Administrators Message
We find ourselves in February already and we are very excited about a month of kindness ahead. It started this week on our announcements! Each day suggestions of how to show kindness are shared by our student leadership friends. Don’t be surprised if your child comes home with today’s encouragement to be kind by smiling and talking with neighbours on your street. This is also a great way to open up conversations at home by asking your child how they can be kind. They should all have an answer! As hearts are showing up on bulletin boards throughout the hallways it has been wonderful to read how their hearts are full. We know that kindness is much longer than just these 28 days, and look forward to when, where and how they may appear in our school community for many days to come.
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 mark your calendars!
Our school goals focus on having K-3 students reading at grade level using targeted interventions and then maintaining grade level reading through to grade 5 as well as 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. As students continue to focus on these goals, you can support them at home by sending notes in their lunch kits for them to read while they eat, have your child write a note of encouragement and kind words to give to a friend at lunch time and spend time each day with them sharing a favourite book together!
We are pleased to welcome Ms. Van Stone and Ms. Cunningham, two teacher practicum students, in our grade 2 classes. They are in their final year of post-secondary learning and are eager to learn from their mentors.
Our Kindergarten registration week brought us 34 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.
Lastly, we remind families that students will enjoy a four day weekend as the teachers engage in professional development on the17th and Family Day on the 20th of this month.
Mrs. Relf and Mrs. Beattie
Principal and Vice Principal