News & Announcements

Highlights of the week:

Taking learning outside to learn traditional uses for local indigenous plants
Bingo Night Family Fun!
Public Works brought by a very cool Machinery Parade
Getting ready for GoByBike Week
Kids Bike Recycling Drive
Book your Kindergarten orientation visit now
PAC Annual General Meeting and Executive Elections info
PAC May Agenda and April Minutes
BRE School Code of Conduct
Community Event Info

Our Feature Photo shows some springtime art from Mrs Borsoff's class. Our halls are always bursting with colour at our kids and teachers creativity!

We welcome all area families and educators to this evening session at 6:30 pm, June 1, 2022, at Ecole Garibaldi Highlands Elementary School to join an information session with Canadian author David Bouchard.

School District No.48 is currently looking for School Bus Drivers. Click on the headline to learn more.

Highlights this week:
DRM students helping us with literacy skills!!
Family Bingo Night on Wed. May 18th – bring a $5 donation/family for Squamish Helping Hands
Announcing our Welcome to Kindergarten visits
The PAC May Calendar
Upcoming PAC AGM and Meeting notice
Foundry Film Series – Free on Saturday, May 14
Parent/guardian presentation Social Skills for K-Grade 3
Our feature photo – Ms. Saenger snapped this shot of kids of all ages having fun together in a giant game of Red Light – Green Light at recess time

Highlights of the week:
Don't forget No School Friday and Happy Mother's Day on Sunday
Bike Rodeo put on by Squamish Rotary
Earth Day environmental pledge mural
BINGO Night next Wednesday
Kindergarten transitions and information on starting at BRE
May Calendar
PAC Annual General Meeting May 25th
Anti-racism Survey

Feature photo has just some of the bikes, bikes and more bikes at our school for the Bike Rodeo. Well done kids!

Highlights of the week:

Our very own Reading Link Challenge DISTRICT CHAMPIONS!
Recess engineering and ingenuity
Bike Rodeo coming up next week
Final day Swag Sale
PAC Executive Elections In May
School Calendars April/May
National Child & Youth Mental Health Day May 7th
Howe Sound Art Challenge
School Edlio App

Our feature photo spotlights Nathan and River on an outing. River has the incredible ability to allow for both action and calm, cuddles and space. Thank you River for taking care of our whole school so beautifully!

Highlights this week:

-Gathering together once more on Movie Night and the Book Fair
-Did you know there's an app to get notifications for school news?
-A Parent Presentation on Coping with Anxiety in your Kids
-The School Clothing sale continues until the end of the month.
-Get your tickets for MAMMA MIA hosted by Howe Sounds- Lots of former BRE students in the show!
-An Art Challenge for World Oceans Day
-Earth Week and World Oceans' Day Film List

Our feature photo showcases our beautiful school welcoming SPRING!! A big thank you to the teachers and students who ventured around the school and surrounding trails this Earth Day to pick up garbage. If you can, get the family out this weekend to take in the cherry blossoms wafting in the air, the buds sprouting, flowers popping, rainbows surprising... How lucky are we to live here?!

Happiest Earth Day all!

Highlights of the Week:

Student-Led Portfolio's sent home- the kids will share their hard work and creativity
Coach Mike from Youth Basketball came to teach us all some new skills
Family Vacations and student learning
Movie Night info
Visit the Book Fair in the library next week. See details inside!
School Swag is now on sale
PAC calendar- April fun

Our feature photo show Coach Mike and some basketball drills in action!

In June 2021, the Board approved changes to catchment boundaries, resulting in Northyards and Loggers Lane at Finch Drive falling within the Mamquam Elementary catchment boundaries and Tantalus Road (north of the Executive Suites Hotel), and the Skyridge development falling within Brackendale Elementary catchment boundary, effective September 2023. These changes apply to future students who are of Kindergarten age starting September 2023 or later, and siblings of these students currently attending school will not be affected. For more information click on the headline.

Highlights this week:
Reading Link Challenge taking place TODAY!
Movie Night coming up April 20th
Book Fair in person in the Library April 20-21
Watch out for the Student Swag sale starting next week
PAC Calendar showcasing all the FUN this April
Student Learning Surveys
National Child and Youth Mental Health Day info
How to get your Criminal Record Check for school volunteering

Our Feature Photo showcases our winning Reading Link Challenge team- The C.A.T.S!!

Happy April Fools Day!

Our feature photo shows just one of the MANY tricks played around the school today! Many classes had a 'Flooding' Drill where they had to swim on their desks for practice ;) Ask the kids what other shenanigans happened! (You may have noticed some out in the parking lot!)

Other notes for the week include:
Releasing Salmon Fry
Bottle Drive for Ukraine- Drop off at the Bottle Depot Account #439
Communicable Disease Plan updates
Volunteering is back!- Info on getting your Criminal Record Check
Check the growing Lost & Found
Squamish Youth Tri is back for 2022 and you can sign up now
Devry Plant Fundraiser- Happy Spring!
Babysitting Course info for April
April's busy and fun calendar

We would like to flag an important requirement from the Federal Government regarding masks for those who have returned to Canada from international travel. Please read a message from the Superintendent outlining this requirement by clicking on the headline.

Highlights of the week include:
Weaving with Roxy/
Bottle Drive for Ukraine- Drop Off at the Bottle Depot/
Squamish SAR visits with useful information/
Hockey Tournement success/
Sign Up ONLINE for next Hot Lunch/
PAC Information/

Our feature photo shows the very happy recess hockey players!

Have an incredible Spring Break with equal parts rest and adventures :)

The Vancouver Coastal Health Rapid Response Team has updated the International Travel and School resource to reflect the Federal Government’s Travel Health Notice change, effective Feb 28, 2022. With spring break fast approaching, we hope this provides clarity for travel and return to school/work planning.

Happy March! This weeks highlights include:
100 Days of Learning/
Mexican Huichol Yarn Paintings/
The latest information on International Travel and School/
Resources on talking with your kids about Ukraine/
March Calendar and Purdy's Fundraiser from PAC/
A Family Literacy program starting in March for your preschoolers/
In The Know information on ADHD this month

Today's feature photo is of our giant FRIENDSHIP mural created by the kids. Brackendale kids lift each other up!