School Services

 

LEARNING ASSISTANCE
Mrs. LaRoy, our Learning Assistance Teacher is available to pupils who require additional educational support. The teaching and learning assistance staff work together to identify and develop appropriate programs.

 

SPECIAL NEEDS
Programming is available for educationally challenged pupils who will benefit from integration opportunities in regular classrooms. Services to our school also include: Speech and Hearing Therapists, a Physiotherapist, and a Sight/Vision Helping Teacher. This year we have an on-site Special Education Resource Teacher, Mrs. Barb McDonald, who will work to plan and coordinate service for students with special needs at Watson..

 

LIBRARY SERVICES
Complete Library facilities are available, staffed by our Librarian, Mr. Shaun Purves. Mr. Purves offers interesting and unique programs to all students in our school, as well as support for pre-school age children as they transition to Kindergarten.

 

COMPUTER LAB
A 30 station Linux computer lab is on line to service the needs of all classes in the school. Most classes also have computers in the classroom for individual and group instruction. The older students will have supervised Internet access provided a student/parent/teacher contract is appropriately filled in and signed.

 

MUSIC EDUCATION
Music education is enhanced with the services of our Music Teacher. Our Music Teacher assists our teachers throughout the year in various musical projects and instruction.

 

COUNSELING
Our District Counselor, Ms. Liz Mackenzie is available in our school on Thursday to assist students and parents. It is recommended that you call a few days in advance if you wish an appointment.

 

SPEECH/LANGUAGE
Our Speech Language Pathologist, Ms. Inga Mah, provides service to children with speech and language difficulties as well as consultative support to classroom and learning assistant teachers.

 

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

Our ESL Teacher, Mr. James Baird, provides service to students for whom English is not their home language, and require support in acquiring the language they need to be successful in school.

 

SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Supply lists by grade are available at the office, and on our web page. Uniformity of supplies assists both students and teachers in classroom organization. For a reasonable fee, Kindergarten students will be provided with the supplies they need. Parents of Grade 1 students will be able to purchase a Supply Kit during the first week of school in September or as a new student registers. All other grades will need to purchase their supplies at their preferred location.