Join us on January 19th for an informational workshop on supporting youth mental wellness in the school setting. The session will be offered at two different times at the Van Bien Training and Development Centre (311 Wilson Crescent): 7:00-8:30 p.m. – This session is designed for parents, youth and …
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DPAC was on the email list today for an email sent out by Brian Pepper, Superintendent of Schools, to announce his resignation. We thank Mr. Pepper for his service to our children over the years, and wish him the best in the future. 2015.12.01 Dear Chairperson: For reasons connected to health and opportunity, I …
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This may be a record for SD57 board meetings – the annual inaugural meeting just took about 7 minutes. Tony Cable – elected as chair. Tim Bennett – elected as vice-chair. Sharel Warrington – elected as BCSTA provincial counsellor. Bruce Wiebe – elected as BCPSEA representative. No positions were contested. …
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Meeting-Notes-November-2015 2015 December 7 – DPAC General Agenda Executive Board Report – for December 7 2015 Insurance Summary notes Jan 2014 Insurance Info Sheet July 2015 southridge – Request-for-PAC-funding-2015 Web conference link: https://ca-sas.bbcollab.com/m.jnlp?sid=7345&password=M.4D3237AB240411A3E87DD7E9F7C24D A web conference link will be available, for people who are not able to attend the meeting in person. …
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This link goes to a Tableau Public page, which has a variety of graphs and tables showing enrolment, capacity, and projections comparisons. https://public.tableau.com/views/SD57-EnrolmentComparisons/EnrolmentComparisons?:embed=y&:display_count=yes&:showTabs=y The data is primarily from the Ministry of Education (including the data for 2015-2016, which is slightly different than the data reported at the November 24th school …
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The school board has created an ad hoc committee on rural education, and has now engaged a consultant to gather information from people regarding the successes and challenges of rural education in this district. They have not defined rural, but left it to be “inclusive and self-determined”. The board’s original …
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The school district has added two non-instructional days to the calendar – Tuesday, February 9th, and Monday, April 25th, 2016. The Ministry of Education has advised school districts of two additional non-instructional days for the 2015/2016 school year. The new hours of non-instructional time are to be used for the purpose …
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http://www.rcybc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/reports_publications/rcy_cyberbullying-web.pdf “Cyberbullying involves the use of digital technologies and services including social media, texts, and instant messaging to repeatedly harass and intimidate others. The issue of how best to reduce and penalize cyberbullying has not been resolved by any jurisdiction to date. However, just because the task is difficult doesn’t …
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Parents at Blackburn elementary have started a healthy food program in response to hungry kids. Randi Dery started volunteering in her boy’s classroom last year, when she started noticing some students consistently weren’t eating lunch. “I was seeing that more and more kids were coming to school with no food,” …
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