Our board has been working with stakeholders’ groups over the last year to develop our new four-year strategic plan. We have focused on three key themes: learner success, engagement and connections and organizational sustainability.
Our vision is to enable all learners to develop their individual potential and acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to contribute to a healthy, democratic and pluralistic society.
We have hired new staff to form a learning innovation team to support the implementation of the revised curriculum and new reporting practices. Students will now be working on the new graduation program and requirements including province-wide numeracy and literacy assessments.
The board continues to offer an after-school program for elementary students and StrongStart for preschoolers.
Our reconciliation project continues with the dedication of a new welcome pole at Henderson Elementary School having taken place in 2019 and the carving of a welcome pole at Kelly Creek Community School in the new year.
The Outdoor Learning Centre at Haywire Bay continues to thrive, providing rich opportunities for all students to have project-based, hands-on learning in an outdoor environment. In support of project-based outdoor learning, the board has committed to building a gazebo for outdoor learning at Kelly Creek and will initiate one at Henderson next year.
In our ongoing effort to support green initiatives, the Board has committed to a number of electric car charging stations at schools and has expressed support of the #ALLONBOARD initiative to help reduce emissions and provide affordable and accessible transportation.
As always, we are proud of the hard work and dedication of all our employees and would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the school volunteers who enhance opportunities for our students.
On behalf of my fellow trustees: Russell Brewer, Dale Lawson, Jackie Timothy and Doug Skinner, we wish you a healthy, happy and safe holiday.
