Greetings and Welcome Back to All Our EMMSOTA Families.
We have missed you all and are ready to welcome you all back with a few less restrictions and a continued focus on Health, Wellness and Safety. We are opening this school year with a renewed sense of hope and optimism for some amazing learning opportunities ahead. It has been great to meet some of our new families over the past couple of days during our orientation sessions. Our Student Leaders were fantastic hosts for our new students. Thank you as always for sharing your children with us again this school year. It is going to be amazing.
Please find attached our welcome back Moody Matters E-news along with some other pertinent information for school start up. I have copied the information on our first days back below in the email as well.
First Day of School and Opening Week
Preparations have been made for an exciting year and we look forward to greeting all our students, new and experienced! Here is the shape of the day for our first day back on Tuesday September 6, 2022.
Grade 6 Students and New Students to the school will arrive at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, September 6th for attendance and a brief orientation, which will be completed by 11:00 AM. All Grade 6 and new students will arrive to the Gym area and either see their name and Pod/Team on lists posted or will be able to ask one of our staff which Pod/Team they are on. We will have designated areas in the Gym for each Pod.
It is very important that all children attend. If your child will be attending École Moody Middle School of the Arts in 2022-2023, but cannot make it to school on the first day, please let us know by contacting the school office by phone, 604-461-7384, or email moodymiddlesecretary@sd43.bc.ca
All returning students will arrive Tuesday morning at 11:15 AM. They will also find their name on a list confirming which pod they are in. WE will just be taking accurate attendance and giving some instructions for their first full day Wednesday September 7th. We are asking all returning students to meet in the Pod/Team areas where we met last year. See map attached.
Earth Pod: South Side Rock Garden
Wind Pod: West Side of School outside West Stairwell
Fire Pod: Roof Top Patio just overlooking Sports Court
Water Pod: Amphitheatre outside adjacent to the Gym
All information will be posted and there will be staff on hand to help with any questions students may have. Most of our returning students will be in the same Pod. There are always some changes that require students to move pods from one year to the next due to changing enrolment. Please check the lists upon arrival.
Please see the attached bell schedule that will begin official on Wednesday September 7th. Our first few days back will be committed to community building in our Pods/Teams. Activities that focus on our school vision, shared values, and themes for the year. Getting to school on time is a key factor in establishing successful learning routines. Please note we have a later start on Fridays.
Kindest regards.
Mark Clay
Principal
École Moody Middle School of the Arts
604 461 7384
604 999 5405
CPVPA Middle Vice President
