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The Abbotsford Board of Education is currently seeking feedback from families, employees, students and the larger community on the proposed school calendars for the next three years - 2024-2025 school year, 2025-2026 school year and 2026-2027 school year. Feedback will be collected via the school district's Engagement Portal until February 9, 2024.

The Abbotsford Board of Education regularly meets throughout the school year.

The Sandy Hill community was able to help 3 families through the Christmas Neighbour project. 2 families of 6, 1 family of 3 and 1 senior. 

Please see below for a lovely thank you that was received at the school.

"To the kids that participated-

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As we near the end of 2023 and the beginning of the winter break throughout BC, Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care, has released the following end-of-year letters to families and staff.

Thank you to our Sandy Hill families for your thoughtfulness and generosity towards the Christmas Neighbours program through Archway. Your generous donations allowed for our school to support two families of six, a family of three and one senior this upcoming holiday season! We were able to provide these families with their gifts as well as their holiday meals. Thank you also to our local No Frills grocery store for their generous contributions they provided to each family. We thank you all for helping our school spread kindness and empathy to those in need in our community.

Division 5 was busy learning by creating landforms. Students used clay for the base and then painted their designs.

Our hallways are lined with some wonderful festive art. It is a fantastic display of creativity and artistic talent. Thank you students for brightening up the school.

As you have probably already heard, our PAC has been working towards an accessible playground. Please click here for updated information. In addition, $431 was raised through the Christmas concert VIP parking raffle!

Thank you so much for your support!

Mrs. Adi's Kindergarten class along with their buddies in Mrs. A Hall's grade 2 class were breaking in the holiday season with "Grinch Day"!