Dear Parents\/Guardians of 2020 Graduates:<\/p>\n
I, like you, have a special interest in this year\u2019s Grad Class. Not only was I lucky enough to coach or teach many of the grads in their grade 8 and 9 year, I also have my youngest daughter graduating this year from MRSS.\u00a0I recognize, therefore, that there is a helpless feeling that is present among many Grads as they watch the COVID-19 virus disrupt their lives in both big and small ways. Not surprisingly,\u00a0I\u2019ve already had quite a few emails asking about plans for graduation and I must confess that I have no answers at this point.\u00a0Mr. Beale and Mr. Randle, our Grad and Dry Grad organizers, will be returning to work next week and we\u2019ll start to have initial discussions about alternate plans and we\u2019ll keep you abreast of any changes.<\/p>\n
Our priority at this point is to make sure that all our grade 12\u2019s are in a position to graduate when June arrives and therefore it is important for students complete online assignments when they start arriving April 6th<\/sup>.\u00a0I want to assure all parents that our staff will be working hard to minimize the disruption to learning caused by the move to online instruction. My initial advice is to look over the report card that was issued before Spring Break and if you\u2019re concerned about your student\u2019s graduation status please let me (ken_elphick@sd42.ca) or Mr. Page (sacha_page@sd42.ca) know.\u00a0There is still a term left in school so there is plenty of time to make positive changes.\u00a0My second recommendation is to be a bit nosey and make sure your son\/daughter is keeping up to date with online assignments.\u00a0This will be big change for many of them so if they\u2019re not giving you much feedback, please contact the teacher directly.\u00a0We want to make sure no one falls through the cracks.<\/p>\n As for the curriculum, all of your students\u2019 regular teachers will be teaching classes online.\u00a0Therefore, starting April 6th<\/sup>, Grads will need to have access to a computer as their courses will be delivered online at that point.\u00a0If access to technology is a problem, please let us know and we\u2019ll try to make alternate arrangements to access a computer.\u00a0Graduating students are a big priority for all our staff at MRSS and we want to assure you that they will be supported as they approach June.<\/p>\n Finally, I\u2019ll restate what I mentioned in the general parent letter.\u00a0When we see students face to face it is much easier to assess their readiness to learn and to connect to both their stresses and successes outside of school.\u00a0We recognize that this is an incredibly challenging time for many graduating students and their families.\u00a0Please communicate with us if there are circumstances that will affect your son or daughter\u2019s ability to complete online coursework.<\/p>\n Please stay safe and healthy.<\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n Ken Elphick Dear Parents\/Guardians of 2020 Graduates: I, like you, have a special interest in this year\u2019s Grad Class. Not only was I lucky enough to coach or teach many of the grads in their grade 8 and 9 year, I also have my youngest daughter graduating this year from MRSS.\u00a0I recognize, therefore, that there is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-today-at-ridge","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/mrss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/mrss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/mrss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/mrss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/mrss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/mrss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10477,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/mrss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10476\/revisions\/10477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/mrss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/mrss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/mrss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nActing Principal, Maple Ridge Secondary
\nEmail:\u00a0kelphick@sd42.ca
\nPhone: 604-463-4175
\nCell: 778-953-1770<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"