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Welcome to the Queen
Elizabeth Secondary School Home Page. This is written for students,
parents, and staff at QE or any member of the community in Surrey, BC, and anyone in any other part of the world who
is interested in looking at what QE is doing.
Surrey is in the Greater Vancouver area,
situated approximately 25 km east of Vancouver, and is one of the
fastest growing cities in Canada. Surrey is also known as the City of
Parks.
Queen Elizabeth Secondary School is one of the
public schools in School District No. 36, Surrey, BC. At Queen
Elizabeth, we have a tradition of excellence. The school provides a
comprehensive academic and general program for students from grade 8 to
12. Our student population is approximately 1500.
PRINCIPAL’S
MESSAGE
Thank
you to the many parents who participated in the Parent-Teacher
Interviews and Grade 12 Information Meeting on October 22nd.
Your interest
and support is important, noticed and appreciated.
This newsletter is timed to coincide with the First Term Report
Cards and for grade 8 and 11 students the issuing of their individual
results on last spring’s Foundation Skills Assessment for students in
grade 7 and 10.
The
second PAC Meeting of the year was held on November 12th and
featured information on proposed changes to the graduation requirements.
Some of the
proposed changes include:
Requiring
students to write comprehensive exams in Language Arts 10, Science
10, Social Studies 11, Mathematics
11 and Language Arts 12
Fewer Grade 12 exams and students would have
the option of not taking grade
12 Provincial examinations
Each grade 12 student would be required to
complete a Graduation Portfolio.
This collection of student work would be assessed by the school
in six areas (information/technological literacy, critical thinking and
problem solving, community involvement and responsibility, fitness and
personal well-being, employability skills, and education and career
planning).
The
reasons for the change and a more comprehensive explanation can be found
at the Ministry of Education website:
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/grad_req_rev/
As
part of the annual planning process a PAC representative attended
an
information session on School Planning Council’s on October 21st.
Two QE
parents, selected by the PAC, will be attending a follow-up meeting on
November
25th. Two grade
12 QE students will also be attending an Educational
Stakeholders Forum at
Fleetwood
Park
Secondary on November 18th.
In
other news, congratulations are in order for a 2002 graduate, William
Tsui. William is the recipient of the Governor General’s Medal
for academic excellence.
This award, which is given to the graduating student with the
highest academic
average in all grade 11 and 12 subjects will be awarded at this year’s
Commence-
ment Ceremony on June 26th.
Congratulations
also to Nickie Ellis, Brad Hart, Trevor Pella, and Tanysha
Robinson. These students
successfully completed the rigorous Ailanthus
Achievement Centre summer program. Ailanthus
will once again be offering
scholarships to QE students with an interest in academic success and a
desire to
master a demanding performing arts curriculum.
We
would also like to commend all of the students who participated on our
school teams this fall. In
particular, the senior girls’ field hockey and senior boys’ soccer
teams excelled and advanced to compete in regional championships.
A. MacKinnon
Principal
Queen
Elizabeth Mission Statement
At Queen Elizabeth our mission is
to be a safe and respectful learning community where all students will
prepare intellectually, socially, and emotionally for their journey in a
changing world.
3
School Rules
1.
Respect Yourself and Others
2. Respect Learning
3. Respect the Environment
School
Motto
"Nomine Dignum" means
worthy of the name. It signifies the honour of bearing the name of a
royal figure: the late Queen Mom and reminds us of the royal tradition we
maintain at the school.
Last Updated: January 07, 2003
Supervising Teacher: Ms. P Chuah
E-mail: chuah_p@fc.sd36.bc.ca
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