June 6th 2025
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Focus on Core Competencies:The BC curriculum emphasizes the development of core competencies, including thinking, communication, and social and personal competencies, which are essential for student success.
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Flexible and Competency-Driven:The curriculum is designed to be flexible and supports a competency-driven approach to teaching and learning, allowing for diverse learning experiences.
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Learning Standards:The Provincial Proficiency Scale is used to communicate student learning in grades K-9, with categories like Emerging, Developing, Proficient, and Extending.
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Communicating Learning:The K-12 Student Reporting Policy outlines how schools will communicate student progress to parents, including written and informal learning updates.
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First Peoples Principles of Learning:The curriculum incorporates the First Peoples Principles of Learning, emphasizing the importance of Indigenous perspectives and knowledge.
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BC Gov Website:The official BC government website provides information about the curriculum, reporting, and resources for parents.
- Understand the Big Ideas: Big Ideas are the core concepts and principles within each subject area.
- Focus on Core Competencies: Understand how your child is developing their core competencies.
- Engage with Learning Updates: Attend parent-teacher conferences and review learning updates to understand your child's progress.
- Support Learning at Home: Encourage your child to practice skills and apply what they are learning at school.
- Seek Support: Don't hesitate to reach out to your child's teacher, school staff, or district resources for assistance.
If you have a child starting Kindergarten next year please check out our Kindergarten Resources page here on the website for updates and information regarding updates on events and startup
June is... Italian Heritage Month, National Indigenous History Month, Portuguese Heritage Month, Fillipino Heritage Month, & Pride Month
Hello everyone,
Volunteer opportunities for "GHE 2025 Carnival" are now open.
Please click on the following web link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn't work) to go to the signup sheet:
We are also looking for a new PAC treasurer for the 2025/2026 school year. If anyone is interested please contact the PAC.
To sign up, just follow the instructions on the page. It only takes a few seconds to do.
Thank you for volunteering!
EGHE PAC
[email protected]
Next Week at a glance
June 9th-13th
- Mountain Bike Race
Wednesday June 11th
- Feeding Futures Hot Lunch: Click here to order
- Staff Meeting @3:15pm in the library
- Sports Day: We are still looking for Volunteers!!! Please email Mrs. Manzini if you are available to help @ [email protected]
- Sunscreen (put this on your child and pack them some for reapplication)
- Running Shoes & Socks
- A hat (hair tied up for children with longer hair)
- A water bottle
- Extra snacks
- A change of clothes
- Your child's Sports Day colour attire
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Father's Day: Click here to learn more about Father's Day in Canada
Online Payments & Online Forms
The Sea to Sky School District has rolled out School Cash Online, an easy to use, safe and convenient way for parents and guardians to pay for their children’s school fees, such as field trips.
Powered by the Canadian firm KEV Group, School Cash Online strictly adheres to Canada’s privacy and anti-spam legislation and meets the latest industry standards for payment security. Any Canadian data collected is held on Canadian servers.
Online payment is the preferred method of settling school fees and all parents are encouraged to use this system.
The Annual Student Personal Information Tech & Media Form 706.1A(b), The Student Information & Technology (ICT) Agreement (K-6 students) need to be signed every year by parents. We are also having all parents sign the Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy Act Consent for Web 2.0 Tools 708.1A(a). This form will only need to be signed this year. These forms have also been uploaded and should be signed through School Cash online by September 18th .
Head Lice Information for Families by Katrina Lowe on Scribd
Hello EGHE Families,
As a friendly reminder, the School District 48 (Sea to Sky) has policies in place to maintain a safe and healthy environment on school grounds, including specific guidelines about dogs on school property.
Under Policy 804, please keep the following in mind when bringing dogs to school sites:
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Leashing Requirements: All dogs on school property must be leashed, tethered, and under the control of a responsible person at all times. This helps ensure the safety of students, staff, and other community members.
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Clean-Up: If a dog defecates on school grounds, the person in control of the dog is required to clean up and dispose of the waste properly.
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Annual Review: Each school’s principal will meet with the Parent Advisory Council and staff yearly to review this policy and discuss any local guidelines that may be in place. Our current local guidelines are to maintain a safe distance from classroom lineups by keeping dogs off the asphalt in the courtyard past the yellow gate (as many children are fearful of dogs and many dogs on leash in a small area can become aggressive with one another).
We appreciate your help in keeping our schools a safe and welcoming place for everyone (including our furry friends).
Here at Garibaldi Highlands we have a few rules regarding bikes on school property. These rules are intended to keep our students safe while on school grounds. All adults and children on school property during school time as well as during drop off and pick up must follow these following safety rules.
- Bikes MUST be walked at all times on school property, with the exception of the actual roadways in the parking lot and bus loop. There should never be anyone riding any sort of bike on a sidewalk, a walkway, a courtyard, or a crosswalk for any reason.
- Bikes on the roadways MUST follow traffic laws and the flow of traffic. The bus loop must be entered on the same side a car would enter and ridden through in the same direction a car would go, and the parking lot should be ridden through in the same direction as cars drive.
- If a staff member asks you to dismount from your bike for any reason that staff member must be treated in a respectful manner and the direction must be followed.
- Students who have been asked to dismount from their wheels and continue to ride will have their bike/scooter live in the makerspace for the day and a parent will have to pick it up.
