.

We thank our fabulous PAC for all they have done this school year in support of our school, our students, and our staff.

Please click here to access the information shared at our kindergarten orientation on June 5th. It contains some very useful information to assist your child in starting kindergarten.

In consultation with PAC and staff, our school will again be purchasing supplies for student use in the classroom and recouping a fee of $35.00 from parents. We kindly ask that you do not buy school supplies for your child. This option has many benefits. In addition to the individual student supplies purchased as part of the $35.00 fee, the school purchases classroom supplies for communal use (eg. scissors, rulers, calculators, etc.). These items belong to the school and get reused from year to year, which means less items are purchased by parents unnecessarily year to year. These communal items, kept in the teacher's care, are also less likely to go missing. Students seem to have what they need when they need it. All items are purchased with a clear purpose by the teacher. We can ensure quality, uniformity and consistency in product. This helps both the teacher and student with organization to maximize instructional time in class. We thank you in advance for your cooperation with this. If you require further explanation, please contact me. More information will be included in our 2019-2020 fee letter.

Please find our updated fee notice for the 2019-2020 school year. Our fee letter for the 2019 - 2020 school year will be sent home soon by email. As mentioned in previous communication, you will notice some increases in areas such as Cultural Performance, but decreases in amounts for school supplies, especially for students in grades 5, 6, 7, 8. We will no longer be charging art, exploration and band fees. Additional funds are being released to schools from the district to help offset supply costs. Our school does not charge an Activity Fee upfront like other schools as payment requests are made throughout the year for optional programs like Winter Rec, swimming k-5, and other field trips outside of the curriculum, if students choose to participate in them.

We are required to provide a minimum amount of instructional hours in the school year. In kindergarten, the minimum hours are 859 in the year. This is less than other grades in order to accommodate a gradual kindergarten entry. In grades 1 - 7, the minimum hours are 878. In grade 8, the minimum hours are 952.

The number of minutes per day is dependent on the number of calendar days there are in the school year. In order to meet the minimum requirements, next school year we will need to add 2 minutes to each school day. Also, in order to provide blocks of time to fit district wide agreed upon music time, our break times have been adjusted. Please see the following bell schedule proposed for 2019-2020 school year. In order to promote a classroom community in Division 1, home of grade 8s, all students in the class follow the schedule set out for the grade 8 students. This helps to build a more cohesive classroom culture.