September Update

As you meet with your children’s teachers, please keep in mind that we are still quite early into the semester. Teachers will definitely be able to give early impressions of your children’s learning, but may not have accumulated many marks at this point.

REPORT CARDS … GOING DIGITAL!!

Hot off the press! This year MEI Secondary is moving to Digital Report Cards (now called Learning Updates)!! How does this affect you? Instead of receiving a paper copy of your child’s Learning Update, you will instead access a digital copy of your child’s Learning Update through the Ministry of Education’s website called MyEd BC. A Parent Account will be created for you in order to access your child(ren)’s grades.

Please keep an eye out for more information to come!!

Stay tuned for more information regarding Service Learning Trips during Spring Break 2025. Kick off is October 1st! Parents will be emailed with more information about trips, cost and application dates after the kick off.

Want to learn more about our Service Learning teams? Come to our parent meeting!

• Service Learning Parent Meeting - Wednesday, October 9 @ 7:00 PM in Secondary Auditorium

• Parents who are waiting to pick up their children are expected to wait in the parking spots in the former tennis courts.
• The pick-up and drop-off lane should only be used by parents whose children arrive at their vehicle immediately.
• Please be very aware of the new crosswalk in the middle of the parking lot. Students will be using this crosswalk regularly to cross the parking lot.
• Thank you to everyone for your respect and courtesy in our parking lots.

• Friday - September 27: Professional Development Day (no classes)
• Monday - September 30: Truth and Reconciliation Day (no classes)
• Friday - October 18: Parent - Teacher Conferences (no classes)
• Friday - October 25: Professional Development Day (no classes)

• Vibrant Photos will be at MEI Secondary School on Friday, October 4th to take your 2024-25 school year photos.
• Missed Original Photo Day? No sign up required. Wish to have your photo retaken? You need to sign up using the link below. Sign up prior to photo day is mandatory to have your photo taken. A $5 sign up fee will be collected online and applied as a credit to your future purchase. Photos will be available for viewing two days after photo day. You will need your students online code or QR code on the paper from photo day to access your photo gallery.
• The order deadline is Wednesday, October 16th for free delivery to the school. After this date photo orders will be a $8 ship direct to home only.
• If you have lost your QR/online code or need help ordering photos please do not contact the school. Contact customer service at dawn@vibrantphotos.ca with your students name and school.

• Students will need to sign up for a time slot using the link below by October 6th.
  
• The $50 sitting fee applies to all students wishing to order a grad photo package. If you do not wish to order a photo package, you are still required to have a photo taken for the yearbook. Please note that your child will need to arrive 15 minutes prior to their appointment time.
  

Homework Club happens every Tuesday and Thursday in Room 210 from 2:45 - 3:45 pm. Grade 9 and 10 students are welcome.

Take Our Kids to Work Day (TOKWD) is a career exploration day for Grade 9 students across the country, where they spend the day in the workplace with a parent, family friend, relative, community member or other trusted adult. MEI has participated in TOKWD for many years, with excellent feedback from students on their enjoyment and learning from the day. It is often a unique and eye-opening event for our students!

This year, TOKWD is on Wednesday, November 6. There will be no classes for Grade 9 that day, and all students will be expected to be in a workplace. Together with their families, students find their own worksite placements. It can be with a parent/guardian, a family friend, another relative, or trusted community member. MEI also encourages new experiences and opportunities for students who may already be familiar with their parent's work.

TOKWD participation is part the grade 9's career curriculum in their Bible 9 class. Mrs. Weiss, the Career Programs coordinator at MEI, will be facilitating the day. She can be reached for any questions at lweiss@meischools.com. More details and permission forms will come out to students in early October, and forms will be due Monday, Oct 28. Thank you for your support of students in this valuable Career Exploration event!

Please be reminded that all permission forms and payments are now completed through School Cash Online. You can change your account settings in School Cash Online to receive notifications each time a form or fee is attached to your student. This is a great way to ensure that you aren't missing any time sensitive fees or forms! If you aren't sure if you have paid a fee or signed a form, please check your 'history' in your account.

You must report any absence, late arrival, or early dismissal of your child to the school office.

There are two ways you can let us know that your child will be absent or late:

• Contact our office via phone: 604-859-3700
• Email the office directly at secondaryattendance@meischools.com

When students leave school for an appointment (doctor, orthodontist, etc.), parents must call or email ahead of time to notify the office that their child will be leaving. The student must sign out at the office before leaving the school and sign back in at the office upon return to the school.

For absences of 4 or more days, please submit the "extended absence request" form to the office PRIOR to your leave.

We are pleased to announce we are starting up pre-orders for hot lunch again today. This year students will have the option of pre-ordering their lunch online or purchasing it each day using cash or card. Pre-orders are through the same website as last year, and you can access it through the link below!

If you had an account with us last year, you will need to register again.

The option to pre-order is now available for October 1 -November 1, with the first hot lunch of the year on Tuesday, October 31st.

The weekly menu is:

• Monday: McDonald’s
• Tuesday: Pizza
• Wednesday: Butter Chicken
• Thursday: Chinese Food
• Friday: Pizza

All pre-orders must be made by Thursday at midnight for the following week.

Thank you for your support of our Marketing program, which provides great, hands-on business learning opportunities for our grade 11 and 12 students!