Welcome to 2023/24 at Billy Green!

BG Families,

We are excited to welcome students back to classes for the 2023-24 school year. We are thrilled to see our students and families again. Each new year is a new opportunity for students to reach their full potential, make new connections and learn and grow with their school community.

 

Tuesday, September 5 – This is a P.A. Day for staff training. There is no school for students.

Wednesday, September 6 – The first day of school will be Wednesday, September 6 for Grade 1-8 students. JK educators have scheduled visits with JK families throughout the day.

Thursday, September 7 – All students JK-Grade 8 attend school Thursday, September 7.

 

Supporting a Positive Return to School

HWDSB will continue to offer a wide variety of mental health supports for students. This is especially important during the return to school, which can be stressful for some students. See some supportive tips in our recent We Help Update on our blog. Explore our We Help web page for more evidence-based and timely school-based mental health services and supports.

Across HWDSB, we are also reintroducing a welcoming, inclusive initiative to help students as they return to school. Reimagining Wellness 3.0 is a series of lessons and activities for elementary students which address needs that have arisen in the past few years. Watch for details in the days ahead.

 

Communication

The Billy Green website is www.hwdsb.on.ca/BillyGreen and we’re on Twitter at twitter.com/BillyGreenHWDSB. As much as possible, school-wide information will be communicated to families through our website.  If you subscribe to our websites, you will get an email every night with any updates that were made that day.

We also invite families to keep up with communications from HWDSB by subscribing to email updates or following @hwdsb on social media.

 

Elementary Remote Learning

Elementary families interested in switching between in-person and remote learning will have an opportunity to register students starting Monday, August 28.

The 2023-24 Remote Learning Registration form is now available on Parent Portal and will close at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 6. Families can complete this form if they wish to transition from in person to remote learning, or transition from remote learning back to in person.

Families selecting a new learning option will be choosing this for their student for the entire 2023-24 school year. Students will begin attending their new classes when the re-organization process takes place in early October. Click here for more information about Elementary Remote Learning.

 

Transportation

If your child qualifies for transportation, please follow the steps listed to access your child(ren)’s information via the online portal. Please keep in mind that last minute changes sometimes do occur and that it is important to re-check the information prior to sending your child(ren) to their assigned pickup location on Wednesday, September 6, 2022.

Go to www.hamiltonschoolbus.ca and click on the “Parent’s Portal” on the Home page, OR “Bus Stop Finder” on the landing page.

 

Addressing a Concern

Students and families with classroom concerns are encouraged to contact their student’s classroom teacher. School-wide concerns can be addressed by the principal. Addressing-Concerns-HWDSB (PDF).

 

Right to Disconnect

Healthy work-life boundaries, including the ability for all employees to disconnect from work after hours, is an important part of maintaining one’s health and well-being. HWDSB has implemented a Right to Disconnect Procedure (Right-to-Disconnect-Procedure-May2022) to support educators, administrators and other HWDSB staff. While all urgent communication will continue to be shared after hours, please note that families communicating with educators and administrators may receive a delay in response to all non-emergency inquiries received after hours.

 

We know the return to school can be an adjustment and we are here to support every student’s back-to-school experience. We are here to support every student. Please reach out to your child’s teacher or to me if you have any questions or concerns.

 

Sincerely,

Ms. Wilson, principal