The Bears' Blog... March 2-2025

Thank You for helping us make Pine Street Elementary a learning community of Dignity and Respect.

Thank you for modeling what it means to show dignity and respect. We greatly appreciate it when you have questions or concerns that you go directly to your child’s teacher and get the whole story. When you deal directly with the teacher involved, not only do you access both sides of the information, but it also allows us to work together to make an informed decision in the best interest of all involved. This allows all of us to be proactive and deal with situations hopefully before they get blown out of proportion or taken out of context. By going directly to your child’s teacher not only are you modeling a dignity and respect response to your child, you forgo the gossip, Facebook mentality and rumor mill that tends to get in the way of a proactive solution. We understand that there are always two sides to a story and by hearing both sides from the actual sources of the information, you promote proactive communication between you, your child’s teacher and the school. Thank you for helping promote the ideals of dignity and respect for our students/your child and helping to build our students belief in treating everyone with dignity and respect. When they see it modeled by everyone in the school and their own parents at home, a true community of dignity and respect is possible.

So what is the procedure for dealing with specific incidents? When faced with a question or concern, your first step is contacting to your child’s teacher and find out all of the information concerning your child and the situation so that you can make a fully informed decision. Then after discussing it with the teacher and working together in searching for solutions, if you feel satisfied with the solution then that is where it would end. However, if you feel the situation has not been dealt with to the extent that you believe it should be and needs to be addressed further that is when Administration will gladly become involved in helping search out a proactive and student-centered solution.

Once again, Thank You for your continued support in helping us and your children build a school and community of dignity and respect for all.

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

~Eleanor Roosevelt

EIPS Board Policy 26 - School Dispute Resolution

Wednesday, March 5- Early Dismissal 2:15 p.m. (no PALS or Kinder Quest today)

Friday, March 7 - Professional learning day - schools closed to students

Saturday, March 8 - International Women's Day

Sunday, March 9 - Daylight savings time

• last day to order hot lunch for March 14.

March 10 - 15 - Substitute Appreciation Week

Thursday, March 13 - School Advisory Council Meeting 6 p.m.

Friday, March 14 - Hot lunch 11:32 a.m.

• Term 2 Progress Report Cards published 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 15 - Basketball Tournament at Bev Facey 8am-4pm

Monday, March 17 - Theme day- Wear GREEN for St. Patrick's Day 🍀

Friday March 21 - School Closure Day

• World Poetry Day

March 24-30 - School closed for Spring Break

Sunday, March 30 - EID al-Fitr

• Last day to order hot lunch

Monday, March 31 - National Indigenous Languages Day

Wednesday, April 2 - Early Dismissal 2:15 p.m. (no PALS or Kinder Quest today)

Thursday, April 3 - Grade 3 field trip to Telus World of Science

Friday, April 4 - Hot Lunch

Year at a Glance Calendar

Exciting news! Pine Street Elementary will be participating in RunWild this year on May 3rd!

RunWild is a fun-filled racing event supporting local charities, giving our youth a chance to focus on fitness, fun and philanthropy! The WildOnes MaraFun event is one part of the RunWild racing event led by Leading Edge Physiotherapy. It is a 1.2km race for 4-12 year olds and Pine Street Elementary will be organizing a team! Parents sign kids up online and the kids will run together as a school on May 3rd for a fun-filled event promoting health and wellness! When registering online, choose Pine Street School and race packages will be delivered to the school prior to race day! Please see link for more information and registration! BROCHURE

At Pine Street Elementary we strive to do our very best when it comes to meeting the needs of all our students. Our teachers spend a substantial amount of time transitioning with the previous year’s teachers as we build the class lists for the next school year. As educational professionals we match the needs of students, the dynamics of the classrooms and expertise of our teaching staff in order to build optimal learning environments for our students. Our goal is to build academically successful, socially responsible, and emotional stable classrooms that promote optimal student learning and educational success. We consider and take into account a variety of educational factors that include but are not limited to academic performance, work habits, learning styles, interpersonal/social skills and psychological development. We thank you for working with us, as our professionals with their extensive educational expertise and experience build optimal learning environments for the upcoming school year to maximize your child’s success for their future.