BCTF Strike: Information & Updates

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Upcoming Parent/Teacher Interviews

Our second parent/teacher interview session was originally scheduled for Thursday, February 9. Given the ongoing BCTF strike our teachers will not participate in the interviews outside of instructional time. Similar to November, we will maintain our early dismissal schedule for both Thursday, February 9 and Friday, February 10 and students will be dismissed at 1pm. As such, if you wish to arrange a meeting after 1pm on either Thursday or Friday or have questions regarding your child’s progress, please contact the appropriate teacher directly. Further, teachers continue to assess and evaluate student progress on a regular basis and can provide you academic updates upon request. Please visit our school website (www.seycove.ca) for a complete list of teacher contact information.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Dr. Overgaard for Grades 8 to 11 and Mr. Karim Hachlaf for Grade 12.

This has also been sent through SchoolConnects January 31, 2012 @ 5:00pm

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Please read Letter to Parents/Guardians - November Report Cards 2011 11 24

This has also been sent through SchoolConnects November 24, 2011 @ 4:00pm

Monday, October 17, 2011

Dear Parents:

Thank you for your ongoing patience and attention to school related matters during Phase 1 of BCTF strike action. I have had a number of questions from parents about when, where and how you can communicate with teachers about the progress of your children.

The North Vancouver Teachers’ Association (NVTA) has indicated that teachers will continue to focus on instruction and will continue to assess student progress. The Labour Relations Board essential services order provides that teachers need not:

• Participate in meetings or interviews with parents/guardians outside of instructional time, or
• Participate in meet the teacher activities outside of instructional time, or
• Prepare or distribute report cards, or
• Provide any student assessment data to principals or school office staff, except Grade 12 marks required for graduation, post-secondary applications and scholarship purposes

The NVTA has confirmed that teachers may continue to communicate with parents in informal meetings, phone calls and emails to discuss student progress. Although we will not be conducting our formal parent/teacher interviews we will maintain our early dismissal schedule for both November 3rd and 4th and students will be dismissed at 1pm. As such, if you wish to arrange a meeting after 1pm or have questions regarding your son’s/daughter’s progress, please contact the appropriate teacher directly. Further, although teachers need not prepare or distribute report cards during Phase 1 for Grades 8 to 11, they are assessing and evaluating your son/daughter on a regular basis and can provide you with up to date progress status in the curricular areas of instruction.

If a concern arises regarding communications between teachers and parents, parents may wish to contact the NVTA office (604-988-3224) for clarification, or contact myself or David Overgaard.

As the strike continues, I will provide regular updates to you and encourage you to go to our Parent Advisory Council meetings and websites listed on the school page for up to date information. Again, I thank you for your ongoing support to the school and for your patience at this time.

Sincerely,

Karim Hachlaf
Principal