Here in the Southern Zone Schools, we can't believe it's already the last day of school before the winter break. This week has been busy. Edgewood's concert on Monday was a fabulous celebration of literacy, creativity, Christmas and kids. Our students are learning about communication, presentation and cooperation, and it shows. Thank you to everyone who came and supported our students and teachers. Burton's concert is happening in the last part of the day today. What a great way to end 2011, celebrating together with our families and communities.
I have had a wonderful time this week, hanging out in my pajamas on Wednesday morning at BES and again this morning at EES, enjoying cooked breakfasts of waffles and pancakes. Huge thank yous to all the adults who helped out to make these events so enjoyable and successful. It's a great reminder of how much children benefit when schools and families blend together.
On behalf of the staff at Burton and Edgewood Elementary Schools, have a safe, enjoyable and relaxing winter break. We wish you joy and love as you celebrate with family and friends. We look forward to seeing everyone again in the New Year, on Monday, January 2nd.
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Saturday, 3 December 2011
The Websites are Up!
Woohoo! Our Southern Zone Schools websites are now live. Please feel free to leave comments on this blog about improvements, additions or corrections to the websites. I am looking forward to hearing what you think.
You may notice that the header for the Edgewood website is a little plain looking! It seemed like a good idea to publish both sites to the web as soon as possible. The Edgewood header is something that still needs to be developed. Do you have an idea for a great graphic, tagline, logo or photo that would represent everything we stand for at Edgewood Elementary School? If you have an idea, add it to the comments below, or email me personally.
These websites can never show just how wonderful our two little schools are. Hopefully, though, the websites and this blog will help our whole community - students, families, and neighbours - to collaborate in continuing to provide beautiful, rich environments for our children to learn and grow.
You may notice that the header for the Edgewood website is a little plain looking! It seemed like a good idea to publish both sites to the web as soon as possible. The Edgewood header is something that still needs to be developed. Do you have an idea for a great graphic, tagline, logo or photo that would represent everything we stand for at Edgewood Elementary School? If you have an idea, add it to the comments below, or email me personally.
These websites can never show just how wonderful our two little schools are. Hopefully, though, the websites and this blog will help our whole community - students, families, and neighbours - to collaborate in continuing to provide beautiful, rich environments for our children to learn and grow.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Publishing to the Web in the Southern Zone
We are in the process of creating new websites in the Southern Zone. We are designing them carefully to make them as useful as possible to our families, communities and staff. This blog is being created for our websites as well. The purpose of this blog is to provide space for both ongoing dialogue and quick news updates.
Just as our Southern Zone Schools are located at two physical sites, we are creating two websites, one for Burton Elementary School and one for Edgewood Elementary School. Much of the content, including the newsletter and this blog, will be the same for both websites. The two sites, however, give us the opportunity to post specific information about our schools as well.
Please let us know if there is something more you would like to see on your school website. Go ahead and post a comment or question on this blog about anything related to learning or our schools, and I will do my best to answer it. Hopefully in the future we will be able to widen the discussion with guest bloggers as well.
Just as our Southern Zone Schools are located at two physical sites, we are creating two websites, one for Burton Elementary School and one for Edgewood Elementary School. Much of the content, including the newsletter and this blog, will be the same for both websites. The two sites, however, give us the opportunity to post specific information about our schools as well.
Please let us know if there is something more you would like to see on your school website. Go ahead and post a comment or question on this blog about anything related to learning or our schools, and I will do my best to answer it. Hopefully in the future we will be able to widen the discussion with guest bloggers as well.
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