On July 29th Minister Fleming and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Henry announced plans to safely bring all K-12 students back to school full time in September as the province moves to Stage 2 of B.C.’s Education Restart Plan. Read the announcement here (multiple translations available).
Below is the most recent open letter to parents and guardians from the Minister of Education and the President of the BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils.
Click for the Punjabi translation or the French translation.
Our May 28 Newsletter (emailed to all parents and available here) contains detailed information specific to our return to in-class instruction.
Below is the May 28th joint letter to parents from the Minister of Education and the BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils.
Click for the Chinese translation or the French translation.
All parents and guardians should have received an email from the school with further information about your child's at-home learning program. If you did not see the email, please double check your spam folder. If the email was not received, please contact the school office to update your contact information or for further assistance.
Please click here for a joint letter to parents from the Minister of Education and the BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils.
In addition, below is a letter from Diamond School about our home learning program during BC's suspension of in-school instruction.
Teachers and staff are currently working hard to develop plans and programming to be implemented after the spring break holidays. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.
A new government website has been launched with up-to-date non-clinical information on COVID-19. British Columbians can also use the new provincial phone service by calling 1-888-COVID19, available seven days a week from 7:30AM to 8PM, with information in over 110 languages.
The Ministry of Education has prepared and continually updates a Frequently Asked Questions document on continuity of learning, available here.
CBC Kids, along with the Provincial Health Officer, produced a kid-centric Q and A video about COVID-19, available here
In order to ensure the health and safety of our school community, classroom instruction after spring break has been postponed. We are currently making arrangements to ensure continued instruction and more details will be available shortly.
Please see the most recent letter to parents from the Minister of Education below.
Continuity of Education Planning:
Below is the notice from the Deputy Minister of Education from March 13, 2020:
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