Admissions

Learning takes place in students’ heads where it is invisible to others. This means that learning must be assessed through performance: what students can do with their learning. Assessing students’ performance can involve assessments that are formal or informal, high- or low-stakes, anonymous or public, individual or collective.

Here we provide suggestions and strategies for assessing student learning and performance as well as ways to clarify your expectations and performance criteria to our students.

• Creating assignments

• Creating exams

• Using classroom assessment techniques

• Using concept maps

• Using concept tests

• Assessing group work

• Creating and using rubrics

If you plan to pick your child up during the school day or after school (rather than riding the bus), a note is required. All notes should be sent to the child’s teacher and will then be forwarded to the office with the morning attendance. If someone other than the parent/guardian is picking your child up, it is essential that you give us the name of the person.

Students may carry a packed lunch to school or they may purchase a lunch provided in the school cafeteria. You can open up a prepaid account and when the student walks through the line, the cashier will be scanning their bar code to deduct the money from the account. Lunches may be prepaid weekly, monthly or yearly. Checks should be made payable to the Food Services.” Cheque or cash should be placed in an envelope with your child’s first and last name, grade, teacher and the amount of money enclosed printed on the front.

Due to crowded buses and safety issues, no bus guest privileges will be honored. The school authorities recognizes the inconvenience but safety is paramount.

A written excuse must be turned into the school despite the fact that you called in the absence. This is a requirement for auditing purposes. Additionally, we recognize there are times you need to take your child out of school for reasons other than an excused absence. You are allowed up to three days of unexcused/unlawful absences. After three days, we are required to report the absences to the school authorities.