Good Things and the Week Ahead – March 6-10, 2023

Families of Shortreed, We are heading into the final week before Spring Break! Thank you to all those families who have been able to make it out to our Student Inclusive Conferences this past week. They continue this week with the final day being Thursday. Our Grade 5 Young Entrepreneur...
Read moreGood Things and the Week Ahead – Feb 27 – March 3, 2023

Families of Shortreed, We hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed some time in the snow today! Last week was Respect and Diversity week in Langley Schools and many of our teachers and staff spent some time reading and discussing ways to understand the importance of kindness, diversity, and...
Read moreGood Things and the Week Ahead – Feb 21-24, 2023

Families of Shortreed, We hope you had a lovely Family Day Weekend and spent some extra time with your children and family members. We had a full week last week (even though it was 4 days with students) as we celebrated Valentine's Day, honoured Have a Heart Day, and prepared...
Read moreGood Things and the Week Ahead – February 13-17, 2023

Families of Shortreed, We hope your children are enjoying their long weekend... I imagine, most of the parents and caregivers are looking forward to Tuesday! Friday was a Pro-D Day, which is a time when staff usually has some say in the workshops or learning experiences in which they participate....
Read moreGood Things and the Week Ahead – February 6-10, 2023

Families of Shortreed, It's been exciting to start to get our school back to its pre-construction state! The scaffolding is down and most of the fencing has been removed. All classes now have access to their exterior doors, making pick-up and drop-off much better! Although it was a small snowfall...
Read moreThe Week Ahead – Jan 30 – Feb 3, 2023

Families of Shortreed, We hope you enjoyed the sunshine this weekend and are prepared for the colder week ahead. Please make sure your children come prepared to be outside for recess and lunch each day (even if it is cold and wet). We have a great selection of free (gently...
Read moreGood Things and the Week Ahead – January 23-27, 2023

Families of Shortreed, Happy Lunar New Year! We are so lucky to have an important population of families in our school who celebrate Lunar New Year... and even better, we continue to learn from them. It is the Year of the Cat in the Vietnamese New Year and the Year...
Read moreGood Things and the Week Ahead – January 16-20, 2023

Families of Shortreed, We hope you had a good weekend and took advantage of that Saturday sunshine! Thank you for sending your child with coats and boots as we do our best to get through the wet weather while also getting some time outside for recess and lunch. Unless it...
Read moreGood Things and the Week Ahead – January 9-13, 2023

Families of Shortreed, Our first week of 2023 is in the books! It was great to see everyone again this past week and work alongside staff to help our students settle back into routines in their classrooms. At our staff meeting, we discussed the upcoming Lunar New Year activities at...
Read moreThe Week Ahead – January 3-6, 2023

Families of Shortreed, Happy New Year and welcome to 2023! We hope you had a wonderful couple of weeks with friends and family and are looking forward to a great continuation of term 2 at Shortreed. January is typically a fairly quiet month and teachers and support staff appreciate this...
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