A Slice of PIE

Volume 14, Issue 1

Welcome to the 2023-24 school year!

We are excited to see returning families and looking forward to meeting our new families. Teachers returned to their offices Tuesday, September 5th. You should have received a welcome email from your teacher as well as an initial email from me. If you did not receive either of those emails, please check your spam/junk folders and add sysadmin@myeducation.gov.bc.ca as a contact (you can make the name 'PIE') so you don't miss emails from me.

If you don't yet know who your family's teacher is, please don't hesitate to contact me at stephanie.hall@sd47.bc.ca.

There are a number of changes this year due to officially becoming a Provincial Online Learning School (POLS). We are all working as quicky as we can to adjust our systems and practices to meet the new requirements and we greatly appreciate your patience.

Wishing all of our PIE families and our exceptionally dedicated staff a lovely start to the school year!

Sincerely,

Stephanie

Comox Valley and qathet Region staff members met for two days for professional development this summer! We covered topics in technology, health and wellness, and school growth plans for the 23-24 year! Thank you to our wonderful staff for your commitment to continuous growth and learning.

Members: All PIE parents!

Chair: Charlene deBellefeuille

Treasurer: Kevin deBellefeuille

Secretary: Kathleen Smith

Member at Large - Comox Valley: Sarah Pendray

Member at Large - IDLC: Lara McKercy

Member at Large - qathet Region: Hayley Smisko

Teacher Rep: Marnie Webb

Administrative Rep: Stephanie Hall

Thank you to the executive and all parents that contribute to using PIE PAC funds to add extra events and activities for PIE students each year. I'm looking forward to this year's adventures!

For more info, please see the PIE PAC page on our website.

PIE high school students can access free online mentoring through Rural eMentoring BC. The goal of the program is to connect rural students to mentors who can help students prepare for life after high school graduation. Check it out and let us know what you think! 😀

Effective in the 2023/24 school year, all students working toward a B.C. Certificate of Graduation ("Dogwood Diploma"), in English or French, must successfully complete at least 4 credits in Indigenous-focused coursework. For more information and resources please click here! PIE currently offers the following courses that can meet this requirement:

• First Peoples English 12 (4 cr)
• BC First Peoples 12 (4 cr)
• Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12 (4 cr) ***New***

September 🍎

5: School Opens

22: Pro-D Day

30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

October 🌰

2: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Day Observed (school not in session)

5: World Teacher Day

9: Thanksgiving

20: Pro-D Day (Provincial)

November 🍂

11: Remembrance Day

13: Remembrance Day Observed (school not in session)

24: Term 1 Submission Deadline

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Email: stephanie.hall@sd47.bc.ca
Website: https://www.sd47.bc.ca/school/pie/Pages/default.aspx#/=
Location: 7105 Nootka Street, Powell River, BC, Canada
Phone: 604-485-2756
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/16157794226
Twitter: @pie_partners

We acknowledge that we live, work, and learn on the traditional and unceded territory of the K'omoks First Nation and the final agreement territory of the Tla'amin Nation. With this privilege comes the responsibility to engage in conscious acts of reconciliation.