THURSDAY, August 23, 2012 • B5
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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58 (NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)
2012 - 2013 STUDENT REGISTRATION ELEMENTARY STUDENT REGISTRATION For “NEW” Elementary school students, please register your child at the neighbourhood school in your location from Monday to Friday, August 27 - 31, 2012. Schools will be open from 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Call ahead to conÀrm. KINDERGARTEN: To register, a child must be 5 years of age, on or before December 31, 2012 and a birth certiÀcate, immunization record, and Care Card should be presented. Kindergarten starting dates will be arranged through the school. FRENCH IMMERSION: All students in this program attend Collettville Elementary School (grades K-7), and Merritt Secondary School (grades 8-12). . GRADE 8 - 12 MERRITT SECONDARY SCHOOL 250-378-5131 New Students register at the school from August 20 – August 24, 2012. Counsellors will be available and students are encouraged to call ahead to schedule an appointment. Please Note: On the Àrst day of school (Sept. 4th) Merritt Secondary School Grade 8 and 9 students are at school the full day. SCHOOL OPENING: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 – Adjusted hours: 10:00 a.m. – noon. BUS STUDENTS: Please check the School Bus Schedule and with your school for busing information. Tuesday, September 4, 2012 ONLY: Busses will pick up students one hour LATER in the morning and return students beginning at noon. Please Note: On the Àrst day of school (Sept. 4th) Merritt Secondary School Grade 8 and 9 students are at school the full day. Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - Buses begin the regular schedule.
SCHOOL CALENDAR 2012 - 2013 Days in Session 193 - Instructional Days 186
August 27 – 28, 2012
Mon. – Tue.
Summer Institute.
August 29, 2012
Wednesday
School Based Summer Prod D.
September 4, 2012
Tuesday
SCHOOL OPENING. School hours 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon. (Bus schedule to be adjusted for the Àrst day of school.)
October 8, 2012
Monday
Thanksgiving Day.
October 19, 2012
Friday
Non-Instructional Day.
November 9, 2012
Friday
MSS and PSS Report Cards go home.
November 12, 2012
Monday
Remembrance Day Statutory Holiday.
November 16, 2012
Friday
Princeton Elementary Report Cards go home.
November 2012
Tue. – Wed.
Princeton – Shortened day for parent/teacher interviews. (Schools closed 1 hour early each day.)
Friday
Merritt Elementary Report Cards go home.
Tue. – Wed.
Merritt – Shortened day for parent/teacher interviews. (Schools closed 1 hour early each day.)
Friday
Last day of school before Winter Break.
20-21,
November 23, 2012 November 2012
27-28,
December 21, 2012 Dec. 24 – Jan. 4, 2013
Winter Break.
January 7, 2013
Monday
SCHOOLS REOPEN.
Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2013
Wed. – Fri.
Provincial Exams Secondary Schools. (Days to vary per secondary school.)
February 8, 2013
Friday
All Secondary Report Cards go home.
February 11, 2013
Monday
FAMILY DAY.
February 15, 2013
Friday
Non-Instructional Day.
March 8, 2013
Friday
All Elementary Report Cards go home.
Tues. – Wed.
All Schools – Shortened day for parent/teacher interviews. (Schools closed 1 hour early each day.)
Friday
Last day of school before Spring Break.
Mon. – Fri.
SPRING BREAK.
Mon. – Thurs.
Non-Instructional Days. (District/In lieu)
March 29, 2013
Friday
Good Friday.
April 1, 2013
Monday
Easter Monday.
April 2, 2013
Tuesday
SCHOOLS REOPEN.
April 19, 2013
Friday
All Secondary Report Cards go home.
May 20, 2013
Monday
Victoria Day.
June 21 – 27, 2013
Fri – Thurs.
Provincial Exams Secondary Schools. (Days to vary per secondary school.)
June 26 - 27, 2013
Wed. – Thurs.
Year End Report Cards go home.
June 28, 2013
Friday
ADMINISTRATION DAY - SCHOOLS CLOSED.
March 2013
12
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13,
March 15, 2013 March 2013
18
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22,
March 2013
25
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28,
SCHOOL PHONE NUMBERS • Collettville Elementary .................................... 250-378-2230 • Diamond Vale Elementary ............................. 250-378-2514 • Merritt Bench Elementary ............................... 250-378-2528 • Nicola - Canford Elementary ......................... 250-378-2172 • Merritt Central Elementary .............................. 250-378-9931 • Merritt Secondary School .............................. 250-378-5131 Check our District website at: www.sd58.bc.ca or the Distance Education website at: www.scides.ca
MERRITT SCHOOL BUS SCHEDULE 2012 - 2013 BUS NO. A1158 AM 7:40 7:42 7:46 7:47 7:51 7:54 7:58 8:05 8:08 8:13 8:15 8:16 8:17 8:19 8:25 8:30 8:35
PM Patchet Road 3:55 Dumont 3:51 Reserve #1 3:47 Opie’s #2 3:45 Spahan 3:44 Barnes 3:40 Stewarts a.m. only) Cool Quiet 894 3:32 Fox Farm Road 3:33 Sterling Road (a.m. only) 1060 Hwy 5A (a.m. only) Wilcox Road #57 (a.m. only) Ponderosa & Sunny View (a.m. only) Coquihalla Middle School/CV students 3:26 MSS (p.m. only) 3:16 Merritt Central Elementary 3:11 Collettville Elementary 3:00 Shop 4:30
BUS NO. 2581 AM 7:34 7:35 7:37 7:38 7:39 7:40 7:47 7:49 7:50 7:51 7:54 8:02 8:04 8:15 8:31 8:18 8:40
LOWER NICOLA
ROUTE A Shuter’s Spring’s McMaster’s Lower Nicola Indian Band OfÀce Lower Nicola Fire Hall Nicola-Canford Elementary ROUTE B Saskatoon & Coyote Pass 2924 Yap Skim Keisa Anderson Porter’s Nicola-Canford Elementary Anderson Street & Aberdeen Whinney St. & Aberdeen Merritt Secondary (in back) Merritt Bench Elementary Diamond Vale Elementary School Collettville Elementary
BUS NO. 2580 AM 7:40 7:42 7:43 7:45 7:46 7:48 7:49 7:50 7:52 7:54 7:58 8:05 8:07 8:20 8:22
COLDWATER/KINGSVALE
PM 3:22 3:23 3:24 3:27 3:29 3:40 3:45 3:51 3:42 3:39 3:37 3:17 3:07 3:03
MAMIT LAKE
Rey Creek Ranch (8815) Mamette Lake Trailer Park (9256) 9311 Mamit Lake Road Lund’s Driveway 9781 Mamette Lake Road Beech Road Tolman Road (South end) 10681 Mamette Lake Road 11301 Mamette Lake Road Joe’s Driveway (4434) 6 Mile (131E) Sam (289 Hwy 8) Shuter Road Merritt Central Elementary Collettville Elementary (pm only) Merritt Secondary
PM 3:55 3:50 3:48 3:45 3:44 3:43 3:42 3:40 3:38 3:35 3:32 3:24 3:23 3:08 3:11 3:16
BUS NO. A6580 AM 7:08 7:18 7:20 7:23 7:25 7:26 7:30 7:43 7:43 7:44 7:45 8:09 8:13 -
DOUGLAS LAKE
PM Home Ranch (2664 Home Ranch Lane) 4:30 4:09 9404 Minnie Lake Rd. (Reserve #1) 4:12 Dennison (9451 Spahomin Cr. Rd) McRae Turnaround (9511 Spahomin Cr. Rd) 4:15 4:07 9404 Minni Lake Rd. (Reserve #2) 9130 Douglas Lk. Rd. (across from Alexander Rd.) 4:03 Corral Road 3:58 Quilchena Home Ranch (7201 Douglas Lk. Rd) 3:50 7099 Douglas Lake Road 3:49 Tom (Hillside Road) 3:48 Lindley’s (6977 Douglas Lk Rd.) 3:47 280 E Highway 8 3:01 224 E Highway 8 3:00 Logan Lake Rd.(31, 158 & 181 Hwy 8) 2:58 189 Highway 8 2:56 Shulus Arena 2:55 2715 Aberdeen Road 2:49 2972 Yap Skim (just before leaving R.P.) 2:48 Rocky Pines 2 (Hummingbird Lake & Yap Skim) 2:46 Rocky Pines 1 (2861 Hummingbird Lane) 2:45 Nicola-Canford Elementary 2:40 Merritt Secondary 3:20 Merritt Central Elementary 3:15 3009 Ponderosa & Sunny View (p.m. only) 3:26 1060 Hwy 5A (Joeyaska Road p.m. only) 3:29 3:28 Sterling Road (p.m. only)
BUS NO. 4580 AM 7:21 7:23 7:24 7:25 7:32 7:41 7:38 7:39 7:41 7:43 7:56 8:01
Band OfÀce Churchill Shackelly & Petit Creek Post Sunshine Valley #1 East Pierce’s Nicola-Canford Elementary Aberdeen Inn Corkle & Woodward Anderson & Aberdeen Merritt Secondary Collettville Elementary
PETIT CREEK PM 4:05 4:04 4:03 4:02 3:48 3:44 3:43 3:35 3:37 3:39 3:24 -
BUS NO. 5580 NICOLA LAKE/QUILCHENA AM PM 7:33 Quilchena Reserve 4:13 7:35 Lake View Store (3512) 4:09 7:36 Saddleman Road 4:08 7:37 Lindley’s (by Douglas Lake turnoff) 4:06 7:40 Huber (6697) 4:04 7:43 Sciarpelletti House 4:03 7:45 Quilchena Store (6520) 4:00 7:53 Nicola Ranch 3:50 Merritt Bench Elementary 3:20 BUS NO. A8580 14 MILE/NOOAITCH 8:05 Merritt Secondary (front a.m./back p.m.) 3:29 AM PM 8:20 Merritt Central Elementary 3:10 4:10 7:24 Community Hall (4943 Hwy 8) 8:25 MSS (front) Coldwater students only 7:26 Shackan Road 4:09 Collettville Elementary 3:05 7:28 Chief Anthony Joe Bridge (Cottonwood Lane) 4:07 REGISTRATION OF HOME SCHOOL 7:32 4150 FX Ranch Road 4:02 LEARNERS - PARENT INFO. 7:35 Dot Ranch Road (W) 4:00 7:40 3956 Highway 8 3:55 The School Act states: 7:42 3178 Highway 8 3:54 “A parent of a child who is required to enroll in an 7:44 2795 Highway 8 3:50 educational program under section 3 (Division 4 – Home 7:52 Sunshine Valley #2 (W) Education) a) may educate the child at home or elsewhere in (Spius Hatchery) 3:45 accordance with this Division, and 7:54 Willagoose Road 3:43 b) must provide that child with an educational program. 7:55 2241 Thomsen 3:42 8:04 Nicola-Canford Elementary 3:32 Registration 8:06 Marshall Road 3:30 A parent of a child who is required under the above 8:07 Lower Nicola Trailer Park (254 Hwy 8) 3:29 section to provide the child with an educational 8:09 Firehall (226 Hwy 8) 3:27 program must register the child on or before September 8:10 Band OfÀce (181 Hwy 8) 3:25 30 in each year with: 8:20 Merritt Secondary School 3:15 a) a school of the parent’s choice that is operating in
TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE Families living beyond the regular school bus routes may be eligible for transportation assistance for the 2012/2013 school year and are asked to make application before October 12, 2012 regardless of whether transportation assistance was received in the past. Applications after this date will be approved as of the date the application is received, and will not be retroactive. Please note that parents of kindergarten students who are required to pick their child up or bring them to the school at lunchtime may also qualify. Transportation Assistance forms can be picked up at the School Board OfÀce in Merritt, 1550 Chapman Street. Parents are reminded that road/weather conditions may cause delays/cancellations to the regular bus run(s). In extreme circumstances, notice of delays will be announced over the local radio station and the school will attempt to contact parents by phone, in order that children do not wait extended time periods at a bus stop.
the school district in which the parent resides, b) a distance education school providing services to the school district in which the parent resides or with the Ministry of Education if no distance education school provides services to that district, or c) an independent school operating in B.C.”
To register or to obtain further information, telephone the school of your choice, or write to the Superintendent of Schools, School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen), Box 4100, Merritt, B.C., V1K 1B8.
The StrongStart Early Learning Centres • Diamond Vale Elementary School • Nicola-Canford Elementary School • Merritt Central Elementary School Start Up Date: September 10, 2012. StrongStart is a free, school-based, drop-in early learning program for children from birth to 5 years old, and their parents, grandparents or caregivers. Together they share learning experiences and social interactions with other children and adults in a positive and openended play environment.