BTPS Newsletter
September 13, 2021
Superintendent's Memo
September 13, 2021
Happy First Monday with students!
This is our first full week with students in 2021-2022. It amazes me that it is already the middle of September.
I am enjoying seeing the back to school activities in our schools. Thank you to all staff, as I see you have been busy welcoming our students with back to school messages, pancake breakfasts, extra-curricular activities, and smiles. Our schools really are amazing places for our kids.
The Back to School Plan is found on our website and will be updated as provincial and community information changes. We do have a number of schools where masks are mandatory due to positive COVID cases (Dewberry, JR Robson, Marwayne, Hughenden and Amisk) and schools where masks are mandatory within their back to school plans (WHS and Vermilion Outreach). Masks are also mandatory in the Central Office and for visitors in all of our schools.
It is with mixed emotions that we will say goodbye to Jody Pollard, Executive Assistant, at the end of September. Jody has been the kind and caring voice on the phone and a familiar face in the office for seven years. During her time in BTPS, she supported the Superintendent and is currently also working with Human Resources. She has many talents and her smiling personality will be missed. We wish her all the best in her new endeavor. We know she will rock!
Enjoy the week,
Rhae-Ann
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Our Student Day on September 30th, will enable all students across the division to have access to speakers, sessions, and workshops throughout the day to learn about residential schools, Indigenous people and Canada’s history, as well as resiliency and how we all need to be part of reconciliation. We will have Kevin John from They Build Bridges and Sam Demma, an international keynote speaker, join us in learning that day.
A schedule for events/sessions that day is coming out soon! There will be numerous sessions for all students to join throughout the day. SAVE THE DATE!