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Parent session on Social Emotional Learning

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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BCCPAC Membership

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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Feedback on Policy 5119 Committee Meeting

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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Common Roberts Rules Errors

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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Handout from Kerri Isham on 6 Must Have Conversations to Have With Your Teen

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 for December 2, 2013 Meeting

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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Surveying Parents on registration issues

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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Report Card Writing Days

The school district has now made public a list of all report card writing days, in our elementary schools. The list can be found here: 2013-2014 Report Card Writing Days Thank you, to the district, for making this more accessible for parents.
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Increasing Enrollment in Elementary Schools

Did you know that the Prince George School District’s elementary school student population increased, as of September 30th, 2013? The school district enrollment information is public information – the most recent year’s data comes from the Ministry of Education’s website: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/apps/imcl/imclWeb/Home.do Our data goes back to the 1991/1992 school year. In …
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Air Quality Flag Program

The Air Quality Flag Program is a pilot initiative being introduced in BC elementary schools this year. This free program is accessible online and encourages outdoor activity when the air quality is good, and provides school communities with ideas on how to remain active if the air quality is poor. …
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