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Implementing the "Inspiring Success" Policy. |
Davison School will continue to diversify school library resources to include Indigenous authors, voices and perspectives. |
Library inventory updates will be provided to staff. Visible book displays in the library (including acknowledgement of special events such as National Indigenous Day and Storytelling month). Book circulation |
Administrator Library Tech |
Call to Action document
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Developing GSSD leaders. |
By June 2026, Davison Grade 6 students will successfully lead a weekly family pack program engaging all K-6 students in collaborative activities to build school community and sense of belonging during the winter months. Davison School will work to empower our staff and students to become leaders. |
By winter 2025, the current year of grade 6 students will learn and adopt their roles as intramural leaders (schedule will be announced in December). Throughout the 2025-26 school year, grade 6 students will have the opportunity to participate in a literacy legacy project that enables them to choose books that will be added to the school library selection for future students to enjoy. At the September 2025 Value Award Assembly, Davison School students will be introduced to our “Helping Paws” initiative. Each month that follows will focus on practicing one of the school values. Grade 6 students will read a weekly message over morning announcements highlighting actions that demonstrate the focus value and encouraging others to look out for students who show leadership in these values. Students can acknowledge one another by filling out a Helping Paws ballot form. At the next Value Assembly a ballot will be drawn and read for a student in K-3 and a student in 4-6. The winning students will be awarded with a lanyard that they can keep, and a large pendant that can be displayed in their classroom until the next assembly. Additional nomination ballots can be displayed on a “Pawsitive Actions” bulletin board. The following month, the pendant winners are responsible for bringing the pendant to assembly. They will read the names of the next winners and pass along the pendant. October 2025: Bulletin Board was created in the hallway to showcase the members of each family pack. Each student coloured a paw print with their name on it with their dog pack colours. Davison School will continue to celebrate Team Spirit Tuesdays every week. Davison School will inspire success in our students by promoting the following. SRC Leaders Girl Power Grade 6 running Davison Dairy Grade 6 Year End Award (sponsored by the SCC) Student Senate Grade 6 Legacy project
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Mrs. Bruce (CCT) Mr. Davidson (Gr 6 Teacher) Mrs. Kirschman (Gr 4 Teacher) Administrator SCC |
Assembly Schedule SCC Award Application
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Ensuring consistent practices across GSSD schools. |
Davison School Value Award Assemblies will include student led sharing of stories and resources to provide a consistent message of the next month's focus value. Each assembly will also celebrate students accomplishments and promote/acknowledge school activities. We are continuing our “Monthly Highlight Reel” video to our assemblies which could include things like athletics, classroom celebrations, value award winners or caught doing values, field trip pictures. This also coincide with a leadership role for SRC to introduce the next months assembly. This would play as student are entering and exiting the gym to help with assembly transition and total time. Potentially teachers would be asked to submit approx. 3 pictures per month to add to this slideshow. The “Golden Duster” award will continue to celebrate a classroom’s commitment to respecting their space, keeping it clean and showing appreciation for our school. Miss Nashiem will select a monthly class winner and present them with the “Golden Duster” to display in the classroom until the next assembly. We have extended the responsibility of cleaning up the playground equipment to include all students instead of a Grade 6 leadership role. We all belong on the playground and all share the responsibility to clean it up and show respect. Grade 4 has the responsibility of locking up the shed at the end of the day. |
Davison School Value awards assemblies will include student led sharing of stories and resources to provide a consistent message of the next month’s focus value. We will continue to take pictures of monthly award winners and teams & groups to display in the Hall of Fame. There is a Highlight reel video that is posted on Davison School Edsby. 
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Administrator Classroom Teachers |
Golden Duster Award Monthly Awards Highlight Reel (Video) |
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Foundational Literacy Skills: Effective Literacy Instruction and Interventions |
Throughout the 2025-2026 school year K to 3 teachers will using structured literacy and interventions to support the division's strategic focus area of Effective Literacy Instruction. |
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Enhancing mental health and well-being for students and staff. |
1. All staff will be aware of trauma inducing spaces and practices. We have had one training on trauma informed practices. 2. By December 2025, all staff will be made aware of mental health resources available to them through the following organizations:
3. By June 2026 Davison School will incorporate mindfulness strategies into their classroom plan/routine. All classroom teachers incorporate some type of mindfulness into their classroom routine. 4. By June 2026 Davison School will have awards for each classroom according to the Circle of Courage model. The Circle of Courage is under review at this time so we will wait to move forward with this. Once this is completed, we will use this new information to help inform how we create our awards. 5. By September 2026, Davison School may be training teachers, SST and principal in using mindful language. More information will be shared as it becomes available. Lisa Marie will be working with grades 1-4 on SEAL mindful building (Social Emotional Artistic Learning). Students will share common language and learn how to used strategies to help with regulation. SEL Integrated Practices PD dates: March 5/26, April 14/26, May 7/26.
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Classroom mindfulness moments shared with staff at staff meetings. Mindfulness strategies to share at a staff meeting – share a strategy that you have used or a student has used. What hasn’t worked?
How can your approach be more holistic?
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Sharing Mindfulness Strategies at Staff Meetings: things that worked for you that day or for kids.
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Posting strategies in Edsby (Staff Room) as a collective. Once a month a member of the Mental Health group will post a resource, strategy or link. Staff trained in NVCI. Mindfulschools.org Mentalhealthliteracy.org FRIENDS curriculum (Grades 1, 4 and 6) https://virtualcalmingroom.net/ (newly added) |
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Offering safe and inviting facilities. |
By February 2026, every grade at Davison school will participate in Bell Let’s Talk Day. By January 2026, the expanding mental health and wellness group will ensure that a folder with resources is shared at the January staff meeting to support teachers in highlighting this day. |
Davison School is committed to making our school and playground an inviting and safe place to be. In October 2023 we had a fence area installed for our PreK students. This will give students a safe place to play as well an opportunity to be outside more often. It will also serve as a drop off and pick up location for parents. In August 2024 we had a cement sidewalk poured to access more of the playground in a safe and equitable manner. All students at Davison school can now access many areas of the playground without mobility barriers. When we talk it is a safe place to share. We build capacity to promote equity/inclusion through “spaces” acknowledging their importance. January 2026 we will participate in Bell Let’s Talk Day by being open to talking about our story. By February 2026 there will be visual representation throughout the school environment to show that we have participated in Bell's Let's Talk Day Visual representation in hallways, library, entrances, etc. Sharing mindful strategies with families on our website and through the school newsletter, communicating with SCC on said strategies and spaces to promote our Mental Health Literacy.
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All Staff School Counsellor Collaboration with SCC
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Bell Let's Talk resources available on website Books on Mindfulness
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Promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion. |
Combine with Mental Health Plan. |
Approach Robert Severight, Indigenous Worker, to come into our school to give knowledge on equity and inclusion. |
Contact GSSD office for Indigenous Worker: Lisa Marie emailed on Nov. 8, 2024 an invitation for a virtual/in person sharing session. |
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Upholding clear, high-quality Board of Education Policies |
GSSD Board Policies will be reviewed at each regular board meeting. Updates and revisions will be tracked, and the newly revised policies will be communicated to the sector using the From the Board Report.
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It is important that all GSSD staff are kept up to date with changes within the division. The principal will share any new APs (or updates on APs) and division communication with Davison School staff. |
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Communications from GSSD |
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Allocating resources to improve experiences for students, staff, and the community. |
Davison School will allocate money for resources to support student success. |
Davison School administrator will allocate funds for programs such as Heggerty, UFLI, Rime Magic, LLI and Precision Reading to promote student success.
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Heggerty Rime Magic kits UFLI Manual & Resources |
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Fostering connections and supporting transitions |
Aug 28, 2025 We facilitate a Back Pack night where families can come drop off supplies, meet the teacher and enjoy a hotdog courtesy of the SCC. Aug 29, 2025 - The sign board outside the school will have a welcoming and encouraging message to welcome students and families to the school and into the transition of a new school year and grade. Ongoing - When new families are interested in registering students at Davison, CT will be the opportunity to lead the school tour. Admin will cover the classroom supervision if needed. When a family registers online (without notice to the school) we will make sure we send an email letting the family know we received the registration as well as welcoming them to Davison School. Pre-K families will receive a phone call. Monthly: Pre-K will invite families to attend family engagement days both at the school and in the community. September 2025: families are invited to take part in the Terry Fox Walk with students. Prek and K families will have their own backpack days and will have staggered start to help with a softer landing. Prek families will have home visits to help with the transition. Our ‘Welcome to the Pack’ board will be updated with new staff and we will reach out to the SCC to invite them to put their pictures up too. October 10 2025: Kindergarten will host a family engagement activity focusing on the EYE. October 9, 2025: Cross country: families will be invited to cheer on and celebrate their athletes. October 2025: Halloween Parade: families invited to celebrate Halloween with the school. November 2025 - Term 1 conferences will give teachers in K-6 a chance to engage with parents either in person or by phone. Pre-K: will host one night of conferences to invite families to take part in the ASQ survey. The ASQ survey is a developmental screening tool that relies on parents as experts and helps to catch delays celebrate milestones. The second night will be a family engagement open to all families. Once a month: Grade 2 visits St. Paul Lutheran Home. November 2025: Remembrance Day service that families are invited to attend. December 2025: Families are welcome to attend a Christmas concert. December 2025: Grinch Lunch put on by parents and SCC January 24, 2026: Kindergarten will host a family engagement day focusing on connecting families together. January 2026: School Skating: families will come together to help and support students February 2026: Family Dance put on by the SRC to raise money for Telemiracle. We will coordinate and see if they can make it close to Family Day. March 2026-: Term 2 conferences will be held giving students and their families a chance to engage with teachers and witness show what you know conferences. March 2026: One Book, One School Winter: Prek is looking to plan a family engagement activity with the school and in conjunction with “Take Me Outside”. We are looking to plan sleigh rides, snowshoeing, coloring in the snow, hot chocolate and have considered inviting the fire department to be able to enjoy a bonfire with hot chocolate. May 2026: Families of 3 and 4 year olds will be invited to IMPACT. May 2026: Kindergarten Orientation for the 2026-27 school year. June 2026 : We Learn Day (families will be asked to share their gifts and talents with students. Students will have choices as to what to sign up for). June 2026: Students will take part in school swimming. June 2026: Track and Field. Families are invited to come and watch their children take part in their events. Each classroom teacher will be responsible to make a plan to help transition their class to the next grade level (classroom tour, meet the teacher, boot room/door to be used etc.). This can be a short visit to ease student anxiety with transitions.
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We acknowledge the fact that the sign out front of the school is a place that's highly visible to our community and families. It is a place where families take pictures and provides representation of our school on social media. The communication from the school on the board should be informative but also very welcoming and current.
At this point we have a Meet the Family event at the start of the year. Currently Admin or Admin Assistants are leading the tour. For families who register after the start of the school year, the CT doesn’t always get the chance to meet families or begin building a trusting relationship with them in an informal setting. The opportunity to lead the tour provides a face to face meeting with the families and the opportunity to begin building a trusting relationship. For the We Learn Day the Engagement SLP groups will organize the initial logistics of this event. We will request that some time be given during a staff meeting to discuss how this event would come to fruition (ie: time/dayk buses, groupings, etc.). There would be K-3 options and Grade 4-6 options. Davison School will promote transitions with our Grade 6 students moving to MCS next year with the following events:
Kindergarten CT joins Pre-K CT on spring home visits as a way to transition from Pre-K to K. Kindergarten families are invited to Kindergarten Orientation in May. Currently other grades excluding the Pre-K to K and the Grade 6 to Grade 7 don't have a planned time transition from one grade to the next and explore the next year's classroom. Families joined our assembly and walked alongside students to raise money for Terry Fox.
Pre-K kicked their monthly family engagement activities off with a scrapbooking event. Halloween was celebrated with families during our annual Halloween Parade. Families same to the school to read with flashlights and enjoy granola bars together during our Books and Bars event to celebrate Education Week. Parents and SCC members prepared Grinch Lunch for our staff and students. Parents guided their children through making grilled cheese using visual prompting and then played board games with their own children and other families during Kindergarten's winter Family Engagement Event. Skates were tied, hands were held and words of encouragement were given by the families able to attend school skating. June 2026 : We Learn Day Success! From bannock making, quilting, and perogy rolling, to disc golf, pow wow dancing, gardening, baseball, a visit to the fire station, and even learning from CN representatives—there was something for everyone! Students and adults alike enjoyed the day of hands-on learning and connection. We’re already looking forward to planning next year’s event for the 2025–2026 school year. Our hope is that even more families and community members will join in and share their gifts, talents, and stories after hearing about the success of this first event. |
Admin Assistant with ideas from engagement group. Family Engagement SLP Group MCS Admin Classroom teachers |
School Sign |
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Valuing input from students, families, staff, and the community. |
March 2026 - an email will be sent from the office with a Google Form surveying families for ways they can contribute to our We Learn Day. This information will help to plan our June We Learn event utilizing the knowledge of our families.
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We want families to feel welcome to contribute towards student learning. In the past when general invitations were offered there was little response. We would like to give families specific ideas of ways they can contribute to their child's learning and environment. |
SLP group will make the form.
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Forms to be emailed from the office |
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Communicating openly and clearly. |
By December 2025 the SCC will support this goal by assisting classrooms and the school by sharing weekly posts and school activities. Staff will be asked to share photos and a short explanation of the photo to davisonscc@gmail.com. We encourage staff to share at least one photo per month with the SCC. By November 2025 there will be an introduction of each staff member which will include their name, role in the building, their family, a "if I wasn't at school I would be…" and share their why for being an educator. A natural picture of each staff member will be included. We will also send this to SCC to be apart of it and to be included on our wall in the hallway. Ongoing families will be invited to join the school for their monthly awards assemblies. Families will be notified in advance of the sembly value and the date. |
Since Covid families still aren't sure if they are welcome in the school past the office. We want all families to know that they are welcome in their child's learning and environment. Our marginalized families aren't alway accessing Edsby and we feel like there needs to be a way to bridge the communication gap between families and the school. Social media is a less formal and approachable platform for families to learn more about what is happening within the school and who their child/children is working with. Signs have been added to the outside doors to show families that even though our doors are locked they are welcome.
A bulletin board has been designed with a poster for each staff member. Families can learn more about staff members through the bulletin board in approachable way. 
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Engagement PLC Group Administtrator emailing the Meet the Staff form in the WAG. Robyn: will collect responses and email a digital version to the SCC for them to share. SCC: will post the Meet the Staff to their Facebook site Admin Assistant will ensure the newsletter contains the date of upcoming assemblies.
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Davison Newsletter SCC Facebook site |
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Forming partnerships to support GSSD’s priority areas. |
Any concerns that the staff have about students will be communicated with the principal. The principal will ensure the concerns the staff are expressing are communicated to the ICW. |
Admin Davison School Staff |
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Starting in October the Grade 2 class has made connections in the community by going to St. Paul's Lutheran Home once a month.