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The Abbotsford Board of Education regularly meets throughout the school year. Agendas and minutes from the public Board Meetings can be accessed through the District's Electronic School Board. Below is a summary of highlights from the meeting. To do our part to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and for everyone's safety, all public meetings of the Abbotsford Board of Education will be closed to the public and held virtually until further notice. The meetings will also be live-streamed.

Mrs. Adi’s class is having fun learning about colors! Here are their “Brown Bear, Brown Bear” puppets! 

The cross country team ran under blue skies; breathing crisp air, and crunching leaves under foot. They had perfect conditions for running. All runners have been training hard and finished well. So proud of the Sandy Hill Suns!

~ Coach Smith

Thank you again Sandy Hill community for your generousity. Our annual Turkey Trot was a success and the turkey donation from the PAC was won by Evan in kindergarten! Congratulations Evan!

We were so excited to be able to host a cross country running event last Wednesday! The grade 4 and 5 team has been training by running 1.5 km around the school once a week and then trying to squeeze in another 10 minute run on their every weekend. The Sandy Hill team performed very well; having many participants receive ribbons for finishing in the top twenty and all of the members finishing strong with limited walking breaks. English students train Mondays at lunch and French students train Tuesdays at lunch. We race again next Wednesday. 

Thousands of students and staff across the Abbotsford School District recognized the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Orange Shirt Day and Truth and Reconciliation Week. From a virtual assembly to classroom-based group projects, students worked with their teachers and Indigenous Education staff over the course of the last few days to build a better understanding and awareness of truth and reconciliation.

As we begin to enter into September, I would like to extend a heartfelt welcome back to all to what we hope will be a wonderful school year. As we look forward to the opportunities in the weeks and months ahead, I must again extend a sincere thanks to our staff for getting us through last year. What we accomplished in British Columbia, and particularly here in Abbotsford, was truly amazing. Our society owes a debt of gratitude to the teachers, support staff, principals and managers who pulled together to care for our students when they needed us most.

On August 3, the B.C. Government formally recognized September 30 as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in alignment with legislation passed by the federal government in June.

As part of this formal recognition, the Abbotsford School District will be closed to all students and staff on Thursday, September 30, 2021. District employees usually entitled to federal and provincial statutory holidays will receive this day off.

Thank you PAC and parents for another suprise treat. 

Thank you everyone for your continued support throughout this unprecedented year.

Hope you have a wonderful summer!

Congratulations to all our grade 5 students. We wish you well!

Thank you to the Grade 5 committee for all their hard work this year. The Grade 5 t shirts - courtesy of the PAC, creating the yearbook and organizing the certificate day. These could not have occured without our wonderful parent volunteers with the support of our fabulous PAC! Special thanks to Angela, Sheena and Shaina!