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For Friday, November 12th, 2021

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

• My name is Tim Cavey, and I’m the VCS Middle School vice-principal
• My name is Mary DeBoer, and I’m the VCS Middle School principal

Here were some highlights from the week:

• K-8 Remembrance Day Ceremony (on Wednesday)
• Remembrance Day (Thursday) - a break for all families
• Friday’s professional learning: focusing part of our time on report cards and the new proficiency language

Reviewing the new proficiency language terms and their descriptors

• We are ALL developing in different areas! Normalize developing.

Upcoming Dates:

• Thursday, November 18 - Parent education series:  Building Resilience for the Holidays
• Thursday, November 25 - End of MS Term 1
• Thursday, November 25 - VCS AGM via Zoom beginning at 7:30 pm
• Friday, November 26 - Professional Learning Day
• Thursday, December 16 - Last Day of School

Mary: We’d like share to shoutout to our listeners!

This week’s shoutout goes to … Jessica, Hailey and Kristen Chow!

Stay tuned for announcements about our Christmas-themed family fun pack in early December. Your feedback about the show qualifies you for entry, so keep those comments coming.

Final Words

Contact us at any time at mdeboer@vancs.org or tcavey@vancs.org.

We’re humbled and grateful for the opportunity to serve your children each day. Have a great week, and we’ll talk to you again next weekend! 

Bits & Bytes: In Flanders Fields (sung by 5D for our K-8 Remembrance Day ceremony)