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Students and staff wore orange today to recognize and celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day and Mrs. Ellis led Metis jigging during recess. Metis jigging is a style of dancing that is part Powwow and french styles of dancing. The kids learned the basic step, the bunny hop, and the wolf and rabbit dance. Mrs. Ellis loved teaching your kids another form of dancing from the Canadian plains.

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.

The Abbotsford School District proudly celebrated its 2024 retirees with a memorable retirement dinner on June 5, 2024, at the Clarion Hotel. This special event celebrated the outstanding contributions and unwavering dedication of those retiring from education leadership, operations management, administration, teaching, and support staff roles.

Students in multiple classes have observed the butterfly life cycle over the past few weeks. The butterflies in Division 6 have now fully developed and were released last week.

This week four of our intermediate classes went on separate waking field trips from the school over to 7-11 to get Slurpees and other treats. Everyone had a great time. Some were even lucky enough to have sunny weather, some were not as fortunate. 

At the beginning of the year the PAC decided that their fundraising goal was $80,000 for an accessible playground addition. Unfortunately, even with generous private donations they have not been able to hit that goal so they have pivoted to a two phased approach.

Our grounds crew has prepared the foundation and the latest update is that phase one playground equipment is to arrive at the end June! So many events have taken place to make this happen.

It was a cold, wet and dreary day but the Suns persevered and had a fun day at the zone track meet. Thank you to all the athletes, staff, parents and grandparents who came out to Rotary Stadium. A special thanks to Coach Smith and the other school Coaches for organizing this annual event.

The Abbotsford School District is excited to announce the expansion of its annual appreciation day to include all support staff, now designated as Support Staff Appreciation Day. This special day, first introduced last year as Instructional Support Staff Appreciation Day, is dedicated to recognizing the invaluable contributions of Educational Assistants, Youth Care Workers, International Student Liaisons, Indigenous Support Workers, Custodians, Administrative Assistants, and all other support staff members that contribute to the success of our organization.

Thank you to our wonderful Instructional Support Staff! We appreciate your hard work and dedication to the students at Sandy Hill.

If you see one of our lovely support staff please wish them a happy Support Staff Appreciation Day.

Division 18, Grade 1/2 French Immersion had a team of four boys participate in the Fraser Chess tournament on Saturday from 8:30am until 1pm. The two grade 1 boys won medals: Bennett 2^nd place and Archie 3^rd place. Imryn and Tyson were strong contenders playing in the grade 2 division. Way to go all four of you!!!! You make Sandy Hill proud! Such focus to play chess at a young age is very impressive. They often choose to play chess during their exploring time in class.