Community Report 2015-2016

School District of Mystery Lake 408 Thompson Drive North Thompson, Manitoba R8N 0C5 Success for All

MISSION STATEMENT

To maximize each student’s learning potential and to produce life long learners with a

sense of self-worth and social responsibility by providing, in cooperation with the com-

munity, a diversity of educational experiences in a learning environment that recogniz-

es the uniqueness of the individual.

VISION STATEMENT

We believe that:

 Individuals have the right to access quality education that maximizes individual potential.

 Individuals are accountable for their actions.

 Education is a shared responsibility amongst home, school, and community.

 The family has the primary responsibility to provide a safe, secure, nurturing and caring environment for the child.

 Learning - a personal, lifelong pursuit - enhances physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual aspects within the individual. INSIDE THIS ISSUE

 All individuals have the right to learn in a positive, respectful, secure and healthy District Priorities ...... 2 environment. About SDML ...... 3 Superintendents’ messages…..4  All individuals have dignity and intrinsic worth. District Plan ...... 6

 Education is essential to progress. School Reports…………………….7-13 CP Consultants Report ...... 14  Optimism and vision are keys to the future. Counsellor’s Report……………...14 Numeracy Report ……………….. 15  All individuals can meet the challenge of higher expectations. Our Data Story...... 16-18

 Diversity enriches Meet the Team ...... 19 Support Day Phone Lines …….20 1

A MESSAGE FROM LESLIE TUCKER,

BOARD CHAIR, 2015-2016

The School District of Mystery Lake dents, with a focus on the Aboriginal Board welcomes students, teachers, population. The Board was happy to staff, Administration, and parents/ provide input on such an important caregivers back into the start of another topic. Through the summer, Board school year. We trust that summer was members participated in the Nation- full, interesting, safe and busy enough al Trustee Gathering on Aboriginal Edu- to make the beginning of school a wel- cation and the Canadian School Boards come change! Keith Derksen and his Association National conference. We crew have been very busy over the sum- had the honour of hearing Joseph mer managing some big projects that Boyden, Canadian literary superstar, are underway, including the Deerwood speak. His readings and speaking Envelope Upgrade and the Riverside delved into Aboriginal history and con- Envelope Upgrade/Gymnasium expan- temporary culture, and deepened our sion. The District had representation understanding on themes of history, on a school building mission race, alienation, culture and diversi- in Nicaragua this summer, with 10 Dis- ty. We look forward to a year that will trict staff, Administration and one undoubtedly be exciting, interesting Board member attending. This Septem- and challenging with our ever-changing ber also sees the return of Superinten- regional and provincial climates. We dent Angele Bartlett. So nice to have remind both drivers and pedestrians to you back, Angele, a warm welcome from be diligent to maintain safe school all of us! We would also like to thank zones. We all want the best for our stu- Jolene Brown and the other teachers dents, families and community as a and staff who stepped right up to cover whole, and will continue to work to- in Angele's absence. What a caring wards healthy and balanced educational group of individuals that make up this goals for all. great team. The Honourable Ian Wishart, Education Minister was in town over the summer for a conversa-

tion on provincial strategic planning to improve graduation rates for all stu-

VALUES DISTRICT PRIORITIES

Humility

Affirmation Goal #1 Improve student engagement, success and achievement in learning. Pride In Achievement Goal #2 Empathy Improve communication and engagement with all educational partners and the Social Conscious; Serving community, and strengthen the public profile of the School District of Mystery Others, Advocacy Lake through the development of a comprehensive public relations plan.

Perseverance Goal #3

Forgiveness Model a commitment to and promote a professional learning community founded in cultural proficiency, social justice and excellence in education. Student Achievement Goal #4 Strengthen the capacity and leadership development of staff providing quality professional growth opportunities and succession planning.

Goal #5

Effectively link policy, procedures and practice to research and evidence 2

2015-2016

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Leslie Tucker, Chairperson

Guido Oliveira , Vice Chairperson

Janet Brady, School Trustee

Sandra Fitzpatrick, School Trustee

Ryan Land, School Trustee

Liz Lychuk, School Trustee

Don Macdonald, School Trustee

FACTS ABOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT SENIOR Total Student Population for K-12 : 3036 ADMINISTRATION Number of Elementary Schools: 6 Number of High Schools: 1 TEAM 2015/2016

Language Programs: English, Cree Bilingual & French Immersion Jolene Brown, Acting Assistant Superintendent Teachers: 258 Educational Assistants: 82

Counsellors: 3.5 Speech & Language Pathologists: 2 Lorie Henderson, Superintendent

Resource Teachers: 24 Psychologists: 2 Kelly Knott, Secretary-Treasurer

Social Workers: 8 Literacy Support Teachers: 2 Student Services Administrator: 1 Coordinator of Cree Language: 0.5 Keith Derksen, Facilities Manager

Later Numeracy Support Teacher: 12 Numeracy Support Teacher: 1

Culturally Proficient Education Consultant: 1.5

The School District of Mystery Lake is located in the City of Thompson which is set in the ruggedly beautiful Canadian Shield amongst numerous lakes, streams and rivers approximately 800 km north of Winnipeg. It offers all of the amenities one might expect to find in a much larger centre. Thompson offers urban com- forts and recreation while at the same time being only a few steps away from the best hunting, fishing, skiing and snowmobiling in Canada. Success for All

3 3 A MESSAGE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES & PROGRAMMING – LORIE HENDERSON

The 2015 / 2016 school year has proven to be eighteen percent. District and school plans will a busy, productive year for students and staff. be based on our data. The district continues to focus on literacy, numeracy and cultural proficiency as shared pri- Educating for Action project has completed orities among all stakeholders. The district saw year three. Last year, Hugh John MacDonald a student increase of forty-eight students, School (HJM) hosted our students. This year mainly in the early years. Kindergarten and we hosted HJM in a northern cultural ex- grade one numbers were on the rise and that change. Students were treated to tours of the trend is continuing into this year. The French community and school as well as 2 days of Immersion program and Cree Bilingual pro- workshops at Mile 20. The experience was gram both have full day kindergarten programs enriching for both groups but especially for our and remain strong in registration. Both of students who do not always get to appreciate these language based initiatives will continue our community through other people’s eyes. into the 2016/2017 school year. The students completed their third piece with “Education is the most powerful the Digital Lodge project and it is certainly weapon which you can use to Wapanohk Community School is the district’s worth the view at digitallodge.ca. The project also won the Premiere Award for School Board change the world.” largest elementary school that is supported by a Community Connector. In order to meet the Innovation award at the Manitoba Association Nelson Mandela needs of more families and students, the dis- of School Board Convention. trict was approved to pilot a Family Outreach Worker position. The district is one of two The district continued to be involved in the districts in the province to receive the position. promotion of healthy schools through the grade Johanna Petrowski has taken on the role and seven and eight district health fair in coordina- her directive is to work with families from the tion with numerous community partners, the three identified cluster schools – Juniper, district professional development on poverty Wapanohk and R.D. Parker Collegiate. The and equity with author Stacy Bess, the grade focus is on providing supports for families to four swim program, the Champions cross- increase student attendance for academic suc- mentoring program, the district mini-winter

cess. Although, only three schools are a part of festivals, the Walk/Run in Motion event at R. the initiative, Johanna has provided workshops D. Parker Collegiate plus a number of individu- for all interested families. al school based projects such as gardening, knittinexercise classes, after-school cooking The district transition team continued to meet classes. throughout the year. The intent of the team is to focus in on the transition from grade eight to The district continues to support cultural proficiency in the district and in the community. “The world in which you grade nine. We know that blending six schools plus our outlying students can be a challenge Two VOICE research projects through Univer- were born is just one mod- for any student. The goal was to have a num- sity College of the North and Brandon Univer- el of reality. Other cultures ber of social activities as well as academic con- sity were completed on Cultural Proficiency versation to better aid students in their transi- and Land-Based Education and are both availa- are not failed attempts at tion. The team will continue to meet this year ble online at mysterynet.mb.ca. The district being you; they are unique and continue those conversations. Last year’s facilitated two Cultural Proficiency training activities included the formal and informal sessions for community members. District manifestations of the hu- tours of R.D. Parker Collegiate, spring transi- staff also participated in the community man spirit.” tion camps, district promotion dance, and the “Building Bridges to Reconciliation.” The ses- grade nine luncheon. Academics were also sions were hosted by the Thompson Urban reviewed through the team looking at program- Aboriginal Strategy. The School District of Wade Davis ming requirements and credit acquisition. Mystery Lake continues to be a participant in the Thompson Aboriginal Accord. In our commitment to academic improvement, a number of school administrators attended the Lastly, the district has seen many successes and “Got Data” session by author Bruce Wellman accomplishments with students and staff. and a number of staff took part in a three day Many are celebrated and recognized but others data workshop presented by Proactive. The go unnoticed. Please take the time to recognize intent was for schools to continue collecting those near you and encourage them to continue and interpret relevant data for improvement. on their educational journey. There was no surprise that attendance is direct- ly linked to student success and we cannot “Success is liking yourself, liking what stress enough the importance of students you do and liking how you do it.” being in school every day. Transiency is Maya Angelou 4 also a concern with a district rate of almost A MESSAGE FROM THE ACTING

SUPERINTENDENT HUMAN RESOURCES AND POLICY— JOLENE BROWN

Welcome back to school! Our work to- The School District of Mystery Lake bid gether this past year brought progress a fond farewell to seven teachers who on many fronts. Now, with the start of retired in June 2016. We thank them for the 2016-2017 school year, we have new their dedication and commitment to opportunities and challenges to work on their students over the years and wish impacting the lives and futures of our them health and happiness as their next students. Regardless of what your role is adventure begins. We had 30 new teach- in the district serving in any one of the ers start with our district this fall, either many important capacities, you are inte- on term or permanent contracts, and 23 “I’ve learned that people will for- gral to ensuring that our schools are a are from within Manitoba. It is great to get what you said, people will place where so many wonderful things be able to recruit so many new teachers forget what you did, but people happen for children. I would like to from our province and welcome them to will never forget how you made highlight a few areas of focus this past our district. them feel.” year, including professional development on overcoming adversity, recruit- The District remains dedicated to work- Maya Angelou ing new teachers and class size initia- ing on the smaller class size initiative. tives. Although not mandated until September 2017, the district added 6.5 additional September started off with inspirational classes last year to keep class sizes down educator and author Stacey Bess. Stacey in the kindergarten to grade 3 areas at shared her fascinating and moving per- all of the elementary schools. For the sonal story about teaching homeless 2016-2017 school year a total of 10.5 children in a small shed known as ‘The classes were added to help with class School with No Name.’ Ms. Bess en- sizes. The district understands that im- gaged an audience of 400+ people tell- plementing a class size initiative can ing the story that changed her life as she benefit the early years of our students' taught and nurtured hundreds of under- learning lives and its goal of optimal privileged children. She spoke on the environments for all young learners. importance of service, mentorship and leadership, and overcoming adversity. Lastly, it has been a pleasure to work Stacey’s presentation was heartfelt and alongside all of you. It is the commit- had us laughing and crying throughout ment and group effort from all district the day while driving home the message personnel, parents/guardians, families that we can all make a difference in the and community that makes a difference life of someone around us. This message in the lives of our students. Thank you was such a positive way to start off our for all you do and best wishes for the school year. upcoming year.

District Level Services DISTRICT PLAN Student Services Admin- istrator—Wanda Einarson  By June 2017, participation and success in vocational education programs

will increase by 15%. Cree Language Coordi-  By June 2017, the School District of Mystery Lake will offer dual credits in nator (0.5)– Ron Cook partnership with the University College of the North. Culturally Proficient  By June 2017, the School District of Mystery Lake will increase the number of Education Consultants opportunities for middle years students’ to explore different careers. Base Loretta Dykun & Ron Cook line data will be collected in 2014-2015.

 By June 2017, appropriate and timely student specific assessment (Strong District Counsellor– Beginnings) will occur in every elementary school, a minimum of 2 times per Sharon Kent year to assist in developing effective educational programming for students.

 By June 2017, clearly written procedures will be developed to address issues Literacy Support Teach- surrounding equitable access to all school experiences. ers– Valerie Little & Donna

Drebit  By June 2016, a performance management model for support staff will be completed and ready for piloting in the 2016-2017 school year.

Numeracy Support  By June 2017, the School District of Mystery Lake will develop a 3 year facili- Teacher—Jay Mackenzie ties upgrade plan to address the issue of students feeling unsafe in school change rooms. Speech and Language  Over the next 3 years all schools in the School District of Mystery Lake will Therapy—Carole Valois plan a minimum of 3 yearly activities that fall within one of the 3 pillars (social, environmental & economic) of Education for Sustainable Develop- District Psychologists— ment. Vern Kebernik & John McCaig

BURNTWOOD SCHOOL

Burntwood School had a great 2015/2016 school year. When La Voie du Nord moved out Burntwood School we had room to start our lunch program again with forty-one students staying for lunch. Our Fun Fair was a huge success with parents and children taking part in the activities. The first social justice “Be the change you want group called Students Making a Change (SMAC) was formed with 18 students to see in the world” - Ma- hatma Ghandi participating. The gardening project continued with students growing tomatoes and pepper plants. The student council researched bullying statistics and par- Number of staff: 41 ticipated in both the HOPE forum and YOUTH summit in April. Number of students: 381 Grade level: K-8

The mission of Burntwood School is to foster a respectful, safe and nurturing environment in order to maximize the potential of all those within the school community.

PRIORITIES FOR STUDENT LEARNING 2015- School Highlights  Lunch Program Started 2016  Fun Fair featured on their school website, the Stu-  Literacy—By June 2016, reading dent Making a Change (SMAC) group was comprehension and fluency  Virtues Groups levels will increase by 15% created, an active student council, whose focus was: playground clean up and the  Active Student Council A variety of strategies will be used to tar- water bottle refill stations. get this outcome, such as Professional  Garden/Greenhouse Expansion Development with the Early Literacy By June 2016, classrooms will be teacher, purchase of more non-fiction equipped with and maintain techno-  Water Bottle Refill Station Purchased books, continue with Daily 5 and Café, logical devices for increased curric- Strong Beginning Assessments, I Love to ulum incorporation and student  Mascot Purchased Read month activities, early reading inter- use. vention and home reading programs.  Excellent community support for The school created Burntwood Twitter and their two main fundraisers (Farm to  Numeracy—By June 2016, there Instagram accounts, purchased 3 new Schools & Lamontagne) will be a 10% increase in numer- SMART boards, mounted more projectors acy related to mental math in classrooms, purchased licenses for strategies. Mathletics and teachers were trained in Teachers had mental math training, used technology. the Numbers Talk strategy and requested technology support related to math.

 By June 2016, there will be an increase in participation in Ed- ucation for Sustainable Devel- opment activities/virtues.

The 3 pillars, social, environmental & economic were incorporated. A year round Burntwood’s Green Thumb greenhouse was in operation, there were virtues groups, a digital newsletters was 7 7 DEERWOOD SCHOOL

Deerwood School Parent Advisory Council had an outstanding year.

They purchased two water bottle stations, playground equipment,

Grade 8 promotion goodies and Welcome to Kindergarten refresh- ments. Ms. Bonnie Rempel, Principal and Mr. Todd Harwood Vice-

Principal would like to thank all of the “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can families and volunteers for their dedi- take it away from you.”

cation, generosity, time, energy and Number of staff: 29 support throughout the school year. Number of Students: 239

Grade Level: K-8 Deerwood’s Fire Program

Deerwood School’s mission is to maximize the educational opportunities for students’ intellectual, social, emotional and physical development by providing, in cooperation with the community, a wide variety of learning experiences within a caring environment emphasizing each person’s lifelong unique and special role in nature and in our changing society.

PRIORITIES FOR STUDENT LEARNING 2015- School Highlights

2016  Terry Fox Walk  Meet the Teacher BBQ  By June 2017, students will in-  Thompson Festival of the Arts crease their flexibility and efficiency  Knights of Columbus with computational skills by apply-  Transition Camps ing strategies for finding unknown math facts by using known facts  Winterfest appropriate to their grade level.  Deerwood Drum Group  Earth Ranger Presentation  By June 2017, all students will have  I Love to Read Month a better understanding of their role  Citizenship Court in the areas of social justice, sus- tainability and environmentalism. Thompson Festival of  Welcome to Kindergarten the Arts

 By June 2017, all Deerwood students will demonstrate an under- levels. standing of bullying and how it affects their learning. Students in all grade levels will participate in bullying prevention activities which will foster positive relationships that ensure a supportive learning community built on mutual respect.

Day of Pink  By June 2017, Deerwood students will improve their physical fitness Field Day

8 ÉCOLE RIVERSIDE SCHOOL

Some highlights for École Riverside School include finishing second in the Knights of Columbus track meet only 21 points behind the winner. Watch out Westwood next year! We had numerous winnings from the Festival of the Arts as well, as sending a student being to the National Science Fair. These are just a few success throughout the year. Respect (Respect) When reflecting on the year, we accomplished a number of things and Achievement saw the difference it made at École Riverside. As basketball coach Steve (Accomplishment) Alford stated, "We try to stress the Motivation (Motivation) little things because little things Safety (Sécurité) lead to big things." We are shinning like a bright star because of the little Number of staff : 37 Number of students: 398 things the family at École Riverside Grade level: K-8 French Immersion, K-6 School has done. English

École Riverside School is a dual track school committed to providing high quality education by maximizing the individual’s intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development in a safe, respectful environment.

School Highlights PRIORITIES FOR STUDENT LEARNING 2015—

2016  Students participated in a Vir- tues project that helped with a  By June 2015 and each June  All students will participate in at clothing drive for Jammin until 2018 students will show an least two technology infusion Jackets increase in their reading levels, projects that infuses literacy  Earth Ranger, ATV Safety, and reading comprehension and with ICT to support critical and Fire Department presentations numeracy skills. creative thinking by June 2015.

Teachers will teach using the literacy lab Teachers and students will be using the  Grade 5 trip to Mile 20. resources, Daily 5 and Café reading, litera- new and existing technology to infuse liter- cy circles, home reading programs and acy with ICT in class, in school and in the  The grade 4 swim program. library fiction, non fiction and research community. Teachers will be including resources. Teachers will also use the Math technology infusion in their professional  Ms. Fay’s/Mrs. Monias’s Grade Makes Sense model. growth plans. 6 class went on a few trips to the Northern Spirit Manor. The class talked and played  There will be an increase in with the elders. French dialogue in the French Immersion classrooms during  Raised $3140.00 for Fort student to student conversa- McMurray forest fires tions.

The students will speak to each other in French when in the classroom and lessons will encourage the use of French oral ex- pression.

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JUNIPER SCHOOL

Juniper School put a lot of effort into establishing many Green Team efforts within our school. We looked at environmental topics by our staff

and students exploring recycling, reducing, reusing and rethinking. Com-

posting is taking place regularly. A few classes are also vermi-composting

which has given many opportunities to

learn and explore that ecosystem.

Number of staff : 47 Number of students: 242

Grade level: K-8

Juniper Green Team tours Vale’s site and learns about their environment improvement efforts.

The mission of Juniper School is to enhance student learning by providing a diversity of quality experiences in a welcoming, structured and caring environment.

School Highlights PRIORITIES FOR STUDENT LEARNING 2015–  Fourth year of Full Day Kinder- 2016 garten Program and Strong Beginning Assessments  Numerous projects completed  To maximize learning opportu-  Staff and students will work around Education for Sustaina- nities for all their students and together to increase academic ble Development staff and increase resources achievement and engagement in  2nd year garbage audit for the and communication with par- their learning and promote Eco- Green Action Team with the ents/caregivers. nomic, Sustainable Develop- Grade 6 students showed a sig- ment. nificant drop in their garbage Increase use of technology and PD oppor- and increase in recycling, reduc- tunity for capacity building. The use of Increase communication with parents- ing, reusing and composting Tell Them From Me data was collected Synervoice messaging, more parental  Monthly Virtues Activities and reviewed as well as various Trades involvement in the school, Anti-bullying  Kids in the Know, PAX-Bullying and Technology exposure for students in events, Professional Development oppor- Education, Champions program Grades 6-8. Thematic book groups and tunities, small group math instruction, and Career Cruising programs themes were also used in classrooms to Early Literacy Intervention programming, were delivered to various grades maximize learning for their students. Strong Beginning Assessments, early in- in the school More students are participating in home terventions, attendance initiatives to pro-  Two Musical Productions; The reading. mote regular, daily attendance, compost- Lion King and The Cheese ing, green school initiatives-recycling, Stands Alone  Build on cultural proficiency butterfly project, and adopt a plant pro-  Grade 3 trip practices in order to build a gram. strong school community and  Mile 20 for grade 5 learning environment.  Improved school climate and  Gr. 3 trip to Wabowden to meet engagement through a feeling of Participate in social justice opportunities: pen pals and learn about the belonging in our school commu- community, Grade 5 trip to Mile Pink Day, We Day Conference, class field nity. 20 and trips to Paint Lake and trips to person Care Home, Wabowden Liz Lake and Mile 20. Student presentations to Increase in in school activities and extra- Students from Hugh John Mac- classes, and ensuring all students have curricular opportunities, student council  Donald in Winnipeg went to equal opportunities. Continuation of the fundraising events, various filed trip op- Mile 20 with the former group use of Virtues Program to teach Character portunities: Mile 20 and Liz Lake trip, of Education for Action students Education, District Grade 8 Transition more award and incentives. Breakfast 10 meetings. Program, the use of the Virtues throughout the school. 10

WAPANOHK COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Ms. Kelson had another exciting year at Wapanohk Community School completing her second year as the principal. Our school is working to improve attendance, language arts and mathematics literacy. We were able to offer a Cree bilingual stream “Reaching for the stars and soar- from Kindergarten to Grade 6 and ing with the eagles”

offer Cree 4 times a cycle for Kinder- Number of staff: 53 garten to Grade 8. Ms. Kelson Number of students: 436 Grade level: K-8 thanked the parents for their support. Ekonsani.

One school, in one community, dedicated to raise children in one nation together for one world.

PRIORITIES FOR STUDENT LEARNING 2015- School Highlights

2016  Breakfast Program  Aboriginal Veteran’s Day, Ma-  Literacy Reading Evening and day events were held for kosewi Feast, Mini Winter- parents and students. Individual or Festival, Cree Language Festival Students from kindergarten will and National Aboriginal Day increase by 3 reading levels, Grade paired classrooms will put on a coffee 1 will increase by 6 reading levels, and chat that will include community  4 students went to the Regional Grade 2 will increase by 3 levels guest speakers. Science Fair and students from Grades 4-6 will increase their reading levels by 1 to  Cree language/Culture  Festival of the Arts 2. By 2016 there will be a minimum of  Improved attendance during the Grade Group discussions, classroom 50%Cree spoken by teachers n the colder months profiles, Strong Beginnings, literacy pro- Cree bilingual classes and levels of grams in the classroom, and technology  Wapanohk’s Got Talent support literacy, were coordinated vocabulary will be established for throughout the year. each grade level  Boys basketball and volleyball places second in finals  Mathematics Literacy There will be Cree vocabulary for each Kindergarten through Grade 8 will grade level, land based education will be  Afters school clubs increase their ability to create and incorporated into Cree and Cree bilingual solve word problems and increase program to Grade 8.  Barbeque for parent apprecia- their mental math strategies by tion using consistent math vocabulary  Safety/Health  2 students won the Ma-mow-We in all classrooms. Achieve a 90% or higher attend- -Tak Friendship Centre Aborigi- School Board consultant helped classes ance rate. Increase RCMP and nal Achievement Award with mental math and Mathletics. Men- nurses presence in the school tal math , Mathletics and basic math was used daily. There were attendance awards, home and classroom visits and a breakfast  Community and Parental En- program. gagement By 2016 there will be eight active members in parent advisory council and there will be an increase in parental activities and involvement in school 11 11 WESTWOOD SCHOOL

Westwood School had some celebrations worth mentioning, starting with students’ attendance. The average monthly attendance was 90.7%. Our Welcome to Kindergarten night had 18 out 0f 22 registered students attend the evening.

There continues to be an active parent council who have been very supportive of the student body by accommodating any financial requests that have been made. A Great Place to Grow

On behalf of Administration, we Number of staff: 45 would like to thank all the hard Number of students: 351 working staff and student for such Grade level: K-8 a successful school year.

Westwood’s mission is to provide diverse learning experiences in a safe and positive environment while acknowledging the uniqueness of each student.

PRIORITIES FOR STUDENT LEARNING 2015- School Highlights  Anti-bullying assembly in February as well 2016 as Pink Shirt Day

 Roots of Empathy for Grades 4  By June 2018, Westwood staff  By June 2018, 70% of students will enhance language acquisi-  WISE-Kinetics Science Camp was offered for the K-3 classes targeted from Grade K-8 will tion for EAL learners within the show improvement in their use classroom setting.  Grade 5 and 6 students attended a Career of mental math strategies. Exploration Fair offered by the School District Teachers in the classroom will use picture  Hosted the Spaghetti Bridge Competition Teachers will use the following mental vocabulary cards, personalized books, math strategies; Math trivia, manipula- mini-thematic units for vocabulary, con-  Mini– Winterfest was held to promote the tives, number talks, interactive math versation through organized and struc- Aboriginal culture and teachings games/songs, incorporate a Math station tured play and dual language books.  Grade 8 Students participated in an over at Welcome to Kindergarten directed by night camping trip to Liz Lake District numeracy support teacher,  Student Action Leadership (SALT) orga- By June 2018, Westwood stu- Mathletics, math buddies, Math photo a  nized a number of events for the school day, 100 day celebration, Math centers/ dents and staff will increase journals and Math daily 3 education for sustainable devel-  Extra-curricular including homework club, yoga, art club for Grades 4, music therapy opment (ESD) by implementing with Russell Peters a comprehensive plan through-  By June 2018, 70% of students out the school. from K-8 will be reading with comprehension at or above Staff in the school will be using the water grade level. cooler, recycling, food drives, mitten tree, Operation Shoebox, Lady Bug Foundation, Teachers will continue to teach using Dai- Thompson Homeless Shelter fundraising, ly 5 , literacy circles, guided reading, tech- outdoor classroom planning, Roots of nology and home reading programs. Empathy, Virtues Program, acknowledg- ment of diverse cultures, school yard clean

up, fundraising for the Thompson Hu- mane Society, Student Action Leadership Team (SALT) donations, Farm 2 school

vegetable fundraiser and they have future 1212 plans for planting trees and a garden .

R.D. PARKER COLLEGIATE

R. D. Parker Collegiate’s motto is “Learners today, Leaders tomorrow.” Many of

the events and activities that happened throughout the school year provided op-

portunities for students to be leaders in the school. Speak to your child and ask

them to consider participating Learners Today, in at least one activity or event Leaders Tomorrow this upcoming school year. Number of staff: 102 Number of Students: 1006 Some other key focus areas for Grade Level: 9-12 our school are graduation, vo-

cational programming and

sustainable development.

We, at R. D. Parker Collegiate, believe that students are entitled to learn in a safe, respectful and caring community and that providing this environment will increase our students’ success and the foundation for a journey of lifelong learning.

PRIORITIES FOR STUDENT LEARNING 2015 School Highlights 2016  Pfizer Discovery Days  Envirothon  The acquisition of credits that ulti- We are continuing to partner with UCN  Skills Manitoba competition mately leads to students graduat- and Manitoba Education regarding the  Flight of one Feather ing from our school in a timely pending construction of our new Indus-  Senior Music Minneapolis Tour manner. trial Skills and Trades training center.  Honour Roll/Awards Night Students will achieve credits at a pace  Expo North Conference that keeps them “on-track” towards We are now a member of the Northern graduation through improved communi- School Technical Vocational Consorti-  W.I.S.E. Workshops cation to students, parents, and the com- um. We are an active member of the pro-  Liz Lake Transition Camps munity. vincially organized Technical Vocational  Sturgeon Re-Population Project Leadership Council. We were active  Hour of Code members of ADM Gerald Farthing’s Ad-  Increase enrollment in vocational visory Committee on Northern Commu-  Safe Workers of Tomorrow Presenta- programs and enhance program tions nity Education and Training. We are opportunities for students to build  Student Vote vocational skills and consider en- members of the Industrial skills trades tering the trades. training advisory committee (ISTTC).  World of Wheels  Thompson Festival of the Arts R.D. Parker continues to be accredited  Over the next 3 years all schools in  Music Monday from Apprenticeship Manitoba for the the School District of Mystery Lake  Annual Fur Table Automotive service technician (AST), will plan a minimum of 3 yearly Heavy duty mechanic (HDM), and Hair- activities that fall within of the 3 styling trades through the PATHS pro- pillars (social, environmental & cess. We are implementing program- economic) of Education for Sus- tainable development (ESD). ming changes required to implement the AST and HDM trades. This past year we Baseline data was recorded showing added grade 10 HDM courses and have what was already happening with Educa- added grade 11 HDM courses for this tion for Sustainable Development. H3 as school year. We are in the planning stages to add grade 12 HDM courses for the part of the Free the Children commit- 2017-18 school year. Additional course ment to build communities for global options in Practical Arts Woods grade 11 change, participated in the Manitoba We and 12 remain in our program offerings. Day, led the We scare hunger campaign 1313 Some vocational courses were made and raised 1700 pounds of food. available as an elective credit to students not taking a vocational major. CULTURALLY PROFICIENT EDUCATION Initiatives supported last year included: CONSULTANTS

 Aboriginal Perspectives This past year, we continued activities resources, and classroom support Fall Cam p Partnership on the land and in schools to promote continue to be priorities in the pro- Week (UCN Kenanaw, student engagement in learning with gram. Community Partnerships a focus on numeracy and literacy. We and Grade 5 students0 The School District of Mystery Lake also provided professional develop- continues to work together to plan, ment on cultural proficiency using the  Gr. 11 Six Seasons of the evaluate, and make changes where concepts developed by Randall Lind- North—Land based course needed in order to move forward and at RDPC say and Raymond Terrell. continue to strive to better meet the The VOICE project was concluded needs of our students in Thompson.  V.O.I.C.E. Partnership with final reports on cultural profi- Research Projects on Land ciency and land-based education. Based Education and Cul- Knowledge mobilization promoted tural Proficiency conclud- the positive outcomes at conferences ed. Knowledge mobilization became the focus. and meetings. The Cree language programs continue  Grade 6 Winter Camp to develop with the bilingual classes at partnership with UCN Wapanohk moving up to Grade 6 with Kenanaw Program a plan to move to Grade 8 in the com-  Regional Cree Immersion ing year. Professional development, Professional Development experiential learning day for teachers at Mile 20 Site

 Gr. 8 Transition Camps SCHOOL DISTRICT OF MYSTERY LAKE delivered at Boy Scouts Camp and Mile 20 Tradi- COUNSELLORS

tional Site

 Annual sikwan Our second, Grade 7 & 8 District Health Fair held on May 19, 2016, was a huge success; our students mamawewin gathering were given the opportunity to select from a variety of different topics that was of interest to them. This included R.D. Parker Col- one day event was in the planning stages from September till May. I would like to acknowledge that legiate students and Dis- our Annual Health Fair Day would not be as successful as it is without the community partnerships trict staff the School District t shares .

 Supported National Abo- The counsellors are committed to ensure the students are supported in enhancing their learning abili- ties. Attendance concerns will be investigated in a timely matter, allowing one on one interaction with riginal Day Celebrations students and families. on June 21st Counsellors are involved in many aspects of each school by supporting students and families and  Maintained commitments maintaining a level of professionalism. to the Aboriginal Accord and Thompson Urban Aboriginal Strategy Com- mittees

 Provided school wide and classroom supports as per requests for teacher resources, guest presentations, teaching materials and traditional teachings

NUMERACY SUPPORT WORKING TO IMPROVE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MATH

The 2015-2016 school year was ripe with mathematics professional development for our teachers. The district Numeracy Support Teachers, Mrs. Cook and Mr. MacKenzie, led a series of workshops for all our Kindergarten to Grade 8 teachers and a number of high school teachers. These and other workshops will continue to be provided to all teachers of mathematics. As a result of this training our teachers are even more equipped to diagnose the profi- ciencies of our students, which aims to continue to improve student learning.

The Numeracy Support Teachers continued their tradi- tion of attending student camps held at Mile 20 and Mini Winterfest Days at schools to provide our students with opportunities to investigate how mathematics is experienced on the land. Some of these experiences included investigating various animal furs and tracks as well as compass use.

Our schools provided wonderful extra learning experiences for our students in celebration of Pi Day on March 14th and during May, our Marvelous Math Month. Fun learning experiences were also shared with the community during our Harry Potter Math Night held at the TRCC. This night was hugely successful thanks to our brilliant volunteers from the community and teachers who were willing to share their family time with the many participants who attended on the night.

The dedicated work of our teachers continues to be supported by the Ministry of Education in a number of ways. Parents and caregivers are encour- aged to dedicate some time to investigate the learning objectives that your children, our students will be investigating this year by going to the sites below.

English Program: http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/mychild/index.html

French Immersion Program: http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/mychild/immersion/ kindergarten.html#2

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas

Albert Einstein

15 2015-2016 DATA

Daily attendance is important for all students. Students who attend school regularly are more en- gaged in learning, have a greater sense of belonging in their communities, and are more likely to graduate.

2015-2016 DATA

17 2015-2016 DATA

The Provincial Assessment Program supports learning by:

 providing feedback to students, teachers and parents about student learning  informing instructional planning and helping to determine the need for changes or student specific interventions  providing system-wide information that assists in identifying trends and making decisions about resources and support  providing the public with general information about student achievement to sustain confidence in the education system

18 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Leslie Tucker Guido Oliveira

Board Chairperson Board Vice-Chairperson

Janet Brady Sandra Fitzpatrick Ryan Land Liz Lychuk Don Macdonald

Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee

SENIOR ADMINISTRATION

Angele Bartlett Keith Derksen Lorie Henderson Kelly Knott

Superintendent—Human Facilities Manager Superintendent -Educational Secretary-Treasurer Resources & Policy Services & Programming

School District of Mystery Lake 408 Thompson Drive North, Thompson, Manitoba, R8N 0C5 (204) 677-6150 phone (204)677-9528 fax Email: [email protected] Success for All

19 SUPPORT & I NFORMATION DAY PHONE LINES

Thompson Based

Thompson General Hospital 204-677-2381 Northern Health Region, Adult, Child & Adolescent Community Mental Health 204-677-5350 AFM Northern Region Reception 204-677-7300 CMHA Thompson 204-677-6050 Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba 204-677-2324

Provincial

MB Farm, Rural and Northern Support Line 1-866-367-3276 AFM Toll Free Line 1-866-291-7774 Anxiety Disorders Association of MB 1-800-805-8885

24 Hour Crisis Phone Lines

MB Suicide Line 1-877-435-7170 Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868 Crisis/Sexual Assault 24 hour line 1-888-292-7565 Domestic Violence Line 1-877-977-0007 Klinic Community Health Center 1-888-322-3019 Gambling Hotline 1-800-463-1554 RCMP (Thompson) 204-677-6911