From the SVE Admin Team
Year End Growth
Learning and growth is our business at SVE. As such, we love this sunflower plant picture showing evidence of growth. These sprouts were planted by Essential Service Worker children at the beginning of the pandemic. And seeing their growth now, reminds us of the growth of our children. We have all grown through this pandemic. Parents have learned to support their children's learning in new and powerful ways at home. Teachers have learned to deliver learning through new virtual pathways. And most importantly, our students have learned to take ownership of their learning.
We are so grateful to our SVE team for ensuring that quality learning continued during these unsettling times. We are also very grateful to you, our parents and guardians for all of the support and guidance you have given your children to support their online learning journey.
To show our appreciation, we would like to invite you to a parent/volunteer appreciation coffee drive through on Friday, June 19 OR Tuesday, June 23 from 8 – 8:25 am in our school parking lot. The staff at Springvalley want to thank our parents and volunteers for all of the support you have given us this year, particularly in the last few months. Please join us for a free cup of Starbucks coffee and a muffin as you drop your child off at school or head to work between 8 and 8:25 on June 19 or 23. Parents will be asked to drive around the parking lot loop to pick up a cup coffee and a muffin near the front entrance of the school. We hope to see you June 19 OR June 23!
We all have grown in so many emotional competencies during this pandemic time. As the picture below says so eloquently, "In the rush to return to normal, use this time to consider which parts of normal are worth rushing back to". Nothing in this world impacts our lives more than our relationships with those around us. Let's take care to maintain all the good we have gained in this time, and keep what's important as we move back towards normal.
At this time we are still not sure if we will be back to school full-time in September or if we will be continuing a part time schedule. Over the summer months, please keep listening for updates from our Provincial Health Officer and Premier, and we will do our best to keep you informed through our website and/or emails.
Stay safe, stay kind, and enjoy your time with your family.
Ms. Stevenson and Mr. Van Brummelen
Learning and growth is our business at SVE. As such, we love this sunflower plant picture showing evidence of growth. These sprouts were planted by Essential Service Worker children at the beginning of the pandemic. And seeing their growth now, reminds us of the growth of our children. We have all grown through this pandemic. Parents have learned to support their children's learning in new and powerful ways at home. Teachers have learned to deliver learning through new virtual pathways. And most importantly, our students have learned to take ownership of their learning.
We are so grateful to our SVE team for ensuring that quality learning continued during these unsettling times. We are also very grateful to you, our parents and guardians for all of the support and guidance you have given your children to support their online learning journey.
To show our appreciation, we would like to invite you to a parent/volunteer appreciation coffee drive through on Friday, June 19 OR Tuesday, June 23 from 8 – 8:25 am in our school parking lot. The staff at Springvalley want to thank our parents and volunteers for all of the support you have given us this year, particularly in the last few months. Please join us for a free cup of Starbucks coffee and a muffin as you drop your child off at school or head to work between 8 and 8:25 on June 19 or 23. Parents will be asked to drive around the parking lot loop to pick up a cup coffee and a muffin near the front entrance of the school. We hope to see you June 19 OR June 23!
We all have grown in so many emotional competencies during this pandemic time. As the picture below says so eloquently, "In the rush to return to normal, use this time to consider which parts of normal are worth rushing back to". Nothing in this world impacts our lives more than our relationships with those around us. Let's take care to maintain all the good we have gained in this time, and keep what's important as we move back towards normal.
At this time we are still not sure if we will be back to school full-time in September or if we will be continuing a part time schedule. Over the summer months, please keep listening for updates from our Provincial Health Officer and Premier, and we will do our best to keep you informed through our website and/or emails.
Stay safe, stay kind, and enjoy your time with your family.
Ms. Stevenson and Mr. Van Brummelen
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Un-BEE-lievable!
We had some unusual visitors to Springvalley Elementary this past Thursday. A swarm of honeybees decided to make a temporary home on a bush by our school fence and playground. On the advice of the provincial conservation officer, we called a beekeeper who kindly came in and provided another home for the friendly buzzing creatures! Mr. Plantinga taught us much about the bees while at the school. One fact we learned was that the bees were in a friendly mode as they were in transit and not defending a permanent home. Mr. Plantinga collected the bees into a portable hive and took them home. No one was stung, the bees found a new home, and we had a great unexpected learning experience! Thanks Mr. Plantinga! |
Springvalley Middle School (SMS) has some important information for future grade 6 students!
1. Invitation for a School Tour- Wednesday, June 17th and Friday June 19th, if you are interested in visiting SMS before the opportunity on September 3rd, please follow the link to sign up for a time that works for your child: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409084BA4A82AAAFE3-springvalley
2. Parent and Student SMS Information Zoom Meeting -June 22 @6:30 PM https://sd23.zoom.us/j/97289717811
3. New SMS Students Family Picnic -September 3 @12:00 PM to 1:00 PM at Springvalley Middle School back field
Mark your calendars!
1. Invitation for a School Tour- Wednesday, June 17th and Friday June 19th, if you are interested in visiting SMS before the opportunity on September 3rd, please follow the link to sign up for a time that works for your child: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409084BA4A82AAAFE3-springvalley
2. Parent and Student SMS Information Zoom Meeting -June 22 @6:30 PM https://sd23.zoom.us/j/97289717811
3. New SMS Students Family Picnic -September 3 @12:00 PM to 1:00 PM at Springvalley Middle School back field
Mark your calendars!
- BORROWED TECHNOLOGY??
- Many families have borrowed technology devices from SVE during this period of remote learning. We hope these devices have further enriched your child's learning in the last few months. As the school year comes to a close, devices will need to be returned to schools once again.
In preparation for the return of devices in the coming weeks, we ask all families who borrowed devices to please do the following things prior to returning equipment to schools.
- Please back up and save any files that might be stored locally on your iPad.
- Please wipe down your device using soft dry cloth to remove dirt, dust or crumbs from the keyboard and vents. Staff will sanitize devices upon return to the schools following district guidelines and with provided cleaners at the school. Please contact the school if you have any questions or concerns.
Library books due back!
Do you have a library book at home??? We are trying to collect all of our books back as soon as possible! Work together as a team! Encourage your classmates to bring back their books for a chance to win a freezie party for your entire class! The first class (primary/intermediate) to return all of their books will celebrate with a Freezie Party on the last day of school! For those students not currently attending school, a Library Drop off Bin will be placed in the front of the school starting Monday, June 15. Thanks for getting those library books returned ASAP!
Do you have a library book at home??? We are trying to collect all of our books back as soon as possible! Work together as a team! Encourage your classmates to bring back their books for a chance to win a freezie party for your entire class! The first class (primary/intermediate) to return all of their books will celebrate with a Freezie Party on the last day of school! For those students not currently attending school, a Library Drop off Bin will be placed in the front of the school starting Monday, June 15. Thanks for getting those library books returned ASAP!
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PAC Updates
YOUR PAC will be hosting a staff appreciation breakfast on Thursday, June 18. If you have anything you would like to contribute to the breakfast please contact PAC president Kassy Cleveland at SVE.PACpresident@sd23.bc.ca by Tuesday, June 16. PLAYGROUND UPDATES PAC, staff, parents, students and our landscape architect, Fiona Barton of Outland Design, have been working on a plan for a new natural play space oriented around the Okanagan Indigenous story, The Four Food Chiefs. If you have ideas for what you would like to see in our playground, please email them to sve@sd23.bc.ca. We hope to see student drawings, pictures using found loose parts or whatever you can think of to get your idea across. This is the time to speak up about what is important to you for our future playground! Thanks! |
Moving? If you are NOT planning on attending SVE next year please call the school as soon as possible at 250-870-5119 or email us: SpringvalleyElementary.School@sd23.bc.ca. Teachers are in the process of organizing students into glasses for next year so it is important that we have this information. Also, if you have any input about the kind of classroom environment your child would thrive in for next school year, please be sure to send an email to the school ASAP. We value your input!
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SAFE ARRIVAL DISABLED: Will your child be missing a day of School in June?
Please remember that our normal absence reporting system (SAFE ARRIVAL) is off line for the month of JUNE. If your child is scheduled to attend school on a Monday/Tuesday OR a Thursday/Friday and they are NOT able to come to the school, please call to let us know. You will receive a telephone call from the school if your child does not come to school when expected. Also, If you have not yet done so, you can register to receive TEXT messages from the school. If you want quick text reminders, all you need to do is type the letter “Y” to the number 978338 and you will be signed up. Thanks for registering to stay in the loop! |
Raise money for our SVE new playground! Bring your bottles and cans to Columbia Bottle Depot
The bottle depot is still open for business and you can help our PAC raise money for our playground by bringing your bottles and cans to the Return It-Express at the Columbia Bottle Depot; 1936 Kent Road. Just bring your clear bag full of recyclables, print a sticker with our school phone number (250) 870-5119, and attach the stickers to your clear bags of bottle returns. Our School PAC account will be credited and money will be put toward a new PLAYGROUND climbing structure! NO SORTING required... Thanks for supporting our school fundraising efforts.
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Important SVE Dates Mark your CALENDARS
ELFF Gift Bag pick up for Future Kindergarten students - Wednesday, June 17 from 1 - 3 pm Parent/Volunteer Appreciation - coffee/muffin drive-by June 19, 8-8:25 am Parent/Volunteer Appreciation - coffee/muffin drive-by June 23, 8-8:25 am Last day of school for Monday/Tuesday Students - Tuesday, June 23 Last day of school for Thursday/Friday students - Thursday, June 25 Learning Summaries published on FreshGrade June 25 Click here for our school calendar: http://www.sve.sd23.bc.ca/Calendar/calendar.aspx#/= First Day of school in September - Tuesday, September 8, 2020 |