Dear Strongstart Families,

 

Hello, how are you?

Hello, how are you?

Hello, how are you?

How are you today?

 

I hope you and your family members are all well and you found some safe ways to enjoy the beautiful summer weather.

I spent lots of time with my family enjoying the great outdoors. We biked, played frisbee, hiked and went camping. Also took many walks in our neighborhood.

It was lovely to see some of you during the summer walk or play with your children and grandchildren in the neighboring parks.

It was my privilege to spend the first few days of school supporting our Kindergarten students starting at Edmonds Community School. It brought me great joy to see how smoothly children adapted to their new school environment, quickly learned the morning routine, and already started forming new friendships. I was amazed to see the resilience families and children have shown in adapting to the new normal.

As you may know, things look different in our schools. Safety is the number one priority, that guides us moving forward.

Some of you already reached out to me wondering what Strongstart Program will look like this year. Please see the message from Burnaby School District below:

In September 2020, Burnaby StrongStart BC programs will continue to engage in outreach to families via emails, phone calls, and offering StrongStart services online.

There is currently no in-person StrongStart BC programs in Burnaby Schools.  

We are looking into a variety of options that will enable us to offer in-person StrongStart BC programs. Programs will be at reduced capacity that are consistent with Stage 2 of the K-12 Education Restart Plan. “Reduced capacity” means that we will limit the number of families attending in order to maintain safe physical distancing. We will also reduce the number of hours per day and/or days per week of StrongStart BC operations to accommodate cleaning and disinfecting protocols.  

Please continue to visit our website for the latest updates. We look forward to when we can welcome you back in person! 

 

Starting today, September 21st, I will be back to support you remotely.

You can subscribe to our blog https://sd41blogs.ca/edmonds-strongstart/ to receive e-mail notifications when a new post is published or visit the site regularly. Please do not hesitate to contact me at maria.kerekes@buranbyschools.ca to say hi or if I can help in any way.

Looking forward to connecting with you again!

Miss you all! Stay safe and healthy!

Miss Maria