Dear families,<\/p>\n
On behalf the Board of Education and all Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows School District staff, I want to wish you and your family a joyful and relaxing holiday season.<\/p>\n
I recognize this last year, like the one before, has been a challenge for students and families. Despite these obstacles, your patience and perseverance has helped bring a sense of normalcy to our school communities and I look forward to following with great pride the continued success and accomplishments of our students in the new year.<\/p>\n
If your family is planning to travel during the holidays, I encourage you to review the latest federal guidance on travel restrictions and\/or quarantine measures. Because these rules and restrictions are subject to change, I would recommend that you visit the Government of Canada Travel website directly at https:\/\/travel.gc.ca\/travel-covid.<\/a> More specific information regarding travel-related testing and quarantine requirements for unvaccinated children under 12 and unvaccinated youth before a return to school can be found on this page: https:\/\/travel.gc.ca\/travel-covid\/travel-restrictions\/covid-vaccinated-travellers-entering-canada#children<\/a>.<\/p>\n Finally, I have included below an important message from the Ministry of Education regarding a safe holiday season.<\/p>\n As we get ready for some much-needed time off, I want to wish all of you a safe and happy holiday. Our school communities are looking forward to welcoming students back to their classrooms on Monday, January 3, 2022<\/strong>, after this well-deserved break.<\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n Harry Dhillon <\/p>\n Message from the Ministry of Education: Following Public Health Guidance for a Safe Holiday Season <\/strong><\/p>\n COVID-19 continues to circulate in our communities. Amid emerging evidence about the Omicron variant of COVID-19, it is imperative that everyone continues to follow BC’s public health guidance and use layers of protection to keep everyone safe throughout the holiday season. <\/em><\/p>\n It is also important that everyone receive all doses of COVID-19 vaccine for which they are eligible, including booster doses when available. If you haven’t already, register now to book a vaccine appointment and receive an invitation when you are eligible to get another dose. <\/em><\/p>\n The Provincial Health Officer strongly encourages everyone to limit holiday gatherings to family and trusted friends who have been vaccinated, and to avoid non-essential travel outside of Canada. Connecting with the people we love and care for is important and we encourage everyone to have a small, safe and happy holiday.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear families, On behalf the Board of Education and all Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows School District staff, I want to wish you and your family a joyful and relaxing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/whonnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Superintendent of Schools <\/em><\/p>\n