Last Week @ Journey (for this school year)

National Indigenous Peoples Day is today, June 21 and we are proud to be recognising and celebrating the cultures and contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Indigenous peoples of Canada.

Welcome to the last official week of school!  Thank you for your patience, support, and flexibility especially over the last three months.

Yearbooks – although we had been given assurances that we would have yearbooks ready this week, our publisher has given us the news that it looks more like the middle/end of July.  We will contact you when they arrive and have times you can stop by and pick them up.

This week we will celebrate our grade 8 students who are on their way to secondary school with a drive-through celebration and end the week with a tribute to two teachers who have dedicated most of their teaching careers to the students of Journey.  Mrs. Jill Fader, our librarian and historian has been here since the doors opened and helped create our award-winning Musical Theatre Program.  Mr. Roald Kovacik, our French Immersion stalwart and Mountain Bike Expert, has enriched us with his talent for languages and sense of humour. Both will be missed by students and staff.

We have begun planning for September and have hired three new staff members.  We welcome teachers: Ms. Amanda MacLean (partnering with Ms. Laurie Gitzel), Mr. Matthew Tran (Gr. 6/7 French), and Ms. Nicole Wallace (librarian).  Unfortunately for us we have to say goodbye to staff members: Ms. Sherri Savoie, Mr. Kyle Long, Mr. Todd Kilpatrick, Ms. Natasha Walsh, Ms. Angela Young, and Ms. Marina McClintock.  We thank them for their service and wish them well at their new schools.

Thank you to our PAC for supporting us through the entire year!  We greatly appreciate your support.

Monday

• Last day for grade 6 students attending in-school learning
• Chromebooks: We are asking families to return Journey Chromebooks today and tomorrow. Please arrive at the front doors/entrance on one of these days during the hours of 8:30-3:30 p.m.  If you are unable to return the Chromebook on one of these dates/times please contact gthompson@sd62.bc.ca to make alternate arrangements.  Chromebooks will be re-issued in September if needed.

Tuesday

• Grade 8 Drive-Through Leaving Celebration Drive through any time between 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Students are invited to come with a parent(s) to participate in a drive-through celebration. Each student will receive their certificate(s) and a special treat.  We will be practicing social/physical distancing during our celebration.  Students will not get out of their vehicles.

• Division 1-4 (Sulzen/Kilpatrick/Barnes) (Long/Lennox) will drive along the bus lane loop.
• Divisions 5-8 (Sims/Nadeau/McClintock) (Croft/Winser) will drive into the parking lot loop.

Staff will be on hand to cheer you on and wish you well as you leave us for EMCS and will be dressed for the occasion.  We all look forward to seeing you.

Wednesday

• Last day for grade 7 students attending in-school learning and online learning for all grade levels

Thursday

• Report Cards: Will be available on the Student Portal on MyEd today. Please contact the school if you have difficulty accessing the information on June 25 – July 3 by contacting the office.  If you require a paper copy, please let your child’s classroom teacher know by Wednesday.
• Dismissal Bell – We encourage everyone to ‘ring the bell’ at 2:58 Thursday afternoon. We of course will ring our bell and play the traditional School’s Out for Summer by Alice Cooper over the P.A. system.

From all of the 63 staff at Journey, we wish you and your family health and happiness going into the summer months.