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WESTERN SCHOOL DIVISION COMMUNITY REPORT
2019 - 2020
About Us Board of Trustees: Brian Fransen—Chairman Robyn Wiebe—Vice-Chair Barb Petkau David Guenther Darcy Wolfe Central Office Administration: Stephen Ross - Superintendent Cyndy Kutzner - Asst. Superintendent Carl Pedersen - Secretary-Treasurer Allan Toews - Operations
“Rooted in Caring; Committed to Learning”
Divisional Facts Student population: 2045
5 school sites
Over 220,000 square feet of educational space in schools
Total professional staff: 153
Total teaching and support staff: 393
The average monthly student attendance was 93.54%
View how our students do compared to their Provincial Peers here:
https://www.westernsd.mb.ca/Division/CIP/
Our Mission
Developing people who are Rooted in Caring, and Committed to Learning.
“Mission statements obligate people to moral action.” Thomas Sergiovanni
Unit 4 – 75 Thornhill Street, Morden, Manitoba, R6M 1P2
Ph. (204) 822-4448, Fax. (204) 822-4262 Email: [email protected] www.westernsd.mb.ca
COMMUNITY REPORT 2019-2020
MAPLE LEAF SCHOOL 225 12th Street, Morden, MB. R6M 1Z3
Principal: Mr. Mike Keith; Vice-Principal: Mr. Michael Ward Telephone: (204) 822-4458, Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.westernsd.mb.ca/school/mapleleaf
Find us on Twitter and Instagram! https://twitter.com/mapleleaf_wsd https://twitter.com/mordenmlsphysed
https://www.instagram.com/maple_leaf1928/ https://www.instagram.com/mordenmlsphysed/
About Us Maple Leaf is a K-4 Dual Track school, with English and French Immersion programming. Our school has grown to 522 students and we have 60 incredible staff members in and out of our building each day. We’ve also added two teachers since the start of the school year: Chelsea Enns and Zoe Fraser. We have an incredible team of educators that work hard to offer strong academic programming which includes project-based and play-based learning. Our students can participate in extra-curricular programming, which includes sports and music. We have active involvement from our parents/guardians in the Home and School Association, parent volunteer program, and Canadian Parents for French chapter! We are excited to start another year and look forward to seeing our students again in the fall.
COMMUNITY REPORT 2019-2020
Our Mission Statement
Maple Leaf School is dedicated to:
Working as a community to provide a safe, caring, student-centered learning environment where diversity is celebrat-ed; activating student learning in support of our children reaching their potential as creative, responsible, and contrib-
uting members of our democratic society; working as a collaborative staff in improving our capacity to improve stu-dent learning.
“Learn, Grow, Live / Apprendre, Grandir, Vivre”
2020-2021 Priorities Improve student learning and achievement in student
numeracy and literacy outcomes
Focus on French Immersion programming and in-creasing the use of the French language
Continue to support Education for Sustainable Devel-opment and Physical Literacy
Foster a culture of integrity in the school and through connections to the community
Highlights Volunteer Choir
Festival of the Arts
Parent presentations on Numeracy, Literacy, and Early Years Evaluations, and how to support Kindergarten learning
Dustyridge Equine Therapy Program
New Regulation Room!
Roots of Empathy
School Garden!
Expanding Sensory Path!
Dotting
Learning Sprints
Continued work using Fountas & Pinnell for reading and writing
Zones of Regulation, Bucket-Filling, Restitution, Play is the Way
Christmas Concerts at Access Event Centre / Kindergarten concerts in Music room
Field Trips
Classroom run assemblies!
Our school’s own Féstival du Voyageur
Project-Based Learning
Bilingual Bop
Cuddle Up and Read Night
I Love to Read Month
Spirit Week!
New Social Media on Twitter and Instagram
Remote Learning – using various methods such as online platforms to connect
Western Talent Show
All the amazing work kids have done from home #MapleLeafStrong
MINNEWASTA SCHOOL 1 Academy Drive, Morden, MB. R6M 1Z4
Principal: Mr. Geoff Sutton, Vice-Principal: Mrs. Korina Peters Telephone: (204) 822-4580, Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.westernsd.mb.ca/school/minnewasta
Highlights The Global Cardboard Challenge
Transition Days for connections between staff, parents, and students
School-wide activity days
Project-Based Learning Activities school-wide with presentations on some of these activities to the WSD Board of Trustees
Grade 4 student conflict managers
Book clubs
PAC provided all students/staff with Minnewasta Pride Wear - all students wear their Minnewasta T-shirts on Fridays to build school spirit/community
Community experiences and field trips
I Love to Read Month: Amazing Race Across Canada
Makerspace: crafts, building, technology, and robotics
Student-led assemblies
Indigenous education resources
K-4 active health and outdoor education opportunities
Dustyridge Equine Therapy program
Breakfast and healthy snacks program
Intramural programming throughout the year
Home and school communication: newsletters, apps (Twitter, Homeroom, Seesaw, Microsoft Teams, Instagram)
Grade 2 and Grade 4 teachers using “Learning Sprints”
Parent Advisory Council hosted Movie Nights in Minnewasta Gym
Participated in “Jack Frost Challenge” where students snowshoed a combined 130 km outdoors for Physical Education in just 4 days
PAC Hot Lunches / Pay it Forward Hot Lunches
Celebrating the diversity of all staff and students
Priority Areas for 2020-2021 1. Literacy 2. Numeracy 3. Culture/Wellness 4. Education for Sustainable Development
COMMUNITY REPORT 2019-2020
Our Mission
The mission of Minnewasta School is to provide a friendly, safe, and respectful place where students, staff, parents/guardians, and community work together to encourage lifelong learning. Minnewasta’s staff will use the best available resources to challenge all students in a caring and competent way, knowing that each child is an
individual.
“Learning and Growing Together”
About Us K-4 school with approximately 335 students
Diverse and inclusive learning community, welcoming to all
35 professional and support staff members
English programming with Early Start French in K-3 and Basic French in Grade 4
Strong inquiry/Project-Based Learning driven instruction
Large school with small-school feel (sense of community)
Classroom configuration: 4 classes of Kindergarten (half days) and 3 classes each of Grade 1 to Grade 4
Thank-you and Congratulations! We want to congratulate and wish our very own Mrs. Sharon Remple a happy retirement at the end of June this year. Thank you for every-thing that you have done over the years for Minnewasta School! Sharon has been teaching for over 25 years in various roles in Sandy Bay, Winnipeg, Garden Valley, and Western school divisions. She plans to continue teaching as a substitute teacher and spend more time with her family at the cottage! Highlights of her career include receiving gifts from her students such as goose feathers and colourful leaves! She also has memories of students calling her “Mom” halfway through the school year. It always put a smile on her face and reminded her that teaching is all about relationships!
ÉCOLE MORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL 150 Wardrop Street, Morden, MB. R6M 1Z2
Principal: Mrs. Suzanne Powell, Vice-Principal: Mr. Garth Shindle Telephone: (204) 822-6225, Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.westernsd.mb.ca/school/mordenmiddle
COMMUNITY REPORT 2019-2020
Our Mission
École Morden Middle School is committed to providing children with experiences to help them develop intellectually, socially, and morally. These experiences will take place in a caring and nurturing environment created and supported
by a partnership of parents, students, educators, and the community. We are working to develop attitudes and abilities that will enable children to continue their education and learn skills for independent living. Through the shared responsibility of all the partners, the children are expected to acquire a
sense of respect for self and others, a responsibility to the community, and a lifelong desire to learn.
Highlights Student Learning:
Participation in the Wellbeing Well Becoming Project
Participation in the Manitoba Rural Learning Consortium (mRLC) numeracy project to help improve students’ numeracy skills
Robust remote learning Student Voice:
Yearbook created by our Grade 8 students
Bullying Awareness Month
Freedom Fighters– supporting local food bank, Walk for Water, Random Acts of Kindness initiative
Student Council—dances, supporting classrooms by providing resources, supporting community groups
Student initiated service learning projects
Goals & Priorities
COMPETENCE: Develop a positive view of one’s abilities and actions through academic growth and achievement
CONFIDENCE: Develop one’s internal sense of overall positive self-worth and self-efficacy; positive identity; and belief in the future
CONNECTION: Develop and foster positive bonds between peers, family, school, and community
CHARACTER: Develop respect for societal and cultural rules, standards of correct behaviours, a sense of right and wrong, and personal integrity
CARING / COMPASSION: Develop a sense of
sympathy and empathy for others
About Us
Grade 5-8 dual track French/English middle school
620 students
45 professional staff, 15 Educational Assistants, and 8 support staff
Our school offers a variety of programs with a Middle Years focus
COMMUNITY REPORT 2019-2020
Our Mission
The mission of our school is to create a safe and caring environment which emphasizes learning as a life-
long quest. Our school strives for equality, mutual respect, and cooperation in everything that it does; to be a place where all citizens are encouraged to seek continually to be better, more informed people and
citizens.
MORDEN COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE 345 5th Street, Morden, MB. R6M 1Z1
Principal: Ms. Marianne Fenn Vice-Principal: Ms. Tania Sigurdson
Telephone: (204) 822-4425, Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.westernsd.mb.ca/school/mordencollegiate
School Goals and Priorities 1. Improved achievement in student numeracy outcomes 2. Improved achievement in student literacy outcomes 3. Focus on French Immersion programming 4. Focus on Graduation Rates
About Us Morden Collegiate Institute (MCI) is a grade 9-12 high school offering courses and graduation opportunities in both English and French Immersion programming. This year we are graduating our first ever group of students who will have achieved a French Immersion Graduation Diploma! We are very proud of the accomplishments of our students and in the ongoing support of students, staff, and families in helping us reach this achievement.
We are also pleased to be part of the Red River Technical Vocational Area Consortium, and our students have the opportunity to learn and achieve credit in a variety of technical trades programs. As such, graduation with the Province of Manitoba Senior Years Technology Education Diploma is possible as well.
Our students have opportunities to engage with personalized and project-based learning experiences at MCI, both in and out of the classroom. Some examples include culinary “Chopped” challenges, Bike Shop, body systems interactive science displays, outdoor education, drama productions, students becoming teachers of preschool music lessons, researching local war veterans and creating plaques in their honour, Business Education students with product challenges and flea markets, food security projects, and more. At MCI, students will find opportunities to be artists, athletes, philanthropists, social activists, and scholars. We thank our skilled staff and students at Morden Collegiate Institute.
Highlights Covid-19 has changed the look and feel of many of our opportunities and activities for the second part of the school year. Together, we enjoyed many experiences in the first half of the year in person, and have collectively learned how to enjoy experiences together—differently and sometimes remotely – in the later part of our school year.
October Academic Awards Assembly to honour Academic achievement of students
Terry Fox Run
RRTVA Trades Camp – half day hands-on activities in skilled trades classrooms
We Day!
Participated in Honour Band
Debate Club hosted National Seminar with participants from throughout Canada
Travel Club: planned trip to Italy and Greece sadly cancelled due to Covid-19.
Red River Technical Vocational Area program student tours
Performances from the Band and Choir
Outdoor Education focused Phys. Ed. classes
Korean Club cultural experiences
GSA Club supporting students
Student Council: numerous events and activities including dances, spirit weeks, and grade wars challenges!
Student Ambassador Program: supporting new students to Morden Collegiate
Partnership with Regional Connections in supporting our Newcomer families
Transition Day to support Grade 8 students moving up to Gr. 9
Evening of Elegance
Ski/Snowboard Trip to La Rivière
June Athletic Awards to honour athletic achievement of students (the virtual version!)
Fundraising and raising awareness by our HASTA group
Wellness Club focusing on student health and wellness
“Together at Home” video project
University Tours and Career Fair
Community Connections Like so many in our community, our students this year have been presented with additional challenges as they have worked tirelessly to continue their own learning while facing the uncertainty that COVID-19 has brought to our lives. We as a staff cannot express our pride enough at seeing these learners strive to reach their goal of graduation despite the extra energy it takes to work, homeschool children, and then still find time to do their own school work remotely.
Director Kelly Vipond, teacher Todd Folkett, and Education Assistant Carmen Funk remain the team of teachers here at
MORDEN ADULT EDUCATION CENTRE 200-30 Stephen Street, Morden, MB. R6M 2G3
Director: Mrs. Kelly Vipond Telephone: (204) 822-1231
Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.westernsd.mb.ca/school/maec
Our Year at a Glance
Morden Adult Education Centre has worked hard to help 19 graduates reach their goal and earn their Manitoba Mature Student Diplomas. Our grads this year have a wide variety of interests and many are planning to pursue post-secondary education to find careers that meet with their personal passions. We have a number looking to move into the field of healthcare, while others pursue dreams that vary from running their own business to becoming a commercial airline pilot. Many of our students are hoping to continue their studies in fall of 2020 and complete their diplomas for June 2021.
Plans for Next Year September is always an exciting time as we get to meet new faces and get to know a whole new group of learners. While at this time we are uncertain as to exactly what form our programming will take, we plan to offer our regular compulsory courses throughout Semesters one and two: Essential Math 20S and 40S, English 20F, and Transactional English 40S. Our hope is to continue to offer a variety of elective courses as well.
COMMUNITY REPORT 2019-2020
Our Mission
To provide adults with the opportunity to expand their educational horizons in a flexible and comfortable
academic setting. Our school strives to promote learning as a lifelong activity accessible to all.
the Centre and have worked continuously to move courses and materials into online platforms over the last couple of months, continuously communicating with students remotely. Stacey Fehr—our beloved Administrative Assistant—has served as a great support to our student body, keeping in regular contact and supporting students during such unprecedented times.
Child Development Centre staff Karen Wowk and Ayne Wieler sought ways to stay connected to students’ children. They created individual activity boxes that were delivered weekly to all the families in our centre using the CDC and were in contact using Zoom meetings. With the maintained connections, it has made for easier transitions for children re-entering daycare while their parents access the school by appointment and complete their studies.
BOARD PRIORITIES PLAN 2019-2023
BOARD PRIORITIES STRATEGIES
IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING
Resource literacy and numeracy improvement at all levels.
Respond to the needs of the student.
Review programming division wide.
Offer programming to set up students for success after school completion.
INSPIRE A CULTURE OF INTEGRITY
Develop a courageous conscience that acts with: Personal Responsibility Empathy Ethics Leadership Resilience Integrity Emotional Intelligence Gratitude Honesty The Board is willing to resource learning opportunities that model these attributes.
ENCOURAGE ADVENTUROUS
ACHIEVERS
Create safe environment for staff to encourage and promote adventurous achievers.
Ignite the potential for innovative invitational ideas.
Provide professional development for staff directly related to adventurous achievers.
Support programs that strengthen, enhance, extend, and personalize instruction.
DEEPEN COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS
Involve the school in the community and the community in the school.
Nurture partnerships within the community.
Welcome and encourage feedback.
Develop and implement a Board communication plan.
COMMUNITY REPORT 2019-2020
A Note from the Board Members of your locally elected Western School Division Board strive to ensure that the division achieves it’s mission, “Developing people who are rooted in caring and committed to learning.” Trustees are committed to listening to our students, staff, and community so that they can make prudent educational and financial decisions.
Throughout the year Trustees monitor the progress of their Board Priorities Plan through meetings and events with students, staff, and community. This June marks the end of the current Board Priorities Plan and Trustees have already been busy developing the new plan which will be unveiled soon.
going on in schools. On this page you will find a small sampling of the awesome student and staff groups that have shared the excitement of their learning with the Board. It is always a treat to have parents attend with the students so that Trustees can hear directly from parents about their children's school experiences! At Western School Division we believe it takes a community to raise a child. By working together, we can ensure that we provide a solid foundation of skills and abilities so that our students may grow into great citizens who contribute to a great quality of life for all those in our community. The Board of Trustees wishes you all a great summer and looks forward to providing strong leadership through effective governance for years to come!
The new Board Priorities Plan will provide direction to the staff and community for the next four years concluding in June of 2023. You can expect to hear from the Trustees as the plan is rolled out across the division. Opportunities such as school presentations at regular Board meetings by students and staff ensure that the Board is connected to what is