Dear Families:
I hope you and your loved ones are well. We continue to focus on mental health and wellness during these times and I have included a link offering strategies and tips.Community Sharing Ensure you take the time to reduce stress and find ways to stay healthy and happy.
On Wednesday, Premier John Horgan announced BC’s Restart Plan which will lessen some community restrictions and enable schools to expand in-class instruction in schools across the province. Our district anticipates that more essential service workers will be working outside of the home and will require childcare.
As we plan for more children entering our schools for rotational in-class instruction, we need to determine how many essential service workers require us to provide childcare. Please take a few minutes to participate in this survey to help us prioritize essential service worker occupations, identify the schools your children attend, and share important considerations. If you are already receiving school care through one of our schools, you do not need to participate.
SURVEY: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SD61ParentSurvey
During the week of May 19th, all staff will return and more children of essential workers will attend. Further details will emerge later this month for all students to be invited to participate in an adapted rotational in-class instructional school experience. Please refer to our Superintendent, Shelley Green’s letter to families. 08 May 2020 – Superintendent Letter to Families (002).pdf
Library News:
Hi Parents and Students! Hope you’re all doing well. Recently posted to YourSchoolLibrary are previews of some new chapter books students will be able check out once we get back to school. Keep checking back for more book previews each week. Also featured are a few new Tumblebooks recommendations and my weekly Read Aloud. This week’s story is called King Mouse. Hope you enjoy!
Be sure to keep checking in on the eLibrary. It’s an ever-evolving library of online resources with lots of new built-in tutorials and tools to help your and your kids navigate this wealth of information.
Over the coming weeks I will begin rolling out a plan for returning library books in a safe and secure manner in advance of the Summer Break. I will communicate this via the weekly newsletter and through those overdue emails you’ve grown to love