SC News
June 1, 2020
Snapshot of Weekly Schedules
Teachers are available Monday-Friday to help students .

Grades 9/10: OFF-site June 2; RCS June 3
Grades 11/12: RCS June 2; OFF-site June 3

Grades 9 and 10: at RCS June 9; OFF-site June 10
Grades 11 and 12: OFF-site June 9; at RCS June 10

Grades 9-12: OFF-site the week of June 12
Weekly Schedule: June 1-5
Weekly Schedule: June 8-12
Weekly Schedule: June 15-19
Reminders to Students and Parents

Parents please remember to assess your child’s health before sending them to school. Please do not send your child to school if they are not feeling well.

Parents will not be allowed on campus, unless for emergencies or prior appointments approved by the school.

Students will be expected to be picked up at the end of the scheduled day. Students will not be allowed to remain in the building after 2:30 pm.

If you missed the parent survey indicating your intention to send your child to school for the next three weeks, or changed your mind, please notify the school a minimum of 2 school days if you decide to send your child to school. For example, if your child is scheduled to come in on Tuesday, contact the school by Friday morning. If it is Wednesday, contact the school by Monday morning.
To contact the school email Tami Johnson . Your child will be sent home if they show up without notifying the school office.

Please remember to bring the following:

  • Lunch for your child. There will be no microwaves or hot water available. Students will not be allowed to go off campus for lunch.

  • Laptop or personal device. There will be limited school iPads available.

  • Refillable water bottle

Staff will be encouraged to wear masks while on campus. For students, it is a personal choice.

For the safety of all in the building, students will be expected to respect school COVID-19 guidelines of frequent hand washing, physical distancing, school instructions and signage. Disregard to school guidelines will result in disciplinary action.
Assessment

With this current school year coming to a close, parents may find it helpful for us to revisit the protocol that was established regarding course assessment and final report cards. At the beginning of April when on-site learning was no longer an option due to the spread of COVID-19, teachers posted Welcome letters to the Secondary Campus Off-Site Learning page on the RCS website. In these letters, teachers indicated the Big Ideas, Competencies, and assessment strategies that they would be using to finish up the school year.

During our time of off-site learning, secondary campus teachers have continued to provide formal and informal feedback to students for their coursework. Indeed, the change to off-site learning is more demanding for some students than it is for other students; teachers also acknowledge the diverse ways in which different students learn and respond to off-site learning. None the less, unlike for students at the elementary and middle campuses, there is an expectancy for secondary campus students to have the maturity and self-discipline to take responsibility for completing their work without need for constant support from parents. Moreover, teacher support was, and continues to be, readily available to respond to student queries. 

As indicated in April, the focus of feedback for the 2nd half of Term 2 was to provide anecdotal comments to students to draw their attention to their learning strengths as well as to indicate what a student can do to move forward with next-steps in learning. Furthermore, because we recognized that students have varying capacities to engage in learning related to factors including parental involvement, access to technology, and their emotional and mental health, we made the decision to not have final exams this year for students. As previously indicated, some courses have adjusted their term weighting to reflect the absence of the final exam. The final mark for each course will be based on the work a student has completed throughout the September 2019 - June 2020 school year. 

If you have any questions, as always feel free to email  Miss Contant .
Library Books Are Due Back!
An email has been sent to students with a list of all the Library books and Textbooks currently checked out (Note: Students keep their workbooks). Due dates for each grade are listed below:
 
Monday, June 15
Grade 9  Click Here  for Grade 9 Sign-up

Tuesday, June 16
Grade 10  Click Here  for Grade 10 Sign-up

Wednesday, June 17
Grade 11  Click Here  for Grade 11 Sign-up

Thursday, June 18
Grade 12   Click Here  for Grade 12 Sign-up

Students who return for onsite learning can return books to the Library. 

Students who choose not to return will be sent an email to sign-up for a drive by drop off on the day their books are due.

Students who do NOT return books this school year will NOT be issued new books in the fall until they return late books. 

Students leaving RCS with outstanding books will be mailed an invoice for their replacement cost.

Please ensure your books are returned so others can use them next school year!

Any questions? Contact  Mrs. Memmott .
Off-site Learning
A Peek into Outdoor Ed
Shifting Outdoor Ed ‘indoors’ for off-site learning created an opportunity for the class to examine some ‘hot topic’ environmental issues relevant to BC. Through inquiry-based assignments, students came up with digital ways to share their learning in response to the following questions. The students shared their projects with their classmates who then provided feedback to their peers on the classes MS Teams page. The result is that students not only explored and learned about an important environmental issue of interest, but they also were challenged to consider key points about different environmental concerns through engaging with their classmates’ projects. 
Consequently, the Outdoor Ed students encourage you to broaden your understanding of current environmental issues by clicking on these questions to discover their learning:




A Peek into Science 9
Students were tasked with creatively showing their understanding of how the four major spheres of the Earth interact with each other and how the Sun engages with those spheres to sustain life. Even offsite, through this unit we have really been able to explore and celebrate the creativity of God and the complexity of His design. Click here to learn from Priscilla Chan about the fourspheres. Many students reflected His creativity through their own creativity in this assignment and it was really quite enjoyable for me as their teacher to see this.

Mr. Stephen Wall
Spirit Week!
SALT presented virtual Spirit Week at the Secondary. There was trivia, vacation day, meme day and baking day. Here’s some of the highlights from your favourite quaranTEENS!