{"id":12961,"date":"2026-08-28T14:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/pmss\/?p=12961"},"modified":"2026-08-28T14:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:06:59","slug":"information-regarding-september-8th-the-first-day-of-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/pmss\/information-regarding-september-8th-the-first-day-of-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Information regarding September 8th &#8211; the first day of school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following is an <u>excerpt<\/u> from our 2026-2027 Welcome Back Letter (sent out via the Parent Portal on August 28th) regarding school start-up on September 8th\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Tuesday, September 8th<\/u><\/strong>: Upon arrival at their grade-designated times, students are to proceed directly to their <u>Block A Class<\/u> (<strong>schedules will be accessible via Student\u2019s MyClass later in the day on Friday, September 4th<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>Teachers will welcome students, review opening day materials, school structures, assign lockers, and answer any questions. Students will be here approximately one hour and dismissed following their session.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grade 8 Students &#8211; start time 10:00 a.m. (please do <u>NOT<\/u> arrive much earlier as all staff will be in a meeting)<\/li>\n<li>Grade 9\/10 Students \u2013 start time 11:00 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Grade 11\/12 Students \u2013 start time 12:00 noon<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>NEW<\/u><\/strong> International Students:\u00a0 1:00 \u2013 2:30 p.m. You will meet your Liaison in the Multipurpose<br \/>\nRoom (1014) for a school tour, get your class schedule and answer any questions you might have.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are a <strong><em><u>RETURNING<\/u><\/em><\/strong> International Student, please attend at your grade specific time above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>** <strong><u>IMPORTANT<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 <strong><u>there will NOT be any school buses running on Sept. 8th<\/u><\/strong>.\u00a0 They will start their regular schedule on Wednesday, September 9th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is an excerpt from our 2026-2027 Welcome Back Letter (sent out via the Parent Portal on August 28th) regarding school start-up on September 8th\u2026 &nbsp; Tuesday, September 8th: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"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":["post-12961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/pmss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/pmss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/pmss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/pmss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/pmss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/pmss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12962,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/pmss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12961\/revisions\/12962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/pmss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/pmss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/pmss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}