Blog Posts

May 26, 2022

May PAC Meeting Minutes

Please find attached the minutes from our May PAC Meeting. The LAST PAC meeting of the school year will be Tuesday, June 7th, we would love to see everyone there!

Also, don't forget about our Family Pizza Night on June 2nd- please RSVP immediately if you haven't already; come join us for a celebratory dinner and hopefully some sunshine!

We need to have all pizza dinner RSVPs by this Friday as we will be submitting our orders.

April 28, 2022

Speaking Your Truth: Student Voices (from WJ Mouat)

The most recent stop on my student voice inquiry journey was at WJ Mouat. I continue to be fascinated by the diversity of thought about certain issues, and simultaneously the remarkable consistency around other topics. Rather than editorialize, I will Arianna (Gr. 9), Omran (Gr. 12), Jazzi (Gr. 11), Nickolas (Gr. 11), Bella (Gr. 11), Lily (Gr. 12), Nathan (Gr. 11), Jayda (Gr. 12), and Natalie (Gr. 12) speak their truth:

When you think about school, what is the first word that comes to mind? Why?

April 12, 2022

April PAC Minutes

Hello Barrowtown Families,

 

Please have a read through our PAC minutes and find out what is happening at school. There are a few events and hot lunch items coming up that we will need volunteers for.

 

Please let us know if you have any questions or would like to help.

 

Thank you so much.

 

Kayla Wiens

PAC Secretary

March 28, 2022

March PAC Meeting Minutes

Hello Barrowtown Families,

 

I realize that Spring Break starts shortly, but please read up to find out about our latest plans and ideas.

 

Have a fun and safe spring break!

 

Barrowtown PAC

March 10, 2022

Trust the Village

I visited the temporary Upper Sumas Elementary site this week to see how the staff and students were adjusting to their “new” environment (For those of you who have been around as long as I have been, this was the old Abby Elementary School site). As I approached the front doors, I saw a class of students standing in circle in a little garden patch. I made eye contact with the teacher, Ms. Marr, who invited me to join their circle. She told me that they had just finished sharing what they were grateful for and invited me to do the same.

February 28, 2022

Student Voice: Selling Hope

With all that has transpired in this country and in Europe over the last few weeks, it is easy to slip into despair. However, when you work with and in service of children it is both difficult and unhealthy to live in that space. I had the distinct pleasure of meeting with a group of eight students from Robert Bateman Secondary last week, and true to form, they not only affirmed the importance of our work, but lifted my spirits about the fundamental importance of our ongoing journey to deepen student learning experiences in our schools.  

February 10, 2022

PAC Meeting Minutes

Hello Barrowtown Families,

 

Please have a read through our PAC minutes and find out what is happening at school. There are a few events and hot lunch items coming up that we will need volunteers for.

 

Please let us know if you have any questions or would like to help.

 

Thank you so much.

 

Kayla Wiens

PAC Secretary

February 3, 2022

Why Celebrate Black History Month?

I have a hope that one day we will not have to celebrate Black History Month, that our society, discourse and school curricula will be redolent with the contributions and experiences of Black Canadians, that Black students in our schools will be proud of who they are, that they will see their history and culture in the ecology of their school experiences, and that they will not suffer the legacy of prejudice and racism as their previous generation had.

January 20, 2022

January PAC Minutes

Hello Barrowtown Families,

 

Please see the attached PAC minutes. 

 

Have a great week.

 

PAC