Interim Report of Learning Skills Announcement

Posted October 19, 2015

Educational Support Staff/Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (ESS/OSSTF) are currently in ongoing province-wide labour negotiations with the Government of Ontario and the Ontario Public School Boards Association (OPSBA). As a result, members of ESS/OSSTF and CAMA/OSSTF are taking part in a legal job sanctions. During these job sanctions, we have encountered situations where our usual […]

School Council Meeting Date Change Reminder

Posted October 18, 2015

Due to the Federal Election on Monday, October 19th, the Bluevale School Council meeting has been moved to Monday, October 26th, at 7:00 pm in the Bluevale library.

First Semester Exam Schedule

Posted October 15, 2015

Bluevale’s first semester exam schedule is available: Exam Schedule January 2016

Important Information Regarding Rentals & Community Use of Schools

Posted October 14, 2015

Educational Support Staff/Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (ESS/OSSTF) and the Custodial and Maintenance Association/Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (CAMA/OSSTF) are currently in ongoing province-wide labour negotiations with the Government of Ontario and the Ontario Public School Boards Association (OPSBA). As a result, members of ESS/OSSTF and CAMA/OSSTF are taking part in a legal job sanctions. […]

Grade 11 Choose to Lead Students Volunteer with the Food Bank

Posted October 14, 2015

Last week our grade 11 Choose to Lead class volunteered with the Waterloo Region Food Bank. The students worked on encouraging our local residents to give generously to the Food Bank by distributing bags for community members to fill and donate.

Important Notice for Secondary Students & Families

Posted October 8, 2015

Dear Parents/Guardians of Secondary Students: We wanted to provide you with an update about job action being taken by Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (OSSTF) Support Staff, which includes secretaries, custodians and supervision monitors in schools as well as some central staff. Currently, OSSTF Support Staff are in ongoing province-wide labour negotiations with […]

School-Day Page Added!

Posted October 8, 2015

The login form for School-Day is now located at http://bci.wrdsb.ca/about/school-day/, along with some information about why we are using School-Day and FAQs about it. It will no longer be available in the sidebar of our website. You can reach it by choosing the School-Day logo in the sidebar instead.

Choose the school-day link from the list.

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School Council Meeting Date Changed

Posted October 6, 2015

Due to the Federal Election on Monday, October 19th, 2015, we have changed the night of our next school council meeting to Monday, October 26th at 7:00pm in the library at Bluevale.

Hold and Secure Lifted at Bluevale

Posted October 5, 2015

At 2:15 this afternoon the Hold and Secure was lifted at Bluevale.  Thanks to all staff and students for their patience and support through this difficult day.  Our primary concern is safety, and in conjunction with the WRPS, we did all within our power to keep our school community safe.  Thanks again to all.

What is the Difference between Hold and Secure and a Lockdown?

Posted October 5, 2015

It has been mistaken a number of times today that Bluevale is in “Lockdown” when in fact we have been in a “Hold and Secure”.  There is a distinction, however, between a lockdown and a hold and secure.  No matter what, the key element in both is the safety of staff and students.  In a […]

Bluevale Continues in “Hold and Secure”

Posted October 5, 2015

Bluevale remains in Hold and Secure. This is a police order, not a suggestion. This means that personnel in the Bluevale site must remain in the school, staff and students, and not leave until we are given the okay from the Waterloo Regional Police. What this means is that over lunch staff or students are […]

Bluevale in “Hold and Secure”

Posted October 5, 2015

The following message is from Mark Hunniford, Principal.  “At 8:00 this morning we received a call from the WRPS that an incident in the community was happening in the Bluevale catchment area.   Bluevale, as a precaution, has been placed in a Hold and Secure at the instructions of the WRPS.  While there is no direct threat […]

Help us to communicate with you

Posted October 2, 2015

Due to new Canadian Anti Spam legislation the only way for staff members to email parents within the legislation is for parents to have their email address registered with the school. This is easy to do. On the BCI website beside this post, the top banner on the left hand side of this page is titled “Parents/guardians […]

Bluevale Golfers win WCSSAA Championship

Posted October 2, 2015

Last week the Bluevale golf team of Pranay Chahauver, Dylan Henderson, Parker Lobban, Eli Mathew and Nathan Wiersma won the WCSSAA Golf Championship at the Rebel Creek Golf Club.  In a come from behind victory on the second day of the tournament, BCI narrowly won the championship by one shot qualifying the team for the […]

We Day Toronto – Livestream

Posted October 1, 2015

Starting at 9:00 a.m., you can watch the We Day concert LIVE: www.weday.com/watch/ Be sure to follow along and interact with us on Twitter using the hashtag #WeDayWRDSB.      

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