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DPAC Chair – presentation to school board, January 26th

At each public board meeting, there is a public input session. Anyone can put their name down to speak for 5 minutes. After the public input session, partner group presidents are given an opportunity to speak. This was the DPAC presentation for January 26th: I’m Sarah Holland, representing DPAC, the …
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Foundation Skills Assessment (FSAs) in 2016

The Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) – tests of reading, writing and math delivered province-wide every year in Grades 4 and 7 – are currently being conducted. The B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils (BCCPAC) has  developed an FSA information kit for parents. Click here to see more information from BCCPAC: http://www.bccpac.bc.ca/resources/fsa-information-kit-parents …
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District to consider charging for busing

The agenda package for the SD57 school board meeting for January 26th has been made public, and in it is a recommendation being made to the board from their Education Services Committee to implement a $100 rider fee for all student riders. This has not passed as yet, and if …
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New Curriculum Professional Development Days

To add to the recent story on CKPG news: http://www.ckpg.com/2016/01/06/more-pro-d-days-scheduled/   There is an amazing amount of information available about what our K to 9 kids will be learning next year online: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/ such as a What’s New document: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/sites/curriculum.gov.bc.ca/files/pdf/whatsnew_ela.pdf   and much, much, more.   More information on the …
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DPAC General Meeting Monday, January 11th

Our first meeting of 2016 will be held Monday, January 11th, at Van Bien Training Centre. 2016 January 11 – DPAC General Agenda DPAC_20151207 December Report to DPAC for Jan 11 Meeting Suggested resolutions for BCCPAC Executive Board Report – for January 11 2016 docx Webconference login: Apologies – technical …
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Strategies for Supporting Student Mental Wellness Workshop

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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Superintendent Resignation

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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School board meeting – December 8, 2015

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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Agenda – General Meeting – December 7, 2015

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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Enrolment and Capacity Numbers and comparisons

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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