Eagle View Elementary School
Eagle View Elementary School is a gem nestled within a ring of tall evergreen and Alder trees. Bald eagles nest in nearby trees and are common sites soaring overhead. The school is located adjacent to the Little Tsulquate river at the end of Seaview Drive in Port Hardy, B.C. Our phone number is 250 949 6418. The local Tennis Courts, Swimming Pool, Arena, Civic Center, Fire Hall, Daycare, and Police Station are within a very short walking distance. In Sept. 2010 Eagle View Elementary School was amalgamated with Robert Scott Elementary School resulting in an exciting new mixture of students and staff. The school enrolls about 310 students from Kindergarten to Grade 7. There are 2 full time Kindergarten classes and one Kindergarten/Grade 1 class this year. We welcome our community and groups including Brownies and Sparks also utilize our building.
The eggs have hatched and the chicks are growing. Watch the chicks online by clicking the EVES egg cam link on the left side bar. Sometimes after school the webcam stops and you will only see a black square.
EXCITING NEW ONLINE LINKS!
Adam Kreek (Canadian Olympic Gold medalist in rowing) and his team of 5 visited Eagle View Elementary School in late April to teach students about their journey circumnatigating Vancouver Island in their amazing row boat! In addition to rowing day and night the team are conducting science experiments and promoting ecology and life adventure. Check out Adam's website and the Canadian Wildlife Federation Ocean Expeditions Oar Northwest site below.
Click Here for Adam Kreek's website!
Click Here for Canadian Wildlife Federation Ocean Expeditions Oar Northwest website!
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BC GREEN GAMES: Eagle View Elementary School's composting program (sponsored by Mr. Barfoot) entered into a contest with B.C. Green Games. B.C. Green Games is an initiative sponsored by Science World which seeks to promote environmental action projects in B.C. Schools. The team won an Honorable Mention! Congratuations Faith, Georgia, Sydney and Emma!
Click here to visit BC Green Games Website and see Eagle View's Honorable Mention Project.
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THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EAGLE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:
NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT: Thank you to Paul Tupper and Port Hardy Bulldozing for their huge assistance with this project and our very hard working PAC! The old playground has been dismantled and the new playground equipment has arrived. The fence will soon be down. Our children can not wait to try out the new equipment!
WHAT'S IN A NAME? Five students in grades 6 and 7 have just completed a video about the history of Eagle View Elementary School. Olivia, Maya, Emma, Elise and Morgan presented the video at the Eagle View school assembly on Thursday, May 3rd. The documentary will soon be attached to this website. Watch for the link! Also, the girls have been asked to present the documentary and explain about their inquiry project at the next School Board Meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Monday June 11th.
APRIL REPORTS: A shorten version of the report card went home with students on Monday, April 30th. We also just held student-led conferences on May 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
SCHOOL FUN FAIR: It was wonderful to see so many families supporting the Eagle View Elementary School Fun Fair on Friday evening. Special thank you to all the parents and people who organized and assisted during this fundraising event.
SCHOOL ACTIVITY: Watch for updates regarding the teacher's contract and reaction to Bill 22. Voluntary activities performed by teachers are now cancelled, such as, clubs and extra curricular field trips. Teachers are available to talk with parents via email, notes, phone calls or visits at school. For more information on this situation please contact administration/teachers/school board members and government officials.
NEXT PAC MEETING: The next meeting will be held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for June 6th, 2012.
DPAC presentation in EVES library: On Monday, April 23rd Ms. Gunson (teacher-librarian) was the guest speaker presenting "Libraries: How to assist 21st Century learners using literacy, inquiry, and technology". Special thank you to the 11 library club students who attend the presentation and shared their projects and taught adults to create qrcodes and use Ipads. We received a lovely card and qrcode message back from DPAC. Thank you.
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES: Lots of environmentally conscious events occur around EVES--including our annual Little Tsulquate River clean. This year there are 2 tanks of salmon (both Kindergarten classes) which will soon be released into the host rivers. Prior to releasing the Fry, It is an annual event to clean the river and help our fish get a good start in their natural environment. On April 20th many classes assisted in improving our environment. Some classes were involved in a community "Pitch in" litter clean up, a couple of primary classes planted vegetables and flowers in our EVES gardens, and Ms. Gunson and Mr. Barfoot's class cleaned up our local Little Tsulquate river. The Kindergarten classes released their Coho fry this week! Mr. Barfoot's class is also involved in school composting activities and we have an active recycling program. Mrs. Brown's class has been involved in promoting a reduction in litter around our school.
TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY STORY CONTEST: Two sets of our students have entered the Canadian Technology Story Contest which offers two grand prizes of $5,000.00 towards technology for your school. Maya and Olivia in grade 7 described a technology project they are involved in with Ms. Gunson. Emma and Elise (in grade 6) discussed the many ways technology is being utilized at our school. Good luck to our talented students. Announcements about prizes occur in mid May.
SCHOOL CLUBS: Effective late April, teachers have made the very difficult decision to end voluntary activities. As a result, clubs, extra curricular activities, and field trips beyond school hours have been cancelled. The Library Club and The Outdoors/Fishing Club have now ended. Unless other staff or parents take over, it is not anticipated there will be Track and Field practices occuring either.
NUT-FREE SCHOOL: Several students have severe life threatening allergies to all types of nuts (especially peanuts); therefore, Eagle View Elementary is a NUT FREE school. Please ensure your child does NOT bring food containing any nut products to school. Thank you.
Please read "Older Information" for more school news.
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OLDER INFORMATION AT EAGLE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:
BREAKFAST PROGRAM: The school PAC (Parent's Advisory Committee) is sponsoring a Breakfast Program available to any and all students between 8:30--8:50 each morning. Free toast and fruit is offered from the school kitchen during this time. We really need more help, please consider volunteering for this program.
OVERWAITEA: Special thank you to Overwaitea for donating 10 dozen eggs (so far) for the school Breakfast program.
MOTHER GOOSE VISITS AND STORYTIME FOR PRE-SCHOOL STUDENTS: Mother Goose will be arriving every 2nd Monday to offer a storytime for community pre-school students and young siblings. Parents must attend with their children. The storytime will be held from 9:00 --9:30 a.m. in the EVES First Nation's Support Room--opposite the library. This is a FREE activity!
SCIENCE FAIR: The School Science Fair was held on March 29th. Students who won placements at the school level competed at the district level on Thurs. April 5th at the Port Hardy Civic Center.
ABORIGINAL ENHANCEMENT AGREEMENT: On Feb. 24th history was made, as the official signing of the Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement occured at the Fort Rupert Big house. Congratulations to Kaleb Child and the many people involved in this extensive process.
HEAD LICE INFESTATIONS: Awareness and vigilance are the keys to controlling and elminating head lice infestations! If you are available and have a current Volunteer Criminal Records Review, please contact the office as EVES is looking to form a head-lice check team at school. Let's work together to keep head lice under control!
CLASS WEBPAGES, WIKIS, AND BLOGS: Check the staff link on the sidebar. Many classes have blogs, wikis, or webpages attached to our school website. Find the teacher's name then click the accompanying links: Mrs. Williamson, Mrs. Soltau-Heller, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. MacDonald, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Jensen, and Ms. Waring. Keep up to date with events in these classes by checking these sites regularly. __________________________________________________________________
EXTRA INFORMATION:
SCHOOL PARKING LOT: There is a large staff at EVES (over 45) and limited parking space. We would like to remind parents/guardians that the School Parking Lot is for STAFF parking and BUS DROP OFF/PICK-UP of students. If parents/guardians need to park their vehicles, we have parking spots on Seaview Drive. Thank you for your cooperation.
LUNCH PROGRAM: Students requiring a lunch need to inform Bea or Naomi (First Nation's Room) by recess each day. They will ensure each student receives a sandwich and fruit at lunch time. This program is supported by Harvest Food Bank and several community groups. Creative funding is an issue for this program, if you have any ideas for next year please contact Bea or Naomi.
LUNCH HOUR PROCEDURE: The reversed lunch hour is continuing at the present time for the 2011 school year. At 12:00 noon students will head outside for their unstructured play time. At 12:35 the bell will ring to bring students back inside so they can sit down and eat their lunches.
LATE OR MISSING STUDENTS: If your child arrives at school AFTER the morning (8:55) or afternoon (12:55) bell, please remind them to come in through the front doors and report to the office. We call home to find the whereabouts of any missing students. If your chilld is going to be absent, please call the office (250 949 6418).
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER: If you would like to receive your newsletter by email, please send an email to Mr. MacLean otherwise check the newsletter link on this website.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROGRAM: Our school participates in the Fruit & Vegetable Program sponsored by BC Agriculture in the Classroom. A permission slip was included with the first school newsletter. Only return the permission slip if you do NOT want your child to take part in this program or if you have concerns about food allergies.
CANADIAN WILD ANIMALS IN THE LIBRARY: Ms. Gunson's family owns a museum exhibit of Canadian Wild Animals that died accidentally in different ways around Northern Vancouver Island. Some of the collection was shared with the Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce this past summer. The children are observing and researching about animals from our area by studying these animals. You are welcome to come to the library before or after school to enjoy our collection. The Sea Wolf, Black bear cub and Cougar are favorites with our children.
CANSPELL SPELLING BEE: Our annual Canspell spelling competition occured on Friday, January 13th p.m. Sixteen competitors were selected from grades 4-7 and the competition was fierce this year going more rounds than in previous years. The winner of the competition was Eileah Cotter (from grade 5) with the runner-up being Lucy Wallace (also from grade 5).Congratulations to these two girls and to all students who competed this year!
LUNCHTIME SUGGESTIONS: Please do NOT send food to school which requires heating up. We do not have the staff to keep an adult at each microwave and still be on classroom duty. PLEASE send lunches that can be eaten right out of a lunch bag or thermos. Also, please remind your child to take home items each day as for Health and Safety reasons we cannot be washing dishes by hand in the school. Thank you for your support.
IMPORTANT DATES TO NOTE:
May 21st, Monday--Victoria Day--No school
June 14th--Library books due back--preparing for year end
June 28th, Thursday--Last day of school for students
