It’s that time of month again!!! Come join us on Monday November 1st @6:30 for our monthly DPAC meeting. Due to circumstances outside of our control our November meeting will be entirely virtual via MS Teams. Our DPAC meetings start at 6:30 for PACs and parents, with our Partner Groups, Rights & Stakeholders joining us at 7:30pm.
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The theme for November is Safety – physically, emotionally and psychologically both within classrooms and within the larger school community. We want to hear your experiences, challenges and thoughts on what safety means to your family and child. All of our usual partner groups will be there, and there will be a presentation on ventilation and air safety in our schools by SD57staff.
Here are some Safety Resources for PACs and Parents:
BCCPAC – Guide to the Personal Information Protection Act
BCCPAC – Raising Digitally Responsible Youth Parent Guide
Internet Safety Guides for 8-12 Year Olds
Healthy Schools – Resources for PACs, Parent, Teachers & Administrators
Safe & Healthy Schools – Government of BC
School Safety Association of BC
ERASE = Expect Respect & A Safe Education (Government of BC)
If you are attending virtually and are new to using MS Teams, we suggest downloading the app and creating a free Microsoft account. Alternately you can click on the meeting link and attend the meeting via the your browser of choice as a guest either on a computer or mobile device. When you join the DPAC meeting MS Teams will ask for your name – please fill in your full name and school or organization you are representing.
This year we are trying something new – we have decided to focus on certain themes for each month of the school year and have lined them up with other events and district work happening throughout the year. We have asked that each of our Partner Groups, Rights & Stakeholders present to our PACs & parents related to or focused on the monthly themed topic for 5 minutes and then we have planned for 5 minutes of Q&A for each partner group as well.
Month | Theme |
September | Advocacy |
October | SOGI; Inclusivity & Equality |
November | Safety – Emotional, Psychological & Physical in our School Communities |
December | Where’s Waldo? Where are things at? PACs to provide updates to Partner Groups, Rights & Stakeholders |
January | District Innovation & Strategic Plan |
February | Catchment & Capacity in SD57 |
March | Financial & Budgets |
April | Mental Health & Wellness |
May | Extracurricular Activities |
June | Truth & Reconciliation |
In addition to our monthly focused themes, DPAC has identified three key overarching priorities that we will be focusing our work on this 2021-2022 school year:
Community Safety | Safety in and around our school community Emotionally & psychologically Physically – in the school, on the school grounds & around the school grounds Virtually |
PAC & Parent Education & Empowerment | Advocacy Education |
Getting Excited About Education Again | Curriculum changes, core competencies, life skills Indigenous content integrated in curriculum How special education programs support learners. District Learner Support (DLS) Integrating physical activity and outdoor class times into learning |
We look forward to seeing everyone again and continuing the work to improve education for the children and families in our district!