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Update | June 3, 2020   Good afternoon, I hope you are well. A common thread in staff conversations is certainly around how much we are missing the ongoing face to face interactions with students and colleagues. I imagine this could be a stressful time for families, and we hope to be sensitive to this. June often brings with it the usual ebbs and flows of a school year and additional complexities around engaging students; however, it is often an exciting time for young people as they celebrate the year and look forward to the summer break. I wanted to take a moment to share some of our plans for the last few weeks of June.   The following email relates to: Ongoing Learning
Pick up and drop off processes
Budget and Fees  information and survey 
June 15 - 26: Ongoing Learning Learning opportunities will continue to be offered and classroom teachers will be available for students. Tasks will continue to focus on supporting students in being ready for the next level of a course, while supporting engagement as students ready themselves for the break. This is also a time when we invite you to share any relevant information that may support us in understanding your child as we look to the coming school year.
Report cards will be distributed electronically through PowerSchool. More details will follow around the process.
IPPs will be distributed electronically where we have consent, or can be picked up from the school during the times outlined below.
June 15 - 17: Pick up/Drop off While continuing to follow protocols, we are providing the following opportunities for students to drop off library books and pick up refund cheques/remaining locker items etc. As of Monday June 22, any unclaimed items will be donated, recycled or discarded.
Monday June 15 Tuesday June 16 Wednesday June 17 Last Name  A – B 9:00am – 10:30am Last Name: K - M 9:00am – 10:30am Last Name: U - W 9:00am – 10:30am Last Name: C - D 10:30am – 12:00pm Last Name: N - P 10:30am – 12:00pm Last Name: X - Z 10:30am – 12:00pm Last Name:  E - G 12:00pm – 1:30pm Last Name: Q - R 12:00pm – 1:30pm Last Name:  H - J 1:30pm – 3:00pm Last Name: S - T  1:30pm – 3:00pm      If these times do not work for you, please connect with the main office – we can be flexible. At this point, we do not know what learning will look like in the fall. The CBE has established a “Re-Entry Task Force’ to lead the planning, and consider input from the surveys. All decisions will be guided by the advice of the province’s chief medical officer and Alberta Education guidelines. As soon as information is available, communication will go out to families. We would also appreciate your input on the survey below. 2020-21 Budget & Fees Info & Parent Survey Learn and Share | CBE and school budget and school fees information and online engagement We know we make better decisions to support student learning when we build understanding and work together. That’s why we’ll be sharing information about the CBE budget and how we develop our own school budget and establish school fees for some services and activities through an upcoming online engagement opportunity.  This morning, we updated our John Ware School website with information and the engagement opportunity. During this online engagement opportunity, you will have the opportunity to: 1.     Learn Where funding for the CBE comes from and how it is spent
About the Resource Allocation Method (RAM) used to fund schools
How we estimate, then finalize, RAM for our school
How we establish school fees for some activities and services
Please select the link on the right to view the presentation.   2.     Participate Share your perspectives on school budget and school fees
Active online engagement will be open until  June 10, 2020.
Here is the link to the on-line engagement: John Ware School 2020-21 Budget & Fees Info & Parent Survey   Thank you for your ongoing support. Take good care,   Mandy