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Welcome, and welcome back to PIE for

the 2013-2014 school year! I hope every-

one had many enjoyable moments during

the summer. We’re looking forward to

meeting all the new families and recon-

necting with our continuing families. The

teachers are ready to help with any ques-

tions you may have and we are committed

to providing a program based on our mot-

to, “Where Life and Learning Meet.”

Please don’t hesitate to contact us with

any questions or concerns you may

have—we’re happy to help!

September, 2013

Volume 4, Issue 1

A SLICE OF PIE School District #47

Powell River

Announcements

* NEW Ministry Policy * All DL schools need to “ensure that, where required by the Criminal Record Re-

view Act, that all third-party service providers undergo a criminal record review”. In light of this, we will need

to make sure that all instructors paid by SD #47 to provide services for PIE students have a current Criminal

Record Review on file with the institution they work for (rec centres etc) or, in the case of individual instruc-

tors, with SD #47. Please contact me if you need more information about this.

Interaction Days/Activity Surveys - Interaction Days, as well as most other PIE events, will continue to

be held on Tuesdays. Activity Survey events are a chance for PIE students and parents to have some input into

the activities provided each year. A link to the actual survey will be emailed to all families soon. The top three

activities for both Powell River and the Comox Valley will be planned, if possible (circumstances sometimes

dictate that an alternate activity has to be planned, in which case we’ll move to the next most popular choice

in the survey results). Please send your activity survey suggestions now for your oppor-

tunity to have your suggestions added to this year’s survey. Some regularly chosen activities

include: gymnastics, drama, art lessons, horseback riding. If you choose to send a suggestion,

whenever possible, please include contact info for someone you think might be able to provide

the activity you suggest (if it’s something we haven’t offered before) as that greatly helps us

when we go to plan the events.

Greetings

Announcements

PIE Staff

Resources

PIE Code of Conduct

PIE Showcase

Events

In this issue:

Welcome back . . .

Partners in Education Staff 2012-2013

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Don Fairbairn Stephanie Hall Robyn Pendak

Bev Shannon Lisa Taylor Ronna Wallace

Pat Ward Vyonne Wriglesworth Lyndsay Van Achte

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Marnie Webb

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Ministry of Education Resources

BC Ministry of Education Resources

LearnNowBC http://learnnowbc.ca/default.aspx

DPA Tracker

Tutoring in 19 subjects

Course Finder

Young Learning Center (free games for primary students—see below)

Academic and career advice

Student, parent and teacher resources

PIE Resources

Textbooks & Online

Courses

Deposit required for textbooks -

please contact your family’s

teacher to discuss options.

Subscriptions

Monthly emails with the pass-

words to:

What in the World? and

The Canadian Reader

plus online accounts for:

Enchanted Learning

Tumblebooks

Text2Reader

Computers

For details—please contact

[email protected]

To help families start planning and saving early for their children’s education after high school, the Government

of British Columbia announced a new $1,200 BC Training and Education Savings Grant.

When a B.C. resident child turns six years old, the Province of British Columbia will put $1,200 into the child’s Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP).

Starting immediately, all B.C. children with an RESP and born on or after January 1, 2007 will be entitled to re-ceive the BC Training and Education Savings Grant.

http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/topic.page?id=25F4770A761640E99BDB035DD395BFD0

Created by PIE Teachers

Partners in Education homepage http://www.sd47.bc.ca/school/pie/Pages/default.aspx

Stephanie’s Facebook Group for pictures of PIE events etc. https://www.facebook.com/groups/16157794226/

Robyn’s Edublog for links to all kinds of fantastic online resources. http://edulinks.edublogs.org/

Lyndsay’s Blog for excellent writing ideas, sample math questions and more. http://www.lyndsayblogs.com/

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Online Resources

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Created by PIE Parents

Comox Valley Homeschooler’s Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/115468428507116/

Powell River Homeschool Connect Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prhomeschoolconnect/

PIE PAC Yahoo! group for PIE parents. This is the main source of information for PIE PAC events. Other information you might want to share with PIE families like resources to sell, playdates wanted or offered, carpooling to PIE events etc., can also be sent using this list-serve. If you would like to join, please go to: http:/groups.yahoo.com/group/pie_pac

Tutoring Resources

Heather Egan, a long time Comox Valley PIE parent,

is available for tutoring through Inglis Tutoring in

Courtenay. Her four wonderful children have all gradu-

ated so she is now working to help others do the same.

You can contact Inglis and request Heather:

by email: [email protected]

or by phone (250) 650-3327

French Tutor in PR

Natalie Kreter phone: 604-485-8222

email: [email protected]

available beginning September 2012

- certified teacher

- majored in French

- taught French 8, 9, 10

- tutored French 10, 11, 12

- homeschooled son in Grade 2 with PIE

- experience teaching children of all ages

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The following businesses have been recommended by

PIE families. If you have a local business you would like

to recommend, please let me know at [email protected].

Community Resources

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Community Resources Continued . . .

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Art Classes

with

PIE Code of Conduct During public outings it is expected that:

Parents are responsible for their children’s behav-

iour.

Students stay within sight of parents and/or teach-

ers.

Students behave respectfully and care for fellow

students and for those around them.

Audience members listen quietly to speakers and/

or teachers during presentations as well as when instructions are being given.

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PIE Code of Conduct and Showcase

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I would like to take this opportunity to showcase the fabulous teachers we have in the PIE program.

They consistently go above and beyond to meet the individual needs of their students as well as the

overall needs of the program as we continue to grow in numbers and services.

Pat, Bev and Vyonne make up our Powell River crew. Last

year, they spent hours and hours of their own time moving

our office from the tiny space we had at the board office to

our fabulous new home in the Oceanview Learning Centre

(the former OV library). They scoured the school looking for

tables, chairs, shelves etc in an effort to create a space that

would be inviting and useful for our fami-

lies and staff. I think they did an outstand-

ing job and I am grateful for all their efforts

every time I walk

in the door -

especially when I

see our students

there for Interac-

tion Days and

other PIE events.

Lisa, Robyn, Lyndsay and Marnie make up our Comox Valley

team. They worked hard to create a space where PIE students,

parents, and staff could gather to discuss resources, create fab-

ulous works of art, share projects at our Science/Heritage Fair,

participate in a variety of Interaction Day events, and generally

spend time together. Their efforts resulted in a positive and

greatly appreciated new aspect of the program.

Events

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2013 PIE Grad Ceremony - June 21st

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