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Email sent to parents on March 25

I just wanted to welcome you back after spring break and share some “news” with our school community.  I was informed on the last day before the break that some Elementary schools would be receiving additional administrative support (if they requested it) in light of the work load this school year.   I was happy to hear that Mr. John Gottschalk (Gott-Shock) will be helping me with my duties on Monday’s the rest of this school year.

Auguston Celebrates Reading Olympics on Mar. 12

• Stop Drop and Read: Mr. Colbert read to classes virtually and students Stopped Dropped and Read throughout the day
• Surprise/Free Dress Up Day:  Students were invited to wear Olympic/Athletic Gear
• Pizza Party Draw for Reading Olympics Participants: Mr. Colbert drew names for 3 lucky families to have a pizza party at home!

A member of our District's Pandemic Response Team recently congratulated us on our "one year anniversary" of the weekly meetings we have been hosting since COVID-19 took its place in our collective consciences. It took a while for it to sink in, but it dawned on me that we have been working at this for what seems like several years. This time last year, the World Health Organization declared that we were amidst a "global pandemic." We hosted a meeting with all school district leaders at the Abby Arts Centre to map out how we would tackle this emerging threat after Spring Break. 

In order to celebrate Black History Month, Division 3 did some research into the many ways that both Canadian and American Black heroes have fought for equality and freedom in these two countries. Each student chose a person based on his or her area of expertise (e.g. Science, Civil Rights, Athletics) and did some research as to how his or her actions have changed the world for the better. It was a very powerful assignment.

I have started this newsletter about 5 different ways and have deleted every opening sentence.   I figured I would start with this opener just to get me started so I could complete this before Spring Break.  I guess what I am saying in a “nutshell” is that being speechless is not usually a trait I would label myself with.  How do you possibly summarize this past year?  I will give it a go……

Students were encouraged to wear a pink shirt (with uniform bottoms) on Wed, Feb. 24. Some classes also celebrated 100 Day and 101 Dalmations on this day.

Mrs. Small's class wrote letters to both Mrs. Charest and Mrs. van den Ham's class as a way to connect to our friends in other cohorts (that are on a different schedule) and practice our letter writing skills.  Our class was so excited to start this pen pal project and just received our first letter back!  Our next reply is going to be a postcard.

I want to update you briefly on the new Ministry of Education/Public Health Guidelines for K-12.

In general, we will continue with our current structures and/or general school operation.  The changes are as follows:

Students were invited to participate in Valentine's No Uni Day by wearing red, white, pink or purple on Thursday, Feb. 11. This was our third "no uni for a toonie" day (the first one was Pajama Day on Dec. 18, the second was Jersey Day on Jan. 15). Click here for Spirit Days.