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<p class="editor-paragraph" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Is your child in Elementary or Middle School? If so, your child will be bringing home their first Written Learning Update for the 2025-26 school year. This first Learning Update primarily focuses on strengths, areas of growth, and next steps in curricular areas (with a focus on Language Arts and Math in Elementary), as well as provides information about your child’s engagement in learning, relationships with others, and social/emotional well-being.&nbsp;</span></p><p class="editor-paragraph" dir="ltr"><img src="/images/8ba91ac4-e4d0-58f4-b645-41e46b0f4ebd" alt="" width="1024" height="inherit" style="width:1024px;display:inline-block;float:left;height:inherit"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Also included in your child’s Learning Update is a self-reflection of the Core Competencies they focused on this term.&nbsp;The Core Competencies are sets of intellectual, personal, and social and emotional proficiencies that all students need in order to engage in deep, lifelong learning. Specific goal(s) set earlier this fall with your child&nbsp;are&nbsp;also referred to in the Learning Update, as goal setting is a curricular requirement and also an important&nbsp;lifelong skill.</span></p><p class="editor-paragraph" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Please review the Learning Update with your child and celebrate all your child’s successes to date this year! You may access the Learning Update in the MyEd BC Family Portal: </span><a href="https://www.sd83.bc.ca/myeducation-bc-family-portal-parentconnect-portal" class="editor-link"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">MyEd BC Family Portal Information</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p class="editor-paragraph" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As always, please reach out to your child’s teacher if you have any questions or concerns about your child’s Learning Update.</span><br></p><p class="editor-paragraph" dir="ltr"><a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/education/administration/kindergarten-to-grade-12/english-communicating-student-learning-information-for-parents-and-caregivers-package.pdf" target="_blank" class="editor-link"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Click to access english-communicating-student-learning-information-for-parents-and-caregivers-package.pdf</span></a></p>

<p class="editor-paragraph" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">We are thrilled to announce that the Souper Meals program has received a generous $20,000 donation from the Armstrong Spallumcheen Healthcare Auxiliary, the dedicated team behind the Bargain Bin in Armstrong. This incredible contribution will help us continue providing nutritious soup to students in Armstrong, Enderby, and Falkland schools.</span></p><p class="editor-paragraph" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">"</span><i><em class="editor-text-italic" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Souper Meals is offered for free to all students because we know registration and payment are barriers to student participation. The aim of this program is to provide an opportunity for students to try new and nourishing foods and share the experience with their friends so that they learn to enjoy them. It is also an investment in our local farmers and producers. For these types of programs to continue to grow and flourish, we will need community support, as food is getting more and more expensive</em></i><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">," shared Serena Caner, SD83 School Food Coordinator. If you would like to donate to this program, please visit the online giving page: </span><a href="https://my.charitableimpact.com/groups/soupermeals" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="https://my.charitableimpact.com/groups/soupermeals" class="editor-link"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Soupermeals | Salmon Arm, BC</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p class="editor-paragraph" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to the Armstrong Spallumcheen Healthcare Auxiliary for helping us nourish minds and bodies—one bowl at a time!</span></p><p class="editor-paragraph"><figure><img src="/images/aad73745-cb07-497a-bac4-03ae57f758b6" alt="Souper Meals Program Donation" width="100%" height="inherit" style="width:100%;height:inherit;display:inline-block"><figurecaption>Photo: Liz Blakeway, Executive Director of Shuswap Food Action Society, Serena Canera, SD83 Food Coordinator, and Nora Ternier and Margaret Peacock from the Auxiliary.</figurecaption></figure></p><p class="editor-paragraph" dir="ltr"><br></p><p class="editor-paragraph" dir="ltr"><br></p>