Over the past two years our school community has been working hard to build a new school culture. We have seen many successes in this regard, but we still have a ways to go. Our continued growth has to take into account the needs of our students, parents, and staff. As well, we must come to an understanding of what it means to be a "big school". With a student enrollment around 340 students it becomes more difficult to have the intimate connection that a small school allows. It becomes harder to know all of the students and their families and for students to know all of our staff. These are things that we need to continue to work on. How do we make a large school seem small? What processes and procedures do we have in place to recognize student success and to make it a place where people feel welcomed and engaged?
These are some of the challenges that we continue to face as we work together on behalf of our students. As we look forward to next year, there continues to be a commitment to the culture of our school. Celebrating student success, encouraging a sense of exploration and engaged learning, as well as clearly understood expectations for behaviour are some areas that will allow us to continue our growth together.
We have come a long way as a school and have made several positive strides forward in our quest for student success. A continued focus on developing culture will allow us to fine tune our work and address some new areas that relate to how we want to be seen by our community. Things are great at David Cameron and we want to continue that trend. The only way to do that is to continue to pay attention to the things we want to "grow" and get more of. Our Planning Council, PAC, staff, and students all strive for the best that we can be.
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