Well this year has sure zipped by. Such growth, learning and collaborative fun!
Year End report cards will go home on the last day of classes for each group: Tuesday June 27 for Monday/ Tuesday Group, and Thursday June 29 for the Thursday/ Friday group. Any report cards that are not picked up will be mailed home.
Our craft fair has been a huge success. So far we’ve raised over $400 for the SPCA and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
Friday June 23 is the year end picnic for the Thursday/ Friday group. Monday June 26 is the picnic for the Monday/ Tuesday group. We are inviting our newcomer students who are joining us next year to meet us at the picnic in the afternoon. In this way we can start looking forward to some new friendships in September too.
Speaking of September…..please watch your email on September 5th or 6th detailing the schedule for Student Learning Plan meetings (SPLs) and Activation Assignments. SLPS and Activation Assignments (along with the Portfolios) are among the few Ministry of Education’s mandatory elements of the Home Learner Program. SLPs will occur from September 11 to 25. The Activation Assignments are due On or before September 27th. SLP Templates and Activation Assignments will be made available for pick up at the school on June 29 and 30 and again from September 6th. I urge you to pick these up sooner rather than later so that you can begin preparing for the SLP well in advance of the meetings in September. You could even bring the completed Activation to your childs SLP meeting, thus saving a trip. The office is a very busy place, so please do not ask for a tour of the school while picking up/dropping off SLPs etc. A tour will be offered at the time of your SLP meeting and again on the first day of attendance.
Please note: At the start of the year the new Kindergarteners will all have a ‘gradual entry’. This means they will go home at lunch time for the first 2 or three days of attendance. This is the practice in most VSB schools because it prevents the children from becoming overwhelmed by the end of the first few days. Details will follow in September.