2021/2022 School Year Plan

We have worked hard to develop comprehensive Health and Safety and School Year Plans so we can ensure the health, safety, and well-being of our entire community.

Health and Safety

Our School Year Plan is centred on the health and safety of our community. Our planning aligns with the expectations and guidelines established by the Province of British Columbia, WorkSafeBC, the BC Centre for Disease Control, the Provincial Health Officer, and the Minister of Education.

Please review our Communicable Disease Guidelines for more information.

Our Values

Compassion - Southridge understands that individual responses to the pandemic are varied and that they are generated from multiple and varied influences. A human-centered approach is necessary. The school is compassionate in its approach to dealing with these differences while also upholding the regulatory directives of the Provincial Health Officer and the Minister of Education.
Truth - Southridge operates based on facts and truths related to COVID-19 as they are established by the scientific community, interpreted by the Provincial Health Officer, and integrated into the education system by the Ministry of Education.
Respect - Southridge respects the authority of provincial orders and directives to create healthy and safe school environments, and its daily operations are guided by the most recent information made available by regulatory bodies.
Tolerance - Southridge acts with an understanding that the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way education looks and feels in K-12 schools globally, and our community is tolerant of those shifts while trusting the school to make decisions based on the priorities outlined below.

Our Priorities

Safety - The health and safety of our community, including students, teachers, staff, and families is the first priority in all decision making related to school operations and programming.
Relationships - Establishing healthy and secure relationships between adults, students, and families helps students feel safe. When students feel safe, they are better able to attend to their learning, and are more successful in all aspects of their cognitive, social, and emotional development at all ages.
Continuity of Learning - Intentional, thoughtful, and innovative approaches to teaching and learning between grade-levels and across the Junior and Senior Schools, regardless of the required stage of education, ensures that learning continues to influence the cognitive, social, and emotional growth of our students today and in the years to come.

Attendance

Students and employees who have common-cold, influenza, or COVID-19 like symptoms must stay at home, seek assessment by a health-care provider, and self-isolate while they await results. If unsure if self-isolation or testing for COVID-19 is necessary, they are directed to use the BC COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool and call 8-1-1 for further advice.
Full-time in-class learning is an expectation at Stage 2 of the BC K-12 Restart Plan. All Southridge educational programming takes place at school.
There may be a small number of students who are severely immune-compromised or have significant underlying medical conditions identified by a medical doctor as high risk to attend school. These students will be accommodated on a case-by-case basis to the best of the school’s ability upon provision of supporting documentation from a medical doctor to the appropriate school Principal.

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