GW Weekly Mar. 3-7 | Parent-Teacher Conferences, Job Action Strike, Yearbook

Posted on 2025-03-03 17:26:35.713 +0000 UTC

Celebration of Learning & Parent-Teacher Conferences

We are inviting parents/guardians to come in with their child to view and celebrate their work in their classroom(s). Our Celebration of Learning will be happening this Friday March 7 from 1-3 PM.

Parent/Teacher conferences will be occurring over two Friday afternoons. They'll be a choice of having an In-Person conference or an Online one. Friday March 14 Parent-Teacher Conferences will be In-Person, from 1pm-4pm and on Friday March 21 they will be Online from 8am-12pm. The booking system will open up on Friday March 7 at 6pm.

There are not enough spots in Grade 5-9 classrooms for all families to have a conference, so it is important to be checking Powerschool regularly for assessment and attending the Celebration of Learning. If your child is doing well and there are no concerns it is not necessary to sign up for a conference in March.

How to book a conference on your MyCBE account.

CUPE Job Action Strike

Our school will remain open, prioritizing in-person learning regardless of labor action. There are no changes to start and end times. We have nobody here to clean during the day, so there are some helpful things all of us and especially our students can do to help to keep the school clean;

Sending students with a litter free lunch
Ensuring your child has indoor shoes
Students cleaning up after themselves
No outside food/drinks coming into the building (more for our Junior High population)
Students eating in their classrooms and not in the hallways or stairwells

There are some operational changes because of this strike;

Students and staff will be asked to leave the school no later than 45 minutes after the bell
The volleyball season will continue as scheduled but athletics beyond that will be paused
Attendance at athletic games will be limited to parents/guardians of those athletes directly involved in the event. Students will not be permitted to attend athletic games unless they are the siblings of one of the athletes and are accompanied by a parent/guardian. Access will be limited to the gymnasium
School Council will be moved online

For more information please visit CBE's Labour Action page.

Survey on School Finances and School Development Plan

Each year we invite parents to take a brief survey to provide feedback on our School Development Plan and finances. We know that everyone is busy but this survey provides us with valuable feedback for planning next year. It is open Feb 24 to Feb 28. Thank you!

Survey