Dear Families,
We hope you have had a wonderful summer break! We are looking forward to an exciting new school year at Ecole Aubrey Elementary! We are ready for our new school year and look forward to hearing about your summer adventures.
For Grade 1-7 students, school will be in session on Tuesday, September 6th for one hour – French Program 8:45 – 9:45 am and English program 9:00 – 10:00 am. Students will go back to their last year room for pick up and drop off. Please use outside classroom doors.
On Tuesday, Sept. 6th, all new students to Aubrey in Grade 1-7 are to meet under the undercover area closest to the main office at 9:00 am. You will be taken to the library.
On Wednesday, Sept 7th – Friday, Sept. 9th , all French Grade 1 students are to meet outside the Library at 8:45 and pick up at 2:45 pm from the same location.
On Wednesday Sept 7th – Friday Sept 9th , all English Grade 1 students are to meet outside the undercover area closest to the upper playground. Pick up and drop off will be 9 am and 3 pm.
During this opening week of school, we will be building community and developing positive connections (#Aubreyconnects) School Placements for the 2022/2023 school year will not be known until Monday, September 12th once we receive district approval.
Health and Safety Information
As you may have seen, the province has released health and safety guidance for K-12 settings, which are very similar to what was in place when the school year ended. You can find links to the full public health documents on the Burnaby School District website and more information here. Below are some of the key pieces from those guidelines provided by the BC Centre for Disease Control and the Ministry of Education and Child Care.
Health Check. It remains critical that people continue to practice a health check to determine if they should come into the building that day. Please do not come to school sick. As previously, if a student becomes ill while at school, the office will contact you to pick up your child. More information to support health awareness, including a link to symptoms of COVID-19 can be found here
Masks. The decision to wear a mask is a personal choice for staff, students, and visitors. A person’s choice is to be supported and respected.
Cleaning. Surfaces are cleaned and/or disinfected at least once a day.
Hand Hygiene. We will continue to encourage students to wash and/or sanitize their hands frequently.
Personal Space. Students will be supported to respect one another’s personal space.
Vaccination. Guidance from the BC Centre for Disease Control is that vaccines remain important protection tools; as such, public health encourages all students and staff to be up to date on all recommended vaccines for communicable diseases, including COVID-19 vaccines.
We continue to remind staff and families to stay home if they are sick. Below is a review of our health and safety reminders.
Aubrey PAC will be hosting on Tuesday, September 6th a coffee social for all parents in the tree area at the front of the school.
Finally, as we prepare for another busy school year, please DO NOT PARK IN ANY NO PARKING ZONES INCLUDING THE STAFF PARKING LOT AND OBEY ALL TRAFFIC SPEED LIMITS. Thank you for helping to keep all of our community members safe.
Sincerely,
Lisa HartmanPrincipal
École Aubrey Elementary School
