February 26, 2024 Good afternoon, Just a few quick pieces of information for you this afternoon. Lost & Found A parent has volunteered to help out with collecting and sorting our collection of “Lost and […]

January 22, 2024  [NOTE: Permission forms will be distributed in the days ahead.] Let’s go skating! In partnership with the Town of Portugal Cove–St. Philip’s, we are pleased to offer our learnerss an opportunity to […]

Hi everyone, Our School Council has begun meeting again following the Christmas break and are actively working to ensure the BCE school community is supportive, inclusive and full of school spirit. On the school spirit […]

Christmas Concerts Our grade three and four learners will host their Christmas concert on Monday, December 18 at 1:30pm and our Kindergarten learners will host theirs on Wednesday, December 13 at 1:30pm. In an effort […]

September 20, 2023 Good morning, Just a couple of notes to take us through the rest of the week….the week that seems to be flying by. Is that an age thing? First of all, from […]

Dear Parents/Families: I always think about my late sister, Marjorie, on this day each year, the first day of school.  I was in a conversation with her many years ago along with someone else as […]

February 28, 2023 Dear Parents/Families, Just a little reminder note about our upcoming school closure for teacher professional development and report card preparation – this coming Friday, March 3, 3023. We will also close at 11:00am on […]

January 31, 2023 Dear Parents/Families, We will hold an election by secret ballot for three parent representatives to our School Council this coming Thursday, February 2, 2023. A voting booth will be opened here at the school […]

January 27 is Family Literacy Day and this year’s theme is “Celebrating Our Heritage”. At our school, we are planning our fun literacy activities during the week of February 6-10 in combination with our Quebec Winter […]

January 23, 2023 Dear Parents/Families: I hope you survived the snowstorm on Friday night/Saturday. It sure was a good dump of snow, great news for outdoor enthusiasts for skiing and snowshoeing. Here are few pieces of […]

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Our school will be closed on Thursday, September 30, 2021 in observance of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.   (The class calendars that have been sent home by […]

May 17, 2021 Missing Lunches We understand that there may be some concern about missing lunches here at school. Please be assured that we bend over backwards to find and provide lunch for those who […]

January 27, 2021 Dear Parents/Families: We are finally in a position to announce the details of our KinderStart program for this year.  It’s been a long time in coming and, as you might expect, this […]

Good morning,  Just a couple of notes for your consideration this morning. (1) Quilting Project Our school based reading specialist, Lisa Cobb, is undertaking a quilting project with some of our learners and she is looking […]

10.23.2020 Dear Parents/Families: Hallowe’en With Hallowe’en approaching quickly, we thought it timely to send out a couple of notes about our week ahead. On Monday coming we will be doing a school wide guessing activity […]

Allergens The only products banned this year from our school are peanuts/tree nuts. Please be mindful of this as you are sourcing and packing lunch and recess snacks for your child(ren) as these allergies may […]

September 15, 2020 Dear Parents/Families: I understand that some confusion exists with respect to sick children attending school.  The purpose of this e-mail is to bring clarity to the situation. It is recommended that you […]

Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Dear Parents/Families: We had a wondeful first day of school, despite being in the middle of a global pandemic.  It was simply wonderful to see all of our eager learners just […]

September 8, 2020 Dear Parents/Families: Please see note below from Paulette Murphy, the world’s greatest school parking lot attendant: Hello everyone, Well, we’re back to it tomorrow and I’m super excited to see all the […]

September 8, 2020 Dear Parents/Families” This is the first of a couple of e-mails you will receive from me today in all likelihood.  I have a separate one almost ready to go whichou outlines some […]

Dear Parents/Families: As we are busily planning for a safe and successful reopening next week, it would be wise of us all to remember that the best laid plans can and often do go awry. […]

September 4, 2020 Dear Parents/Families: We thank all our everyonoe for their patience and understanding as we prepared the bussing process for the start up of our school year. An email has now been sent to all families […]

Physical Distancing As you can appreciate, it will be near impossible for our learners and staff to maintain the recommended one or two metre physical distancing in our classrooms. We are committed to physical distancing […]

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES: Wednesday, August 26, 2020Dear Parents/Families:We can certainly appreciate the anxiety and worry that many of our families are working through on the eve of school opening this year.  Reflected below is the […]

Dear Families: Just a couple of notes for you on the eve of what appears to be another dump of snow for our area.  Winter is nice, but I’m certainly ready to see some color […]