November 19th, 2023 

Sam Shaw – Parent Message  

Good evening and happy Sunday to our Sam Shaw families.  We hope this finds you well on this nice winter weekend here in November.  Hopefully everyone is able to enjoy these mild winter days. 

We would like to thank the parents that were able to come out and participate in our Parent Council meeting this past week.  As always, we come away with some new perspectives and action items. We thank parents for attending and for sharing their thoughts as it helps us try to do our best.  Our takeaway this past council centered around two areas. The first area that we will try to improve upon is messaging from the school about events and activities.  This includes better communication around Healthy Hunger and special events that we are planning.  We will be sending out reminder emails on both moving forward. We know these aspects of school are important and want our students to be able to participate in them.  The second aspect was around volunteers.  We are continuing to look for ways to have parents and community members contribute in ways that support learning.  We will be reaching out to the communications team within the CBE as we have some ideas.   

Yesterday parents should have received an email to assist in the registering for Parent / Student / Teacher conferences that are happening this coming Thursday. As mentioned previously we want parents to know that these are not the only times to connect in regard to how your student is doing. We would also like to remind parents that they can be accessing student progress through Powerschool.  Teachers keep these updated frequently and this is a great way for parents to know through time how their student is progressing.  We would also encourage parents to be emailing teachers as well.   

This past week we have put out a call to our families for lights. The Leadership students will be creating a winter festival of lights for the students in our gathering space. We thank those that have already donated. Our Leadership students will also be selling Hot Chocolate at lunch this week to raise funds for their “Adopt A Senior” connection they have made. It is exciting to see how our students are contributing to the community in such great ways. 

Mrs. Jorgensen has asked us to send along this message: 

 February 14 – Yearbook Purchase Deadline 

• Yearbooks are a great way to commemorate and memorialize the school year, they can be purchased for $30.00 via Powerschool. Instructions are as follows: 

• Step 1: Sign In 
  Step 2: Select Student Fees & Services Registration 
  Step 3: View your child’s individual account 
  Step 4: Select ‘School Based Optional Fees’ to locate Yearbook fee  

• Step 5: Click Yearbook form to add into shopping cart 
  Step 6: Click the shopping cart to proceed to payment 

Have a fabulous week to our Shaw families 😊  

Terry / Shannon 

Parent Council Meeting Dates 

Jan 18 - Online 

Feb 15 - no meeting due to Teacher's convention 

Mar 21 - TBD 

Apr 18 - TBD 

May 16 - TBD 

June 20 - TBD 

On the Horizon  

November 23rd – Parent / Teacher / Student Conferences – evening 4:30 – 8:00pm 

• Sessions to be booked on-line 

November 24th – Parent / Teacher / Student Conferences – Day 8:00 – 1:00pm 

• Sessions to be booked on-line 

December 8th – Non-Instructional Day 

December 22nd - Last Day of Class prior to Winter Break  

December 23rd – January 7th – Winter Break 

January 8th – Classes Resume 

January 15th – Non-Instructional Day 

January 25th – Last Day of classes for semester #1 complimentary  

January 29th – 1st Day of classes for semester #2 complimentary 

January 30th – Report Cards live for parents viewing online 

February 15th – Teacher’s Convention 

February 16th – Teacher’s Convention 

February 19th – Family Day 

March 15th – Learning Packages sent home 

March 21st – Last Day of Classes before Spring Break 

March 21st – Meet the Teacher – Evening 4:30 – 8:00pm 

• To be booked online 

March 22nd – Meet the Teacher – Day 8:00 – 1:00pm 

• To be booked online 

March 23rd – April 1st – Spring Break 

April 2nd – Classes Resume 

April 19th – System Professional Learning Day 

May 13th – PAT Grade 9 

May 15th – PAT Grade 6 

May 17th – Non-Instructional Day 

May 20th – Victoria Day – No School 

June 12th – Grade 6/9 PAT 

June 13th – Grade 6/9 PAT 

June 14th – Grade 6 PAT 

June 18th – Grade 9 PAT 

June 19th – Grade 6/9 PAT 

June 20th – Grade 6/9 PAT 

June 26th – Final Report Cards – Visible online 

June 27th – Last day of school for students 

June 28th – Non-Instructional Day