News & Newsletters

 Kindergarten Gradual Entry 2023

July 7, 2023

Families of 2023 Kindergarten students at Shortreed, Thank you for coming to our Kindergarten Welcome event this year; we hope you enjoyed the chance to meet some of the staff and see the classrooms and some of the school. We were very pleased to spend a few minutes with each...

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 Good Things and the Week Ahead – June 26-30, 2023

June 27, 2023

Families of Shortreed, My apologies for the delay in sharing this week's newsletter... but better late than never! We had yet another week that filled my heart with pride as we focused on National Indigenous People's Day and our Diversity Day. To see the depth of learning at Shortreed on...

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 Good Things and the Week Ahead – June 19-23, 2023

June 18, 2023

Families of Shortreed, To all the fathers and adults who play a "fatherly role with our children... Happy Father's Day! We hope you enjoyed the day. This is our 2nd last "Good Things and the Week Ahead" of the year and will feature school-wide events and updates. Our last edition...

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 Good Things and the Week Ahead – June 12-16, 2023

June 11, 2023

Families of Shortreed, With less than three weeks to go in the school year, the fantastic events keep piling up with Shortreed's Got Talent happening last week and Sports Day happening this week! The forecast is not looking good for Friday so send your positive thoughts to move that rain...

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 Good Things and the Week Ahead – June 5-9, 2023

June 4, 2023

Families of Shortreed, Happy Pride Month and National Indigenous History Month! This month, we take extra time to honour and embrace the diversity of our staff, families, and students AND celebrate the incredible accomplishments and resiliency of Indigenous People across Canada. We hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed...

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 Good Things and the Week Ahead – May 29 – June 2, 2023

May 28, 2023

Families of Shortreed, We hope you had another great weekend in the sun! It was sure great to see SO many of you at our Fun Fair on Friday! We love it when our community comes together like this (I will share more about Fun Fair in the Good Things...

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 Good Things and the Week Ahead – May 23-26, 2023

May 22, 2023

Families of Shortreed, We hope you had a wonderful long weekend with family and/or friends. As we head into the last full week of May... this means PAC Fun Fair!!! Be sure to check out the info below and we hope to see you at our annual Fun Fair! Our...

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 The Week Ahead – May 15-19, 2023

May 14, 2023

Families of Shortreed, To all those mothers, grandmothers, and people who take on a motherly role with our kids... Happy Mother's Day! We hope you had a day that allowed you to enjoy the sunshine, have a coffee that did not need to be reheated, have a few minutes of...

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 Good Things and the Week Ahead – May 8-12, 2023

May 7, 2023

Families of Shortreed, We hope you had a great weekend and are bracing for next weekend's heat wave! This week brings our grade 3-5 track meet on Thursday morning. The schedule was emailed but is also available here. We will take some time in the afternoons this week to practice...

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 Good Things and the Week Ahead – May 1-5, 2023

April 30, 2023

Families of Shortreed, Happy May! We hope you had a lovely weekend and enjoyed that gorgeous weather on Saturday! As we finish up April and move into May, things start to ramp up with many exciting days and events happening at the school. Be sure to read the newsletter each...

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Shortreed Community Elementary

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