Traditional Advisory Committee

Progress Report to the Board of Education

2015/16

The Traditional Family • Abbotsford Traditional Secondary (Gr. 9-12) • Abbotsford Traditional Middle (Gr. 6-8) • Auguston (K-5 – catchment school) • King (K-5) • South Poplar (K-5)

Aboriginal Weaving @ South Poplar

Current Enrolment 2015/2016

School 2015/2016 2016-2017 Projected ATSS 489 481 ATMS 417 420 Auguston 366 377 King 397 402 South Poplar 291 293 Total 1960 1973

Enrolment – Waitlists for Sept 2015 • ATSS – nil • ATMS – 18 at the Grade 6 level • Auguston –K (6) Grade 1-4 (3-7 each) • King – K (25) Grade 1-3 (17-24 each), 4-5 (7 each) • South Poplar – K (13), Grade 1-5 (5-10 each)

Auguston Reading Olympics

Goal 1: Continued work on the K Registration system, seeking equity across the district and gender balance. Actions: In 2016/17, we will hold our Parent Information Session on the same evening. Goal 2: Increase communication and coordination between Traditional Schools. Actions: Sharing at TAC meetings. KTES & South Poplar shared professional development day. ATMS and ATSS sent their highlights to elementary to share with our communities. We all share our newsletters.

2015-2016 Goals & Actions

2015-2016 Goals & Actions cont’d Goal 3: Alignment of the vision for Traditional Schools with best practice and the new curriculum. Actions: Continued use of the Why Traditional? video. Reviewed tenets and the new curriculum; reviewed student recognition.

Goal 4: Seek ways to engage parents, especially at middle and secondary levels Actions: Tri-Cup Soccer, KTES 20th Anniversary Celebration, ATSS Open House for Parents, Traditional Lego Tournament, Traditional Spelling Bee, ATMS Fun Fair, ATSS Fun Fair, ATMS tour.

Points of Pride ATSS • Grade 12 student won Gold Medal Achievement in Welding in

2016 Skills Canada Provincial Competition • Senior Boys Wrestling Team from 2014/15 inducted into the

Abbotsford Sports Hall of Fame • Open House for Parents of Traditional Elementary Schools • My Son Pinocchio, Jr. Production

Points of Pride ATMS • Grade 8 basketball teams finished in top 16 in the Fraser Valley • Basketball teams for all grades and genders • Significant service involvement • Parents as Partners series • 1:1 laptop program 1:1 laptops @ ATMS

Cops for Cancer Fundraiser

Points of Pride Auguston • Grade level teams collaborating with Response to Intervention

(RTI) for Reading and Math in K-3 • Social responsibility and self-regulation • Traditional Spelling Bee Champions

Traditional School Spelling Bee Champions

Points of Pride King Traditional • 20th Anniversary • Tri-Cup Soccer Champions • Traditional Lego Champions • Technology Integration • Learning Commons • Inclusion • Service projects

Points of Pride South Poplar • 1st Place finalist in District Spelling Bee • Participation in Abbotsford’s Vimy Ridge memorial ceremony • RTI, Coding, Carole Fullerton demo lessons • IBLT & Learning Commons

Coding @ South Poplar

Looking to the Future

Progressive Education with Traditional Values • Traditional and the new

curriculum • Connecting schools • Parent involvement • Transportation