Welcome to Mission Public Schools
Mission Public Schools is dedicated to inspiring a passion for learning and developing the attitudes, skills and knowledge that will enable all students to maximize their potential as positive, responsible participants in our democratic society and the global community. Located in the beautiful Fraser Valley near Vancouver, we are a public school district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, offering Kindergarten to Grade 12 through classroom, home and virtual education programs.
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AN INVITATION FROM MISSION PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Mission Public Schools will host three meetings to invite discussion and input from parents, staff and the community as we explore the best delivery methods possible for sustaining and enhancing quality education. The three district secondary schools will each host a meeting; parents of students in the partner elementary schools and the host school are encouraged to attend the meeting at their child’s catchment area secondary school.
The purpose of the meeting is to:
- Review results of the recent public survey
- Provide update on the Vision 2020 process
- Examine Board options for school catchment boundaries, school configurations, and annual school calendar.
You can view the full meeting presentation; the elementary school boundary maps and secondary school boundary maps; and the two calendar examples referenced in the presentation - the Kanaka Creek Calendar model and the Wiltshire Calendar model (all files in pdf format).
A variety of school configuration research articles are available at the links below:
- Synopsis - School within a School
- School within a School Model
- Fritsche Middle School (Milwaukee Public Schools)
- Impact of Block Scheduling on Instruction and Learning
- NMSA Block Scheduling (National Middle School Association)
Mission Public Schools welcomes your feedback. To provide comments or request additional information, please contact us by email at Vision2020@mpsd.ca
Enhancing Quality Education Survey
Thank you to those who participated in the recent community survey. Click here for survey results.
Vision 2020: Adaptive Schools Enabling Student Success
Mission Public Schools will conduct a community consultation process during the fall of 2009. As a starting point a discussion paper Vision 2020: Adaptive Schools Enabling Student Success was presented to the Board at its regular meeting on September 22nd. The purpose of the process is to consider transforming the current educational model in a manner that includes structural changes to where, when and how these services will be delivered. It is planned to use the information gathered through the process to provide alternatives for the Board of Education in March 2010. For details on the consultation meeting outcomes click here.
H1N1 Flu Virus Information
All British Columbians over 6 months of age are now eligible to receive the H1N1 vaccine. Please visit www.immunizebc.ca for the latest clinic times and locations.
For information and fact sheets please click here to go to the government website.
