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École Dr. Charles Best Secondary School

School District No. 43 (Coquitlam)

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Incoming Grade 9 information

Grade 9 Welcome to Best Day - Thursday, September 1st from 9:00am - 11:30am

Bring your laptop
Comfortable shoes
Course schedules will be handed out.
Students that miss this day will receive schedule/usernames /password in Advisory on Sept. 6th.

School Supplies:

BYOD - bring your own device (details below)
Lined paper, pens, pencils and binders as required
Classes will have specific supply lists based on the courses. These will be handed out on the first day.

Laptop Specs:

We can't wait to meet you all!!

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Important Summer Dates and Back to School information

Friday, August 26th : Initial Class Schedules will be published into Student / Family Portals

*Link for Course change requests will be available on the website after schedules go out

Friday, September 2nd: Updated Class schedules will be published into Student / Family Portals

Thursday, September 1st: Grade 9 Welcome to Best Day will be held from 9am – 11:30am

Tuesday, September 6th: First Day of classes for all students

Wednesday, September 7th: First full day of regular classes (regular bell schedule)

Friday, September 9th - Photo Day

Updates posted here as they become available.

School District 43 Communicable Disease Management

K-12 Health Check

Parents and caregivers are required to perform a daily health check with their child(ren) at home prior to attending school. Daily Health Check and What to Do If Sick Flowchart

Updates - returning to school Monday, March 28:

Masks should be worn if you have travelled internationally, including the United States. If you have returned to Canada from another country during spring break, you should follow the federal guidance for vaccinated and/or unvaccinated individuals that have travelled outside of Canada.

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Dr. Charles Best - 100 Year Anniversary of Insulin - read up in the Cafeteria seating area

Dr. Charles Best
1899-1978

• Age 16 – Attended the University of Toronto to pursue medicine. Played professional basketball to finance his education.
• Age 19 – Served in the Canadian Army during WW1.
• Age 21 – Won a coin toss to become the assistant to Dr. Frederick Banting.
• Age 22 - Co-discovered insulin. They sold the patent to the University for $1 to ensure worldwide access.
• Age 23 – Dr. Banting share the Nobel Prize in Medicine with Dr. Best
• Age 28 – University Professor and President. Honored with numerous awards and distinctions.
Territorial Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that we live and learn on the unceded core traditional territory of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) First Nation, which lies within the shared territories of the Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), sq̓əc̓iy̓aɁɬtəməxʷ (Katzie), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), qiqéyt (Qayqayt) , and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) Nations.