PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE - School District #35

• May 29 th (Friday) - Workshops have been arranged for student writing Provincial
Exams. The workshops will be held during the day and all students are expected to
attend these sessions.
• June 1 st (Monday) and June 2 nd (Tuesday) - Mock Provincial Exams will
be written on these days. Teachers will mark the exams and provide valuable feedback
to students in preparation for the exams being written later in the month. Also, the block
order has been changed on these two days: June 1 st (Monday) will be 1/1/3/3 and June
2 nd (Tuesday) will be 2/2/4/4.
FINAL EXAMS SCHEDULE
The final exam schedule is advertised in this newsletter and students and parents should be
advised that students are expected to write final exams on the day and time that is scheduled.
There will be no exceptions.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Attached to this newsletter is our school calendar for 2009/2010. Our schedule will continue to
be fixed so that we can develop routines for students and staff, and students will again be
dismissed early on Friday afternoons. However, in order to comply with Ministry Regulations
and Collective Agreements, the bell schedule will need to change slightly next year. Students
will be dismissed at 2:40 p.m. Monday through Thursday and dismissed at 2:00 p.m. on Fridays.
The Board of Education has also approved our request for an altered calendar next year. This
gives our teachers an opportunity to have collaborative time spread out throughout the year and
they are not expected to attend school on two non-instructional days next year: October 9 th and
May 21 st .
SCHOOL GROWTH PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR
As indicated in our last newsletter, the School Planning Council is continuing to develop the
School Growth Plan for 2009/2010. Once again, here is a summary of targets that have been
determined for next year:
Transitions Goal #1 - Grade to Grade
TARGET – The pass rate for all students taking courses in all grades will reach 96%.
TARGET – The Honours rate (A & B marks) for all students taking courses in all grades
will reach 55%.
Transitions Goal #2 – Students to Post-Secondary
This will again be a planning year as we develop targets and strategies
designed to improve our post-secondary transitions rates.
I would also like to thank the following members of the School Planning Council for helping us
develop the School Growth Plan:
Students:
Parents:
Support Staff:
Admin:
Carrie Brenneman, Andy Wang
Mrs. Debbie Birch, Mrs. Lyndell Foltinek
Dr. Kim Stepney, Mr. Tom James and Mrs. Karen Leach (PAC President)
Ms. Donna Mason
Mr. Sean Oliver, Ms. Dawne Tomlinson
and Mr. Dave Michel