News & Announcements

This year marks the 14th International Pink Shirt Day.

Pink Shirt Day started in 2007, when two Grade 12 students — David Shepherd and Travis Price of Nova Scotia — saw a Grade 9 student getting bullied for wearing pink. They brought a bunch of pink shirts to school and distributed them to other willing boys who donned them for the day in solidarity.

This year Ms. Moo (Julie Murakami), our wonderful music teacher, taught all of our classes 'body percussion' to "Treat People With Kindness" by Harry Styles. She then put together this video montage of their performances as well as other expressions of kindness seen around the school. Be kind ... just because.

We are celebrating kindness and mental health in conjunction with Pink Shirt Day - enjoy this short slide show of our classes sending you a joyful reminder that at Brackendale we lift each other up!

Highlights this week: Celebrating Pink Shirt Day (February 24th); sending hugs to our grandmas and grandpas from Mrs. Webb’s class; link to the Vancouver Coastal Health Community Partner Covid19 update; current fundraisers and the zoom link for the PAC Meeting on February 24th. Our feature photo this week is from Mr. Zigar and Ms. Mowbray's walk to visit the Spirit of Squamish carving by Ryan Cook.

In an effort to keep community partners connected, Vancouver Coastal Health is sharing regular COVID-19 updates.

Highlights this week: Celebrating kindness; River reminds us about physical distancing; the mystery of the trees; celebrating literacy; new sleds and from our amazing PAC two great new fundraisers and lots of other wonderful information. Our feature photo this week is Tina and Jake celebrating Twin Day.

Join this free of charge webinar Monday, February 22, 2021 at 6:30 pm.

In an effort to keep community partners connected, Vancouver Coastal Health is sharing regular COVID-19 updates.

Continued communications from the Superintendent of Schools regarding the new provincial safety guidelines for K-12 schools.

Read a letter from Superintendent Lisa McCullough re: Enhanced Safety Measures for K-12 Schools.

Highlights this week: Pets and Plants for mental health; a new Daily Health Check tool for families; Twin Day fundraiser sponsored by Student Leadership; Winter GoByBike Day; Neufeld Farms fundraiser. Our picture highlight this week is beautiful artwork from Mrs. Borsoff's class.

Highlights this week: Thank you to our custodial team: Roy, Jun and Nixon, Snow much fun at BRE! Student leadership spirit days, and BRE's COVID Survey Results. This week's feature photo is our senior students' incredible, collaborative snow fort.

Feedback provided by parents/guardians through the SD#48 COVID Survey, specific to BRE is linked here. The key SD#48 and BRE findings indicate that students feel safe at school and mental health remains a concern. Please contact Ms. Saenger at ksaenger@sd48.bc.ca to provide suggestions for supporting student wellbeing.

If you reside in the Northyards, Loggers Lane at Finch Drive, or Tantalus Road (north of the Executive Suites Hotel), and Skyridge neighborhoods and have a child who will be starting Kindergarten by September 2023 or later, please provide your feedback to us by completing the survey linked on our Squamish Catchment Area Review webpage. Please also consider attending a Community Town Hall via Zoom on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

School District No.48 (SD48) is welcoming new registrations for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year starting January 19th, 2021 at 8:00am.

Highlights this week include: Crazy Hair Day (a fundraiser for Leadership); First Nations Student Awards for 2019-2020 presented; our Health and Safety Highlight of the week features mental health and well being; the PAC Meeting on January 27th at 7:30pm (via Zoom); Galileo Coffee fundraiser (deadline Monday, Jan 25) and rail and snow safety. This weeks feature photo is our Kindergarten students eagerly waiting for a turn on the zipline on this beautiful sunny day!