Thank you to the students,

parents, and PIE staff for

all your hard work this

term. PIE has continued to

grow this year and we now

have over 325 students

registered in the program!

Interaction Days continue

to grow and provide great

ways for our PIE Commu-

nity to build connections

between students, parents and staff. On behalf of the PIE staff, I would like to

wish our wonderful families an enjoyable Spring Break. We’ll be looking for-

ward to seeing and/or hearing from you when we get back.

March, 2016

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A SLICE OF PIE School District #47

Powell River

Announcements

Second term report cards will be sent out on Friday, March 11th.

The last day of this term is Friday, March 11th, and the first day back will be Tuesday, March 29th. We

will respond to emails and phone calls sent during the break, as soon as possible, once we’re back in our offices.

The second set of Interaction Days will begin on April 5th and run till May 10th in both Powell River and

the Comox Valley.

Report visits for the final term will start around the middle of May and report cards will be mailed out on June

30th.

Camp Imadene will be held Monday, May 30th - Wednesday, June 1st. The sign-up email for this event

will go out in April and rooms will be assigned based on the order of received registration forms.

Please check the PIE Calendar for events and updates: http://www.sd47.bc.ca/school/pie/Lists/Calendar/

calendar.aspx

Greetings

Announcements

PIE Staff

Resources

PIE Code of Conduct

PIE Showcase

Events

In this issue:

Happy Spring Break!

Partners in Education Staff 2015-2016

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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

Karen Pantuso Heather Banks

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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.

Computers

For details—please contact

your family’s teacher

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

British Columbia will provide a $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 receive the BC Training and Education Savings Grant.

http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/topic.page?id=30F9685761484A8FA6CB7ED216B052EC

Subscriptions

Monthly emails with the pass-

words to:

What in the World? and

The Canadian Reader

plus online accounts for:

BrainPOP

Enchanted Learning

IXL Math

IXL Language Arts

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/

Lisa’s wiki for special education resources, discussion of educational issues etc.

www.thinkingabouteducation.pbworks.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 Home Learners’ Network https://www.facebook.com/PRHLN

PIE Code of Conduct

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

Parents are responsible for their children’s behaviour.

Students stay within sight of parents and/or teachers.

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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Also, on April 8th through 10th, Stella and her family-band will be performing in Port Hardy and Port McNeill as the headliners for the 'Success by 6' fairs. On April 18th they join the Comox Valley Children's Choir for a spring concert in Comox. Stella, Sophie and Karen are hoping to record some of their new songs later this year.

Stella and Sophie's song, 'I'm Not a Bunny,' is a semi-finalist in the 2015 International Songwriting Competition. Over 18,000 entries were submitted from all over the world.

“The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is an annual song contest whose mission is to provide the op-portunity for both aspiring and established songwriters to have their songs heard in a professional, international are-na. ISC is designed to nurture the musical talent of song-writers on all levels and promote excellence in the art of songwriting. Amateur and professional songwriters and musicians are invited to participate.” From the website: http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/

Events

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Interaction Day Events - Powell River (Skylight Art Studio)

Events

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Interaction Day Events - Comox Valley (Support Zone, Share and Inspire & Writing With the Traits)

Events

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Interaction Day Events - Powell River (I Love Writing Workshop)

Events

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Interaction Day Events - Comox Valley (Pottery with Jenja)

Events

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Interaction Day Events - Powell River (Show and Tell)

Events

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Interaction Day Events - Comox Valley (Science/Heritage Fair)

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New Curriculum Implementation/Updating PIE Study Set Working Groups

Karen, Pat and Robyn

working on grades K-3

Lisa, Heather and Bev

working on grades 7-9

Vyonne, Lyndsay and Marnie

working on grades 4-6