Brent Kennedy Elementary School

Parent and Family Weekly Update 

January 12-16 2026

We are back in full swing at Brent Kennedy, and it’s wonderful to see our students settled into their classrooms and engaged in a great year of learning.

Winter activities are already underway, with four classes participating in skating and cross-country skiing this past week. These activities—including skating, cross-country skiing, and downhill skiing—will continue through the second week of March, making for a busy, active, and fun winter season for our students. If you need a reminder of when your child will be participating in a winter activity, please don’t hesitate to contact me or your child’s classroom teacher.

Thank you to the families who have already paid the winter activity fees, including any required skate, helmet, or ski rentals. If you have not yet submitted payment for your child’s winter activities or rentals, please contact the school for payment information. Payments can be made online at:
https://bkes.sd8.bc.ca/pay

Thanks also to those parents who come to help out during our winter activity days! Whether it be skating or skiing, we appreciate parent help and support. If you are interested in volunteering for winter activity days, please contact your child's classroom teacher. Parent volunteer information is found below.

As always, we truly appreciate the partnership and support of our Brent Kennedy families as we work together to care for and support your child’s academic and social development, both at school and beyond.

Announcements for Parents:

Student Learning Survey 

The student learning survey comes out every year from the Ministry of Education for students in grades 4,7,10,11 and 12. The Grade 4 students at Brent Kennedy will be completing the survey at school in the coming weeks. 

The survey can be found at this link : http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/sat_survey/access.htm

There is a separate survey for parents that you can accessed by clicking the PARENT button at the above link. There is no password for the Parent Survey.

If you choose to do the survey with your grade 4 student at home, you may do so using their 9 Digit PEN as their login. 

Parent Volunteer Information : Parent Volunteer Information Page

AP 2303 : Volunteers

REMINDER : All Parent Volunteer Packages and Criminal Record Checks (CRC) must be completed ANNUALLY.

If you are attending class trips or are a parent volunteer in another capacity within the school, please complete the requirements found on the website and turn forms into the school office. Thank you! (Forms must be completed in full, to have the application accepted).

If you volunteer at two schools, only one Application and CRC needs to be completed for both. 

Announcements for Students:

• Grade 5/6 Volleyball Tuesday and Thursday at recess
• Chess club for all on Tuesday at recess
• Intermediate Hockey on Monday and Wednesday’s at recess

• Grade 2,3,4 Soccer on Friday’s at recess

   

Still Out There: 

Cold Weather Gear

• Please ensure that your child comes to school with clothing appropriate for the rainy, wet and cold weather. This includes boots, coats, hats and gloves. Please the school know if you need assistance in providing this clothing for your child at school. We are happy to help. 

SD8 Code of Conduct for Bus Students 

• Please review : CLICK HERE

Contacting the office : Please be as detailed as possible with notes, emails and office phone calls and include: 

• Students First and Last name
  
  • Homeroom teacher
  • Name of bus route (if applicable) 
  • Any other details pertaining to your question or request. THANK YOU!
  • If you have arranged an alternate pickup arrangement for the day, please let your child’s teacher know. 

Visitor Sign In Sheet: There is a visitor sign in sheet at the main office. Please be sure to use the sign in sheet to check in and check out when visiting the school and indicate the purpose of your visit. This is to ensure that we know who is in the school at all times, in case of emergency or evacuation. Thank you!!

The SD8 Student Accident Insurance webpage for families can be found here. To find this, go to the Students and Families page on the SD8 website.

 Reaching the Principal: For urgent or time sensitive matters, please call the school office to arrange a phone call or appointment. Due to the high volume of emails received each day, email is welcome for non-urgent matters, and I will aim to reply within 3 business days.

This Week and Coming Up : 

January 12 : BKE PAC Meeting @ 5:30 pm in the school library OR online via Teams : JOIN the Meeting HERE 

January 19 : District ProD (Classes not in session)

Winter activities : Ongoing – see you classroom teacher for your child’s specific dates. 

Ms. Klassen

Principal

Brent Kennedy Elementary School