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At the October 12th Board Meeting, the Abbotsford Board of Education passed a motion to direct staff to review and report on the implications of a vaccine mandate for all K-12 staff.

"We have been advised that the Ministry of Education has convened an advisory committee with partners in the sector to develop common principles, standards and guidelines," said Dr. Stan Petersen, Chair for the Abbotsford Board of Education. "This committee will support boards of education with their decision-making regarding the potential implementation of vaccine mandates."

The Abbotsford Board of Education regularly meets throughout the school year. Agendas and minutes from the public Board Meetings can be accessed through the District's Electronic School Board. Below is a summary of highlights from the meeting. To do our part to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and for everyone's safety, all public meetings of the Abbotsford Board of Education will be closed to the public and held virtually until further notice. The meetings will also be live-streamed.

Thousands of students and staff across the Abbotsford School District recognized the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Orange Shirt Day and Truth and Reconciliation Week. From a virtual assembly to classroom-based group projects, students worked with their teachers and Indigenous Education staff over the course of the last few days to build a better understanding and awareness of truth and reconciliation.

As we begin to enter into September, I would like to extend a heartfelt welcome back to all to what we hope will be a wonderful school year. As we look forward to the opportunities in the weeks and months ahead, I must again extend a sincere thanks to our staff for getting us through last year. What we accomplished in British Columbia, and particularly here in Abbotsford, was truly amazing. Our society owes a debt of gratitude to the teachers, support staff, principals and managers who pulled together to care for our students when they needed us most.

On August 3, the B.C. Government formally recognized September 30 as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in alignment with legislation passed by the federal government in June.

As part of this formal recognition, the Abbotsford School District will be closed to all students and staff on Thursday, September 30, 2021. District employees usually entitled to federal and provincial statutory holidays will receive this day off.

In this very unique school year, we were excited to recognize many of our AMAZING students.

While the heat wave kept our Gr. 4s and 5s  from gathering together, we still want to be sure the community is able to celebrate our students! 

Grade 4 & 5 Awards

Physical Education Excellence Award:

Grade 4: Rosealynn McBean-Foster & Harbir Rai
Grade 5: Lily Kerr & Gurshaan Bal

Fine Arts Award:

Grade 4: Veerinder Sekhon
Grade 5: Gurshaan Bal

This year was unique and unlike any other! 

Enjoy our Jackson 2020-2021 Year in Review

All Jackson students are invited to participate in our Summer Reading Challenge! 

Any student who completes the challenge and returns it to school by September 15th will be awarded with a Pizza Lunch (or other covid safe prize if needed) with Mrs. Stapleton!

Have FUN reading this summer!!

On Thursday June 24th we were excited to celebrate our "CAPABLE" Terrific Kids!

Division 1 - Oliver, Hannan, Bentley
Division 2 - Olivia, Rosealynn, Brandon
Division 3 -  Arjan, Olivia
Division 4 - Karam, Lucy
Division 5 - Kai, Audrey, Bode, Alexandria
Division 6 - Zakk, Asees, Jason
Division 7 - Gurfateh, Athena, Ahem, Sullivan
Division 8 - Everly, Hayden

On May 25th we were excited to recognize May "Inquisitive" Terrific Kids!

Division 1 - Gurshaan, Aikam, Sampson

Division 2 - Maysaa, Oliver, Syrus

Division 3 - Cezar, Hunter

Division 4 - Emma, Logan, Mirajita

Division 5 - Ashvin, Emerson, Sophia

Division 6 - Shan, Rasa, Japji

Division 7 - Ivan, Avaani, Jasraj, Caidence

Division 8 - Jeeven, Kabeer