Upcoming Dates:

• Friday, November 19^th – Pro-D Day (NIS)
• Monday, November 22^nd
  • Homeroom – issue revised schedules
  • Report Cards Issued
• Wednesday, November 24^th – Early Dismissal for Parent-Teacher – Dismissal at 11:48am – modified bus schedule
  • 1 to 4pm / 6 to 8pm
  • Call the school and book an appointment (phone appointments are an option)

Revised Schedule:

We are making some technical changes to our schedule. The bell schedule (days, hours, classes, etc.) will not change. We are just moving some courses around in our class schedule. This will be communicated to students and then we will have a homeroom on Monday morning to review and issue the new schedule.

Report Cards and Parent-Teacher Meetings:

Term 1 reports will be issued at the end of the day Monday, November 22. There will be an early dismissal on Wednesday, November 24^th to host parent-teacher meetings (see time above.) Please call the school to book appointments to meet with teachers.

Update on COVID Tracing and Course Work (November 16, 2021)

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We wanted to reach out with an update and let you know school is safe, and we would like students to come back. We miss our students!

We have not had any contact or direction from Island Health since November 2^nd. We continue to follow our school Communicable Disease Plan. Students are returning to school and attendance has increased significantly this week. At this point, the expectation is that students return to school to continue their studies. Sending work home does not replace the instruction that is missed. It is just a stop gap measure to prevent students from falling too far behind. Continued absences affect student success.

Teachers have made course work available to students for the past couple of weeks. No more work will be made available unless:

• a parent/guardian contacts the school to directly discuss why the student is unable to attend school and the circumstance is explained
• an individual circumstance has been considered, all the previous work has been completed and returned to the teacher(s) for assessment

If there is no communication from a parent/guardian, then a student will be marked as “absent without excuse”, no more work will sent home and the principal will contact the family to follow up.

Please remember that it is your responsibility to notify the school if your student is absent. We require communication so that we can keep our attendance records accurate and complete, and also support with course work if that is necessary.

 

November 8th, 2021 – Aboriginal Veterans Day

The flag at the school will be flown at half-mast today to commemorate and pay respect to our Aboriginal Veterans who have served and continue to serve to protect our rights and freedoms. Many paid the ultimate sacrifice on our behalf. It has only been in the last 25 years that Aboriginal Veterans have begun to get the recognition and respect they deserve for their service. There is still a lot of work to be done to show our respect fully and properly.

We will observe a moment of silence today at GRSS to pay our respects. Please click the link below for some information about Aboriginal Veterans Day.

Nov. 8 marks National Aboriginal Veterans Day – Canada.ca

 

* Please check your email and phone for contact from teacher(s) if you have requested school work for your student(s)*

Update on COVID Tracing and Course Work (November 5, 2021)

As of today, we do not have any current or specific direction from Island Health to follow. We continue to follow our school Communicable Disease Plan. The school is safe and it is expected that students will return to school next week. If you have any individual concerns you would like to discuss, please contact the school on Monday to follow-up.

Teachers made course work available to students this past week. Further course work will be available when:

• a parent/guardian contacts the school to directly discuss why the student is unable to attend school and the circumstance is explained
• an individual circumstance has been considered, all the previous work has been completed and returned to the teacher(s) for assessment

We continue to understand the heightened concern and anxiety being experienced right now and will continue to do our best to support students and families.

Please remember that if your student is absent, we require communication so that we can keep our attendance records accurate and complete, and also support with course work if that is necessary.

 

We are directed by Island Health through the Public Health Officer (PHO). We receive notification of a possible contact and questions from the PHO and we follow-up by sending the answers they require. Then we wait for their direction.

If students self-report to the school, we notify the superintendent and wait to hear direction from Island Health. Because of privacy laws, we do not share out the information if it communicated to the school. We wait until the PHO follows up and we take their direction.

If the PHO confirms an exposure, that information would be communicated out via their website and the PHO will provide letters for distribution by the school to those the PHO requires to receive them.

Below is a graphic produced by the BC Centre for Disease Control (BC CDC) that explains the contact tracing procedure and how public health involves schools.

We continue to follow our Communicable Disease Plan. We understand the heightened concern and anxiety right now and support families in the decisions they make to address those concerns and anxieties.

Please remember that if you child is absent, we require communication so that we can keep our attendance records accurate and complete, and also to support with work to go home if that is necessary.

For more information, go to K-12 Schools and Covid-19.

Please call and ask to speak to Mr. Broderick directly if you have any questions or concerns.

Contact_Tracing

2021-22 Reporting Dates

Term 1: (2021)

• November 10^th cut-off
• 18^th  Report Cards out
• 24^th  Open house – early dismissal

Term 2: (2022)

• January 26^th  cut-off
• February 7^th  Report Cards out

Term 3: (2022)

• April 7^th  cut-off
• April 19th Report Cards out
• April 21st Open house – early dismissal

Term 4: (2022)

• June 15^th  cut-off
• June 24^th report cards out

NOTE: Revised Bell Schedule

Starting Monday, September 2oth, the bell schedule has been revised to accommodate conflicts with the bus schedule.

Friday, September 24th – Curriculum Implementation Day

Not in session – no school for students this day.

Monday, September 20th – Thursday September 23rd – Spirit Week

• Monday – PJ Day
• Tuesday – Decades Day
• Wednesday – Celebrity & Fandom Day
• Thursday – First Name First Letter Dress Up Day

GRSS 2021-22 Documents

* Check regularly for updates and additions

School Calendar (Colour)

School Supply List

Code of Conduct

Communicable Disease Plan – Key Messages

• Visitors must sign in and verify health check
• Staff must sign in and verify health check
• Students must self-check before coming to school
• Masks are required
• Practice social distancing ( strict 2m distancing encouraged but not required
• Practice good hygiene (hand-washing / sanitizer / etiquette)