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PCSS Important Dates & Upcoming Events - Semester 1

Heads Up! 

Welcome Back, Rams! 

Students are back in full-time, in person classes as of August 23rd, 2021 at 8:40 am.  

Mr D Susin and his intrepid Foods Studies students need a couple of weeks to get their initial preparation (including Food Safe certifications) complete before they start preparing snacks and lunch items. 

The Cafeteria Food Service should be open a in early September. 

In the meantime, there will be pizza lunches available. 
🍕Pizza purchases are cash 💰 only. (There is an ATM in the front foyer of the school.) 

1 slice = $3
2 slices = $5
3 slices = $8 

Typically up for purchase: 

• Pepperoni & Cheese
• Veggie
• Hawaiian

Back together - but not too close! 

We're back together to learn.  
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That being said PCSS has an active operational plan that requires that students spread out to use available space in classrooms, wear masks in common areas (i.e. the Library, the Cafeteria except when eating, and in the hallways) and distance 2m / 6 ft whenever possible.  

Students should stay home/be kept home if feeling unwell. 

Previous Heads Up!

August

Coming later in August 2021

September

Coming September 2021

October

Grade 10 Literacy Assessment Info

Grade 10 Numeracy Assessment Info

Coming October 2021

November

Coming November 2021

December

Coming December 2021

Education in the time of COVID 19, Yukon Style

Yukon Government Education and Schools

Yukon COVID 19 Information

We're detectives not mind readers.  Please remember to give us the evidence of your learning, skills and practice so that you get full credit for your effort, skills, knowledge and improvement!

How to make the best use of this website?

 Suggestions on using this website: 

• Main landing page:
  • General information for students (and their parents) for all subject areas and grade levels. 
  • Handy Dandy for All Parents & Students sub-page has sections for:
    • Policies, Procedures and Expectations
    • Ram Jams (school calendar of events)
    • Useful Academic Skills (Learning Skills)
    • Useful links for students and parents
• Digital Tools and Tips: 
  • First page has instructions for students accessing their Yukon Education Digital Cloud Services tools by logging in to the Rapid Identity portal
  • Sub-pages with tutorials and specific info for: 
    • Google Classroom
    • Zoom
    • Noodle Tools
    • Other Yukon Education Digital Resources (like Databases)
• Courses 
  • Find your / your student's class webpage by clicking on the Courses tab in the top of the main page.  There will be a drop down menu that lists current classes and pages.  You may want to bookmark the class page specific to your class/your student's class.
    • Look for what we're currently working on in class - great way to start conversations about learning. 
    • Look for due dates and deadlines
    • Look for class activities, class visitors, events etc. 
    • Please note that each class also has a section's Google Classroom where the instructor will post assignments and where teachers, EAs, and students can communicate in a privacy-protected digital extension of the physical classroom. 
• The Dear Parents & Students page includes observations and information on a range of educational and education-related topics of interest. 

I work to keep the website updated on a weekly basis, but it takes a back seat to day-to-day classroom work. 

Some materials that are used in the classroom are copyrighted and cannot be shared online, unless on Google Classroom (or a similar password protected school-managed site).  

​Access to this website provides information, some documentation and some supplementary information.   

It does not substitute effectively for regular attendance and participation in the classroom.

When Picard says, "Learn" you...

The Dear Parents & Students section

These pages (which are always "under construction") of the site include information for parents and students on subjects/topics related to education, specific to Porter Creek Secondary School and/or Ms. Carrey's class.   

​You can either access these pages in the pull down menu at the top of the site (Ms Carrey's Learning Gateway > Ms. Carrey Teacher Info Page > Dear Parents & Students > Select Topic)  or click on the subject headings below: 

• ​All About Attendance 
  • Lates, Absences, and Early Dismissals - expectations and procedures
  • The impact of absences on academic success
  • The value of social learning environments on learning
• Measuring Learning
  • Assessment vs. Evaluation
  • Information about standards based learning and grading
  • Ms. Carrey's policies and expectations around deadlines and late assignments
• Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies, Healthy Learners
  • Resources on mental health, suicide prevention, and ending stigma
  • Impacts of energy drinks, vaping and other substance use
  • Importance of sleep
  • The impact of stress 
  • The caring of not sharing contagious illnesses
• PCSS Inclusive Learning Community
  • SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Inclusivity) resources
  • Resources on addressing 
    • racism
    • sexism
    • ableism
    • homophobia

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This quote may actually be something Albert E. said!