Ecole Salish Secondary
7278 184th Street V4N 5V2 Surrey, BC, Canada

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March 30th, 2021 message from Superintendent Jordan Tinney.

Grad Council is holding another Purdy’s chocolate sale, and this one has limit stock availability order your chocolate before it’s all gone! All proceeds go to supporting Salish grads. Have orders in by March 24 and as soon as payment is made on our return to the building chocolates can be picked up just in time for Easter. https://www.surreyschools.ca//Purdys%20Fillable%20Order%20

Well done, Wolves!

Masks will now be required for all K-12 staff and all students in Grades 4-12 in Surrey Schools. Effective March 27, our district will begin implementation of a...n Order of the Medical Health Officer, specific to Face Coverings in Surrey Schools. This Order is specific to Surrey Schools and requires all K-12 staff and all students in Grades 4 to 12 to wear non-medical masks in all indoor areas, including when they are with their learning groups. Learn more here: https://www.surreyschools.ca/NewsE//Lists/Posts/Post.aspx Exceptions include: If an individual is unable to wear a face covering because of a psychological, behavioral or health condition; or a physical, cognitive or intellectual impairment. If an individual is unable to put on or remove a face covering without the assistance of another person. While communicating with a person who has a hearing impairment. When an individual is actively eating or drinking. For teachers if the face covering is removed while providing direct instruction at a distance of more than two metres from others.

Join Superintendent Jordan Tinney as he asks the questions at the top of parents' minds and finds out the science behind the policies and procedures in place re...garding variants, school closures, contact tracing and more. Surrey Schools presents a special Q&A session between Superintendent Jordan Tinney and Dr. Ariella Zbar, Medical Health Officer at Fraser Health. Transcripts available in English, Punjabi, Chinese, and Arabic at https://bit.ly/38AmGRz

Grad Photos A reminder to students that Artona has set up a trailer in the parking lot for your photos to be taken. https://artona.com/faqs

Please join us for the February PAC Meeting on Monday, February 22nd at 7pm. The meeting will be virtual, through Zoom, so you can enjoy it from the comfort of your home. Meeting link here: https://ca01web.zoom.us/j/61866503099 Meeting ID: 618 6650 3099... Passcode: 42828091 See more

February 8th, 2021 message from Superintendent Jordan Tinney.

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Our District Resource Counsellors, Casey Chaulk and Jen Poole, will be facilitating an EASE ‘At Home’ session for Parents and Caregivers that are part of the Surrey Blended model. Details of the live event are as follows: Date Friday, January 15th, 2021 Time 1:00 to 2:30 pm Facilitators Casey Chaulk and Jen Poole... Details - EASE ‘At Home’ (for Parents and Caregivers) In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Children and Family Development adapted some of the EASE classroom activities for use at home by parents and caregivers to support their children’s mental health and continuous learning. These fun and practical strategies help guide parents and caregivers in managing their children’s anxiety and worries in the comfort of their home during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Jen Poole, Casey Chaulk and Taunya Shaw are district EASE trainers and will teach you how to access the EASE ‘At Home’ resource, help understand the theory behind it and also gain some understanding of anxiety. You can join the live event here. See more

Salish Book Club Information

January 4th, 2021 message from Superintendent Jordan Tinney.

Welcome back -- hope everyone had a restful break! Parents: please remember to assess your child daily using the health checklist: https://www.surreyschools.ca/.../D/Daily%20Health%20Check.pdf. Do not send your child to school if they are sick. The checklist is available in multiple languages here: https://www.surreyschools.ca//healthsaf/Pages/default.aspx See more

December 14th, 2020 message from Superintendent Jordan Tinney.

GRADE 12 PARENT MEETING There will be a virtual meeting on Tuesday, December 15th at 7:00pm to discuss fundraising support for Grade 12 celebrations. We look forward to connecting with everyone and to be a part of a wonderful celebration of our Graduates. Here is the Zoom Link: https://ca01web.zoom.us/j/69799164498

Attention Grads: SFU FASS Parents & Supporters Q&A Before heading into the holiday season, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at SFU wanted to provide your parent community with the opportunity to connect with one of our FASS professors online for a Parents and Supporters Q&A! In this session, prospective students and their parents/supporters can get answers to their FASS questions and understand how they can be more successful in their first year of university. The sess...ion will be hosted by Dr. Danielle Murdoch from our Criminology faculty and will take place on December 15th from 5:30 6:30PM. Registration can be found online at: www.sfu.ca//stu/prospective-students/e-sampler/future.html. Feel free to share this information with your students and their parents/supporters! We will be adding more sessions to our FASS e-Sampler in the new year, so keep checking our website for more offerings: www.sfu.ca/fass/e-sampler. We will also continue to book virtual FASS in the Class presentations and will have more presentation options from February onwards! You can view our current presentation selections and book online at: www.sfu.ca//high-school-v/fass-in-class/presentations.html

With the holiday season upon us, schools & classrooms are engaged in all sorts of festive activities and crafts. The fact sheet below has some guidelines & sugg...estions to celebrate safely at school. You can also check here for healthy holiday recommendations outside of school: https://www.surreyschools.ca/NewsE//Lists/Posts/Post.aspx See more

November 23rd message from Superintendent Jordan Tinney.

A reminder that Friday, December 11th, is an Early Dismissal at 1:55pm.

Holiday Spirit Week - December 14-18

Grad Spirit Week

Take Our Kids to Work Day (this Wednesday, Nov.4th!) goes virtual for 2020: https://www.surreyschools.ca/NewsE//Lists/Posts/Post.aspx

UBC will be hosting an information session for Salish students and parents online this Thursday at 3:30pm. Please email Ms. McGowan ([email protected]) for the link to join the session.

Internet is down at Salish. Blended Learning may be interrupted this afternoon.

A reminder that Monday, November 16th, is Early Dismissal.

Students from Ecole Salish Secondary wrote 50 postcards to mail to Surrey veterans: https://www.surreyschools.ca/NewsE//Lists/Posts/Post.aspx

Surrey Schools is proud to present its first episode of Mental Health and Wellness 40. MHW40 is a monthly initiative aimed at giving Surrey School District Staff and Partners "snapshots" of professional development in the area of Mental Health and Wellness. They are hosted on Youtube Live so district staff and district partners can log on and participate in this live opportunity. The link to this month’s session is here: https://youtu.be/vwJK5s9t55M The sessions are live ...and also will be saved on our new Surrey Schools Mental Health Youtube Channel. We will also take questions LIVE so feel free to ask!!! These sessions are hosted by: Daniel To, District Principal, Education Services (Specialty Programs) Coralee Curby, School Psychologist, Student Support When? They will take place monthly, usually on the 2nd Wednesday at 3:15pm !! Next session: Wednesday October 14, 2020 at 3:15pm. TOMORROW!!! Link: https://youtu.be/vwJK5s9t55M This month and for our FIRST Episode ever - we are so pleased to have Dr. Haley Watson as a guest. Dr Hayley Watson - a Registered Clinical Psychologist with 15 years’ experience working with children, schools, and families globally, and a PhD in bullying interventions. Her site is https://openparachuteschools.com/canada

October 30th message from Superintendent Jordan Tinney.

Absentee/retake photo day is coming up on Monday November 16th starting at 8:30am in cafeteria. Students will be called down starting with Grade 8s. We will prioritize photos for any students who were absent on photo day, then we will continue with those who are purchasing a photo package and are requesting a retake. Students who require a retake must bring their ID card to the camera. The photographer needs to scan the barcode on it. Any student who purchased photos fro...m their original picture day will not be allowed to have a retake. Please know we will be taking all safety precautions again to keep your students and staff safe. To read more about the measures we are taking, please click on the link: https://www.blog.artona.com/post/safety-at-photo-day For more information, please see the FAQs on Artona’s website: https://www.artona.com/faqs

Why aren't there temperature checks at schools? Do siblings of students notified of exposures also have to self isolate? What do the notification letters from F...raser Health actually mean? If our household includes an individual who is immunocompromised or elderly, and our school has an exposure, should I keep my child at home? Discover the answers to these questions and many more with a special Q&A session between Superintendent Jordan Tinney and Fraser Health's Dr. Ingrid Tyler, Medical Health Officer & Medical Director of Population and Public Health. Watch as Supt. Tinney asks parent questions -- and find out the science behind the policies and procedures in place. *Captions generated by Facebook*

Salish office staff dressed up as Mr. Tait! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Photo Retakes will be on November 16, 2020 https://www.artona.com/schools/SALI/programs/school_photo

Dance Wear 2020/2021 is now available for pre-order. Here is the link to order: apzr.co/EBW Payment will be done through SchoolCashOnline in about a week’s time. Message Ms. Jensen if you have any questions.

REMINDER - Salish Spirit Wear order forms are due by the end of lunch on Friday, October 30th (tomorrow). Visit the Salish Student Council website clothing specs and the order form. Payments will be made on SchoolCashOnline. https://surreyschools.schoolcashonline.com/

Did you miss Tuesday evening's Parent Info Session Q&A with Superintendent Jordan Tinney? Watch it below to find out the answers to the most pressing parent qu...estions relating to the district's health & safety procedures and the September restart. *Note: Captions are auto-generated by Facebook*

REMINDER Salish 2021 Grads - Grad clothing orders are due in on Friday, October 30th (tomorrow)! We will be collecting fees through SchoolCashOnline (link below, the same place you pay your student fees). So this is what you do: 1) fill in the form digitally, or print > scan your completed form and send it to us 2) If your last name is A-L - send your form to Ms. Mann ([email protected]) and if your last name is M-Z send your form to Ms. Young ([email protected]) 3) we will set up a debt for you on SchoolCashOnline and you can go in there (give it a day or two) and pay for your clothing. 4) when clothing is paid for, and the deadline for submissions closes, we will send off your orders to the vendor -- make sure you pay for your item or we will not order your clothing! ORDER FORMS ARE DUE IN OCTOBER 30TH, 2020 https://surreyschools.schoolcashonline.com/

My name is Emily Chen, the Outreach officer for Semiahmoo Study Circle (a non-profit organization led by Semi Students) and we want to share an opportunity with fellow secondary schools in the Surrey District. During this pandemic, our team has all personally experienced the difficulties of remote learning, and we realized how much harder learning has become. We understand that the schools and teachers are all doing as much as they can but we also want to help out by using o...ur knowledge and experiences and make learning easier. The Semi Study Circle has found younger students who are struggling with school or remote learning and need extra help, and we are hoping to recruit more secondary students who share a common mission of helping younger students to join our team! All of the tutoring hours will count as volunteer or service hours. So, to further our goal and provide opportunities for your students, we hope you can spread the word about our organization within your school and to anyone who might want to join our team! Here’s the link to our website (https://www.semistudycircle.com/) All registration forms or additional information can be found there. Thank you so much for your time! Best Regards, Emily Chen

Today is not Photo Retake Day. We are awaiting our schedule from Artona and will advise as soon as we know.

We got Spirit! Twin Tuesday in the office!

FREE Virtual Halloween Event for Youth - October 29th In the spirit of Halloween, the City of Surrey - Online Youth Nights is hosting a special event on Thursday October 29th Halloween Makeup Art. Professional makeup artist from Mink Hair & Makeup will be leading an hour and half (7pm 8:30pm) virtual workshop for youth ages 12 18. Youth will learn the artistry behind makeup, how to get involved, and explore ways to have a safe and fun Halloween this year. Spots are... limited and registration is required. Please share with youth who love Halloween and looking for ways to celebrate. https://cityofsurrey.perfectmind.com///CoursesLandingPage Registration link: https://cityofsurrey.perfectmind.com///CoursesLandingPage

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All classes (Jr. & Sr.) have now been added to the Wolves E-genda.

Grad 2021 Coffee Fundraiser Please support the graduating class of 2021. This is a local business providing fresh, quality coffee. You can choose to pay to have your coffee shipped directly to you (via Canada Post), or you can opt to have it shipped with the group order to the school for distribution to an identified grad, or leave your contact information and you will be contacted to schedule a pick up. Every item you purchase helps the grads of Salish Secondary. Con...tact Ms. Young: [email protected] if you have any questions. Click on the link for the Online Store: https://globalcoffeefundraising.ca/salish/

The SFU Surrey TD Community Engagement Centre is launching free virtual programming for Surrey kids and teens! Participants in these programs develop importan...t relationships with SFU mentors while engaging in a variety of recreational, media, social and educational programs. Learn more, including how to sign up here: https://bit.ly/3iAwNIW See more

Library Learning Commons Club Information

Library Learning Commons - How to put a book on hold

Artona Student Photo Orders - Parents are reminded to go online to https://artona.com/schools/SALI/programs/school_photo if you wish to order photos of your student from the School Photo Day.

Have a question about the district's restart plan? Curious about our COVID-19 response? Join Superintendent Jordan Tinney for a live Parent Information Session ...where he will address questions submitted by our community. The online event takes place Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 6pm PST (event link will be posted later this week). To submit your questions, go to: https://sd36.ca/Oct6frm (deadline is Sunday, Oct. 4).