Last night, representatives of the Board
of Education came to our school as part of the school district’s strategic
planning process. We had some great discussions, and all of the ideas and
thoughts generated last night will provide feedback to the Board as it drafts
its strategic pla n.
If you were unable to come to last night’s meeting, or you have thought of some
more ideas since last night, you are invited to provide feedback via ThoughtStream
at the following link: http://bit.ly/TsEcoleDavisRoad
Please note that this link is specifically for our school and will only be
available for the next five days.
In a few weeks, everyone who attended last night’s meeting and/or participated
via THOUGHTstream, will receive an email inviting them to prioritize the ideas
that were generated at our school.
Thank you for your participation!"
MYSTERY - THE VOICE OF EDR
Friday, 18 May 2012
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Track and Field Volunteers Needed
We will be having our school track and field meet on Tuesday May 22, 2012. We will need about 5-10 volunteers to help with timing, event support and supervision. If you are interested please give us a call at the office. 250-245-7187
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Last week the LRB ruled that teachers need to follow the directive from school districts in regards to sending home second term report cards. The report cards will give parents an idea of where their children are at this point in the school year. The report cards will be a condensed version of the standard report. The reports will contain rating scales and letter grades. Teacher will only write comments if there has been a significant change over the year to date. Ecole Davis Rd. will be send reports home on Wednesday May 2, 2012.
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Welcome Back
Welcome back. I hope everybody had a great week off and rejuvenated their system for the final push of the year. As we move into the three months of the year, BCTF job action has been suspended and staff will be fulfilling their regular duties that were affected by the job action including supervision and report cards. We are looking forward to the many educational activities that regularly take place towards the end of the school year.
Friday, 9 March 2012
Parents will be receiving a newsletter from the school and a letter from the district today. The district is consulting parents on the possibility of creating a two week spring break again next year. Here is a link to the letter.
http://www.sd68.bc.ca/Documents/CalendarconsultMarch2012.pdf
http://www.sd68.bc.ca/Documents/CalendarconsultMarch2012.pdf
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Letter Sent to Parents Today
March 1, 2012
Dear Parents/Guardians of Students:
Dave Hutchinson,
Superintendent/CEO
As you may have heard, the British Columbia Teachers’
Federation has announced that its members will be withdrawing their services
for three days commencing Monday, March 5, 2012.
As a result, teachers will not be reporting for duty
on the following days:
- Monday, March 5, 2012
- Tuesday, March 6, 2012
- Wednesday, March 7, 2012.
While school facilities will remain open under the
supervision of school district staff, we will be unable to provide students
with instruction or appropriate supervision during this period of job
action. We are therefore requesting that parents keep their children at home on
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (March 5, 6, and 7). It is important to note that school buses
will not be operating on those days.
Please note that registration for French Immersion
Kindergarten will go ahead as planned starting Monday morning. More details are available on the school
district website.
We expect schools to reopen for students on
Thursday, March 8. If there is any
change to this situation, we will inform local radio stations (WAVE 102.3 FM
and WOLF 106.9 FM) and we will post information on the school district website www.sd68.bc.ca. You
can also follow the district news on Facebook and Twitter by using the icons on
the home page of the district website.
Thank you for your patience and
understanding.
Sincerely,
Dave Hutchinson,
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Why do We Wear Pink Today
Two Nova Scotia students are being praised across North America for the way
they turned the tide against the bullies who picked on a fellow student for
wearing pink. The victim — a Grade 9 boy at Central Kings Rural High School in the small
community of Cambridge — wore a pink polo shirt on his first day of school.
Bullies harassed the boy, called him a homosexual for wearing pink and threatened to beat him up, students said. Two Grade 12 students — David Shepherd and Travis Price — heard the news and decided to take action."I just figured enough was enough," said Shepherd. They went to a nearby discount store and bought 50 pink shirts, including tank tops, to wear to school the next day.
Then the two went online to e-mail classmates to get them on board with their anti-bullying cause that they dubbed a "sea of pink." But a tsunami of support poured in the next day. Not only were dozens of students outfitted with the discount tees, but hundreds of students showed up wearing their own pink clothes, some head-to-toe.
When the bullied student, who has never been identified, walked into school to see his fellow students decked out in pink, some of his classmates said it was a powerful moment. He may have even blushed a little. "Definitely it looked like there was a big weight lifted off his shoulders. He went from looking right depressed to being as happy as can be," said Shepherd. And there's been nary a peep from the bullies since, which Shepherd says just goes to show what a little activism will do. "If you can get more people against them … to show that we're not going to put up with it and support each other, then they're not as big as a group as they think are," he says. The students' "sea of pink" campaign did not go unnoticed outside the province. U.S. talk show host Ellen DeGeneres expressed interest in their story, and other schools are talking about holding their own "pink day." "It's been totally overwhelming for us. I mean we're just two local boys and I mean we're getting calls from like Alaska and e-mails. It's just phenomenal the support that we've gotten from across the globe," said Price. The school principal, understandably, was flush with pride. "You're always hearing about the youth of the world and how bad things are. Well, they're not that bad," said Stephen Pearl.
Bullies harassed the boy, called him a homosexual for wearing pink and threatened to beat him up, students said. Two Grade 12 students — David Shepherd and Travis Price — heard the news and decided to take action."I just figured enough was enough," said Shepherd. They went to a nearby discount store and bought 50 pink shirts, including tank tops, to wear to school the next day.
Then the two went online to e-mail classmates to get them on board with their anti-bullying cause that they dubbed a "sea of pink." But a tsunami of support poured in the next day. Not only were dozens of students outfitted with the discount tees, but hundreds of students showed up wearing their own pink clothes, some head-to-toe.
When the bullied student, who has never been identified, walked into school to see his fellow students decked out in pink, some of his classmates said it was a powerful moment. He may have even blushed a little. "Definitely it looked like there was a big weight lifted off his shoulders. He went from looking right depressed to being as happy as can be," said Shepherd. And there's been nary a peep from the bullies since, which Shepherd says just goes to show what a little activism will do. "If you can get more people against them … to show that we're not going to put up with it and support each other, then they're not as big as a group as they think are," he says. The students' "sea of pink" campaign did not go unnoticed outside the province. U.S. talk show host Ellen DeGeneres expressed interest in their story, and other schools are talking about holding their own "pink day." "It's been totally overwhelming for us. I mean we're just two local boys and I mean we're getting calls from like Alaska and e-mails. It's just phenomenal the support that we've gotten from across the globe," said Price. The school principal, understandably, was flush with pride. "You're always hearing about the youth of the world and how bad things are. Well, they're not that bad," said Stephen Pearl.
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