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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Resolutions Member Resolutions for the 2016 AGM: We encourage member PACs and DPACs to submit proposed resolution(s) for presentation at the BCCPAC Annual General Meeting (AGM). Resolutions represent the views of our membership, and help to provide direction of our organization. For more information about special and ordinary resolutions and for a …
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Supporting children with executive functions exceptionalities 2015_10_24-PG-EF
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Presentation from Treasurer 101: Treasurer 101 Presentations from Dr. Vanessa Lapointe: 2015_10_24-Resilience-Keynote-PG 2015_04_24-PG-Happy-Home-Angry-Birds The presentation on executive function will be sent to us soon. The FORCE Society: website – http://www.forcesociety.com/
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DPAC MINUTES FOR November 2, 2015 7:00 p.m. Van Bien Training Centre Attendees: DPAC Executive: Sarah Holland (Chair), Gillian Burnett (Treasurer), Mike Gagel, Steve Shannon, Darlene Campbell Partner Groups: School Reps: Jacqueline Dockray – Ecole College Heights; Darlene Campbell – Duchess Park; Shara Schenk, Sarah Foot – Edgewood;Mandy Levesque – …
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