Soon, students in grade 5/6/7/8 will learn more about our School District Policies to help connect them to the "why" behind our school rules and expectations. I will introduce several policies to students in an effort to help build awareness and encourage positive choices while at Falkland School and beyond. These policies include: Safe, Caring and Orderly Schools; Student Code of Conduct; Student Threat Assessment Protocol; Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity; Digital Citizenship; Drug, Alcohol Incidents and Addictions; Weapons; Smoking, Tobacco, and Vapour Products on School District Property; Student Suspensions; Dress Code; Student Attendance; and Healthy Schools/Nutrition. Students will be given the opportunity to ask questions and encouraged to talk to myself or their classroom teachers if more questions arise. If you would like to view our district's policy manual, please click here. You can find school specific information around expectations for students in our last newsletter which can accessed by clicking here.

The staff feel fortunate to be able to continue their hard work in the area of Numeracy. While we are unable to continue with our Math Buddy initiative, teachers are continuing to participate in collaboration with Val Edgel, our District Principal of Numeracy to learn instructional strategies geared to improve student learning. Our staff has recently administered a district developed assessment school wide to help identify areas requiring support. Click here to learn more about the critical concepts that we are working on for each grade level.

If you would like to read more about our School Improvement Plan, click here.

Zones of Regulation on October 27th, 28th and November 4th. Part of her time at our school will be focused on physical education opportunities as well. We are hopeful that as students become better at recognizing various emotions in themselves and others, they can better manage their emotions and support others in managing theirs. We look forward to building a common understanding and using common language school wide.

If you would like to read more about our School Improvement Plan, click here.

Our busses will make their usual stops, just approximately 3 hours earlier on this day. Dismissal will be at 11:20 AM. Our early dismissal date is different that other schools in SD83, so please do not get confused with communication from the District.

In addition to Thursday, November 26th, depending upon teacher availability, Student/Parent/Teacher conferences will take place afterschool on Tuesday, November 24, Wednesday, November 25, and Friday, November 27th. If these dates don't work you can request an alternate date. More information will be forthcoming about how to book your virtual conference time online. It is important that your child is present at the meeting as their input is important to setting a goal to work on throughout the year.

As mentioned above, an information letter will be forthcoming from the office and possibly a form from the teacher for you to complete to help in the goal setting process. This is our first of three formal reports for the school year to communicate to parents about student learning. The second will be a new report card using MYED in February and again at the end of June.

In addition to the 3 formal reports, we have 2 informal reports. The first one is a checklist that you should have received this past week. Please contact your child's classroom teacher if you do not receive it OR have questions about it. The second will be at the end of April, where we typically do student-led conferencing.

We thank you for your cooperation in helping maintain a safe, caring and orderly school for all and wish you all a safe Halloween night if you choose to participate this year. Click here to learn more about happenings in the community.

Students in grade 4 and 7 participate in a Foundational Skills Assessment each year. This year, the assessment has been postponed and will be administered in January and February. Click here to view more information from the Ministry of Education regarding this assessment. Booklets will be sent home sometime before Spring Break, after our local team of educators score them.

If you have questions about the assessment, scoring process, or results please contact Mrs. Cull at the office. All students are expected to write this assessment unless excused by the Principal.