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The Abbotsford Board of Education regularly meets throughout the school year. Agendas and minutes from the public Board Meetings can be accessed through the District's Electronic School Board. Below is a summary of highlights from the meeting. To do our part to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and for everyone's safety, all public meetings of the Abbotsford Board of Education will be closed to the public and held virtually until further notice. The meetings will also be live-streamed.

Thousands of students and staff across the Abbotsford School District recognized the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Orange Shirt Day and Truth and Reconciliation Week. From a virtual assembly to classroom-based group projects, students worked with their teachers and Indigenous Education staff over the course of the last few days to build a better understanding and awareness of truth and reconciliation.

As we begin to enter into September, I would like to extend a heartfelt welcome back to all to what we hope will be a wonderful school year. As we look forward to the opportunities in the weeks and months ahead, I must again extend a sincere thanks to our staff for getting us through last year. What we accomplished in British Columbia, and particularly here in Abbotsford, was truly amazing. Our society owes a debt of gratitude to the teachers, support staff, principals and managers who pulled together to care for our students when they needed us most.

On August 3, the B.C. Government formally recognized September 30 as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in alignment with legislation passed by the federal government in June.

As part of this formal recognition, the Abbotsford School District will be closed to all students and staff on Thursday, September 30, 2021. District employees usually entitled to federal and provincial statutory holidays will receive this day off.

Mrs. Plank, our Kindergarten teacher, set up to introduce herself and our school environment to our incoming Kindergarten students in September.  In a normal year most of our activities would be in the gym, but in a Covid year, things got a whole lot more creative!  Mrs.

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Did you know that it was normal to take down the National Flag of Canada at the end of each school day?  That was a long time ago...and now we usually only take it down for extended holidays and whenever it needs replacing.

Students from Division 2 and Division 3 participated in the Mt Lehman Community Cleanup this past week, as a joint activity giving back to our community and sharing its beauty.  The Mt. Lehman Community Hall helped to provide bags and tongs for picking up streetside trash, and coordinated by Ms. Murphy, Mr. Chiappetta, and UFV practicum student Ms. LaForce.  Thanks to all our students helping to pitch in for a good cause!

Ms. Murphy decided Outdoor Education was in the cards for the remainder of the year for her Grade 2 & 3 class...when they arrived, they found all the desks and chairs outside with a chalkboard.  April Fool's!  The students took it all in good stride and managed with the limited WiFi coverage outside the school until recess time!  

In a citizenship project intiated by our UFV Student Teachers (Ms. LaForce, Ms. Dennett, Ms. Tyne), the respective classes made thank you cards to acknowledge the hard work and efforts of our local businesses and first responders this past year in keeping everyone safe.  Some of those groups acknowledged by our student cards included Mt Lehman Fire Department, Abbotsford Police, SPCA, Peterbilt, as well as Canuck Place Children's Hospice.  You can imagine the surprise and smiles from our students when they received a reply from the groups we were thanking!