Our grade four students will again be writing the Foundation Skills Assessments this year. Our district is scheduling the FSA's for February. The Foundation Skills Assessment is an annual province-wide assessment of student skills in Reading Comprehension, Writing, and Numeracy. The main purpose of the assessment is to help the province, school districts, schools and school planning councils evaluate how well students are achieving basic skills, and to make plans to improve student achievement. The School Act mandates administration of the FSA to all grade 4 and Grade 7 students. All students in these grades are expected to write the FSA. Principals and teachers do not have the authority to excuse students from participation unless they meet specific criteria (on modified IEP or have a medical disability). If students are in attendance at school during the testing period they are expected to participate in the assessment. Students who do not participate in the FSA will be reported as 'Has not Yet Demonstrated Meeting Expectations". Further information for parents is available at the link below:

Family Literacy Day: Family Literacy week will culminate in a STOP, DROP AND READ Day on Friday, January 27th at our school. Students will be prepared to read at the drop of a hat on the morning of January 27th! Send your kids to school in their pajamas to comfortably curl up with a good book.

PAC Pizza Day: Members of our PAC will soon be collecting money for the second pizza day of the year. This will be held on January 31st. Watch for more information coming from PAC soon.

StrongStart Official Opening: On Feb. 3, the Minister of Education, the Hon. George Abbott will be at our school along with school district officials to formally open the A.E.Perry StrongStart. This is the first StrongStart program in BC with an Aboriginal focus.