Volume 9, Edition 2 Surrey Schools aims to save 10 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy by 2015, and is on track to more than double that. May 2013 Also available online at www.surreyschools.ca Did you know? Students learn science underwater DPAC Message Briefs & Kudos PAGE 8 Where there’s Thunder, there’s no lighting. Panorama Ridge Secondary, home of the Thunder, stormed to a resounding win in this year’s Surrey Schools Energy Conservation Cup by turning off unnecessary lighting, among other conservation measures. The school grabbed an early lead in the annual week-long competition April 15-19 and finished with a savings of 2,850 kilowatt hours (kWh) or 30 per cent. That’s three times the competition’s average. Finishing in a near tie for second were Semiahmoo and Guildford Park PAGE 3 • 2013/2014 Calendar • Get a Taste of the Trades PAGE 4 • LA Matheson Book Drive Changes Lives PAGE 5 • Prince Charles Grade 3 on TV secondaries with overall energy savings of 16 and 14 per cent, respectively. L.A. Matheson followed with a 12 per cent savings at the end of the week. The other participating schools were Clayton Heights, Fleetwood Park, Johnston Heights and Sullivan Heights secondaries. “Every school did well and student engagement was high,” said Alasdair MacKinnon, the district’s director of energy management and sustainability. The district partnered with energy “intelligence” provider Pulse Energy two years ago to assist with the district’s goal of a 10 million kWh reduction in energy use over five years, and is actually on track to more than double that savings. The secondary school challenge is one of multiple energy-saving initiatives in Surrey Schools. Pulse Energy first created a baseline for each participating school to represent an average school week and measured the reduction in energy consumption in real time on an online dashboard. Students spent the week implementing a variety of energy- saving initiatives and posting photos and videos on social media documenting their progress. PAGE 6 & 10 Two “rival” Fraser Heights elementary schools have been named winners in the BC Green Games. Dogwood and Erma Stephenson elementaries, where husband-wife teachers Ray and Lisa Warnock are the schools’ respective environmental ambassadors, have won cash and kudos for their strong commitment to energy conservation. Dogwood was named a winner in the Elementary category, and both Dogwood and Erma Stephenson were named co-winners in the Elementary Energy Prize category. Dogwood will receive $1,500 while Erma Stephenson will collect $500 to spend on environmental initiatives at their schools. “My students have taken a personal interest in sustainability issues and they seem to feel further empowered to explore what they can do to make a difference in the environment,” said Lisa Warnock. This is the fifth year of Science World’s annual provincewide contest that rewards students’ environmental success stories. Science World manages the BC Green Games, held in April, with input from youth, government, school district, university, science and environmental education community partners. Presenting sponsors are BC Hydro and FortisBC. PAGE 4 We’re No. 1! Members of the Panorama Ridge Secondary G- Force Green Team, led by teacher-sponsors Ashlee Sullivan and Marlis Enders, celebrate their victory in the second annual Energy Conservation Cup with school, district, BC Hydro and Pulse Energy representatives. Panorama Ridge reduced their energy consumption by an average of 30 per cent during the ECC challenge April 15-19. Panorama Ridge Secondary Thunder storm to Panorama Ridge Secondary Thunder storm to victory in district’s Energy Conservation Cup victory in district’s Energy Conservation Cup
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Volume 9, Edition 2
Surrey Schools
aims to save 10
million kilowatt
hours (kWh) of
energy by 2015, and
is on tra
ck to more
than double that.
May 2013
Also available online at www.surreyschools.ca
Did you
know?
Students learn science underwater
DPAC Message
Briefs & Kudos PAGE 8
Where there’s Thunder, there’s no lighting.Panorama Ridge Secondary, home of the
Thunder, stormed to a resounding win in this year’s Surrey Schools Energy Conservation Cup by turning off unnecessary lighting, among other conservation measures.
The school grabbed an early lead in the annual week-long competition April 15-19 and fi nished with a savings of 2,850 kilowatt hours (kWh) or 30 per cent. That’s three times the competition’s average.
Finishing in a near tie for second were Semiahmoo and Guildford Park
PAGE 3• 2013/2014 Calendar
• Get a Taste of the Trades
PAGE 4• LA Matheson
Book Drive Changes Lives
PAGE 5• Prince Charles
Grade 3 on TV secondaries with overall energy savings
of 16 and 14 per cent, respectively. L.A. Matheson followed with a 12
per cent savings at the end of the week. The other participating schools were Clayton Heights, Fleetwood Park, Johnston Heights and Sullivan Heights secondaries.
“Every school did well and student engagement was high,” said Alasdair MacKinnon, the district’s director of energy management and sustainability.
The district partnered with energy “intelligence” provider Pulse Energy two years ago to assist with the district’s goal of a 10 million kWh reduction in energy use over fi ve years, and is actually on track to more than double that savings. The secondary school challenge is one of multiple energy-saving initiatives in Surrey Schools.
Pulse Energy fi rst created a baseline for each participating
school to represent an average school week and measured
the reduction in energy consumption in real
time on an online dashboard. Students spent the week implementing a variety of energy-saving initiatives
and posting photos and videos on social
media documenting their progress.
PAGE 6 & 10
Two “rival” Fraser Heights elementary schools have been named winners in the BC Green Games.
Dogwood and Erma Stephenson elementaries, where husband-wife teachers Ray and Lisa Warnock are the schools’ respective environmental ambassadors, have won cash and kudos for their strong commitment to energy conservation.
Dogwood was named a winner in the Elementary category, and both Dogwood and Erma Stephenson were named co-winners in the Elementary Energy Prize category.
Dogwood will receive $1,500 while Erma Stephenson will collect $500 to spend on environmental initiatives at their schools.
“My students have taken a personal interest in sustainability issues and they seem to feel further empowered to explore what they can do to make a difference in the environment,” said Lisa Warnock.
This is the fi fth year of Science World’s annual provincewide contest that rewards students’ environmental success stories.
Science World manages the BC GreenGames, held in April, with input from youth, government, school district, university, science and environmental education community partners. Presenting sponsors are BC Hydro and FortisBC.
PAGE 4
We’re No. 1! Members of the Panorama Ridge Secondary G-Force Green Team, led by teacher-sponsors Ashlee Sullivan and Marlis Enders, celebrate their victory in the second annual Energy Conservation Cup with school, district, BC Hydro and Pulse Energy representatives. Panorama Ridge reduced their energy consumption by an average of 30 per cent during the ECC challenge April 15-19.
Panorama Ridge Secondary Thunder storm toPanorama Ridge Secondary Thunder storm to victory in district’s Energy Conservation Cupvictory in district’s Energy Conservation Cup
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The Surrey School District is giving students the tools to explore a career in the trades this summer.
The district has launched a new one-of-a-kind full credit trades exploration program aimed at giving Grade 10 students the chance to experience the introductory and fundamental skills required in carpentry, electrical, plumbing and welding.
Over the summer, students will learn essential skills such as how to measure, cut, wire, build and weld – skills that are needed for further success in school apprenticeship programs and the workplace.
“This is one way we can introduce students to apprenticeship and have further opportunity to explain how our district partnership programs could benefi t them,” says Susan Chow, principal of career education.
The course curriculum was developed by a Surrey technology education teacher
and the concept of the program is fully supported by the Industry Training Authority.
The program will emphasize math and literacy skills as they relate to trades, and give students direct insight into the rewards and challenges of trades careers. Each trade also has a safety component and students will learn about ladder/fall protection, hazardous materials and the specifi c risks associated with young and inexperienced workers.
The course, which runs full days four days a week, also includes guest speakers and fi eld trips to post-secondary institutions and industry facilities.
“If students are unsure whether they want to pursue a career or further education in trades, this course is ideal,” says Chow. “It gives them hands-on experience in four different construction trades at an age when they would have time to be able to plan their courses and map those career pathways.”
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The Surrey Board of Education approved the 2013/14 school calendar in March.
Under the School Amendment Act, which was enacted last spring, the Ministry of Education no longer puts out a standard school calendar, leaving local boards across the province responsible for establishing the calendar for their respective district.
Boards are required to consult with parents, students and employee groups regarding their local calendar for the
purpose of continued budget savings.
The Surrey Board of Education anticipates a savings of close to $500,000 through reduced instructional days in the 2013/14 calendar. As in previous years, an increase in instructional time has been added to make up for the reduction in instructional days.
For the fi fth consecutive year, the district has approved an extended spring break for 2013-2014. Also, six district-wide non-instructional days (or “Pro-D” days).
2013/14 school calendar approved2013/14 school calendar approved
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L.A. Matheson students share passion for readingL.A. Matheson students share passion for reading with refugees and new immigrantswith refugees and new immigrants
Grade 7 students at Bayridge Elementary are immersed in science – in more ways than one.
After spending weeks learning about buoyancy, pressure, density, mass, volume and the particle model, students put on scuba gear and jumped into the South Surrey Pool this spring for a little hands-on learning under the watchful instruction of their teacher and several professional diving instructors.
“Basically we’re bringing something to life for them that would be very theoretical otherwise,” says Shannon Kozak, of Ocean Pro Divers.
In class, students learned about Boyle’s law, which is concerned with pressure, volume and mass, and the Archimedes’ principle, about fl uid displacement. Essentially, those laws make scuba diving possible.
“That’s what scuba diving is all about and without this part of the course, it would all be very esoteric to them,” says Kozak.
The Bayridge scuba program is actually the PADI-certifi ed “Discover Scuba” course, and students are given a certifi cate upon completion. Delivered in partnership with Ocean Pro Divers, which provides materials and diving instructors at the pool, the lessons fi t the Ministry of Education’s chemistry curriculum requirements.
Teacher Dave Morrison, a longtime scuba diver, could think of no better way for students to really learn the concepts they studied in class than by applying them in the real world. For the students, the three-and-a-half hours they spent at the pool seemed like mere minutes, and most were reluctant to leave the water.
“The fi rst time they breathe underwater, they can’t believe what’s happening to them,” says Morrison. “Their faces light up and, as much as is possible with a regulator in their mouth, they smile from ear to ear. It’s something to see.”
By the time teacher Kris Hull fi nished his half-hour presentation at L.A. Matheson Secondary on the work of the district’s Welcome Centre, 600 children in developing and impoverished countries had died.
That was one of the tragic statistics on the fi rst PowerPoint slide he showed them, and it stuck. But it also motivated students in the school’s social justice class to assist some of the thousands of child immigrants and refugees who end up in Canada every year, many fl eeing the poverty, hunger and preventable illnesses prevalent in their countries of origin.
“Books are not a big or easily attainable resource for them because they cost a lot of money,” said Grade 12 student Raman Shetta. “We thought what’s more benefi cial to give them than books to help enhance their reading, learning and communication skills.”
After Hull’s presentation to Raman’s social justice class at L.A. Matheson, she and fellow students Sarah Perry, Amritpal Bath and Aleena DeHaas launched a book drive to benefi t the Welcome Centre’s Bridge program, which assists English Language Learner (ELL) students and
their families. They spent several weeks gathering donations of everything from picture books and cookbooks to teen fi ction and Dickens classics.
Then one day in March, it was like Christmas morning as students in the Bridges program, which assists young immigrants and refugees with signifi cant literacy and education gaps, opened boxes fi lled with more than 400 books of all shapes and sizes.
They may not have been able to read the titles, but each student couldn’t wait to touch, hold and study the words and images on the pages.
“It was amazing to see them react after we just put the books on the table for them,” said Amritpal. “You could see how much they appreciated it.”
All four girls are avid readers, and so the idea of a book drive was personally appealing. Knowing most of the students could not read English well or at all, they each spent time reading one of the donated books to groups of rapt students during their visit to the Welcome Centre.
“I have an enormous passion for reading, and helping another kid fi nd that same passion is worthwhile to me,” said Aleena.
The L.A. Matheson students credit their teacher Annie Ohana, who sponsors the social justice class, for inspiring them to make the world a better place.
“She brought the program to Matheson and really championed it to the students,” said Sarah.
Added Raman: “She’s gone above and beyond for this class. She’s amazing and I don’t know how she does it.”
Students take science lessons in underwater classroomStudents take science lessons in underwater classroom
Students at Bayridge
Elementaryapplied their
classroom science learning to the real world, thanks to a
scuba lesson at the South Surrey Pool through a partner-
ship with Ocean Pro Divers.
L.A. Matheson social justice students (from left) Sarah Perry, Amritpal Bath, Raman Shetta and Aleena
DeHaas collected books for the Welcome Centre.
The Bayridge scuba program is believed to be the only one of its kind in the Lower Mainland and perhaps B.C.
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Grade 3 students at Prince Charles Elementary are becoming famous for reducing their carbon footprint.
A reporter and camera crew from GlobalTV have been shadowing the young conservationists as they take part in the annual Classroom Energy Diet Challenge, sponsored by Shell Canada and Canadian Geographic. Global is documenting the students as they complete various environ-mental challenges and airing each segment during news broadcasts across Canada between March 4 and some time in May.
“If they have the knowledge, they’re able to act and to make a difference and make a change, even if it’s just a little one,” says teacher Janice Shelden.
More than 40,000 students from across Canada took part in the chal-lenge this spring, but only Shelden’s Grade 3 class is being followed by a television crew. In addition to being shown during Global newscasts, the segments also aired on Shaw TV’s Go! program and online.
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Eat and learnMore students are learning on a full
stomach, thanks to several organizations.Breakfast Clubs of Canada has donated
$30,000 to the Surrey School District to support the operation of breakfast and Attendance Matters programs across the district. Attendance Matters operates at 13 schools in the district and includes breakfast each school morning, fun literacy activities, learning and physical recre-ation components and outreach to ensure children arrive at school every day ready to learn.
Breakfast Clubs of Canada has con-tributed more than $100,000 to breakfast programs in the district over the past four years, providing for the purchase of both equipment and food.
Meanwhile, for the second year in a row, the Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund and its Adopt-a-School campaign has provided $32,000 to purchase food to run breakfast programs at eight inner-city schools for one year. The donation was made possible by support from Vancouver Sun readers.
In addition, the Surrey Firefi ghters Charitable Society has launched breakfast programs at fi ve schools in the district: City Central Learning Centre, Guildford Learning Centre, James Ardiel Elementary, Simon Cunningham Elementary and Kirk-bride Elementary. The society will provide and deliver fresh foods like milk, yogurt, cheese, bread, eggs, fruits and vegetables to make complete and nutritious break-fasts possible for students in need at each
site every school day. Firefi ghters will also provide monthly deliveries of non-perish-able items like cereal, jam and oatmeal and provide a fridge for each site to use for the program.
The North Surrey Lions Club has gener-ously provided donations to launch break-fast programs at Newton and Cedar Hills elementaries. The donations are used to purchase fresh foods, fruit and vegetables, and non-perishable items.
Finally, Green Timbers Covenant Church has contributed funds for food and volunteer support to help launch a break-fast program at Green Timbers Elementary.
Vancouver Sun donation warms hearts, bodies
The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund has do-nated $1,034 to each of eight elementary schools in the district: Mary Jane Shannon, Hjorth Road, Georges Vanier, K.B.
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The donations will be used to purchase clothing such as mittens, gloves, touques, scarves, boots and jackets for students in need. The funds were a welcome arrival during cold and wet weather spells, when demand increases more than supply.
The Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund and their generous readers also donated $2,000 to each of Betty Huff and Lena Shaw
elementaries and Frank Hurt Secondary for clothing and other basic necessities for their students; and helped provide furni-ture to families in emergency need at Frank Hurt and Betty Huff.
HCTF helps teachers connect students with the outdoors
The Habitat Conservation Trust Foun-dation (HCTF), through its Conservation Education Assistance Fund, made generous fi nancial contributions to Cougar Creek, Hjorth Road and Forsyth elementary schools. HCTF’s donations will make it possible for all students at each schoolto participate in outdoor conservation education fi eld trips
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The fi eld trips will en-gage students in hands-on, inter-active, com-munity learning opportunitiesthat build on the fundamen-tal skills taught throughout the school year.
Making a ConnectionThe Union of B.C. Municipalities and
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Mount Seymour donationAll of the Grade 3 students at Hjorth
Road Elementary received a generous con-tribution from Mt. Seymour that included free transportation, lift tickets and lessons for an after-school trip to the mountain in March. This was the fi rst time skiing for many students. “It was an amazing day!” said principal Joe Frank.
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A Message from your DPACSo you want to be a DPAC director…
As the school year nears its end, parents start thinking about year-end events and plans for the summer. At DPAC, we also start winding things up and then planning for the next school year. As part of this, our last meeting of the year is always our AGM in May. While we will still have a speaker at our AGM (assistant superintendent Pat Horstead), part of the evening will deal with our annual report, and the nomination and election of a new board of directors for the next school year.
Our board of directors is responsible for managing DPAC’s affairs. DPAC needs directors who are interested in broad educational issues, ready for the challenge of promoting parent involvement at the school district level, and committed to the success of DPAC.
Parent advisory councils have the responsibility to nominate and vote for parents they believe can fill this
District 36 PAC informationThe District 36 Parent Advisory Council, known as the Surrey DPAC, is a registered non-profit society formed in 1978 to represent the interests of Surrey parents in the public education system. The Surrey DPAC is about parents helping parents learn more about our education system and how they can contribute to it. Learn more at www.surreydpac.ca.
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important leadership role. The DPAC nominating committee is encouraging PACs to give serious thought to naming candidates. All candidates must be nominated at the AGM by an executive representative of a member PAC along with a letter of endorsement from their PAC.
If your PAC wishes to nominate a parent for the board of directors, contact Tammy Karoway or Nancy Peirce from our nominating committee. Please note that, under our bylaws and current practice, nominations can still be made from the floor without prior notice to
the nominating committee. In the meantime, if you have any questions on the role of a director or the process of election, please feel free to call any committee member.
The job of DPAC director is challenging, but highly rewarding. It is an excellent opportunity to meet committed parents, gain insight into the education system and learn how education issues really affect our children.
This year at our AGM, we will also be voting on a major overhaul of our constitution and bylaws. The changes are available on our website. We encourage those who will be attending to have a look. Also, please keep in mind that to be able to vote at the AGM, you need to be registered with DPAC. A registration form is available on our website.
We look forward to seeing many of you at our AGM at the District Education Centre, 14033 92nd Ave., at 7 p.m. on May 22, and we wish everyone a great summer!
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Next car text could be your lastOMG! Texting + driving could kill uThat’s the message North Surrey Sec-
ondary student Daniel Nasato was trying to get across with his winning entry in ICBC’s Your Ad Here contest.
The Grade 10 student won fi rst place in the Distractions category for his design featuring the words “OMG im dying 2cu” over a bloodied Blackberry screen.
“What I want people to take out of this is that a text is not more important than your life; your text can wait,” said Daniel.
“As funny as this sounds, I actually made a pledge in fourth grade to never drink and drive, and never text and drive - a pledge I do not plan on breaking anytime soon.”
The annual contest is aimed at promoting road safety. This year, ICBC received more than 225 entries.
L.A. Matheson, Enver Creek, Maple Green win Stop Bullying Film Contest
And the award for Best Picture goes to…
Young fi lmmakers from Enver Creek and L.A. Matheson secondaries and Maple Green Elementary swapped a red carpet for a pink one Feb. 27 as they were named winners in their respective age groups in the annual Stop Bullying Film Contest.
An initiative of the City of Surrey in partnership with CUPE 402, Surrey Schools and Surrey RCMP, the contest asked students to create a 30- or 60-second fi lm on the subject of stopping bullying. Twenty-nine submissions, rep-
resentingthe work of 200 student writers,directors,actors and fi lmmak-ers, were submittedin three categories.
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in a special presentation at the Surrey RCMP detachment on Anti-Bullying Day, Feb. 27.
· Junior: students in Grades 6 and 7. A Miserable Life, Maple Green El-ementary
· Intermediate: students in Grades 8 to 10 Words Can Harm, L.A. Matheson Secondary
· Senior: students in Grades 11 and 12 Hidden Wounds Never Heal, Enver Creek Secondary
Tweedsmuir teacher honoured with UBC award
Teacher Susan Hunter-Jivung gets to spend $5,000 on Lord Tweedsmuir Sec-ondary after winning a prestigious award from UBC.
Hunter-Jivung, who teaches physics at Tweedsmuir, is this year’s recipient of the Faculty of Applied Science’s annual McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award. The award celebrates those who go above and beyond teaching the cur-riculum to ensure their students succeed both academically and personally.
Hunter-Jivung was nominated by fi ve former students who now attend UBC.
“I am amazed and fl attered that my students at UBC would think to spend their time in having their teacher receive this award,” she said.
As the winner of the award, Hunter-Jivung receives $5,000 to spend on school enrichment activities, programs or development, and she’ll also identify a current high school student to receive an additional $5,000 scholarship to enrol in the engineering program at UBC.
Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary teacher Susan Hunter-Jivung won this year’s McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award from UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science. She was nominated by five former students now attending the university.
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