Category: Superintendent’s Update

Circle of Care: Students
1. a. On June 1st, students returned to our schools on an optional attendance basis. Preliminary data indicates that up to 40% of our students in elementary are learning at school for 2 days per week and approximately 20% of our secondary students are learning part time at school. The balance continues to work at home with the support of our teachers, educational assistants and their families. (Most of Circle of Care 1)

Circle of Care: Students
1. Students have been engaging in online learning for several weeks. Teachers, Educational assistants and Principals have utilized technology, creativity and expertise to support literacy, numeracy, subject areas learning, and Core Competency development. (1c, d, e)

Circle of Care: Students
1.

Circle of Care: Students
The Ministry of Education has demonstrated their support for early learning through the Early Learning Framework and linking the possibility of before and after school care to school districts in the future. As a part of this initiative, the students will be provided with a Provincial Education Number that will follow them throughout their educational pathway. (1b)

Circle of Care: Students
1. The Early Years Fair is coming!
a. Face painting, dress up, petting zoo, community groups and more.
b. The book, Sometimes I feel like a fox, is being celebrated as a theme. (1b, 3c)

1. Circle of Care: Students
1. The Indigenous Advisory Circle met in December. The Circle considered program and work and provided input into the upcoming Environmental Action Plan with an indigenous lens. (1h, 1i)

Circle of Care: Students
1. Over two hundred students enthusiastically travelled to We Day in Vancouver. The annual celebration of young people making local communities and the world a better place to live is boisterous, exciting and motivating! (1a)

1. Circle of Care: Students
a. The DSLT Grade 11 Student Forum engaged students in discussions regarding Environmental Issues and Climate Change, Vaping and Substance Use, and Mental Health. (1a)

1. Circle of Care: Students
a. The Kindergarten Survey of Learning takes place each September. Skills including literacy, numeracy, fine motor development, speech and language development are all assessed and then communicated with kindergarten teachers. Parents are notified by VCH of any dental, vision, or hearing concerns that are identified. (1b)

1. Circle of Care: Students
a. Two of our students welcomed their fellow students back to school with a fun radio message! (1a)