With winter weather here, we want to remind you about how the Burnaby School District shares weather-related school closures.

All schools will remain OPEN, unless there is heavy snowfall, damage or other circumstances – such as a power outage – that make it impossible to open for instruction. The District will do its best to communicate school or district-wide closures on our website by 6:30 am. However, please keep in mind that there may be situations where this is not possible – again, such as a power outage.

Another way to learn about school closures is through local news stations (online, radio and TV), some of which are:

CBC AM 690 radio                           Global TV
News AM 1130 radio                        CBC TV
CKNW AM 980 radio                        CityNews
Fairchild AM 1470 radio                   CTV BC

Student safety is a responsibility we share with families. Please walk your child to the door of the school if you are unsure whether or not the school is open. If for any reason you feel that your student cannot travel safely then please – as you normally would – notify the school that your child will be absent.

If weather conditions deteriorate throughout the day and create a concern for the safety of students returning home, a decision may be made to dismiss students early. This will be communicated to parents in the best way possible through the schools’ normal communications channels.

Thank you for working with us to keep our school community safe.

For our reporting this year at Edmonds, we are moving away from all LETTER GRADES and instead using a PROFICIENCY SCALE for all students.  So what does this mean? While we used to give letter grades to all students, for the last couple decades, we stopped giving them to primary students. Now, more and more schools are moving away from letter grades altogether in favor of proficiency scales.

The proficiency scale we would be using would start at EMERGING –> DEVELOPING –> PROFICIENT –> EXTENDING. And along with the proficiency scale would be DESCRIPTIVE FEEDBACK explaining student strengths, areas requiring growth, goals and ways to support.  More information on WHY we are moving in this direction can be found in this fairly short article https://www.alfiekohn.org/article/case-grades/

Every year, Grade 7 students have the exciting opportunity to join Mr. Wenzek’s band class. Classes are held during the school day on Tuesdays and Fridays. Please see the following links to Mr. Wenzek’s web page, and an important link to the first lesson and instrument rental event.

https://sites.google.com/site/mrmuzek/

First Lesson Night 2019

Our insurance partner, iA Financial Group, is now offering a new comprehensive accident insurance plan with a critical illness component designed for the whole family.

Please see the following link for more information: FARP website copy-Aon BC (002)

Our schools are an important part of the Burnaby community, and we appreciate how frequently we are contacted by people and organizations asking how they can help.

Generous donations support our students with additional opportunities such as, for example, scholarships, bursaries or school meal programs.

If you are interested in donating financially or donating you time please use the following link:

https://burnabyschools.ca/donations/