Dear Parents/Guardians:
While there is still a little summer left to enjoy, here is some important information to help you plan for the opening week of school.
The office is open this week from 8:30 am – 2:30 pm. Regular office hours will commence next week (8:30 am – 4:00 pm). If you would like to register your child, please do so between Tuesday, August 30th and Friday, September 2nd, 2022. If you need to register a child for school, please contact Mrs. Turner at604-594-2474 or bturner@deltaschools.ca and she will be able to forward you via email, the forms that are required. As much as possible we would like the registration process to continue to occur via email. Having said that, in person registration can take place via appointment.
Communicable Disease Prevention
The health and well-being of our students, staff, and families continues to be a priority here at Gray.
The School District is in the process of reviewing the updated Provincial Communicable Disease Guidelines for K-12 School Settings that were released on August 25. Over the coming days, we will ensure that our school communicable disease prevention plan aligns with the latest public health advice. The health and safety measures in place for school start up on September 6 will likely mirror what was in place in our school prior to the summer break. If there are any changes, we will let you know before school begins. We anticipate that we will need to continue to be flexible and responsive to changes in transmission trends over the coming months.
Please be reminded:
- families are strongly encouraged to complete a DAILY health check on students before sending them to school. If symptoms of illness are present (not just COVID), you child must stay at home until those symptoms have resolved themselves and you are confident that they are no longer contagious.
- Please take a few moments to remind your child(ren) about appropriate social distancing, hand hygiene, and respiratory etiquette
For the most up to date information please refer to the District website at: https://district.deltasd335.upanupstage.com/news-events/news/information-for-parents-guardians-novel-coronavirus/
The First Days of School
Although tentative classes were put together in the spring, final organization cannot be done until September, as there are many families who will arrive or leave during the summer months. Even slight changes from projected enrollment numbers can create staffing changes and require that classes be reorganized once school has started in September. This can be very disruptive to all concerned.
Despite not being able to set our classes ahead of time, we want to ensure a smooth entry for our students. The staff at Gray has spent much time planning for our September opening and how we might alleviate some of the uncertainty around “back to school”.
Please read the following section carefully as it fully explains how students in Grades 1 – 7 will be organized for the first week of school (new Kindergarten students have already received information in the mail regarding the September gradual entry schedule, and can now count on that information as being current and accurate):
- Grades 1 – 7 will return to school on Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 from 9:00am – 12:10 pm
- All returning students will report to the classroom that they were in during the 2021-22 school year. They should line up in the same place as they did last year. Please encourage them to do remember to honour others’ sense of personal space. Students should be picked up at the same place they were dropped earlier that morning and will know where to be dropped off and picked up for the remainder of the week (W-F)
- All new students should report to the gym for placement in temporary classrooms
- School hours during the first week back will be as follows:
- Tuesday – 9:00 am – 12:10 pm
- Wednesday – Friday – 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
During the first week of school, students entering Grades 1 – 7 will be organized into grade groups and will work with teachers assigned to that grade level.
During the first week of school, students are asked to only bring a limited amount of school supplies (pencil box containing pencils and pens, pencil crayons, scissors, etc.). All other supplies should be left at home until they are assigned to their classes for the year. If you ordered school supplies through Pharmasave in the Spring, they will be delivered to your child within the first week. Our school supply lists can be found at the following link:
We look forward to a smooth start to a great 2022-23 school year!