September 8th – Update to Families

Dear Families,

Thank you for the flexibility and relaxed manner in which everyone handled the first week back to school at our temporary school sites. Despite our unique context the students looked to be having a lot of fun and were becoming more and more comfortable as the week wore on. We now only have two weeks left until we can move into our fabulous new school!

I confirmed late last week that the construction timeline for our new school is still on track and the first day for students at c’usqunela will be Wednesday September 25th. They are making excellent progress and our new classroom furniture is to be delivered and placed in classrooms beginning Monday!

Details about what to expect this week, important upcoming dates, and a reminder of our school’s contact information are all listed below. We are looking forward to another exciting week with the kids!

Sincerely, Mr. Wheatley

1. What to Expect THIS Week:

• Regular school hours 8:30-2:20pm.
• We will continue to do a “soft start” each day with classrooms open from 8:15am onwards and attendance done slightly later.
• On Tuesday we will transition all students in grades 1-7 into their new classroom configurations for the school year.
• Kindergarten families already have their gradual entry information and we will continue to follow this same schedule at the Kanaka Creek and Blue Mountain school sites.

2. Important Upcoming Dates:

• Tuesday September 10^th – Students move into their new classroom groupings for this school year.
• Friday September 20^th – Last day at our alternate school sites.
• Monday & Tuesday September 23rd & 24^th – No School for students as staff will use these days to set up our new school space.
• Wednesday September 25^th – Our first school day together at c’usqunela!   (We plan to set up morning routines on this special first day so that families can see the school on opening day as well. More details to come!)

• Wednesday October 2^nd – c’usqunela Open House 6 – 7pm     (An opportunity for parents to meet teachers and further explore the school)

3. Our Temporary School Office(s) & Phone Number(s):

For these first three weeks we will have secretaries working both at Albion and Webster’s Corners schools. Mrs. Whittington will work in the main Albion Office and Mrs. Ulriksen will work out of our temporary office space across from the main Webster’s Corners office. If you need to contact us with questions or absence/late information either:

• Call our temporary office phone number … 466.6231
• Email our school at cqe_reception@sd42.ca. Our school email can also be found under the link on our school website.
• In the case of an emergency you may also contact the main office of your child’s host school directly.

We are now using the District’s Parent Portal as our primary method to communicate school updates. I plan to discontinue with our mass email list next week.  Please check your Parent Portal account if you are not receiving updates through the portal.