Administrators Message
Term 2 is well under way and the learning continues to be evident as we walk through our hallways and visit classrooms. The school goals focus on literacy and are at the forefront of learning every day. The first goal focuses on having K-3 students reading at grade level using targeted interventions and then maintaining grade level reading through to grade 5. The second goal has us focusing on targeted writing strategies to communicate ideas and information to increase meaningful and more complex/detailed written output. We want to foster the importance of reading and deepen students understanding of the usefulness of reading and writing skills throughout their lives.
The students continue to demonstrate their resiliency and flexibility with new and ever-changing health and safety protocols. Thank you to all families for your patience and communication throughout the last month of the pandemic. We continue to remind each other daily that spreading out and wearing a mask indoors is keeping us all safe. We also thank you for continuing to do the daily health check, sending masks, and for picking up and dropping off without lingering. After yet another year of washing hands, sanitizing surfaces and wearing masks, it can be easy to drop our guard and so thank you for continuing to be diligent.
Throughout February we are and will be welcoming four teacher practicum students to the building. They are all in their final year of post-secondary learning and are eager to learn from their mentors.
Our Kindergarten registration week brought us 56 new students to our school community with several families sending another child to Eagle View. As our numbers continue to increase, please help us out by directing any new families in your neighbourhoods to register now, even if they won’t be arriving until September. We don’t want anyone to miss out on being able to attend their catchment school.
Throughout the month of February, we have a few whole school spirit days to promote a continued practice of kindness—something that we are all seeking these days. Be sure to check and mark your calendars!
Lastly, we remind families that students will enjoy a four day weekend as the teachers engage in professional development on the 18th and Family Day on the 21st of this month.
Mrs. Beattie and Mrs. Relf
Vice Principal and Principal