Welcome Back!

It was great to see everyone back for the start of a new school year! There is always a special energy that comes with welcoming students and families back into the school, and we are excited for the year ahead.

In particular, I want to extend a warm welcome to all of our new families. Thank you for choosing to join us and for becoming part of the great work happening in our school community. We are looking forward to getting to know you and working together throughout the year.

We are also looking forward to welcoming our Kindergarten students full-time beginning Monday, September 14th! We are excited to have our youngest learners joining us each day and becoming an even bigger part of our school community.

Our School Learning Plan

I would like to encourage all families to take some time to look at our School Learning Plan.

Our School Learning Plan outlines the goals we have identified as a school and is one of the guiding documents for our ongoing work. It provides an important picture of where we are going as a school community and the areas we are continuing to grow and develop.

We encourage families to become familiar with the plan and the priorities that will guide our work this year.

Staffing Updates

We are currently working to fill our Learning Services / Collaborative Support position.

Jamie has accepted a full-time position at Valleycliffe Elementary, and while we are certainly sad to see her leave, we want to wish her the absolute best in her new position. We are grateful for the work she has done with our students and families.

While we work to fill this position, there will be some delays in getting IEP meetings scheduled and underway. We appreciate everyone's patience and understanding as we work through this transition and get the position filled.

Back-to-School Gathering!

A reminder to families that we will be hosting at back to school BBQ on September 22nd at 4:30pm. 

We are hoping to make the event extra special this year so please stay tuned for some details! 

Family & Community Circles

After the BBQ we will be hosting our first school/community and family circle. 

These circles function as our PAC and provide a meaningful way for families to get involved, share ideas, build relationships, and contribute to the direction of our school community.

We would love to see families take part!

A Reminder: Back-to-School Packages

A quick reminder to please complete and return the back-to-school packages that went home with students.

These forms help ensure that we have up-to-date contact information and the necessary permissions for things such as:

• Local area field trips
• Work and learning on the land
• School activities and programming
• Emergency contacts and communication

Thank you for taking the time to complete these forms. It helps us ensure that we can safely and effectively support your children throughout the year.

Living Our Values

Finally, each week we would like to lift up and honour students who are living our school values through their actions, relationships, learning, and contributions to our community.

This week, we would like to recognize:

Tímit — Sam

Wanáxws — Paris

Chén̓chenstway — Nicos

Thank you to these students for demonstrating our values through their actions and for helping make our school community a stronger and more connected place.

We are proud to recognize and celebrate you!

Have a great weekend! 

Cory