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CMSD82 Amended 2015-2016 School Calendar

Posted on November 27, 2015 by | Comments Off on CMSD82 Amended 2015-2016 School Calendar

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CMSD82 Amended 2015-2016 School Calendar & Backgrounder

 

CMSD82 Letter to Parents-Guardians re Amended 2015-2016 School Calendar

 

 

 

School districts across the province are involved in calendar amendments related to the new Ministry of Education Curriculum Implementation Plan that has recently been announced.  The Ministry of Education and the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF), supported by provincial partners in education, announced a plan to support the implementation of the new curriculum.

As part of this plan, school districts have been asked to add 10 hours of non-instructional time to this school year which will reduce instructional hours equivalent to two regular school days.  The time will be provided for teachers to familiarize themselves with the new curriculum and to plan for its implementation in the coming year.

Coast Mountains School District in collaboration with the Coast Mountain Teachers’ Federation has selected Friday, January 15, 2016 and Friday, April 29, 2016 as the two non-instructional training days.  Both days were selected with a mind to minimizing the impact on families and student learning.

On November 25, 2015 the Board of Education approved a motion to amend the 2015-2016 School Calendar reflecting Friday, January 15, 2016 and Friday, April 29, 2016 as non-instructional days.  The addition of these two non-instructional days will support Coast Mountains School District’s teachers as they learn the new Ministry of Education curriculum.  For clarity, students will not attend school on January 15 and April 29, 2016.  Please view the amended 2015-2016 School Calendar as provided above.

In response to the rapidly changing world that students are entering, the new Ministry of Education curriculum is being redesigned to help teachers create learning environments that are both engaging and personalized for students.  The redesigned curriculum focuses on core competencies, essential learning and literacy and numeracy foundations.  More information for parents can be found at https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca.

We are looking forward to the exciting times ahead in our classrooms as we help our students succeed in this changing world.

Sincerely,

Katherine McIntosh
Superintendent of Schools

 

Should you have questions or require additional information, please contact Carole Gagnon, Executive Assistant at the Board of Education Office as follows:

Tel:  (250) 638-4401 or Toll Free 1-855-635-4931, Local 4401
Fax: 1-888-290-4786
Email:  carole.gagnon@cmsd.bc.ca

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New Policy for After School Times

Posted on November 26, 2012 by | Comments Off on New Policy for After School Times

Message from Mrs. Casgrain:

New Policy for After School Times

There have been several issues around student safety at after school times.

We have no after school supervision as students are expected to leave school grounds and go straight home after school.  It was expected that only bus students should be playing on school property as they wait for the bus.

We seem to be having more issues with student behavior after school including:

  • More student aggression
  • More altercations
  • Disregard for school rules
  • Snowballs
  • Students going off to a friend’s house without asking permission from parents.
  • Students going home so late that parents are worried.

For all of these reasons I have changed the policy for after the dismissal bell.

Beginning on Monday November 26th students are asked to go home immediately after school and to not stay to play.

I am asking that even the students who are picked up by parents follow this rule.   This must be a rule for all students.  If some students stay to play then others who should be walking home are tempted to stay too.  This is a safety issue.

Bus students will go to the lunch room after dismissal to wait for the bus there.

An additional bell will be added to our bell schedule at 3:05 pm.  At that time bus students will move to the front of the school to wait for the bus which normally comes between 3:10 and 3:15 pm.   The bus students will be supervised in the lunchroom by administration.

New After School Policy

All students are to leave the playground and go home after school except for the bus students.

There is no play time after school.

Bus students are to go to the lunchroom after being dismissed where they will wait until the 3:05 bell.   At the 3:05 bell they will go to the front of the school to wait for the bus.

 

 

 

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