Events Next Week

  • Monday, October 14th: Stay home and be thankful for a day off!
  • Monday, October 14th: NO ACCESS to school to let epoxy on floors dry
  • Tuesday, October 15th: Day 5, Secondary Meeting with KT in library at 8:00 AM
  • Tuesday, October 15th: EV returns from West Coast in evening
  • Wednesday, October 16th: JJ in TRA for transition day
  • Thursday, October 17th: LV with JJ at SHS for transition day
  • Friday, October 18th: Assembly at 9:00 (after arrival of last bus)

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • Thanks to KK, we are lodging a public piano until June!
  • When asked if his mom is really as old as a dinosaur like the little signs around the school, a K student said, “I don’t know how old she is but for sure, she’ll never catch up to how old my dad is!”
  • Students overheard saying “Wow, the school is already 40 years old!”
  • Congratulations to our new secretary, LV, officially starting on October 21st!

Bits & Pieces

  • Please make sure your class activities are all posted on the Shared Calendar so that our secretaries know where your class is when parents call the school. Thank you!
  • Preliminary Reports for Elementary are in Shared Folders under Reporting
  • Meeting dates for year are in Staff Handbook (although GB has power to change their dates and have already changed first one)

Events Next Week

  • Monday, October 7th: Day 9, Cycle Meetings
  • Monday, October 7th: Secondary IEPs
  • Monday, October 7th: Teacher Meeting after school (first Day 9 of month)
  • Monday, October 7th: First Governing Board meeting of the year
  • Tuesday, October 8th: Secondary IEPs
  • Wednesday, October 9th: Secondary IEPs
  • Thursday, October 10th: EV off to the West Coast
  • Thursday, October 10th: Geordie Productions in gym from 10:00-11:00 for Elementary
  • Thursday, October 10th: Geordie Productions in gym from 13:15-14:15 for Secondary
  • Thursday, October 10th: Preliminary Reports in office by end of day
  • Friday, October 11th: EV away
  • Friday, October 11th: PED day—personal work and team meetings
  • Friday, October 11th: SHHH—piano tuner will be working and needs silence
  • Evening of Friday, October 11th to evening of Monday, October 14th: NO ACCESS to school for work on epoxy flooring

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • Sad for us but glad for her: We’re happy that JJ received the transfer she requested to TRA but sad to see her go! We’ll miss you!
  • A previous grad came to wish MS a happy birthday a week early, but she didn’t forget!
  • Every time the dental hygienist comes, we have a fire drill!
  • We did a fine job of exiting the school safely in spite of construction: 3m47s!

Clips & Tips

While the target audience of this website is parents, there is a lot of valuable information that could help us understand and redirect misbehaviour. For example, the video “Why Kids Misbehave” teaches how to judge why children do things by looking at our own (adult) reaction to the behaviour:

Bits & Pieces

  • Please make sure your activities are all posted on the Shared Calendar so that our secretaries know where you are when parents call the school. Thank you!
  • School rental on Saturday, September 28th
  • Secondary IEP meetings will also be held during the week of October 7th
  • Preliminary Reports sent home to parents on October 15th (to office by October 11th)
  • NO ACCESS to school over long weekend: evening of October 11th to evening of October 14th as epoxy flooring will be repaired or redone