Update: Report and Yearbook Distribution

Yearbook distribution and report card pick up will not occur on June 26th as previously scheduled because of the ongoing labour disruption between the BCTF and BCPSEA.

Yearbooks for students in Grades 8-11 will be distributed in September. Yearbooks for grade 12's will be distributed at the Grad Dinner & Dance. If your son/daughter is in Grade 12 and is not attending the Dinner & Dance please watch the website for an alternative time to pick up their yearbook.  This date has not yet been determined.

We are waiting for clarification from the school district on when report cards will be distributed and what they will look like. Please refer to this web site and the school district’s web site (http://www.sd38.bc.ca/) for further updates.

Richmond Summer School - Cancelled

 

As a result of the labour dispute between the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and the British Columbia Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA), the Richmond School District is unable to proceed with summer school courses and programs.  Cancelled courses include: Continuing Education’s Academic Full Credit; Academic Remedial; Enrichment, Richmond Virtual School and Distributed Learning; and Summer Camps for elementary students.

A memo from Continuing Education is attached.

PDF File: 

Summer Cancelled Hand Out 3.pdf

Report Card Update

Unfortunately, the ongoing labour unrest between the B.C. Teachers' Federation (BCTF) and the provincial government's accredited bargaining agent (BCPSEA) and the current strike and partial lock-out has created a lot of disruption to the end of the school year for our students and may impact optional summer learning opportunities as well.   As a school, we are hopeful that a fair settlement can be reached as soon as possible.  As we do not have final marks, report cards will not be distributed on June 26 as published on the school calendar.  If and when we can produce a report card, they will be mailed home to parents.

Please pay attention to the school Twitter feed and our web site or district web site for any updated news on report cards, summer school and other important news.

Please read the attached letter (dated June 26, 2014) from Richmond School District Superintendent Monica Pamer.


PDF File: 

June 26 Parent letter.pdf

Important - Provincial Exam Update

Late on June 23, the B.C. Ministry of Education has announced that they have altered the Social Studies 11 and English 10 exams that students will be responsible for completing on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. This decision is because these two exams account for 65,000 of the 70,000 locally marked provincial exams this exam session, and the teachers' strike has greatly reduced the number of qualified markers available.

Grad Events Update

Dry Grad has been moved to Richmond Bethal Church at 10200 No 5 Rd. Buses will return students from the dinner dance to this address and those students not attending Dry Grad should be picked up here. Dry Grad parents are still in need of some assistance!

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