DPAC MINUTES FOR April 4th, 2016 7:00 pm Van Bien Training and Development Centre Attendees: DPAC Executive: Sarah Holland (Chair), Steve Shannon, Mike Gagel, Gillian Burnett Partner Groups: Brenda Hooker, Karen Wong, Richard Giroday, Dan Watt School Reps: Candice Bate – Buckhorn, Jacqueline Dockray – College Heights Elementary, Shara Schenk …
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Please note that the May DPAC meeting has changed from the first Monday of the month to the second Monday, May 9th, due to timing issues with the BCCPAC conference.
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Vancouver – BC Children’s Hospital is launching a new evidence-based tool for educators to help prevent, recognize and respond to concussions in the classroom. The Concussion Awareness Training Tool (CATT) is an online, free resource that school professionals can use to help children as they return to school after time off …
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In response to some recent questions about movies shown by PACs, there is information available here: http://acf-film.com/en/index.php ACF is the exclusive Canadian public performance rights representative for numerous studios and 1000’s of films, and only our license allows you to present movies for leisure purposes legally. We offer short term …
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The Fraser Institute has published their yearly, controversial, ranking of BC elementary schools: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/report-card-on-british-columbias-elementary-schools-2016 While parents want data about schools, and to see how schools are doing, this is not a terribly useful, accurate, or helpful report. There is a BC government website that allows parents to access data about …
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