Weekly Updates, Monday, 18 March, 2024

Dear colleagues,

The short glimpse of spring showed its face this weekend, giving us a strong signal of the upcoming season. This week includes a parent workshop on Japanese language learning on Tuesday morning, Teachers to Teachers collegial sharing and learning on Wednesday afternoon, and the start of spring break on Friday.

Thank you to Heather DeVore for hosting the Child Safeguarding session last week for both the Elementary School teachers and CA parents. Congratulations to Ellen, Yoshiko, and Yuka for completing the Positive Parenting training. We are very fortunate to have such an active parent learning program, addressing a range of essential topics and strengthening the partnership and support of our parents in our daily work.

Last week’s assembly brought an ample amount of snapshots of learning, with confident presenters taking the stage. Thank you for encouraging and helping the students to be ready to present.

We wish you all an exciting and productive week and a wonderful spring break when we reach the end of the week.

Erin, Trevor, and Heikki

This week’s duties:                           Duty Roster 23-24

Time	10:28 - 10:40	12:25-12:50	12:40-13:00	13:00-13:20	14:10-14:25
Duty Area (*Rainy day area)	Playscape Playscape Soccer fields (In classrooms)	Line G1-2 Tables G3-5 Tables	Shed (Gym) Playscape (Classroom) Soccer fields  (Classroom)	Shed (Gym) Playscape (Classroom) Soccer fields  (Classroom)	Playground (In classrooms) Note:  Shed kept closed
Who	Noriko Emi Kaho	Heikki Trevor	Heather Nicole Kasumi	Michelle Suki Kieran	Noriko Emi Kaho

Wet break location rotation:

Venue / Date	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Classrooms and Commons	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4
Classrooms and Commons	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5
Library & Makers’ Space	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1
ELAC Gym	Gr 5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3	Gr 1	Gr  5	Gr 4	Gr 2-3

 This Week's Schedule:                                                                                                     Master Schedule 23-24 

Day	Morning	Afternoon
Mon Mar 18 Day 7	School Photos Make-ups
Tue Mar 19 Day 8	8:40 Parent Workshop Japanese in the ES
Wed Mar 20 Day 9		Wednesday Learning: Teachers-to-teachers Professional Learning
Thu Mar 21 Day 1
Fri Mar 22 Day 2
Spring Break!

Future Dates KB - Gr 1 Art Exhibition and Concert April 5, Friday ES Play April 12, Friday PTA Food and Fun Fair April 13, Saturday

Wednesday Learning April 3rd Ohanami - Faculty and Staff Celebration April 10th Student-Led Conference Guidance Extended Learning Planning April 17th Student-Led Conference preparation

Continuing Learning:

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