DIEPPE Elementary School

January 11, 2012

Board Passes Renewal Motions

At the meeting of Regina Board of Education on January 11, 2011, the following motions of the Regina Public Schools Renewal Plan were adopted:

1) That Dieppe School be closed at the end of the 2011-12 school year and that its attendance area be consolidated with that of McLurg School; with all current regular Kindergarten to Grade 8 pupils (and their siblings) attending Dieppe School to be eligible for transportation (in accordance with established procedures) to either McLurg School or Walker School commencing with the 2012-13 school year; and

2) That Haultain School be closed at the end of the 2011-12 school year and that its attendance area be consolidated with that of Glen Elm School; with all current regular Kindergarten to Grade 8 pupils (and their siblings) attending Haultain School to be eligible for transportation (in accordance with established procedures) to either Glen Elm School, McDermid School or Imperial School commencing with the 2012-13 school year.

As a result, transition planning will be beginning in the next few weeks. This planning will include students, parents, school community councils, staff, school division staff and other involved community members. This transition planning will help support the program changes and allow students, parents and staff make a smooth transition into the 2012-13 school year.

For more information, please contact:

Terry Lazarou
Regina Public Schools
Tel: 523-3133

Our school has been active in this school year:

Our students have been working hard at their studies with a focus on literacy and numeracy.  Our teachers are working with all of the new curricula issued by the Ministry of Education in the last two years and are working together to create the most cohesive and interesting learning programs possible.

Our school is innovative in developing new methods to support teachers and their professional growth.  Our team days, in which we invite in several support professionals from Regina Public Schools, are recognized as a positive and productive new approach.  In addition, we now have an academic core team to support excellence in planning.  Further, our teachers are developing professional links with other teachers working at parallel grade levels throughout our superintendency section of the city – these meetings started in August and will continue during the October PD day and beyond.

In addition to our regular business of curricular learning, we have already:

Set up new laptop carts, printers and copiers in order to improve student and teacher access to technology

Completed the canoeing program for our grade 7’s

Begun our innovative equine and canine therapy programs for our SLC students

Hosted a visit from children's author, Barbara Reid, who has written several books and who was illustrated them with intricate plasticene artwork.

Completed the first city-wide cross-country race, with 12 students qualifying for the finals race (an excellent result)

Scored our students’ efforts in the Diagnostic Numeracy Assessment (grades 1 – 8) – we will post-test in April/May

Received high-quality basketball instruction from the RCBA’s Marg Barr for grades 3 – 8

Re-organized the resource center

Raised money for the Terry Fox Foundation's fight against cancer and gathered food for the Regina Food Bank

Received presentations from our School Resource Officer, Junior Achievement, Engineers Without Borders and the Mackenzie Art Gallery

Cheered on our girls and boys volleyball teams through the first half of their season.