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Please enjoy the ARES Family Newsletter for September 2024

ARES Family Newsletter - September 2024

SD8 students from kindergarten to grade 12 as well as families and staff are one month into the school year and settling into the rhythm of a new season, new classrooms, new and returning classmates and so much energy and enthusiasm as thousands of learning journeys are underway.

A warm welcome to the 2024-2025 school year. 

On September 3, about 4,700 children will leave home in the morning excited to see their friends, full of anticipation and maybe even some apprehension about beginning a new year, a new classroom, or a new school. 

The August Newsletter is filled with information to help families begin the school year. Please enjoy and let me know if you have any questions. (Click on the link below)

ARES Family Newsletter - August 2024

Tanya Christenson

The school year is coming to a close in a few weeks and hundreds of high school graduates across our district will reach out their hands to accept their Certificate of Graduation or B.C. “Dogwood diploma.”  

Good Morning Families,

Please enjoy the ARES Family Newsletter for May. (Click on the link below)

ARES Family Newsletter - May 2024

It feels like the school year speeds up this time of year!  May is when 2024 grads who have applied for scholarships are going through adjudication for their awards, while others are preparing to embark on their first steps in a career, apprenticeship, job search, gap year or post-secondary educational journey. 

Good Morning Everyone,

Please enjoy the ARES Family Newsletter for April (click on the link below).

April Family Newsletter - April 2024

Thanks,

Darryl and Tanya

Spring has finally sprung! There is no surer sign that the seasons have changed than the beginning of eight weeks of training for our annual Reconciliation Run Walk Wheel taking place in all SD8 schools in June.