Montgomery Middle 1900 Edgewood Ave. Coquitlam, B.C. V3K 2Y1 Phone: 604-939-7367 Fax: 604-939-7930 Web: www.montymiddle.ca Principal: Mrs. Sarah Husband Vice-Principal: Mrs. Deana Mclean

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

June Monthly Calendar Pride Month and Indigenous Peoples Month Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 3 4 Student Gov Pattern Day Wear your team 3:30pm Wear your loud colours clothing Students Making a Change Club 330pm

7 8 9 10 11 Pro D Day-no Student Gov Wear your team 3:30pm colours school Talent Show entries Students Making a due email your Change Club 330pm name to [email protected] PAC meeting 7pm

14 15 16 17 18 Student Gov Term 3 Advisory GSA meet 330pm 3:30pm Champion

Calendar orders Announced due see ad Students Making a Change Club 330pm 21 22 23 24 25 National Indigenous Sports Day Sports Day Peoples Day Blue & Purple Team Red & Green Team School Spirit

Talent show Activity 2pm GSA meeting Wear your team colours Wear your team colours 330pm 28 29 30 Full day of school Regular start times Admin Day 845 and 9am

Students welcome to attend until 1145am Purple /Blue 12pm Red/ Green

Sorry no early dismissals.

Gr 8 Leaving Grade 8 leaving & 2 classes Report cards Please see our school calendar on our website: www.montymiddle.ca

Montgomery Middle 1900 Edgewood Ave. Coquitlam, B.C. V3K 2Y1 Phone: 604-939-7367 Fax: 604-939-7930 Web: www.montymiddle.ca Principal: Mrs. Sarah Husband Vice-Principal: Mrs. Deana Mclean

Mrs. Husband’s For Your Consideration

Today you may have noticed that the school flag has been lowered or that many staff and students wore an orange shirt on Monday, May 31st. Out of respect, and in recognition of the tragic discovery of the unmarked burial of Indigenous children on the grounds of the former Kamloops Residential School, all schools in School District 43 are joining with the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia in lowering the Canadian flag to half-mast beginning, Monday, May 31st.

News about events like this impact us each very differently. If your child needs to talk with someone, please contact our school counsellor, Allie Diep at [email protected] or our Indigenous Youth Worker, Ryan Williams at [email protected] so we can provide support.

June is Indigenous Peoples Month and there is a significant opportunity for us all to learn and strengthen our allyship of indigenous people and indigenous communities.

Today’s Parent Why Our Kids Need to Learn About Residential Schools https://www.todaysparent.com/kids/school-age/why-our-kids-need-to-learn-about-residential- schools/

Montgomery Middle 1900 Edgewood Ave. Coquitlam, B.C. V3K 2Y1 Phone: 604-939-7367 Fax: 604-939-7930 Web: www.montymiddle.ca Principal: Mrs. Sarah Husband Vice-Principal: Mrs. Deana Mclean School News Reflecting and a look ahead It has been a year like none other. We have learned new skills and coped with restrictions and developed new habits. Some of them will likely result in some positive changes, such as staying home when ill and better hand hygiene and thankfully many of them will eventually fade away (social distancing). For now, all health orders are still in effect. We are so incredibly proud of our school community. Staff and students worked together as a team to do things differently and honour the many restrictions. Despite the challenges, everyone has had a positive and cooperative attitude and done their best. Our explorations teachers have gone from room to room with their supplies creating engaging work with limited materials. As a school, we are so grateful for the support of the PAC who purchased outdoor sports equipment so that students’ breaks were active. One of the positives of COVID is that kids played actively together in their learning group. Football, four square, badminton, softball, badminton and teether ball are a few of the many options kids had. While we do not know what September will look like yet, we are hopeful that things will be more normal. In the interim we have learned that we are a resilient, supportive community who can adjust to any changes that we are presented with. School structure 21/22 Despite the uncertainty of what school will look like in September we need to make plans. We are expecting to hear more details from the Ministry of Education by the end of June. As we have learned, things can change. Next year Montgomery our school enrollment is predicted to be 480 students, with 20 advisory classes which is an ideal size for a middle school. Purple Team 5 English classes Green Team 2 Montessori/ 3 English classes Blue Team 5 Late French Classes Red Team 5 English classes Next year we will have more grade 7/8 classes as our enrollment shifts. This means that there will be some changes to team assignments for teachers. We would like to say thank you and best wishes to the following staff for their important role in making this a positive year despite very challenging circumstances. Mr. Corbett Grade 6 (laid off) Mr. Kim Technology Education (temporary contract) Ms. Fernando Grade 6 (temporary contract) Mrs. Stevens Digital Literacy/ Learning Commons (laid off) Mr. Magistrale Retired Mrs. Borsa Personal Leave Ms. Uchacz Grade 7/8 (laid off) Ms. Goncalves Temporary contract Mrs. Heiberg Grade 7/8 (laid off)

Montgomery Middle 1900 Edgewood Ave. Coquitlam, B.C. V3K 2Y1 Phone: 604-939-7367 Fax: 604-939-7930 Web: www.montymiddle.ca Principal: Mrs. Sarah Husband Vice-Principal: Mrs. Deana Mclean

Mr. Magistrale …………………Mr. Mag is retiring!

Mr. Mag arrived to Montgomery Middle as it transitioned from a Jr. Secondary to a middle school for grades 7-9. The year was 2003 and over the proceeding 18 years, Mr. Mag became a household name.

Montgomery has the biggest middle school technology education spaces in the district. Mr. Mag taught students design work in the drafting room, metal work in the metal room and built many wood gum ball machines, CD shelving units (when CDs were a thing) and planes. There are countless projects that sit proudly in many homes. Each one of them represent a students’ journey of developing their self-confidence while exploring and developing new talents.

Mr. Mag spent countless hours before and after school helping students with their projects. His kind helpful nature is what so many students comment on. It takes a very special person to teach 22-24 students to use machinery and power tools.

This year, Mr. Magistrale has been on leave, and he has decided that it is time to retire and focus on his family and himself. We want to wish him the very best in his retirement. If you have a story or well wishes that you would like to share with Mr. Magistrale, please email [email protected] so we can help create a special thank you in this remote context. ______

Moving or New Neighbours? Please tell us if; • you are planning to move to another area within our school district • You are changing districts all together • you know of new neighbours who have recently purchased/ rented a home in your area and will soon be moving in, then a kind reminder to them to enroll at their local school would help us as we build our enrolment projections.

Montgomery Middle 1900 Edgewood Ave. Coquitlam, B.C. V3K 2Y1 Phone: 604-939-7367 Fax: 604-939-7930 Web: www.montymiddle.ca Principal: Mrs. Sarah Husband Vice-Principal: Mrs. Deana Mclean Grade 8 Leaving event! This year we were able to meet with a group of grade 8 parents to review the strict public health orders that govern this year end event. We have also surveyed the grade 8 students to ensure that they have input into designing how we celebrate them. Limitation set out by the public health order • Parents are not permitted to attend in person • Students must be in their learning group • Staff outside the learning group are to be keep to a minimum District expectations • All students are in session until 12 noon on June 29th • All leaving events are to be completed by noon on June 29th Schedule Date Advisory class Monday June 28th

11:00am-11:45am Uchacz/ Heiberg-Bertoia Tuesday- June 29th 8:50am- 9:30am Tuan/ Perry 9:40am - 10:10am Piper/ Rubinic 10:20am- 11:00am Welch /Best 11:10am- 11:55am Hashmi/Lepine Please note classes with more grade 8 students have been give more time for their leaving ceremony.

Format The leaving ceremony will be held in the gym with two learning groups that are physically distanced one from the other. The event will be live streamed and include a short speech by the teachers, a student speech if the two classes so choose and the presentation of a leaving certificate. Student will provide a short statement or quote to be read aloud as the student is called forward. Student photos will be taken on the same day in an area set aside and decorated for photos. Parent Volunteer Opportunities- email [email protected] if you can assist 1. Locating a strip of red carpet (approximately 1 meter wide) pick and deliver to school 2. Connecting with a local business to borrow 5 flower baskets/ flowering shrubs 3. Pick up flower baskets and deliver to school on Monday June 28th 4. Return flower baskets on Wednesday June 30th 5. Pick up balloons from Como Lake Dollar Store Monday June 28th 6. Continuous Lighting for grade 8 photos (we would like to borrow two) 7. Borrow two iPad stands for Live Streaming event

Montgomery Middle 1900 Edgewood Ave. Coquitlam, B.C. V3K 2Y1 Phone: 604-939-7367 Fax: 604-939-7930 Web: www.montymiddle.ca Principal: Mrs. Sarah Husband Vice-Principal: Mrs. Deana Mclean

Students Making a Change Club Calendar

This desk calendar featuring Monty students’ art is for a fundraiser held by the Students Making a Change club (SMACC) for the Union Gospel Mission. The Union Gospel Mission is an organization in downtown Vancouver (and many other large cities) that provides essentials like meals, shelter, programs, education, and job preparation to people who are recovering or trying to recover from addiction, homelessness, and poverty. The SMACC held an art contest in Monty, with a Compassion in COVID theme. Twelve students’ artwork are featured in this twelve month calendar from September 2021 to August 2022. Pricing is $18.00 for one or $30.00 for two, please choose an option. Only available till June 11th.

Please note this is just a sample of the style of calendar.

Montgomery Middle 1900 Edgewood Ave. Coquitlam, B.C. V3K 2Y1 Phone: 604-939-7367 Fax: 604-939-7930 Web: www.montymiddle.ca Principal: Mrs. Sarah Husband Vice-Principal: Mrs. Deana Mclean

PAC News and Events

Next Meeting:

Tuesday, June 8th 2021 via Zoom all parents welcome Please email Linda Intihar [email protected] for a link to the meeting.

Agenda Thank you Discussion regarding the school code of conduct New school goal

On behalf of the entire school community, I would like to extend our sincere thanks to Linda Intihar for her generous gift of time and leadership as PAC President for the past two years. Linda along with Janice Dodge, Michelle Wong, Cory Gillanders have served on the PAC for the past few years and all have grade 8 children moving onto high school. All four of these women have played a big role in making Monty a better community.

Hot lunches, multicultural lunch, the Christmas Market and Hampers, welcoming new parents, treat days, outside sports equipment, traffic safety and the lunch program are a few of the many ways that these women made school better for every child.

Congratulations and thank you to our new PAC for the 21/22 school year. • President Danielle Nicholson • Members at Large Manjeet Hear and Christine Friend • Secretary position open • DPAC Sebine Sengmueller • Treasurer Kim Cameron

Thank you to the many families that participated in Me N Eds Pizza Nights. A total of $1230.00 was raised to help with sports day and grade 8 leaving ceremony costs

Montgomery Middle 1900 Edgewood Ave. Coquitlam, B.C. V3K 2Y1 Phone: 604-939-7367 Fax: 604-939-7930 Web: www.montymiddle.ca Principal: Mrs. Sarah Husband Vice-Principal: Mrs. Deana Mclean

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Montgomery Middle 1900 Edgewood Ave. Coquitlam, B.C. V3K 2Y1 Phone: 604-939-7367 Fax: 604-939-7930 Web: www.montymiddle.ca Principal: Mrs. Sarah Husband Vice-Principal: Mrs. Deana Mclean

Montgomery Middle 1900 Edgewood Ave. Coquitlam, B.C. V3K 2Y1 Phone: 604-939-7367 Fax: 604-939-7930 Web: www.montymiddle.ca Principal: Mrs. Sarah Husband Vice-Principal: Mrs. Deana Mclean