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Welcome to the 2012/2013 School Year!

Amber ByklumTrustee

Rosemary OaksTrustee

Jim JenkinsonTrustee

Paul CarriereSuperintendent

School District No. 6(Rocky Mountain)Quest for Quality

We would like to welcome everyone to the new school year, on behalf of our Rocky Mountain Board of Education and our Administration staff. Summer is a great opportunity to recharge, and to spend quality time with family and friends; we are so privileged to live and work in this beautiful corner of BC. We trust you are beginning 2012-13 feeling energized and looking forward to the coming year.

To our new staff, students and parents, welcome to Rocky Mountain! Our learning community, from Field Elementary in the Yoho National Park, through Golden, Invermere, and Kimberley (and all points in between!) is focused on a “Quest for Quality” that includes a deep care and concern for each and every student, as well as for creating and sustaining working and learning environments where everyone’s contributions are valued. You will see that we “act wisely, care deeply and find joy in each day” and this gives us the grounding that we need to make sure we have done our very best for our students. Please review our 2012-13 Achievement Contract for more information about how our “big picture” achievement goals connect to school plans and to every learner we serve.

We are excited to welcome new staff members in District positions this year. In Golden, we welcome Angela Stott as a new Vice Principal at GSS. In Windermere Zone we welcome Jacinda Foulkes who has been looking after

CUPE Payroll for the last few months. We also welcome Charles Myers as a new Network Systems Specialist, serving all three zones. Congratulations to all of you and we wish you all the best in your new roles.

We continue to support the Rocky Mountain District Directions 2013 which were developed with input from staff, students, parents and the community. The Focus Areas and Directions that were set are as follows:

•Our Culture: Build and maintain a culture of shared values and understanding consistent with our Vision, Mission and Guiding Principles.•Our Students: Be an innovative and responsive educational leader embraced by students and parents.•Our Staff: Be the employer of choice.•Environmental Stewardship: Practice environmental stewardship.•Healthy Living: Expand initiatives to support students, staff and our partners to maintain healthy life-styles.•Community Involvement and Engagement: Work with community partners to develop mutually beneficial educational opportunities.

The Board of Education has begun planning the process to develop District Directions 2018, our “stretch goals” for the next 5 year period. Again, this will be a consultative process, involving all our partner groups. More information about this will be circulated in the Fall.

On behalf of the Rocky Mountain Board and administration, have a great year!

Sandra Smaill, Board Chair Paul Carriere, Superintendent of Schools

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Back-to-School SafetyBack-to-School SafetyIt’s as Easy as ABC!

Review these safety tips with your kids before they head back to school.

1. Opt for a backpack with wide, padded shoulder straps and keep it light. You may want to consider a rolling backpack for heavy books.

2. At the bus stop, wait for the bus to reach a complete stop before approaching it.

3. Stay seated on the school bus until it arrives at your stop, and remember to wear your seatbelt. Always keep your head and arms inside the bus.

4. Use the handrail when exiting the bus, and cross in front of the bus so the driver can see you. Remember to check both ways for traffic before crossing the street.

5. If you walk to school, go with a buddy, and avoid crossing through any empty lots or fields.

6. If you ride a bike or scooter to school, remember to always wear your helmet.

7. Don’t talk to strangers, and never accept gifts or rides from strangers.

8. Cross the street only at designated crosswalks, and obey school crossing guards.

9. If you’re bullied or see somebody being bullied, tell a teacher or trusted adult.

10. Memorize your home address and phone number. In case of an emergency, call 911.

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District InformationPaul Carriere .......................250-342-9243 ext. 4671Superintendent of Schools

Cheryl Lenardon ................250-342-9243, ext. 4673Assistant Superintendent

Cameron Dow ................... 250-342-9243, ext. 4672Secretary Treasurer

Meghan O’Neill ..................250-342-9243 ext. 4410Human Resources Co-ordinator

Steve Jackson .....................250-342-9243, ext. 4676Director of Operations

Norman Julien .....................................250-342-6814Operations Supervisor

Board of EducationSandra Smaill (Chair) ....................... 250-427-0267Jim Jenkinson (Vice-Chair, Windermere) 250-342-0753Rhonda Smith .................................... 250-348-2351Shannon Hood (Vice-Chair, Golden) 250-344-4543Amber Byklum .................................. 250-349-5622Mac Campbell .................................... 250-427-0175Betty Lou Barrett .............................. 250-427-4509Jane Fearing .......................................250-344-4577Rosemary Oaks ...................................250-342-0030

Windermere Zone Schools/AdministrationDavid Thompson Secondary SchoolDarren Danyluk, Principal .................250-342-9213Glen Sage, Vice-PrincipalMark Koebel, Vice-Principal

Edgewater Elementary SchoolSharlene Scofi eld, Principal ...............250-347-9543

Eileen Madson Primary SchoolLisa Tenta, Principal ..........................250-342-9315

J. Alfred Laird Elementary SchoolJill Jensen, Principal ...........................250-342-6232Stacy DeCosse, Vice-Principal

Martin Morigeau Elementary School Gail Rines, Principal ..........................250-349-5665

Windermere Elementary SchoolSteve Bentley, Principal .....................250-342-6640

Windermere Zone Administration InformationBoard Office

620 - 4th StreetP.O. Box 430Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0Phone: 250-342-9243Fax: 250-342-6966

Website: www.sd6.bc.ca

Welcome back!Have a great school year,

students!

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For more information please contact Becky Blakley (becky.blakley@sd6.bc.ca).

•Learning@Home: Kindergarten to Grade 9 (Register online at www.getsmartbc.ca or in person), students should ideally be registered before September 28th.

•Rocky Mountain Distributed Learning School: Register online at www.getsmartbc.ca or in person. Continual intake over the school year for grades 10, 11, and 12, including adults.

Edgewater Elementary K - 7 8:19 - 11:41 12:30 - 2:30 (Mon - Thurs) 8:20 - 12:30 (Fri) Eileen Madson Primary K - 3 8:48 - 12:00 12:55 - 3:05 (Mon - Thurs) 8:46 - 1:00 (Fri) J. Alfred Laird Elementary 4 - 7 8:45 - 12:00 12:55 - 3:06 (Mon - Thurs) 8:45 - 1:06 (Fri)

David Thompson Secondary 8 - 12 8:50 - 12:30 1:15 - 3:30 (Mon - Thurs) 8:50 - 10:55 (Fri) 11:25 - 1:30 (Fri)

Windermere Elementary K - 7 8:35 - 12:00 12:50 - 2:45 (Mon - Thurs) 8:35 - 12:40 (Fri)

Martin Morigeau Elementary K - 7 8:38 - 12:00 12:50 - 3:00 (Mon - Thurs) 8:38 - 12:00 (Fri)

Windermere Zone Schools: Hours of Operation

Schools Open (Teachers)........................Wednesday, August 29Schools Open (Students).........................Tuesday, September 4Thanksgiving (Schools closed)....................Monday, October 8Non-instructional day (Schools closed).......Friday, October 19Remembrance Day Stat (Schools closed)....Monday, November 12Schools Close for Christmas Break..........Friday, December 21Schools Open after Christmas Break..........Tuesday, January 7Family Day (Schools closed)...................Monday, February 11Non-instructional Day..................................Tuesday, February 12

Schools Close for Spring Break......................Friday, March 15Good Friday (within Spring Break)...............Friday, March 29Easter Monday (Schools closed)......................Monday, April 1Schools Open after Spring Break.....................Monday, April 2Non-Instructional Day (Schools closed)...........Friday, April 15Day in lieu of Good Friday (Schools not in session)...Friday, May 17Victoria Day (Schools closed)..........................Monday, May 20Last Day for Students....................................Thursday, June 27Last Day for Teachers.........................................Friday, June 28

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Courtesy bus students are students not attending their age appropriate or program appropriate school or they live within the prescribed walk limits as per Board Policy 3600. Transportation for these students is the responsibility of the parents/guardians.

If you wish a ride on an existing bus route for your child/children, a written request (e-mail) for a courtesy ride must be submitted annually to the Transportation Department. Although every effort is made to expedite processing, these requests may not be approved until September 30th. Until such time as your request is approved or denied parents

must provide transportation for their child/children. Please do not send your child/children to the bus stop unless you have received approval for a courtesy ride.

If you would like to request transportation for the 2012/2013 school year, please do so by sending a written request to Norm Julien, Operations Supervisor at Norm.Julien@sd6.bc.ca in September.

For further information regarding transportation of stu-dents please refer to Board Policy 3600 on the School Dis-trict website at www.sd6.bc.ca, or contact Norm Julien, Operations Supervisor at 250-342-6814.

Attention all parents/guardians of courtesy bus students

Transportation Assistance is available with respect to the conveyance of pupils:•who are enrolled in Kindergarten to Grade 3 inclusive and who live more than 4 km. from the nearest school or bus stop;or•who are enrolled in Grade 4 to Grade 12 and live more than 4.8 km. from the nearest school bus stop.Transportation Assistance must be requested annually. Parents transporting their children to bus stops beyond dis-

tances stated above are asked to notify the undersigned:Norm Julien, Operations Supervisore-mail: norm.julien@sd6.bc.caPhone: 250-342-6814

The Board of School Trustees wish to bring the following extract from the Motor Vehicle Act to the attention of vehicle operators:

“Meeting School Bus” -- Section 149 - Motor Vehicle Act Province of British Columbia

“The driver of a vehicle on a highway, on meeting or overtaking a school bus

a) that is designated as a school bus;b) that is stopped on a highway; andc) on or near which a sign or signal is displayed indicating the school bus is receiving or discharging school children;

must stop the vehicle before reaching the bus and not proceed until the bus resumes motion or the driver of the bus signals to other drivers that it is safe to proceed.”

Steve JacksonDirector of Operations

Transportation Assistance September 2012 to June 2013

Notice to All Vehicle Operators

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The valley’s southernmost school is located in beautiful Canal Flats, at the south end of Columbia Lake — close to the headwaters of the majestic Columbia River.

Martin Morigeau is a K-7 school and is part of the Wind-ermere Zone of School District No. 6.

The school district website is designed so you can have easy access to information about the school including con-tact information and newsletters.

Parents are invited to visit often as Martin Morigeau emphasizes and would like to share its enthusiasm and knowledge about its facilities, programs and student learning.

Martin Morigeau is a caring, family oriented school com-

munity and one in which parents and staff work well together to give a collective best for all students.

Martin Morigeau offers pro-grams with 21st century learning goals in all of our classrooms with an experienced, professional and enthusiastic teaching staff.

We look forward to an exciting and meaningful school year filled with wonderful opportunities for growth for students, parents, and staff.

Martin Morigeau Elementary School4890 Beatty Avenue • Canal Flats • 250-349-5665

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Gail RinesPrincipal

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Open Doors is the senior alternate program for David Thompson Secondary School. Students are 15 years or older. The program offers a flexible timetable to accommodate students’ work and/or family concerns.

Much of the curriculum is modularized but some courses are taught in a small group setting. Students do the same courses as DTSS students and write the same Provincial Exams. Students interested in the program should be self-directed and self-motivated.

The program has been operating for over 20 years and still follows the philosophy of its founder. He said to students, “If you are not interested in graduating, why bother to come through our door?”

This is still the Open Doors program’s attitude.Opportunities in the Open Doors Program

include: An activities program with an emphasis on • cardio-vascular healthIndividual coursework opportunities•

Native Arts program• Guest artists/craftsmen • Basic cooking program•

The Open Doors program produced 14 Dogwood grads and 2 Adult Dogwood grads in 2010-2011 school year.

Robin Wass and Becca Wright return again this year to Open Doors, and will teach up to 35 students.

While students works through different subjects at their own grade levels, they have access to support from Mr. Wass and Ms. Wright for one-on-one direction when needed.

Students may explore the option of attending Open Doors either by visiting the campus directly or by meeting with a counsellor or administrator at David Thompson Secondary School.

Open Doors700 - 4th Street • Invermere • 250-342-3060

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Edgewater Elementary School5813 Sinclair • Edgewater • 250-347-9543

Edgewater Elementary School is beautiful school

both inside and out!

We are an Outdoor Education School focusing on Environmental Awareness. Overlooking the Columbia River Wetlands, this school is privileged to be situated in a natural setting where classes are able to take advantage of diverse outdoor educational opportunities.

Our school activities integrate the wealth of our natural resources, taking advantage of our enviable location and proximity to Kootenay National Park.

EES is proud to be a Green School and an Earth School. We recycle everything from paper to apple cores. This year we received a grant from the Columbia Basin Trust and we will connect the curriculum to inside growing projects throughout the school.

It’s easy to see why children in Grades 1 to 7 blossom at Edgewater School: staff, parents and students share a common vision of a quality school that promotes varied stimulating learning experiences that meet individual needs. Together, we

set high standards with clearly defined expectations in a safe and caring environment where individual self-worth is fostered.

Visitors to EES always notice a friendly atmosphere. We make every effort to integrate students into to multi-age groupings for learning. Intermediate students

help their primary buddies in academic and

social settings. This is in the form of math buddies, reading

buddies, cooperative play times. We look forward to our weekly sing-a-longs, monthly assemblies and celebrations of success.

Edgewater Elementary looks forward to welcoming students back for the 2012 - 2013 school year. Our school takes pride in its school ‘Edgewater Eagle’ logo and we take our motto to heart as being “A Place to Learn and Grow.”

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The beginning of the school year is always filled with much anticipation. Staff, students and parents have been in and out of the school over the past few weeks, eager to share their summer adventures and excited about the year ahead. This year EMP would like to welcome Tara Smith and Joanne McLennan to our teaching staff. Our team of talented and caring professionals is dedicated to creating the rich learning environment that we are all so proud of. This year our continued school focus is improving the Literacy skills of all our learners. Together as a community of learners, we will discuss, plan and implement effective strategies that will have a positive impact on student achievement.

Eileen Madson Primary School is proud to report that last year we raised $1000.00 to support Kids International Development Society, a Canadian organization that assists children and families in South East Asia with basic needs such as education and housing. We are hoping the money raised will be targeted toward building a floating garden to help meet the nutritional needs of families in Cambodia. Thank you to all our families who helped to support this effort.

Once again the EMP Garden is an integral part of our school year start up. Everyone has the opportunity to take part in harvesting and sampling the vegetables that they helped to plant. A big thank you goes out to Mrs. Love and all the families who helped take care of our garden throughout the

summer. We greatly appreciate your commitment and hard work!

The start of the school year is full of energy and enthusiasm. It is an opportunity to explore fresh ideas while building upon the previous years’ learning. We look forward to having the hallways and classrooms of EMP filled with eager learners, families and staff. Let’s continue to work together to make EMP truly someplace special. Welcome Back!

Eileen Madson Primary School2001 - 15th Avenue • Invermere • 250-342-9315

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J. Alfred Laird is a school with a staff of exceptional teachers, supportive and dedicated parents, and amazing students. We are proud of the many opportunities our school offers and the positive attitudes we promote. We strive to offer diverse experiences and learning environments for our students, recognizing that many of the most powerful lessons are learned outside of the classroom. Caring for self, others and our world is conscientiously taught and is an expectation of all members of our school community. We want to make our world a better place through words and actions, through critical thinking, questioning, creativity, imagination, and problem solving, and through the development of empathy for others.

The 2012/2013 school year promises a continued focus on diverse learning opportunities including an increased emphasis on the arts, French language, social responsibility, technology, fitness, and environmental stewardship. We recognize that we each learn in different ways and strive to provide students with a variety of opportunities for learning and personal growth.

We are excited to welcome 34 new grade four students as well as a handful of other students who are new to our school. We also welcome two staff members – Mrs. Alyssan Gauthier and Mrs. Marguerite DiFilippo. We are pleased to have these new staff and students join our school community.

We are especially excited this year to have

been chosen as an Infusion Champion School, a program we will participate in for the next three years (2012 – 2015). Infusion: Arts in Education is an intensive and sustained professional learning program for artists and teachers focused on arts integration in schools across BC. Its purpose is to encourage and assist teachers in their commitment to promoting arts integration based practices in their classrooms.

W h a t are the benefits of Infusion?Research gathered from the last twenty years alone indicates that students who engage in arts based practices show enhanced levels of achievement, have higher persistence levels in their programs of study, and demonstrate increased levels of motivation. They are more likely to collaborate effectively, be socially tolerant and show high levels of self confidence. Arts integrated learning also

promotes opportunities for problem solving, critical and creative thinking, team work, and the chance to work with ambiguity and complexity. Infusion provides teachers with the support required to design activities that invite the integration of multiple skill sets in their classroom.

We will have the privilege of working with a local artist and look forward to this amazing opportunity. For more information, visit the Infusion: Arts in Education website http://community.artsinfusion.ca/. We will have regular updates posted on our school website.

We are blessed with so much in our school, our families and our community and look forward to a powerful year of learning where we will strive to…

Care deeply. Act wisely. Find joy in each day.

J. Alfred Laird Elementary School1202 - 13th Street • Invermere • 250-342-6232

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Just up the road from Lake Windermere, in the peaceful village of Windermere, is the ideally located Windermere Elementary School.

Well known for our amazing students, highly involved parents and dedicated staff, the environment of the school is immersed in a family-like atmosphere.

Our goal is to work together to create a sharing and caring school where students become creative problem solvers learning in and out of the classroom. With our Pillars program caring for self, others and our world is conscientiously taught and is an expectation of all members of our school community.

We recognize the importance of the many ways we learn, and strive to provide students with opportunities to grow in all areas.

This year we again welcome Grade 6 students from across the zone who will take part in a unique and exciting second language learning opportunity — Intensive French. Intensive French is an enhancement of the Core French program by the creation of a period of intensive exposure to French which enables students to receive up to four

times the number of hours of instruction normally devoted to Core French in one school year.

The teaching strategies focus on interaction and group work, helping the students to communicate orally in French.

This year our school success plan will involve all our usual activities: Smart Learning, Power of Ten Math, Technology use with Smart Boards and our new Epson projector in Kindergarten.

The main focus will be on Literacy Intervention in all grades with a key on Early Literacy in the Primary grades, especially Kindergarten. Both of our exciting Intensive French and Enhanced French classes will swing back into action. We will introduce a Leadership program with a selected Intermediate class who will be assuming key student leadership roles in the school. We have added

more Front Row systems to our school — four in all now to assist all students in being able to clearly hear instructions. We will be adding one more Front Row system this year in addition to another Smart Board or Epson projector.

All of this will be in addition to our new clubs/activities and usual activities. We will try to introduce — dependent on corporate sponsorship — an Outdoor Education program at the Grade 6 and 7 levels.

Our goal at Windermere Elementary School is to work with our community, our parents, and our students to propel learning into a new and exciting realm. We invite you to join us on this exciting journey.

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A Message from the OfficeWelcome back! The 2012-2013

school year is underway, and we anticipate approximately 430 students to attend David Thompson Secondary School this September. Among our new residents and our freshman grade 8s, we are welcoming eighteen students from around the world. Students have joined us from Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, and Germany. We are thrilled to have these guests

for the coming months and look forward to “showing off” our beautiful valley and community to them.

Families can find a wealth of information on our DTSS website: www.sd6.bc.ca/dtss. Here you will find links to staff directories, student handbooks, course descriptions, and much more. This year you can also follow DTSS on Twitter. Search people for “DTSS Invermere” and we’ll help you stay in the loop of important dates and events.

While it sometimes feels a bit like déjà vu, every September presents a fresh and unique opportunity: same place, same time, but a new mix of people and situations. We are looking forward to an exciting year of challenge, learning, and opportunity! Once again, welcome back!

David Thompson Secondary School1535 - 14th Street • Invermere • 250-342-9213

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The Rocky Mountain Distributed Learning School (RMDLS) provides services to all of the communities found within Rocky Mountain School District. The school supports learners from Kindergarten to adults with our three primary programs: Learning@Home, Distributed Learning, and Adult Education.

One of our teachers is Becky Blakley, who brings a wealth of experience and positive energy to the school and learners. Becky lives in Radium Hot Springs and has been an educator for 20 plus years.

Learning@Home: This program is designed for stu-dents who, along with their family, prefer to complete their education primarily from their home. This pro-gram also works for students and families who will be travelling during the school year and for those who for medical reasons cannot (or prefer to not) attend a regular school. RMDLS provides the curriculum, learning resources, teacher support while the student and family commits to spending the required time and effort to complete the work. Contact with Mrs. Blakley is made with a combination of electronic methods along with face-to-face appointments to ensure that the student is on track and to provide assistance to the family. Students and families who participate in this pro-gram must commit to spending the time required to be successful with this demanding program choice. There are opportunities with this program for an element of self-design so as to allow families to take advantage of their particular situation.

Distributed Learning: This is often referred to as online learn-ing for students taking grades 10 to 12 courses. RMDLS has stu-dents from around the province enrolled in both regular academic courses (such as English and Math) and specialized courses such as Equine Studies and Dig-ital Photography. While we do have students at the senior High School level who are only taking courses from us, most of our Distributed Learning stu-

dents are taking one or two courses while taking their other courses at their regular High School. Visit our website (getsmartbc.ca) for more information about courses and choices.

Adult Education: We have students taking courses from us for a number of reasons. Some of those stu-dents work to complete the Adult Dogwood Diploma (which is an actual High School Diploma!) while oth-ers work at completing the Dogwood Diploma that they had started but not completed in High School. There are others who take specific courses in order to gain entrance to a post-secondary program, such as taking Biology 12 as a pre-requisite for a Nursing program, or for specific employment situations. Some courses for Adults are free to residents of British Columbia!

Ed Main, our District Principal for Distributed Learning and Continuing Education, invites learners of every age to contact Becky Blakley (becky.blakley@sd6.bc.ca) for further information. Also feel free to contact Ed directly at 250-427-5308 or ed.main@sd6.

bc.ca for information.

Rocky Mountain Distributed Learning SchoolBecky Blakley Phone: (250) 342-9243 ext.4429 or becky.blakley@sd6.bc.ca

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