Salmon Arm West featured in Ministry update
The Ministries of Education and Health regularly share updates, which SD83 is sharing with our parents and communities. Tuesday’s also included a good news in education story about Salmon Arm West and custodian Connie Schikowski.
On June 9th, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 9 new cases (one new epi-linked case was announced) for a total of 2,669 cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Of this, 2,319 people who tested positive have recovered.The statement is posted on the Ministry of Health newsroom at https://news.gov.bc.ca/ministries/health
FYI – Since last week, Epi-linked cases are being included in the Island Health and Vancouver Coastal Health region case reporting. ‘Epi-linked’ means that public health investigations have shown that cases meet the case definition for COVID-19 but may not have been tested for a number of reasons. New tested and epi-linked cases are included as one number.
Using the Playgrounds? – Information from the BC Centre for Disease Control for parents and families about using playgrounds during COVID-19 – http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/community-settings/playgrounds
Good News in Education Story!
School District #83 – North Okanagan- Shuswap
The Queen of Cleaning! After the strong message of stay at home to stay safe, there was some anxiety in many places around the school district with the “re-start” of in-class learning. At Salmon Arm West Elementary School this anxiety level was lowered by their custodian Connie, who cleaned up and cleared up much of it!
Connie has really lowered the anxiety level of staff, especially these first few days back at school, because she keeps everything so clean and organized. When staff and students returned to school it looked almost brand new! During the seven weeks the school was shut down Connie cleaned everything, the blinds, window sills, under sinks, floors, you name it – all spotless and welcoming.”
Connie’s hard work was recently celebrated with a crown and Queen of Clean sash and a beautiful basket of flowers. It really does take a village! https://sd83.bc.ca/2020/06/04/cleaning-up-anxiety/
Useful Links:
- June 2 – Information Bulletin -Nearly 60,000 students return on first day of in-class instruction – https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020EDUC0037-000999
- May 15 – News release – Part time return to school for K to 12 students to begin on June 1st – https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020PREM0026-000890
- May 6 – B.C.’s Restart Plan news release – https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020PREM0026-000826
- May 6 – As part the Restart Plan news release, the province outlined the Ministry of Education’s five stage approach to supporting students, families and staff in a backgrounder – https://news.gov.bc.ca/files/BG_Parks_and_Sites_and_In-Class_Learning.pdf
- Check out the Good News in Education webpage: https://www.gov.bc.ca/safeschools/goodnews
- The BC Centre for Disease Control’s COVID-19 dashboard: http://www.bccdc.ca/hea…/diseases-conditions/covid-19/data
- The Ministry of Education Keep Learning website – https://www.openschool.bc.ca/keeplearning/
- “7 Tips for talking to kids about COVID-19”poster on the Fraser Health website – https://www.fraserhealth.ca/health-topics-a-to-z/coronavirus/resources#.XqHcNc5KhPZ
- May 15 – Frequent Asked Questions “Continuity of Learning in the K-12 education system” – https://www.gov.bc.ca/safeschools
- Education Minister Rob Fleming announces on March 17, 2020 in-school classes are suspended until further notice. The Minister’s letter to parents and staff can be found at: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/administration/kindergarten-to-grade-12/safe-caring-orderly/218690-covid-letter.pdf
- Information about COVID-19, including information for schools and families, is regularly updated on the BC Centre for Disease Control site: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/childcare-schools
- All joint statements from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Minister of Health Adrian Dix are posted here: https://news.gov.bc.ca/ministries/health
- The Provincial Pandemic Coordination plan: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/about-bc-s-health-care-system/office-of-the-provincial-health-officer/reports-publications/pandemic-provincial-coordination-plan.pdf
- KIDS and COVID-19 QA:http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/coronavirus-(novel)#For–schools–and–childcare
- Ministry of Health response plans – https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/about-bc-s-health-care-system/office-of-the-provincial-health-officer/current-health-topics/pandemic-influenza
- Government of Canada – Novel Coronavirus in China Travel Health Notice: https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/health-safety/travel-health-notices/210