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2025/2026 Annual Budget Input Survey Featured Photo

2025/2026 Annual Budget Input Survey

The Board of Education follows a budget development process each school year in order to establish the final annual budget for submission to the Ministry of Education and Child Care. This process begins with providing an opportunity for partners to share input toward decision-making through a survey. The survey will be open for input until November 29, 2024. Thank you for your engagement in this important process. Click here to access the survey.
Huge Thank You to The PAC Featured Photo

Huge Thank You to The PAC

We would like to send a big thank you to our Mamquam PAC for purchasing new outdoor equipment for the students to enjoy! We really appreciate all that you do for us!
School Drop Off and Pick Up Featured Photo

School Drop Off and Pick Up

Please remember to use the designated drive thru pick up and drop off lane in the mornings and afternoons. This lane is not a parking lane, it is not to have unattended vehicles left parked in the area. The purpose is to remain in your vehicle and either drop off or pick up or child and then continue safely through the lane to avoid congestion. If you prefer to park and walk around the back of the school please do so in a designated parking stall and not in the yellow lined area, behind other parked vehicles of in designated assessible spots (without properly displaying a tag). These areas are also not to be used to park in and wait in your vehicle. We appreciate your support in keeping our small parking lot safe.
Photo Retake Day Featured Photo

Photo Retake Day

Our photo retake day is Friday November 8th from 1-3pm. If you would like to have your childs photo taken again please let your classroom teacher know and send them to school with the Photo Proof sheet card that was sent home. Families will have the option to order from either the original photo or the retake photo.
Fall Art Featured Photo

Fall Art

Classes made some beautiful pumpkin art this past month and Ms. Sollid and Ms. Swinwood's classes did really cool Tim Burton self portraits. Our school is full of amazing artists!

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Principal's message

Mamquam Elementary School has a clear mission and some strong core values.  As a staff we see ourselves as a family.  We focus on the success of all students, and hold ourselves accountable for high excellence across the curriculum—in academics, athletics, fine arts and career programs.  We put our students first, and you can feel this when you walk into our building.  We are keenly aware that students learn best in a safe, secure and respectful environment supported by strong connections between school and community.
 
Perseverance, Purpose and Authenticity
 
We believe that we can only cultivate perseverance and determinations by building an environment/school culture where all students feel safe, respected, encouraged to take risks and try new things, and are intrinsically invested in their learning.   Further, we believe that students are intrinsically invested in authentic learning environments, where they see the purpose and reasoning for each learning intention, and are willing to enter into a framework for success.    It is our belief that working in this area will enable more students to move from meeting expectations to exceeding expectations in reading, writing and numeracy and all areas of their competency development.
 
Our Enduring Understandings as a staff:
 
* If we focus on common coherent curriculum and effective instructional strategies, then students will become creative and critical thinkers.

* If we work together to create common coherent curriculum that identifies and describes what developmentally appropriate creative and critical thinking learning outcomes are, then we will have a tool to help guide the planning of instruction and assessment of CCT outcomes

* If we continually develop the instructional expertise of our teachers, then teaching will be strengthened and all students will learn in deeper and more meaningful ways

* If we live a structure of reflective practice, then our instruction will improve over time
* If we live a structure of co-plan, observe, share feedback, reflect, co-plan and repeat then our instruction will improve over time
 
*If we embed Social Emotional Learning instructional strategies, students will become better critical and creative thinkers through social situations. Growth Mindset, Positive Behaviour Support, Self Reg Strategies, Zones of Regulation, Mindfulness...  
 
*If we develop a school wide authentic literacy and numeracy plan, students will improve reading, writing and oral language skills that provide an essential foundation to Creative and Critical Thinking skills

*If we use arts infusion as a strategy, students will be able to develop their creative and critical thinking skills through the arts. 
 
*If we measure creative and critical thinking outcomes, this will bring attention to those outcomes and help us understand how we are doing and what is next