"Newly Pruned Perley Gardens"

SCHOOL CLOSED MAY 21ST - School will be closed Monday May 21st for Victoria Day.  School will be in session Friday, May 25th.  This is also Pizza Day!

PERLEY GARDENS - The Perley Gardens "look fantastic!!"   We will be having another work party on Saturday, May 26th (Phase 2) to finish the gardens in front of the gym.  If you can help please call the school at 442-2135.

DISTRICT DESIGN 2013 - There will be a Public Form in our Perley gymnasium on Wednesday, May 23rd at 6:30 pm.  Some topics discussed will be the reconfiguration of schools in the disrict and moving to a balanced calendar.  The School Board is asking for parent and community input at this forum. Click here for more information.

PAC MEETING - The next PAC meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 28th, which is also the Annual General Meeting.

SWIM SCHEDULE - Click here for the swim lesson schedule. The cost to parents is $15.00. Our PAC has dedicated $5.00 per student towards this program reducing the cost from $20.00 to $15.00. Thank you Perley PAC!!

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION - We are taking registration for Kindergarten for the 2012-2013 school year. If your child will be five years old by December 31, 2012, they are eligible to start kindergarten in September 2012. Early registration is encouraged so that planning for next year can begin as soon as possible.  Drop into the school office to register and please bring your child's birth certificate and B.C. Care Card with you.

HEALTHY SCHOOLS - Click on the following for the latest Healthy Schools Newsletter.

VOLUNTEERS - Thank you for volunteering in your child's classroom, or around the school. However, in keeping with district policy and in order to keep our students safe, we must ask those who are assisting in the school with our students to obtain a Criminal Record Check (form available at the office). There is a $20.00 fee for this payable directly at the RCMP station when you drop off your Criminal Record Check form.

SCHOOL BUS SCHEDULE - Click on the following for School Bus Routes.

COLOURED SCHOOL BUSES - The District school buses will now display specific colours for each route. The colour bars will be displayed immediately to the rear of the entrance door and under the first passenger window. The colours are as follows:
     GREEN - Route 1 (Eholt, Carson, Reservoir) - Rick Kost
W     HITE - Route 3 (North Fork, Brown Creek, Granby) - Pete Kootnekoff
     BROWN - Route 4 (Almond Gardens) - Lynn McArthur
     BLUE - Route 5 (Almond Gardens, Gilpin, Nursery, Hardy Mountain) - Joanne Rooke
     RED - Route 6 (Christina Lake) - Gary Babin
     PURPLE - Route 7 (Valley Heights, Christina Lake) - Lynda Perepolkin

HEAD LICE - Please check your child's hair on a weekly basis, and if necessary on a daily basis, for head lice. Click here to get to Interior Health's website for information on how to check and treat head lice.

PERLEY STRONGSTART at the Glanville Family Centre - StrongStart is a free program and available to children not yet eligible for Kindergarten. A parent or care provider must be in attendance. Phone the Glanville Centre at (250) 442-2267 or Perley School at (250) 442-2135 for more information. Click here for more information on StrongStart BC. Perley StrongStart times are:
Monday - 12:30-3:30
Tuesday - 8:30-11:30
Wednesday - 12:30-3:30
Thursday - 12:30-3:30

AIR QUALITY ALERT - If our school receives an Air Quality Alert, parents can request that their children remain indoors on those days. The school will declare these days "in-door choice days" for students. Contact your child's classroom teacher if you have any particular requests for your child on these days.

EMERGENCY CONTACTS - Please call the school office if you have changed telephone numbers, cell phone numbers or addresses. It is important that we have up-to-date information to contact you in case of an emergency

PERLEY SCHOOL GOALS - To improve all students' Numeracy skills and create independent self-motivated learners,

STUDENT ABSENCES - We ask parents to please call the school when students are going to be absent at 250-442-2135. If calling before office hours please leave a message. Thank you for your assistance.

BUS PERMISSION SLIPS - A reminder to parents that if their child will be riding a different bus or getting off at a different stop, other than their assigned stop, the Office must receive a note from a parent or guardian with full details. The Office Administration will complete a "Bus Permission" slip for the student to give to the bus driver for that particular day.