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Our Grade 5 students took on leadership roles of presenters and servers as part of our Carnaval week of learning about French culture. They explained in both French and English about Carnaval and offered students a croissant with jam and a juice box. 

Grade 5 skittle ball season was awesome but a little disappointing at the same time as some games were cancelled due to the snow days. Regardless, we practiced for two months and each student on the team was able to play in two games and many offensive and defensive strategies were learned… I hope! Grade 5 basketball will be starting soon and the game days will be March 6th and April 3rd for the boys and March 13th and April 10th for the girls.

As part of our Carnaval week, Sandy Hill students were fortunate to have a guest presenter, Mr. Fergus, teaching an introduction to jigging to the entire school over two days. The dance is very popular among the Metis. Students had a blast and were extremely active. One class plopped down in exhaustion after completion of their first dance!

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Special thanks to the PAC, the Carnaval Committee, WJ Mouat student volunteers, Abbotsford Police Department, Daisy and Lily Photography and everyone else that had a hand in making the event a night to remember. We hope that everyone had a great time and are already looking forward to next year!

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.