Membership Update Ministry of Education Announcement: Download Government Joint Statement – Inclusion PDF Standing up for inclusion VANCOUVER – The following is a statement from Minister of Education Rob Fleming, B.C. Teachers’ Federation, B.C. School Superintendents’ Association, B.C. School Trustees’ Association, B.C. Principals and Vice-Principals’ Association, B.C. Association of School Business …
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Heather Goster from the Prince George Public Library presented at DPAC. There’s a number of programs of interest for parents: Homework help – http://www.pgpl.ca/events/homework-help-2 Medieval Masqueerade dance October 6th – http://www.pgpl.ca/events/medieval-masqueerade And many other events and activities! http://www.pgpl.ca/events
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School District No. 57 (Prince George) is currently accepting applications from individuals interested in serving as a member of the 2017-18 SOGI Advisory Group. The Terms of Reference and application are available below. Completed applications should be forwarded to kmanhas@sd57.bc.ca on or before October 15, 2017. If you require further information please …
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http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/how-much-lead-is-in-the-water-at-your-childs-school “Last year, following a Sun/Province investigation, the province ordered schools to test lead levels in drinking water over the next three years. Last weekend, the newspapers revealed the first round of results from those tests: more than half of B.C.’s 60 school districts had unsafe levels of lead in …
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http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/recruiters-scramble-to-find-teachers-to-fill-b-c-shortage A Postmedia analysis of the postings on the [B.C. Public School Employers’ website] from early this week reveals vacancies for more than 900 full- or part-time jobs, in addition to 1,000 schools looking for on-call teachers. Stewart said some of those postings are technically filled because in some cases …
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Our second meeting of the school year is being held Monday, October 2nd, at Van Bien Elementary Training Centre, at 7pm. The full agenda package will be posted later. Prince George District Parent Advisory Council Income Statement from 2017-09-01 to 2017-10-01 Prince George District Parent Advisory Council Balance Sheet 2017-10-01 …
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“Representatives from universities and colleges throughout B.C. will be available for a free public information night on Tuesday[possibly Thursday, see below]. The event, now in it’s fourth year, is hosted by PSI-BC and is ready to welcome 14 universities and colleges this year. The evening is aimed for parents and …
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PTO Today is a US publication for parent groups, which often has information that works very well for Canadian parents. Every year at back-to-school time, there’s a (sometimes combustible) mixture of brand-new, enthusiastic parents and grizzled parent group veterans. How you welcome that new energy (or not) and take full advantage …
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The school district has a new set of emergency procedures, which should have been distributed to all parents by now: 2017.09.01 New Emergency Procedures Students are still learning about these, in an age appropriate manner, but they have been distributed so that parents will know what they mean should there …
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