June Exam Schedule - please click on for the June 2018 schedule
Message from our Principal - Ms. Walker
Welcome to our website! BCSS is a
sport-focus school that caters to the needs of student-athletes. At BCSS, we
understand the unique needs of student-athletes and have in place a structure
of support designed to provide programming that allows our students to be
successful academically while pursuing their athletic goals.
Our ongoing focus on professional
learning ensures that our teaching practices in the classroom are always
improving to better cater to the individual learner. Conducting professional
research to support our teaching/learning practice is a founding pillar of Bill
Crothers SS that the current staff remain committed to in order to be
progressive and ensure that our practices and our learning environment continue
to change to reflect the best of a Modern Learning context.
Our school has embarked on a Modern
Learning Inquiry-based project that allows students to recognize the
interrelated and real-world relevance of their curriculum subjects. We are
starting with our grade nines with intention of moving the project into all
grades in the near future. Our students will identify and explore a topic of
their choosing that incorporates all the subjects they are taking during each
semester. We plan to engage our parents as part of this learning process, and
we are excited about the learning and creativity that will result. As well,
there is a continued focus on Mathematics to develop our staff and students’
growth mindsets grounded in the belief that any level of school math is
obtainable. We will further support a cross-curricular emphasis on development
of math skills. Additionally, a critical aspect of our staff learning this year
is Equity and Inclusivity. At BCSS we commit to rethinking our current
landscape to ensure that we engage in the work of dismantling systemic barriers
to those less served by our educational system in order to create the
conditions for the academic success and wellbeing for all our students. We must
ensure a positive and inclusive space for all staff and students in an environment
where voices are heard, valued, and respected in a context that continually
works to eradicate racism and all forms of discrimination. At BCSS, we
recognize that the ongoing learning of our staff is critical to our students’
achievement and wellbeing, as well as cultivating a positive learning and
working environment.
We have a number of new staff
joining the BCSS team this year including an additional vice-principal, Mr.
Scot Angus.
Please feel free to contact our
school with any inquiries. Thank you for visiting our website.
Rose Walker
Information from our Board Office - July 2017
Letter from our Interim Director of Education
http://www.yrdsb.ca/schools/billcrothers.ss/NewsEvents/Documents/Letter%20to%20Families%20-%20End%20of%20School%20Year.pdf
Welcome to Canada - Orientation Day
http://www.yrdsb.ca/schools/billcrothers.ss/NewsEvents/Documents/WTC%20FLYER.PDF
Committed to Parent Engagement in Education
http://www.yrdsb.ca/schools/billcrothers.ss/NewsEvents/Documents/YRDSB%20Ad-June%2025-High%20Res.pdf