B6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 11, 1995 PAGE 2 - SCHOOL DISTRICT 88 ANNUAL REPORT 1993/1994 ~ Communication: A Key to Successful Schools Pp arents are ¢ interested i in how their children are doing and what is happening in their local school. School District 88 schools continually strive to communicate with parents and community members in a number of different ways, including * Parent Involvement Nights and Open Houses « Parent Advisory Committees * Student—Parent-Teacher Conferences * Newsletters - * Newspaper i articles + Education Week activities + Community Interaction Days : * School and Community Celebrations and Festivals * Music, Art, and Drama presentations « Community and School Feasts. * Informal visits, conversations, and telephone calls The best way to understand how: your child is doing in school is to keep in touch with teachers formally and 1 informal- ly during the year. . FT Ma SSN Se or pias aR = as = th ess = He =a — a My 1 | Lil i ile dite i he annual report gives a broad view of how the school district is accomplish- ing the goals of education. Beginning this year, the Ministry of Education requires school district annual reports to provide information on ten | key indicators that show the district's progress. toward | achieving the goals of the édu- Overview of Key Indicators Hee ue nis ay Hi 7 na ae mus td calion system. The new for- Provincial Examination * Career Program enroi- mat, along with policy state- Results ments ments, are ways that’ the Percentage of Eligible * Computer Science enrol- Ministry and school districts Grade 12 Students who ments are responding to concerns Graduate * Class size about educalion change in . British Columbia. Most of the following key indicators. are reported in the «form | of graphs: Student/Educator ratio. Budgeted Cost per Stu- dent Operating, Capital, and Total Budgets — Percentage of Grade 12 = Students Eligible for = University Percentage of Graduates ° who go on to Post-. Secondary Education Intellectual Development (udents from Kindergarten through Grade 12 take pride in their achieve- ments and their growing understanding throughout the schoo! year. Teachers provide a tange of learning experiences that enable students to develop their talents, skills, and abilities. In addition to classroom and school activities, other experiences challenge stud- © ents intellectually, artistically; and academi- cally. These, include * Annual Terrace Science Fair * Pacific NorthWest Music Festival * Odyssey of the Mind * French summer camps and exchanges. | * Canadian Mathematics Competition * Physics Olympics * SYNALA honours program for First Nations students * Gifted and Talented Education Program (G.A.T.E.) * Young Writers’ Week * Hazelton Schools Music Tour * Counterattack Leadership Training “i -* a comparison of the percentage of stud- Program * Drama festivals * Music festivals and tours * School concerts and art displays * School-wide reading programs * International travel and student exchange opportunities For students in Grade 12, Provincia} Examinations are a way of evaluating knowledge of a course or subject. Each grad- uating student must take at least one provin- cial examination. A student’s final grade is a combination of the provincial examination score and the mark received for school ‘performance. ' The Provincial shown in the graph give three sets of information: * a comparison of the percentage of stud- ents who received A, B, or C+/C/Pass in provincial examinations taken during the 1993-1994 school year in Schoal District 88 and in the province; * a comparison of the percentage of stud- ents-in the district and the province who - successfully passed the course over the past five years; ents in the district and the province who wrote each examination in the 1993- 1994. : ‘School year. ~ Scholarships - S tudents i in ‘School District 88 are encouraged’ to apply for scholar- ships for post-secondary studies. Secondary school counsellors, teachers, and administrators work closely with Grade 12 students to help therm under- stand the requirements for scholarships and to prepare themselves for future studies. Business and community organ- izations throughout the district offer scholarships, bursaries, and awards to students and provide needed and appre- ciated support to the young people of our area, The following. students were rec- ognized by the Ministry of Education as winners of Provincial Scholarships: Curtis M. Bretherick, Caledonia Secondary School Norman A. Dreger, Secondary School Lana Geier, Caledonia Secondary School Mare Philippe James Gregoire, Stewart Secondary School Candice C. Griffith, Caledonia Secondary School Erin Parr, Caledonia Secondary School Lara J. Tessaro, Caledonia Secondary School Charissa Helen Tonnesen, Hazelton Secondary School Caledonia Examination Scores - Provincial Examination Results - 1994 Percent of Students Who Recelved A, B, C in 1994 Success Rate in » By 1990-94 Rate 199¢ Province Biola 5.0. 83 gy Province : Chemist 5.0. 84 - y Province : : Comm: 8.0. 64 : ego vORT Wied veae Ia | | aa 100% Province English ° $.0, a8 : OO Og) vie SPAT FIST | _ — 190% Province [eae — ; spe English Lit. - ne 4% 8% .D. : Bs/90 “SORT F782 8299 Pee 50% Faison Tia — 100% Province oo" SD. 88 French: eT 5% 19% B2BT BIRT | song Province [BE: Geography a 5.2. 88 So, . [6920 9097 982 9292 949s 50% Province Geology S.0. 88 , $590 905! noe _9Bg3 U5] 40% 2% WON Provinca chideneeee na pen S.D, 84 Bae goa iss TE TH o% —— 100% Province $.D. 48 [RE SOT _aTBE ares “WaT | . : 100% Province ————____ — cre BY 12% S.D, 88 [eae soa _ora aad ze Participation ct 50% Lanyipaaaceae Allg cO s $.D.88 Province a 100% e°S.D. 88 AF Province oO . a Scala The following students were rec- ognized for excellence in achievement and were winners of Grade 12 District Scholarships: Jacqueline Bryant, Caledonia Secondary School ‘ Byron Mikaloff, Caledonia Secondary School Donalee Roberta Sebastian, Hazelton Secondary School Grace Patricia Williams, Hazelton Secondary School