School Planning Councils 2011-2012

The provincial government believes parents should have a say in their children's education because parents have valuable insights and opinions. To make sure this happens, the School Act has been amended to allow every school in B.C. to form a school planning council. School Planning Council Guidelines. School planning councils are advisory bodies made up of:
* three parents
* one teacher
* the school principal

Family of Schools Goals for 2011-2012

Charles Bloom Secondary	Goal : To cultivate ownership of learning leading to student success and achievement.
Clarence Fulton Secondary	Goal 1: To improve literacy skills with a specific focus on reading for main idea in grades 8 & 9
	Goal 2: To improve numeracy skills in all students with a focus on fractions
	Goal 3: To encourage students in grades 9 & 10 who are performing poorly in academic subjects to take ownership of their own learning.
Kalamalka Secondary	Goal: Our goal is to develop well-rounded students who are prepared for post-Kal learning opportunities
Vernon Secondary	Goal 1: Students will improve their motivation in their studies, thereby increasing their achievement.
Vernon Secondary	Goal 2: Social responsibility will be taught and promoted thereby increasing pre social behaviour in students.
W.L. Seaton Secondary	Goal 1: Continue to improve success rates for Grade Eight and Nines.
W.L. Seaton Secondary	Goal 2: Improve aboriginal students' success.
Alexis Park Elementary	Goal 1:Literacy
	Goal 2: Social responsibility
	Goal 3: Numeracy
Beairsto Elementary	To increase the quality and quantity of oral language in French school wide in the hopes that our students will be intrinsically motivated to become functionally bilingual.
BX Elementary	Goal 1: To improve student reading comprehension and writing.
	Goal 2: To improve the students' knowledge, skills, and attitude in mathematical literacy.
	Goal 3: To improve social responsibility.
Cherryville Elementary	Goal 1: To improve writing skills at both the primary and intermediate level, with a specific focus on form and style. Based on the school wide write data, our goal is to increase the percentage of students at the fully meeting level.
Cherryville Elementary	Goal 2: To improve student performance in mathematical thinking (demonstrating and expressing their understanding of mathematical concepts/operations).
Coldstream Elementary	Goal 1: To improve student academic achievement in 'Narrative Writing'.
	Goal 2: To improve student academic achievement in numeracy.
	Goal 3: Students will be socially responsible.
Ellison Elementary	Goal 1: Literacy
	Goal 2: Social Responsibility
	Goal 3: Numeracy
Harwood Elementary	Goal 1: Improve student success in the mathematical stand of number
Harwood Elementary	Goal 2:Improve student achievement in reading
Hillview Elementary	Goal 1: To improve students' skills, knowledge and understanding in Math by analyzing and using the data collected at each grade level to determine the areas of focus in each grade.
Hillview Elementary	Goal 2: To increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding expectations in oral language focusing on one of the following, depending on the grade level: strategies, exchanging ideas/information, listening or reflections.
J. W. Inglis Elementary	Goal 1: To increase in the number of intermediate students meeting or exceeding expectations in writing style by 5% by June 2012.
J. W. Inglis Elementary	Goal 2: To increase the number of primary (grade 2 & 3) students meeting expectation in place value in math by 5% using guided math strategies by June 2012.
Kidston Elementary	Goal 1: We will ensure each child is actively engaged in their learning in an environment that facilitates belonging.
	Goal 2: Literacy Goal: We will increase the number of students who are meeting or exceeding grade level expectations in the sentence fluency strand in writing.
	Goal 3: Numeracy Goal: We will increase the number of students who are meeting or exceeding expectations in mental math skills.
	Goal 4:Social Responsibility Goal: We will focus on encouraging our whole school to use the essential virtue of empathy..
Lavington Elementary	Goal 1: Student achievement will increase in the area of writing.
Lavington Elementary	Goal 2: Student skills and behavior will increase in the area of social responsibility.
Mission Hill Elementary	Goal 1: To improve student achievement in writing.
	Goal 2: Students will behave in a safe and respectful manner.
	Goal 3: To improve reading comprehension.
Okanagan Landing Elementary	Goal 1: To awaken the virtues which already exist within each child
	Goal 2: To improve in all aspects of writing, including a personal impromptu writing focus. Primary staff, will develop a self assessment tool for personal impromptu writing.
	Goal 3: To improve in all aspects of writing, including a personal impromptu writing focus. - Intermediate
Silver Star Elementary	Goal 1: To continue to improve student achievement in numeracy specifically in the strand of number concepts.
	Goal 2: To improve student achievement in reading comprehension and fluency by focusing on the main idea and extracting information.
	Goal 3: to improve student social responsibility by using our school wide positive behaviour matrix.

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November 15, 2011