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École Moody Middle School of the Arts
School District No. 43 (Coquitlam)
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2020-05-20 Superintendents Letter to SD43 Families and Subsequent Important Information and Action. Please read carefully and respond to survey.

May 21, 2020

Good Afternoon É​MMSOTA Community.

Many of you heard last Friday in the news that we were inviting students back into our building for some face to face instruction. Please find attached a letter from our Superintendent, Patricia Gartland, that provides information pertaining to a voluntary return to school starting June 1st. Specific details will come as we work out some of our site specific details.

Included in this email is a very important survey for parents to fill out informing us of their intentions to send their children to school for the final few weeks of the school year. On-line learning will continue to be our main platform for the rest of the year to allow for all students to remain engaged even if families are choosing not to send their children into the school. This return to in-class instruction is voluntary. Please take the time to complete the survey by 5 PM Friday May 22, 2020. This information is very helpful as we organize our buildings and ensure the correct safety protocols are in place. Thank you.

Return to School Survey  (click this link to the left - CTRL CLICK)

Finally, in light of the voluntary return to in-class instruction beginning June 1st, we have had to adjust our Professional Development Day originally scheduled for Monday June 1st. We will now hold our PD Day on Friday May 29th. This will impact a few students from both Earth and Water Pods who have been coming in for some extra support the past few Fridays. May 29th will be devoted to staff learning and professional growth and therefore any on-line meetings or scheduled tutorials will be cancelled for that day. Thank you again for your flexibility as we navigate some of these most recent changes.

I continue to be amazed at how resilient our community is, how adaptable our families have been and how absolutely amazing our students are. I have recently been exposed to some incredible art work our students have been creating as part of their daily art challenges and for some Pods as part of their “WEXPO" Wednesdays. We have displayed some of the home art pieces on our website and plan to post more. A group of teachers and staff have put together our “Feel Good Fridays" as part of our Health and Well-being theme this year. Last Friday our focus was on “Mindfulness" and our students participated in some group and individual activities to ground themselves in their senses and the beauty around them. This week our focus is on gratitude…perhaps a difficult concept in these very trying times. I challenge you all to engage with your children in acts of gratitude and take a moment to see what they are working on and the beauty that is in some of their art, in their passions, and in the world around us. This video may help get you thinking differently. Enjoy.

https://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_nature_beauty_gratitude/up-next?utm_source=sms&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tedspread

Thank you for taking this challenge head on and helping your children see the light at the end of the tunnel. Our children are as always, our inspiration. Let us continue to nurture and guide them together.

Cheers for now.

Mark Clay
Principal
École Moody Middle School of the Arts
604 461 7384
604 999 5405


Superintendent Letter to Families May 20 2020.pdf
Parent Survey Q and A.pdf

École Moody Middle School of the Arts

130 Buller Street, Port Moody BC
V3H 2C6
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