Summer?

I'm just finishing up my last official day in the office before my summer holidays begin.  I thought I would take a few minutes to reflect on a year that seemed to zip past.

This was another year of change at DCSS, with Paul Chisholm taking the lead role and Diana Lindstrom joining the team.  Keith Maurer, our previous principal moved off to the District office, and Trevor Kolkea, one of the vice principals, headed off to new challenges in Coquitlam.

Despite the change, our focus remains the same.  Student learning and engagement continues to be our primary focus, while our biggest challenge continues to be bringing all of our teaching staff together to share that focus.

Looking ahead, I'm excited about the changes we have put in place for next year.  Paths, mentorship, community connections, a revamped alternate program, and the movement of grade 10s to our Central Campus and Grade 9s to the South Peace Campus will all mean a very different look and feel to the larger school next year.  Our staff focus in re-culturing the school will be a challenge, but also it will be fun seeing how students react to the intentionality of our plan.

It has been a great year.  I want to end by thanking all of our terrific staff, and our amazing students for making DCSS the best school in BC.