Our students are reading books in order to earn extra books for their classroom libraries. Each book read earns them points toward a new book in their room. We are asking for your help to support this program. Giving Tuesday is a day around the world to inspire people to give, collaborate and celebrate people doing good work. Join us for #GivingTuesday and help support our students in reading more!

A couple of donors have started us off. Which box will you sponsor?

Click here to donate today (cash or cheque to school also works)! Thank you for supporting our students to read more!

Developing a sense of community, generosity, and service in our students is important to us. We invite you to join us in this by having them bring canned and/or dry food goods to add to our boxes for the Chetwynd Bureau’s Christmas hampers. 2020 has been a struggle for everyone, but some more than others. Donations will be accepted until December 17. Thank you for joining us in helping those in need.

The province of BC outlined new guidelines for Covid-19 today. At this time, the guidelines for schools remain the same. We will continue to do our best to keep our students and staff safe by following our safety plan. We encourage you to have a conversation with your children about continuing to do their part with cleaning their hands often, keeping their hands to themselves, keeping distance with those outside their learning group, and wearing a mask when riding the bus (for the middle & high school students).

There are students and staff regularly wearing masks at school. Any person who would prefer to wear a mask at school is welcome to do so.

Thank you for continuing to follow our guidelines of adults (other than staff) staying outside the building, unless pre-arranged.

If there is anything we can do to help your family during this time, please let us know.

Stay safe everyone!

[ Hopefully tomorrow there won't be this many emails from us 😉 ]

Thank you for participating in our parent/teacher conferences! We hope you appreciated the conversations as much as we did.

We want to hear your feedback as there were new aspects this time and we’d like to know what worked well and what we can improve. Please fill this quick survey (about 2 minutes) and let us know your thoughts (your answers will be anonymous).

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfg1Ye5NRBqEFOAzxl-kSvg1c0I7RN-qIwonmNQ4dFleOX_9Q/viewform?usp=sf_link

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Our policy for Gr 5-12 students wearing a mask while on our PCS bus is still in effect. Please remind the students in your family to ensure they have a mask with them and to wear it before boarding the bus. We do have some disposable and reusable masks available for students, but these are for occasional use, not to be taken on a regular basis.

Our parent-teacher conferences will be taking place over Zoom*, in order to meet safety guidelines and keep things on a timely schedule. Wednesday, November 18 and Thursday, November 19 are early dismissal days, followed by parent-teacher conferences in the afternoon/early evening. We love to be able to connect with you about your child’s learning and are planning for this time to be able to do so again.

In the next day or two, Mrs. Fowler will be emailing you an appointment time(s), as well as the link(s) and meeting IDs to connect with us through Zoom^. If the time provided does not work for you, please let her know and we will reschedule your time. We have scheduled a 5 minute buffer to help give time for those who will need a few minutes to adjust to the different method of meeting with your child(ren)’s teacher.

For all of our students, we prefer this is a time to speak with the parent(s) on their own, so students are not expected to be present.

K-Gr 6: At your scheduled time, you will click on the link for your child’s teacher. You will first enter a ‘waiting room’ and when the teacher is ready, they will move you into the main ‘room’ where you will be able to speak with them.

Gr 7-12: We are using the Zoom session as an opportunity for parents to be able to speak with more than one teacher, if you desire. At your scheduled time, you will click on the link for the high school teachers. You will enter a main ‘room’ where you will speak with Mrs. Atherton and be able to request to speak with the teachers of your choice. You will then be moved into a side ‘room’ with either your child’s homeroom teacher, or the teachers of your choice.

*If you are unable to connect with us with Zoom, please reply to this message and we will schedule an alternate time for you to come meet with us in person.

^ How to join a Zoom meeting:

A. Click on the link provided OR

B. Join with the meeting ID

1. Go to http://www.zoom.us

2. Click "Join a Meeting"

3. Type in the Meeting ID

4. Click Join

Thank you for trying something new with us. Please call or email us if you have any questions!

Regards,

Mrs. Atherton

Hello! Can you believe October is almost over? It’s speeding by at school. Students are busy learning and we are seeing progress in their skills!

Here are a few updates and events in November:

Every Tuesday – Pastor D will be collecting funds from students to support Kalpana, our sponsored student who lives in India

Parent Committee Firewood – Unfortunately we were not able to get the wood out of the bush for our firewood fundraiser for this fall, so it will be delayed until next year.

Every Thursday – Vending machine sales are available courtesy of Grad Class 2021. They have also sold some firewood and have a Purdy’s chocolate fundraiser currently happening. Let someone know if you’d like a catalogue!

POW (Point of Worship) – Friday Nov 6 at 7 pm

Remembrance Day (No School) – Wednesday Nov 11

Early Dismissal & Parent/Teacher Interviews – Wed & Thurs Nov 18 & 19
Appointments will be primarily by Zoom. If this does not work for you, we will make alternate arrangements.

Picture Retakes – Friday Nov 20

Non-Instructional Day – Friday Nov 27

Cheers to all those looking forward to the snow 😀

Hello Parents,
Happy thankful Thursday to you! Thankfulness is one item we are focusing on this school year with our students and this weekend is an especially good time to focus on everything we have to be grateful for in life. Later today or tomorrow, look at our social media accounts (also shown on our website) to see a thankfulness project done by our house teams.

Illness/Coughing: if your student has a key symptom from our Covid-19 list (like coughing), they need to stay home. The illness can be monitored for 24 hours, but if it does not improve, please call 8-1-1 (or 1-844-654-7811) and speak to a health care professional. They will help you determine next steps. Attached is a flow chart to help you know what decisions to make. We know it is difficult and not every situation has clear answers so an extra thank you for doing your best to help keep everyone healthy and safe. Please note that we also have basic cloth masks for any student who needs one so please have them ask a teacher for one if desired.

No School:
– Monday, Oct 12: enjoy Thanksgiving!
– Friday, Oct 23: a Non-Instructional Day

Picture Day:
– Tuesday, Oct 27

May you enjoy some peace and relaxation this long weekend!
Mrs. Atherton

Symptoms Protocol Chart Notes.pdf