Supplemental learning opportunities for Living Sky students available

May 12, 2020 | 4:40 PM

Similar to other school divisions, Living Sky School Division officials informed parents there will be no return to classes this school year. However students still have a chance to take on supplemental learning if they choose.

In-class learning for kindergarten to Grade 12 students will not resume for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year across Saskatchewan. The province’s Education Response Planning Team informed all school divisions, under the advice of Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer the closures are due to COVID-19 precautions.

Living Sky encourages students to look into supplemental learning which is still available if families wish to take advantage of it as an option, but it is not required.

Board Chair Ronna Pethick reminded families as the province previously indicated when classes were suspended in Saskatchewan March 20, the mark students obtained as of March 13 would be the mark they would be assigned for the end of the school year. All students will progress to the next grade-level.

“In the meantime, we understand and we know a lot of our students wanted to continue learning, to continue taking classes — not just for learning but to improve their marks, say the Grade 12s, to go on to post-secondary,” Pethick said.

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Students still have an opportunity to attempt to achieve a higher mark if they complete assignments at home before the end of the school year, but it is not mandatory.

Pethick said Living Sky staff, teachers and administration have developed a supplemental learning plan, similar to many other divisions, to deliver education to those students who want to keep on learning.

“We’re very appreciative of the parents who are assisting their child, and our teachers, our staff and our school who have reached out and are continuing to provide that supplemental learning,” she said. “It really takes a community to raise a child, and that is a broader community. I think families are appreciating that supplemental learning.”

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by Angela Brown

Supplemental learning opportunities for Living Sky students available

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