Quadra Elementary

FI Kindergarten & Gr. 1 Registration Week...
2019-01-14 - 2019-01-18 | Ecole Quadra School, 3031 Quadra Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8T 4G2, Canada
If you are interested in registering your child in Early French Immersion (Kindergarten or Grade 1), please go to your catchment school office between 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. this week to register.
Please bring in your child’s birth certificate, child’s care card, and documentation showing your current address. Please see Registration Requirements (link below) for more details on what documents are accepted.
Please remember that registration for Early French Immersion Kindergarten is a lottery, so there is no need to arrive early. You can come into our school office to register at your convenience, during office hours from 8am to 3pm,
Monday January 14 to Friday January the 18th.
Click here for the Registration Guide: RegistrationGuide2018
Click here for the Registration Requirements: RegistrationRequirements2018

PAC Meeting 7:00 p.m.
2019-01-08 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Vancouver) | Quadra School library, 3031 Quadra Street, Victoria, V8T 4G2
It’s that time again to gather and discuss items to help support our students and the school. Come join us in the school library from 7:00 – 8:30 pm. Looking forward to seeing all who can make it.

School Opens after Winter Break
2019-01-07 | British Columbia
First day of school for all students and staff after winter break.

Boxing Day
2018-12-26 | British Columbia
Observed annually on December 26 in Canada, the U.K. and Commonwealth countries around the world, Boxing Day was traditionally the day employers would give their staff Christmas presents, called “boxes,” to celebrate the season.

Kwanzaa
2018-12-26 | British Columbia
Kwanzaa is celebrated by many North Americans of West African descent in recognition of their African heritage.

Christmas
2018-12-25 | British Columbia
Christmas celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Jesus.

Pancake Breakfast & PJ's
2018-12-21 08:30 - 09:00 | Ecole Quadra School Gym, 3031 Quadra Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8T 4G2, Canada
We finish off our last day before the winter break with a Pancake Breakfast put on our wonderful volunteers friends at Coast Capital Savings. We also encourage and welcome students and staff to wear their PJ’s to school. Nothing better than pancakes in pajamas!

Last Day before Winter Break
2018-12-21 | British Columbia
This is the last day before our winter break. Wishing you all a healthy, happy time with family and friends.

1:15 pm Primary Winter Concert
2018-12-20 13:15 - 14:15 | Ecole Quadra School Gym, 3031 Quadra Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8T 4G2, Canada
Primary Students will perform songs for the winter season of celebrations! All parents welcome.

Report Cards Home
2018-12-19 | British Columbia
Today the First Term report cards will come home with your child. Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions. If an additional copy is required, please be in touch with the teacher.

1:15 Intermediate Winter Concert (including choir & strings)
2018-12-13 13:15 - 14:15 | Ecole Quadra School Gym, 3031 Quadra Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8T 4G2, Canada
Intermediate Students including the Choir and Strings will perform songs for the winter season of celebrations! All parents welcome. This will include the following classes and groups:

Loonie Emporium
2018-12-06 | Ecole Quadra School Gym, 3031 Quadra Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8T 4G2, Canada
This is a very magical day at Quadra School. The students all have an opportunity to purchase gifts for their family members for the holiday season for a loonie! Organized and set up by our wonderful PAC! Be sure to lend a helping hand if you can!

PAC Meeting 7:00 p.m.
2018-12-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Quadra School library, 3031 Quadra Street, Victoria, BC, V8T 4G2, Canada
PAC meeting this month is to finalize details of the Loonie Emporium and other agenda items.

Hunukkah
2018-12-02 | British Columbia
First day of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights.

Pro D Day (Victoria School District)
2018-11-23 | British Columbia
No School for students. Staff meeting and participating in Professional Development activities.

Remembrance Day Stat
2018-11-12 | British Columbia
Remembrance Day Stat as November 11th falls on a weekend. School is closed.

Remembrance Day
2018-11-11 | British Columbia
Stat Holiday – School is closed for the day.

Remembrance Day Assembly
2018-11-09 10:45 - 11:30 | Ecole Quadra School Gym, 3031 Quadra Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8T 4G2, Canada
Today we will do our remembering as a school community at an assembly. All Beavers, Girl Guides, Scouts, Brownies, cadets and welcome and encouraged to wear their uniforms.

PAC Meeting 7:00 pm
2018-11-06 | Quadra School Library, 3031 Quada Street, Victoria, V8T 4G2
All parents welcome to come and discuss activities to enhance the school environment for the children of Ecole Quadra School. We will meet in the library from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Diwali
2018-11-05 08:00 - 17:00 | British Columbia
Diwali or Deepavali is the Hindu festival of lights celebrated every year in autumn in the northern hemisphere (spring in southern hemisphere).

Turn Clocks Back!
2018-11-04 | British Columbia
At 2 a.m. the clocks “fall” back an hour ending daylight savings until the spring. Adjust your clocks around your house.

Hallowe'en
2018-10-31 | British Columbia
Students will be allowed to wear costumes to school on Halloween. Costumes only, no masks, props or weapons to be carried around. Also, no gore or horror please. Keep it G – Family Friendly for our Kindergarten to Grade 5 community!
If your family does not celebrate Halloween or your child does not want to come in their costume, an alternative is to dress in black and orange clothing for the day!
Halloween, or Hallowe’en (a contraction of All Hallows’ Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve, is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows’ Day.

Photo Retakes
2018-10-26 | Ecole Quadra School Gym, 3031 Quadra Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8T 4G2, Canada
This is the time when students who missed their photo day or did not like their photo from earlier this year have a chance for a retake.

Pro D Day (Provincial Day)
2018-10-19 | British Columbia
This is a province wide Pro D Day. School is NOT in session for students.

Earthquake Drill
2018-10-18 | At the school, 3031 Quadra Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8T 4G2, Canada
Quadra School community will participate in the Great British Columbia shake-out drill to help students and staff prepare and review safety procedures in the event of an earthquake.
We will be doing our drop, cover and hold practice for an earthquake.

11:50 a.m.Early Dismissal for Parent/Teacher Interviews
2018-10-17 11:50 | British Columbia
School will be dismissed at 11:50 a.m. to allow for parent/teacher interviews in the afternoon. Please make arrangements to have your child picked up at this time.

11:50 a.m. Early Dismissal for Parent/Teacher Interviews
2018-10-16 11:50 | British Columbia

Orange Shirt Day
2018-10-12 | British Columbia
Students and staff across the Greater Victoria School District will proudly wear orange next week in support of Orange Shirt Day. The annual event is held on September 30th and brings people together to honour and recognize the impact of Residential Schools.
It is an event that grew from Phyliss Jack-Webstad’s story of having her orange shirt taken from her when she arrived at the Mission Residential School. Her story has now created an opportunity to have larger discussions on the aspects and experiences of the residential school legacy.
This orange shirt taken from one child is a symbol of the many losses experienced by thousands of students, and their families and communities over several generations. These losses include the loss of family, language, culture, freedom, parenting, self-esteem and worth and painful experiences of abuse and neglect. Wearing an orange shirt is a symbol of defiance against the things that undermine children’s self-esteem, and of our commitment to anti-racism and anti-bullying in general.
Join us and hundreds of others across Canada in wearing an orange shirt on September 30th, to honour and recognize that every child matters. *Please note, this year’s event falls on a Sunday and schools will participate in Orange Shirt Day during the school week.
The Story:
“I went to the Mission for one year. I had just turned 6 years old. We never had very much money, and there was no welfare, but somehow my granny managed to buy me a new outfit to go to the Mission School in. I remember going to Robinson’s store and picking out a shiny orange shirt. It had eyelets and lace, and I felt so pretty in that shirt and excited to be going to school! Of course, when I got to the Mission, they stripped me, and took away my clothes, including the orange shirt. I never saw it again, except on other kids. I didn’t understand why they wouldn’t give it back to me, it was mine! Since then the colour orange has always reminded me of that and how my feelings didn’t matter, how no one cared and how I felt like I was worth nothing. I finally get it, that the feeling of worthlessness and insignificance, ingrained in me from my first day at the mission, affected the way I lived my life for many years…I want my orange shirt back!”
-Phyllis (Jack) Webstad, Dog Creek, BC

Thanksgiving
2018-10-08 | British Columbia
Stat Holiday, schools are closed today.

PAC Meeting 7 p.m.
2018-10-02 19:00 - 20:30 | British Columbia
All parents are welcome to attend the PAC Meetings. Please come and share your thoughts and ideas. Meeting takes place in the school library. Free child care is provided.
