The school district waited until after 3:30pm on Friday to officially notify parents of when the first day of school is. http://www.sd57.bc.ca/Pages/newsitem.aspx?ItemID=13 Superintendent’s Update: Friday, September 19, 2014 3:30 p.m. With the ratification of the Memorandum of Agreement between BCPSEA and BCTF schools will open on Monday, September 22, 2014. Monday, …
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-teachers-strike-is-over-86-vote-yes-to-accept-deal-1.2771202 The prolonged B.C. teachers’ strike has ended, and the province’s public school students will be starting their new school year next week. More than 31,000 B.C. teachers voted Thursday on the tentative agreement reached with the government earlier this week, with 86 per cent of them voting to accept …
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There are a variety of learning resources freely available: http://www.sd57.bc.ca/Parents/Pages/Student-and-Parent-Friendly-Websites.aspx http://www.openschool.bc.ca/k12.html http://www.vsb.bc.ca/district-news/supporting-student-learning-home https://www.khanacademy.org/ Found something else useful? Please post it in comments below.
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For Immediate Release September 8, 2014 BC School Sports Burnaby –The Board of Directors of BC School Sports (BCSS) recognizes and respects the position of teachers during the current labour dispute with government. BCSS views extra-curricular activities including coaching as voluntary and will respect the decisions that teacher coaches, volunteers, …
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social emotional learning tips and resources Each month of the school year, parents will receive helpful tips, strategies, activities and resources to support children at home. Family and school can work together to improve children’s social emotional learning skills. These skills lead to school and life success. The we@sel flyer …
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As we enter the second week of the school year with classrooms still closed, BCSTA is extremely concerned about the impact the continuing strike is having on students, staff, parents and BC’s public education system overall. We appeal to both sides to move beyond their current positions to make meaningful …
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Exploratory discussions have begun with the Ministry of Education to examine the proposal in more detail and to develop terms of reference for a possible pilot project. “It is time to look at resourcing classrooms in a way that builds on the strengths and addresses the challenges of each and …
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Globe and Mail has launched a special section for BC Education: http://politics.theglobeandmail.com/bc-teachers-strike/ “…Hours later, Peter Fassbender declined for a second time in three days to hand over decision-making to an independent arbitrator and accused the federation of calculating that the government wouldn’t budge. “I believe that the BCTF executive knew …
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