Welcome Back!! Sept 5th 2023
We are very excited to welcome our students to school for the 2023-2024 school year. We hope that your summer provided opportunities to relax, connect, and make memories. As we prepare for the first day of school on Tuesday, September 5th, we would like to share some information with you about our school.
On September 5th, staff will meet students outside (back of the school) by the appropriate signs (ie. Grade 3 area) . Once the bell has gone, teachers will call out names and take their new class into the school. There will be many staff outside to help with any questions. An information booth will be located outside to help with any questions.
Kindergarten students will go directly to the K yard where they will be greeted by their educators.
If it rains, Grades 1- 6 students will meet in the gym and Grades 7-8 will go to the second floor to meet their teachers.
Please understand that these class assignments are final. Please do not call the school to have your child moved. Staff have spent days developing classes based on a detailed set of criteria, focused on student learning and success. We take this process very seriously and do our best to plan for the success of all of our students.
In this complex process we take the following into account:
- Learning partners
- Ability groupings – learning groups
- Needs of students
- Separating some students due to relationship issues depending on the number of classrooms
- Balancing gender/ non binary
- Behavioral needs / dynamic between students
As in the past, in the middle of September the Board re-evaluates numbers across the system which may cause a reorganization.
1) Handbook – This “live” document provides more detailed information about our school and our school community.
2) School Year Calendar – Click here to view the Calendar
3) The UGDSB has also created a WEBSITE with General Back to School Information.
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