Signal Hill Circular - February 18th, 2022
February 18th, 2022
Dear Signal Hill Families,
As we move towards a well deserved Family Day long weekend we are reflecting on a fun and educational week here at Signal Hill. Of course we celebrated love and caring in its many forms on Monday for Valentines day. You really could feel the love in our building with the school and classes celebrating in unique ways. As well, Ms. Belyea, Ms. Casey, and Ms. Siblock's classes went on a cross-country skiing field trip.
We will be observing Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday, February 23rd at Signal Hill! We will be celebrating our diversity! Lift Each Other Up is this year’s theme.
Pink Shirt Day aims to reduce bullying by celebrating diversity in all its forms and supporting schools, workplaces and communities to be safe, supportive, welcoming and inclusive of all people.
News, Updates, and Reminders:
Kindergarten Registration for 2022-23
Kindergarten (children born in 2017) registration continues. Please come to the school to pick up forms and register your children. We also need their birth certificate or passport and their care card to register.
Planning for 2022-23 School Year
Are you planning to move to another school for the next school year? Is your child planning to leave the French Immersion program? Do you plan to enroll another child that’s not in kindergarten? Please inform our office so we can plan for our next school year.
Basketball
Practices have started! The practice schedule is as follows:
Mondays – Gr 4-7 Girls Team 3-5 pm
Tuesdays – Gr 4-5 Boys Team 3-5 pm
Thursdays – Gr 6-7 Boys Team 3-5 pm
If you are picking up your child, please wait outside at the front doors, do NOT enter the school.
If any parents have questions, please email Ms. Montie. Her email is [email protected]
Hot Lunch Order Forms Have Gone Home!
The PAC has a new order form that was sent home! Check your children’s backpacks! These forms are due ASAP!!! Please order your children’s lunch now!
Important Dates for Next Week:
Monday, February 21st - Family Day – NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, February 23rd - Pink Shirt Day – Let’s celebrate diversity, support anti-bullying and lift each other up by wearing pink!
What Parents and Students Need to Know
Illness Reporting
As you are aware, Provincial Health will be considering student attendance information over the next couple of weeks. To support this, districts have been asked to establish baseline data for monitoring student illnesses.
Therefore, schools are being asked to specify in their daily attendance, absences due to illness. While the type of illness is not to be specified, it provides a comparison between students being absent due to illness versus a number of other reasons (vacation, field trips, medical appointments, athletics, injuries, etc.).
In an effort to best monitor student attendance information, we are asking parents to please specify if their child(ren)’s absence is due to illness. Again, it is not necessary to specify the illness.
We thank you for your continued support in helping us maintain accurate student information.
Truth and Reconciliation
Some examples of our continuing journey from this week includes:
Keep an eye out for new Ucwalmícwts vocabulary words we are learning posted around the school!
Skícza7ul's Words of the Week
scwákwekw - heart
(phonetic - shcwakwukw)
(phonetic - shcwakwukw)
Ka-cáta nscwákwekwa! - my heart is lifted, I’m honoured!
(Phonetic - ka-cata nshcwakwukwa)
French Word of the Week
aimer - love
je t'aime - I love you
Parent Advisory Committee
Health and Safety
Updated Signal Hill Health and Safety Plan
Staff, parents and students are regularly reminded of their responsibilities to complete a Daily Health Check and are provided with resources on how to complete one (e.g., the K-12 Health Check app)
RRT-Case Management and School Notifications, Ventilation, Masks: The RRT has developed the following FAQs to help support consistent messaging on the topics of:
· Case management and school notifications
Illness Reporting
As you are aware, Provincial Health will be considering student attendance information over the next couple of weeks. To support this, districts have been asked to establish baseline data for monitoring student illnesses.
Therefore, schools are being asked to specify in their daily attendance, absences due to illness. While the type of illness is not to be specified, it provides a comparison between students being absent due to illness versus a number of other reasons (vacation, field trips, medical appointments, athletics, injuries, etc.).
In an effort to best monitor student attendance information, we are asking parents to please specify if their child(ren)’s absence is due to illness. Again, it is not necessary to specify the illness.
We thank you for your continued support in helping us maintain accurate student information.