Principal's Message - Welcome to Stratford

Students, Parents and Staff,

Welcome back to another year at Stratford.

Classes will assemble outside on the playground according to their homeroom groups commencing at 8:15 AM.  Students will transition from the outdoor congregation area to their classrooms, with their homeroom teachers at 8:30 AM.

Students, please find your appropriate classroom by searching for:

-       Your grade
-       Your name
-       Your classroom

With the exception of Kindergarten parents, all parents, adults and older siblings not attending Stratford will be asked to wait outside.  Please contact the office via phone at 780-484-3381 if you have any questions regarding your son/daughters classes and fees.  Please note that classroom changes will happen on a case-by-case basis and will not change until the beginning of October.Transportation questions may be redirected to our Transportation department at 780-429-8585. 

We wish you an excellent 2010 - 2011 school year at Stratford.  Welcome to the Home of the Eagles!

Reflective Notes of the 2009 - 2010 School Year...

A successful year of achievement is left in the wake of the 2009 - 2010 school year with 490 students currently enrolled this past year and 573 students enrolled next year at Stratford School. These are two of many indicators of the successful relationship created between parents, students, teachers and staff at Stratford. We are proud of the excellent results students achieved - demonstrated through the Provincial Achievement Test results in grades three, six and nine in addition to Highest Level of Achievement Tests and Canadian Test of Basic Skill tests. Our Stratford Eagles are students who work hard and study diligently in our Cogito program through a rigorous, enriched, liberal arts curriculum. Integrated into this academic focus are our daily Character Education traits, based on the Safe and Caring Schools initiative, which develops "Three Rs": Respect, Responsibility and Results. Daily announcements, positive behaviour referrals, and "Lunch with the Principal" help move our "Three Rs" forward. In addition to the three Rs, teachers will be developing moral literacy around the theme of perseverance through the month of June.

Although much light has been shed on the character development of students, it is done in careful balance with the academic component of our program. It is imperative that parents continue to strengthen their commitment to the Cogito Principles through closely monitoring their son/daughter's homework agenda for assignments, quizzes and exams. Teachers will be ensuring that homework is measured, meaningful and relevant to ensure that students exercise their cognitive and metacognitive development. Parents, please visit our SchoolZone for regularly updated school newsletters and up-to-date information pertaining to your son/daughter's programming at Stratford. These initiatives, collaboratively orchestrated by Stratford Staff, parents and students, is another indicator of how our rigorous Cogito program respectfully engages students in relevant learning opportunities through authentic relationships - at school and in our surrounding community.

Additional highlights for the 2009 - 2010 school year include:
- Grade One students initiated a Mitt and Hat drive and the Junior High Leadership and Ethics classes coordinated a Food Bank drive through the month of December.
- Over $3000 was raised by our Leadership and Ethics students as well as our Grade Four students for Haiti.
- Our Ethics and Leadership classes raised 2000 non-perishable food items for the Food Bank.
- Our Grade One classes conducted a VERY successful Mitt and Hat Drive for the Youth Emergency Shelter.  Over 200 pairs of mitts and hats were donated.
- Our HIGHLY successful Book Fair and Book Drive! 4700 books were added to our school library through the collaborative effort of parents, students and staff.
- The Travel Club raised $100 for the Youth Emergency Shelter.
- Junior High Mathematics students hosted our second-annual Math Fair, with Mrs. Semenko at the lead, where special guests, parents, students and staff solved a plethora of problems - mathematically speaking of course.
- Mr. Kevin Taft hosted our Junior High debate.
- Throughout the month of April and May, our staff and students will be collaboratively engaging in a Go Public initiative - promoting public education. Click here to listen to our version of I Got A Feeling...

We would like to thank our Trustee, Sue Huff, for presenting to our Parent Advisory Council members on the Sector Review process. We encourage all students, parents and staff in participating in the Sector Review. Please refer to the following website for more information: http://suefortrustee.blogspot.com/ or www.sectorreview2010.com.

Thank you for collaboratively and cooperatively working with our staff as we nurture our student's love of knowledge through a positive, respectful environment focused on a rigorous, knowledge-based program -a program leading toward academic excellence!

Sincerely,

Mr. Mah  



2010 - 2011 Hours of Operation and School Calendar

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