Good morning,

A series of Thought Exchanges are being sent out over the next few days to gather feedback on the Middle School Philosophy document that the district has been working towards for the past few years. We would love to have your input on this document; the Thought Exchange doesn’t take long. Here’s the link:

Parent link

This thought exchange will stay open until March 15th

Good afternoon,

Thank you to the parents who were able to attend our Grade 5 Parent Information Night. We apologize for the technical difficulties with two different links being sent out – the joys of technology!

If you missed the session, please click here to view the recording: https://jump.sd62.bc.ca/JourneyGrade5ParentInformationNight

Thank you!

If your student is interested in the Sooke Sailing Association’s Spring Break camps, please register by contacting   sookesailing.checklink.com 

Thank you to the parents who were able to attend our Grade 5 Parent Information Night. We apologize for the technical difficulties with two different links being sent out – the joys of technology!

If you missed the session, please click here to view the recording: https://jump.sd62.bc.ca/JourneyGrade5ParentInformationNight

Thank you!

We invite you to join us online for our Gr 5 Parent Information Night on Monday, February 28^th, from 6-7pm. We will provide an overview of student life at Journey and answer as many questions as we can. Our Principal of Academies, Wayne Kelly, will also be on hand to answer any questions around the hockey academy – registration opens March 1^st for hockey.

We will start streaming at 6pm; Click here to join the meeting.

I recommend joining a few minutes early in case there are any technical issues. We will also record the event for families who are not available at that time.

See you on Feb 28^th at 6pm!

*After the online event, the recording will be connected to the original link, and will be available 2-3 days later.

Please click on the link for information on Royal Bay’s production of Pippin.

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Please click on the link for information on Sooke’s Minor Fastball Registration.

Minor Fastball Registration

Hi everyone!

Tomorrow (Wednesday) is Anti-Bullying Day 2022. You are welcome and invited to wear pink to school tomorrow!

Subway Day March 9th!

Students will be coming home today with order forms, (extra forms can be picked up in the office).

Subway order

We invite you to join us online for our Gr 5 Parent Information Night on Monday, February 28^th, from 6-7pm. We will provide an overview of student life at Journey and answer as many questions as we can. Our Principal of Academies, Wayne Kelly, will also be on hand to answer any questions around the hockey academy – registration opens March 1^st for hockey.

We will start streaming at 6pm; Click here to join the meeting.

I recommend joining a few minutes early in case there are any technical issues. We will also record the event for families who are not available at that time.

See you on Feb 28^th at 6pm!

*After the online event, the recording will be connected to the original link, and will be available 2-3 days later.

Parents of Grade 8 students, EMCS staff will be working with our classes over the next few weeks to prepare and enter course selection forms. Here is a little more information on the process this year:

• Updated course selection information and step-by-step instructions can be found on the EMCS website at:
  https://emcs.web.sd62.bc.ca/counselling-centre/course-selection/current-grade-8-students-course-selection/
• Teachers will watch this video with their classes by January 26th  (also available on the website link above)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eTvBKhuUz4
• Students have been mailed a course selection package that includes a Course Planning Sheet (also available on the website link above)
• Please have Grade 8 students plan their course requests on the Course Planning Sheets and submit the sheets to their Gr. 8 teachers by January 27. 
  • That way the teachers can look over the courses students are planning to request, and make recommendations regarding any changes as necessary.

When EMCS staff members visit Grade 8 classes on Jan. 31 / Feb. 1, they will have the teacher return the Course Planning Sheets to students and will assist students with logging in to the MyEdBC Student Portal and entering their course requests into the system.

***If your child is in French Immersion and is not planning on staying in French Immersion at EMCS, please put this on your course selection form to let the counsellors know.