News & Newsletters

 The Week Ahead – March 10-14, 2025

March 9, 2025

Families of Shortreed, Welcome to the final week before Spring Break. Saturday was International Women's Day and we shared a post on social media showing a number of female staff members and thanked all our Shortreed women for the difference they make in the lives of our students. In addition...

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 The Week Ahead – March 3-7, 2025

March 2, 2025

Families of Shortreed, What a difference a couple of weeks can make! We have gone from snow to almost a completely flooded field to almost a feeling of summer! I hope you enjoyed the beautiful sunshine out there recently. I want to wish a peaceful and blessed month and say...

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 The Week Ahead – February 24-28, 2025

February 24, 2025

Families of Shortreed, We hope you have had a good weekend and enjoyed the tiny bit of sunshine and warm weather on Sunday! Thank you for supporting us in looking after the kids today so our staff could connect and collaborate about our Action Plan goals and prepare for Student...

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 The Week Ahead – February 18-21, 2025

February 17, 2025

Families of Shortreed, I hope you had a wonderful Family Day long weekend and a chance to spend quality time with family. We also hope you enjoyed Valentine's Day! Please watch for our Student Inclusive Conferences signup link to be sent later this week (likely on Thursday). Our conference primary...

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 The Week Ahead – February 10-14, 2025

February 10, 2025

Families of Shortreed, We hope you have enjoyed this beautiful winter weather out there! Our kids have sure enjoyed the snow at school; be sure to check our social media for a ton of photos of fun in the snow (featured image on this newsletter from Ms. Coghill)! Thank you...

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 Good Things and the Week Ahead – February 3-7, 2025

February 2, 2025

Families of Shortreed, To all those Shortreed families celebrating this week, Happy Lunar New Year! Chúc mừng năm mới, Saehae bok mani badeusipsio, and Gong hei fat choy! We hope your children had a chance to get outside and enjoy some of the white stuff for the first time this...

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 The Week Ahead – January 27-31, 2025

January 26, 2025

Families of Shortreed, We hope you are enjoying this absolutely gorgeous weather and taking some time to get outside and play and explore! This week is a big week of celebration for many of our Shortreed families with Lunar New Year festivities starting on Wednesday, January 29. We will have...

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 The Week Ahead – January 20-24, 2025

January 19, 2025

Families of Shortreed, I hope you had a chance to enjoy the incredibly beautiful weather out there this weekend! Our grade 5s continue basketball practices with morning sessions on Monday and Friday this week at 7:45. They are gearing up for their first game of the season (a home game)...

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 The Week Ahead – January 13-17, 2025

January 12, 2025

Families of Shortreed, We hope you and your children have enjoyed the first week back and the first week of school in 2025. Our focus for the start of 2025 is getting the learning and school routines back in place for the students, families, and staff. Our grade 5s continue...

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 The Week Ahead – January 6-10, 2025

January 5, 2025

Families of Shortreed, We hope you had a wonderful 2 weeks with family and friends and enjoyed celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, and/or Kwanzaa. We look forward to seeing the Shortreed kids and families and working to get back into our learning and school routines. Your child was sent home with their Student...

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Shortreed Community Elementary

27330 28 Avenue, Aldergrove
BC, V4W 3K1
Phone: 604-856-4167
Fax: 604-856-7523