It seems like a timely day to remind parents of the school district’s winter weather policy! If parents do not feel their children can travel safely to school, then don’t send your children to school. Schools will always be open for students, no matter what the weather or the temperature. …
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Erase Bullying, from government of BC – http://www.erasebullying.ca/ Safer Schools resources, from Prince George School District – http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=440171 Guide to Speaking Up for your child, from BCCPAC – https://sd57dpac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/speaking_up_20082.pdf Steps to Problem Solving, Prince George School District – who to contact about issues, and when to contact them – http://www.sd57.bc.ca/fileadmin/cao.sd57.bc.ca/Trustees/Trustees/Guide_to_solving_problems.pdf …
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This presentation was made at the school board meeting on Tuesday, December 3rd, and posted for those parents who are interested in the topic. SD57 – from December 3 school board meeting – Tech presentation from Sarah Holland
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There will be a Self Regulation and Learning Workshop put on by the district, with a free presentation for parents on Friday, December 6th. It will be held above Books and Company, in Art Space, from 7pm to 9pm.
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We have been provided with an update from BCCPAC as to membership from SD57. The following schools are shown as members for 2013/14: Buckhorn Elementary College Heights Elementary (Ecole) Duchess Park Secondary Edgewood Elementary Hart Highlands Elementary Heritage Elementary Highglen Montessori Elementary Lac des Bois (Ecole) Nukko Lake Elementary Nusdeh …
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We are planning a working session Sunday, December 8th, at 7pm, at the Van Bien Training and Development Centre. In this session, we will be discussing recommendations for changes to the policy on catchments, registrations and transfers. Interested parents are welcome to attend! Please email chair@sd57dpac.ca if you would like …
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http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/roberts-rules-for-making-a-motion-mistakes-to-avoi.html Robert’s Rules are designed to facilitate the transaction of business by your group, not to hinder it. If you’re going to be effective in meetings, you need to know the right — and wrong — ways to use parliamentary motions. Offering friendly amendments Speaking without recognition Moving to “Table!” …
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6_must_have_handout 6 Must Have Conversations with your Pre (Teens) – PowerUp Workshops. A similar workshop was delivered at the recent DPAC conference, and the handout was not available at that point.
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Agenda package: Webinar session: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=M46MOZEVP0NH4YIB160C70AGEQ-B8NT&ucs=email Agenda – DPAC General Meeting Monday, December 2, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Van Bien Training and Development Centre 1. Call to order 2. Adoption of agenda and Adoption of November 2013 Minutes 3. PAC Networking To increase the effectiveness of this section of the agenda, we …
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Do you have the time to take a short survey on catchment and registration issues? http://fluidsurveys.com/s/dpac/shortsurvey/ This is to assist DPAC in making comments about the draft revisions to the district’s policy on catchment, registration, and transfers – for more information, see: https://sd57dpac.ca/2013/11/please-comment-on-draft-of-policy-on-student-catchment-registrations-and-transfers/
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