GRADE 12 PRESENTATION:  All Grade 12 students are invited to a Teams presentation with the counsellors, Ms. McChesney, Ms. Gillam, and Ms. Lim, at 2:30 on Wednesday, October 28.  This very important presentation will cover the following topics:

1. Graduation requirements
2. Post-secondary requirements
3. CLC and Capstone
4. Scholarships, Bursaries, Awards
5. Graduation Activities

A recording of the presentation will be made available for parents afterwards.  Prior to the presentation, Ms. Lim will also be emailing a survey on MS Forms to students’ O365 email accounts…please use this form to submit any questions that you would like us to answer during the presentation.

SCHOOL PHOTOS NOW AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AND ORDERING ONLINE:

To view and order your school photos online, please visit https://artona.com/order and click on “School Photo View and Order.”  You will then need to enter your STUDENT NUMBER PLUS the 2-DIGIT NUMBER FOR YOUR DATE OF BIRTH.  For example, your student number is 123456 and your birthday is September 8…your online code is 12345608.

The following daily health check is for students and their families to determine if the student should attend school that day.

*Check BCCDC’s Symptoms of COVID-19 regularly to ensure the list is up to date.

If the student answers “YES” to one of the questions included under ‘Key Symptoms of Illness’ (excluding fever), the student should stay home for 24 hours from when the symptom started. If the symptom improves, you may return to school when you feel well enough. If the symptom persists or worsens, seek a health assessment.

If you answered “YES” to two or more of the questions included under ‘Key Symptoms of Illness’ or the student has a fever, seek a health assessment. A health assessment includes calling 8-1-1 or a primary care provider like a physician or nurse practitioner. If a health assessment is required, the student should not return to school until COVID-19 has been excluded and your symptoms have improved.

If you answered “YES” to questions 2 or 3, use the COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool to determine if the student should seek testing for COVID- 19.

When a COVID-19 test is recommended by the health assessment:

• If the COVID-19 test is positive, you should stay home until you are told by public health to end self -isolation. In most cases this is 10 days after the onset of symptoms. Public health will contact everyone with a positive
• If the COVID-19 test is negative, you can return to school once symptoms have improved and you feel well enough. Symptoms of common respiratory illnesses can persist for a week or more. Re-testing is not needed unless you develop a new
• If a COVID-19 test is recommended but is not done because you choose not to have the test, or you do not seek a health assessment when recommended, and your symptoms are not related to a previously diagnosed health condition, you should stay home from school until 10 days after the onset of symptoms, and then you may return if you are feeling well

If a COVID-19 test is not recommended by the health assessment the student can return to school when symptoms improve and they feel well enough. Testing may not be recommended if the assessment determines that the symptoms are due to another cause (i.e. not COVID-19).

A healthcare provider note (i.e. doctor’s note) should not be required to confirm the health status of any individual.

Click here for a copy of the presentation that was done by Mr. Wozney on Sept.2, 2020.

All students in grade 9, 10, 11 and 12 must know their schedule before they return to school next week. Please be aware that you will not be able to access the MyEducation database until 9:00 am on Tuesday, September 8th. Instructions on checking schedules were emailed to parents yesterday and can be found here. Instructions for students to check their schedules can be found here. Instructions for parents to see student schedules can be found here.

Please note that the parent view does NOT provide complete information on your child’s timetable, so it is essential that your child logs into their own account to access this information.

Student Council Members and volunteers are doing our best to welcome our grade 8 students. These wonderful volunteers are contacting each grade 8 student and answering any questions they may have.  Phone calls are happening today (Aug 27) and tomorrow (Aug 28) from 10am – 3pm.  If we do not reach the grade 8 student today or tomorrow, one of the Council Members will contact the student next week.  Also, we will inform the grade 8’s what the first week of school would look like and guide them to our school tour video on the school website.  We are doing our part by making these phones calls in separate classrooms and socially distanced.

Again, we are super excited to welcome our new grade 8 students and for our returning students, we will be working hard to create an engaging environment while we go through this pandemic together.

Student Council Team

Summer School at Alpha begins on Monday, July 6th. If you have any questions or need to call in an absence for your child, please contact the summer school office directly at 604-296-6983.