Great opportunity to visit Japan and Seoul during spring break. Please click [here] for details and [here] for the itinerary.

On occasion, it may be necessary to close Burnaby public schools for instruction due to inclement weather. If this should happen, an announcement will be posted on the weather closure page of the district website http://sd41.bc.ca/parents/weather_closure.htm and information provided to local media* outlets by 6 am. It is important for schools and the district to keep their phone lines free for emergency purposes so please do not call the schools or the district office for this information.

For your information, the following media outlets will be notified:
Radio: CKNW AM 980, CKWX News AM 1130 , CBC AM 690 Fairchild AM 1470/FM 88.9
TV: CBC, Global (BCTV), City TV, and CTV BC.

We are please to announce that our school has been accepted into the BC School Fruit and vegetable Nutritional Program sponsored by B.C. Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation and ActNowBC.

Our school is involved in a province-wide healthy living initiative. One of the goals is to encourage healthy eating by providing fresh B.C. Fruits and Vegetables to the students during classroom time. The students will receive picked, washed, and ready-to-enjoy produce twice every other week at no charge!

To ensure every student's health and safety during this program, please return this [FORM] if you:
- do NOT wish your child to participate
or
- need to alert us to certain food allergies

Some success stories on Hamid Aziz and Andrew, Grad 08 Bulldogs, on the basketball court:
Athletic's Page.

All The Right Type 3 Plus (ATRT) is a keyboarding program that allows users to develop correct keyboarding skills. Student Takehome Program, the home version of the program tracks 5 users; therefore, it's great for the whole family.

Obtain the on-line coupon and get 50% off the home version price of $29.95 by going to http://www.ingenuityworks.com/products/all_the_right_type_plus/coupon/atrt_erac_coupon.html.
Visit www.ingenuityworks.com to purchase the program.

Automotive Career: Interested Grade 11 and 12 students - VCC's Auto Collision Repair ACE-IT program starts on September 29th and has 7 spaces available. You attend Mon - Thurs @ VCC and school on Fridays. Grade 12's: 30 work experience opportunities are available with Elections Canada. You must be available October 4, 5 and 7th. These are paid positions and thus are only available to students on the 30-hour work experience program.

On September 2nd, 2007, the provincial government passed a law prohibiting all persons from smoking or using tobacco, or holding lighted tobacco, in or on school property. Please remember that this law is in effect at all times on school grounds.

Students must visit the ministry website - www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams to view their marks. You must have your PEN number (which you will find on your report card) to create a login in the "Student Secure Web".