Parent/Community Information
Westwood Dance Guidelines
We have prepared a copy of our school dance guidelines for those students and parents who are new to our school. We take safety and security very seriously at our dances, and they are very well-chaperoned. Read on for more information.
Safe Schools
The staff at the St. James-Assiniboia School Division is dedicated to making our schools a safe place for students. The Safe School information sheet illustrates some of the challenges faced by students today and presents some of the techniques we are employing to help students feel safe in our schools and in the community. For more information, access the Safe
Schools website atwww.safeschoolsmanitoba.ca
Assessment and Evaluation
The Westwood Collegiate staff has planned their professional development activities in the area of Assessment and Evaluation this year. We have attended province wide, division wide, and school based meetings to learn more about Assessment FOR Learning and Assessment OF Learning.
Be Web Aware
What is Be Web Aware?
Be Web Aware is a national, bilingual public education program on Internet safety. The objective of everyone involved in this project is to ensure young Canadians benefit from the Internet, while being safe and responsible in their online activities.
The goal of the Be Web Aware initiative is two-fold:
1. Raise awareness amongst parents that there are safety issues when their children go online and that they need to get involved.
2. Provide practical information and tools that will equip parents to effectively manage Internet use in the home and to teach their kids to be Web savvy.
Child Find Manitoba is pleased to announce that the Kids in the Know personal safety program was officially launched in May, 2004. In supplement to the program, we have designed vulnerability sheets that are consistent with the curriculum and can be readily disseminated within communities. The sheets are to be used as a guide for parents to facilitate discussions with their children surrounding effective personal safety practices.
Please be advised that further information regarding personal safety, as well as programs and services available through Child Find Manitoba, is available on our website at www.childfind.mb.ca. If you require any additional information, please feel free to contact Child Find Manitoba directly at 945-5735.
Parents, Educate Yourselves!
The following websites have a translator for all the acronyms that are used in MSN and text messaging with cell phones...
Parenting Today Workshops
Click here to read about workshops sponsored by the St. James-Assiniboia Neighourhood Resource Network (NRN) for 2008-09.
The workshop schedule for 2009-10 is available here.
Online Safety
Click here to learn about an Online Safety information evening coming up March 24th.
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