• School is assumed open unless there is a closure announcement

• Announcements will be made by 6:30am on the day in question

• Information will be distributed via

  • District front page (https://burnabyschools.ca/)

  • Twitter (@burnabyschools)

  • Various news radio outlets

• More info at the district link 

• Jan 19 - If passing, last day for outstanding assessments to be included (by end of class)

• Jan 22 - If I-report, last day for outstanding assessments to be included (by noon)

• Feb 1  - Report cards official available (prior to this date, report is subject to change)

• Major items left before end of term

  • Bio 11

    • Jan 12 - Invertebrate Mini Project Collection

    • Jan 15 - Immune System Test

  • Sci 10

    • Jun 17 - Plan B Documentary Reflection

    • Jan 15,16 - Physics Test

  • Sci 8

    • Jan 15 - Physics Test

    • Jan 19 - Earth Science Quest

Bell Schedule

• Jun 16 - If passing, last day for outstanding assessments to be included (by end of class)

• Jun 22 - If I-report, last day for outstanding assessments to be included (by noon)

• Jun 29  - Report cards official available (prior to this date, report is subject to change)

• Major items left before end of term

  • Bio 12

    • Digestive System Board Game

    • Jun 12 - Circulatory System Test

    • Resp/Excr Cartoon Anatomy Project

  • Sci 10

    • Jun 13 - Plan B Documentary Reflection

    • Jun 14,15 - Physics Test

• Apr 14th - Last day for outstanding assessments to be included

• Apr 20th - Term Ends

• May 1st  - Report cards available

• Major items left before end of term

  • Bio 12

    • Apr 6th - Cell Membrane Test

    • Apr 17th - Enzymes Test (possibly included)

  • Sci 10

    • Apr 17th - Chapter 5-6 Test

• School is assumed open unless there is a closure announcement

• Announcements will be made by 6:30am on the day in question

• Information will be distributed via

  • District front page (https://burnabyschools.ca/)

  • Twitter (@burnabyschools)

  • Various news radio outlets

• More info at the district link 

Bell Schedule

Updated Jan 7th

• Ministry plans for safe return in Jan (link)

• Letter to Families (pdf)

Re: this week (Jan 4th-7th)

• Science 8 - Review the physics content covered prior to winter break

• Bio 11 - Continue working on mini-projects

• Bio 12 - Continue working on board games

Re: remaining weeks of Semester 1 (Jan 10th-21st)

• Be ready to access this site and Teams in case of remote learning due to functional closures

  • Please let me know you require a device and/or internet connection

• Tentative plans in building

  • Everything is effectively pushed back a week, will trim from the end of the course

    • Science 8 - Only finish the optics unit (no earth science)

    • Bio 11 / Bio 12 - No final exam

• Any students with outstanding items from before the winter break need to manage their time carefully as you've now lost a week.

• School is assumed open unless there is a closure announcement

• Announcements will be made by 6:30am on the day in question

• Information will be distributed via

  • District front page (https://burnabyschools.ca/)

  • Twitter (@burnabyschools)

  • Various news radio outlets

• More info at the district link 

Bell Schedule

• Jun 24 - Last day of Quarter; All regular course assessments completed before this date

• Jun 25+28 - Turn Around Days.  Only accepting work if attempting to resolve <50% standing; must attend Jun 25th and then possible extension to 28th 

• Major items left before end of term

  • Sci 10 

    • Chemistry Ch 5/6 Test

    • Biome Project

    • Biology Unit Test

    • Plan B Documentary

  • Bio 11

    • Classification Test

    • Bacteria Formal Lab Report

    • Remainder of Invertebrate Miniprojects

    • Virus Presentation

    • Immune System Test

• Apr 21 - Last day of Quarter; All regular course assessments completed before this date

• Apr 22+23 - Turn Around Days.  Must attend both if attempting to resolve <50% standing

• Major items left before end of term

  • Sci 10 

    • Chemistry Ch 5/6 Test

    • Biome Project

    • Biology Unit Test

    • Plan B Documentary

  • Bio 12

    • DNA and PS Test

    • Circulatory Test

    • Digestive Board Game

• Mar 3 - Last day of Term; outstanding assignments must be submitted before 3pm

• Mar 11 - Quarter 3 Term 1 Report cards posted online

• Major items left before end of term

  • Sci 10 

    • Final Pendulum Lab Report

    • Online Journal Article Project

  • Bio 12

    • Biological Molecules

      • Test

      • Notebook

      • Lipid Poster

    • Cells Organelles Project

• Jan 27 - Last day for old outstanding assessments to be included

• Jan 29 - Last day for recent assessments to be included

• Jan 29 - Term Ends

• Feb 11 - Quart 2 Report Cards Posted Online

• Major items left before end of term

  • Sci 8

    • Jan 25th - Physics Test

    • Jan 29th - Earth Science Quest

  • Sci 10

    • Biome Project

    • Plan B Reflection

    • Biology Unit Test

      • Group A - 1:30pm

      • Group B - 9:00am

• Term 1 ends on Dec 10th

• Report cards can be accessed on MyEd on Dec 17th

• Previously assigned missing work needs to be completed and submitted prior to Dec 9th at noon

• Please check the online marks and calendar to ensure that you have completed all required work, as there are fewer than normal assessments due to the quick term turnaround and therefor each carries an unusually high impact on your Term score 

• Term 1 ends on Dec 10th

• Report cards can be accessed on MyEd on Dec 17th

• Previously assigned missing work needs to be completed and submitted prior to Dec 9th at noon

• Please check the online marks and calendar to ensure that you have completed all required work, as there are fewer than normal assessments due to the quick term turnaround and therefor each carries an unusually high impact on your Term score 

• • • Website is aestivating until the fall start up

• • • There is a new survey assignment in Teams

    • It is asking questions pertaining to the value of frequent and complex science labs.

    • If interested, here is a link for your friends to fill out (for those not currently in Mr Joe's class)

• • New schedule for the last week, may be a preview for the Fall (external pdf)

  • Last Teams Meeting will be on Tues Jun 16 - see calendar for respective times

  • Please return your textbooks to avoid charges/fees

  • Last chance to submit assignments in Teams will be Thursday June 18 noon; the system will still let you turn things in, but I will not be assessing them.  

  • The next marks update will have several new course end columns

    • Would be Overall % if the Term 4 online counted as

      • Sci 10 - 35%

      • Bio 11 - 33%

      • Bio 12 - All summative

    • Report Card Min - This will be your Final report card mark, and determined by the higher mark between the 'Overall' and your Term 3 report card mark

    • Diff - The difference between the Term 3 mark and overall.  

      • More white - you were consistent!

      • More green - you stepped it up during the online

      • More orange - you need to worry/reconsider your approach and worry/brace yourself for the Fall

  • Failure priming emails have been sent home; please check the email contact address that your parent/guardian submitted to the school and/or the online marks page.

  • Summer session information (external link)

  • Locker clean out - sign up online for time slots

    • Grade 8 students:  Monday June 15 - 12:30 - 2:45 

    • Grade 9 students:  Tuesday June 16 - 12:30 - 2:45 

    • Grade 10 students:  Wednesday June 17 - 12:30 - 2:45 

    • Grade 11 students:  Thursday June 18 - 12:30 - 2:45 

    • Grade 12 students (for those who are not able to come on Grad Gown pick up day):  Friday June 19 - 12:30 - 2:45 

• • If you were interested in the survey results (the one assigned in Teams, not school/district wide) (link)

  • Please be sure to bring your own device as the online work will continue to be your primary focus

  • Information regarding the schedule should have been email home by the school already, but refer to this post's image

  • Some supporting docs re: June 1st return - both are lengthy, but may contain answers to some of your questions

    • Provincial COVID-19 Health & Safety Guidelines for K-12 Setting (pdf link)

    • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Continuity of Learning in the K to 12 Education System (html link)

• • • The Burnaby School District sent out an email containing a survey on Thu May 21st. 

    • I haven't seen it myself, but it is polling to see the interest from the student body about the optional return to school on Jun 1st.

    • Please complete the survey by Mon May 25th!

    • I've also sent my own through Teams, please also complete this one

• • • All new email communications started by your teachers should now be going to you school provided email address ('student#'@edu.burnabyschools.ca)

    • Be sure to check it regularly as to not miss anything important

    • Try to send your school related emails via this account as well.  Think of it as your professional account that is separate from your personal email.

• Term 3 was originally scheduled to end on Apr 9th, but now effectively ended at the start of Spring Break (Mar 13th)

• Report cards can be accessed on MyEd on May 4th

• Students missing 

  • previous work needs to completed and emailed by Wed Apr 22nd

  • tests/exams

    • with valid pre-discussed reasons will be excused for the Term 3 reporting period, but may need to revisit it during Term 4

    • without valid reasons will have the Term 3 report reflect the lack of mark, and will need to revisit it during Term 4

• Document is available here (.pdf)

• Mandatory reading assignment in Teams

*** This is specific to Mr Joe's classes; your other teachers may approach things in a different manner***

• The specific course pages on this website will be updated in weekly/unit chunks that include

  • a combination of textbook references and/or student notes

  • associated worksheets and/or projects

• Microsoft Teams will be used for

  • General class chat board

  • Specific course streaming meetings/conferences 

  • Some assignments will be in the Onenote Classnotebook to trial digital completion

  • Submission of assignments/projects in photo or pdf format.

• The calendar on this site will be updated with suggested timeframes and optional conference times.  The Teams calendar will likely autopopulate with meetings and assignments but won't be actively updated with the details found here

• Old outstanding work from before Spring Break needs to still be submitted via email

• This blog home page will be updated with major Ministry of Education, Burnaby School District and Burnaby Central developments during this event

• Please read over the Q&A on a new page found up top.

• Central Teachers will be calling their Period 2 students and parents over Thursday and Friday.  This is mainly as a first check in with families, so please answer private number phone calls over the next few days.  

• For my non-period 2 students, it would be helpful if you could fill out following survey; it is essentially the same as the phone call  https://forms.gle/E7ge82ES53TJu3G3A

• As always feel free to email me.  I don't have all the information yet, and it will be a slow ramp to establishing something more instructional.  

• Please spread the word to your classmates if they are less inclined to check things online.

While we await more specific course content delivery check out the following

• https://burnabyschools.ca/blog/2020/03/30/continuing-learning/

• https://learning.burnabyschools.ca/

  • Can I login into Office 365 with my school district email?

  • Haw I finished my Digital Citizenship module?

• The following link has releases from the 

  • Superintendent of Burnaby School District and the Ministry of Education

  • Provincial Health Officer and the Ministry of Health

• https://burnabyschools.ca/blog/2020/02/28/ministry-update-on-the-novel-coronavirus/

• School is assumed open unless there is a closure announcement

• Announcements will be made by 6:30am on the day in question

• Information will be distributed via

  • District front page (https://burnabyschools.ca/)

  • Twitter (@burnabyschools)

  • Various news radio outlets

• More info at the district link 

• June 14th - Last day for outstanding assessments to be included

• June 17th - Sci 10 - Last day for missing/rewrite of major assessments

• June 18th - Bio 12 - Last day for missing/rewrite of major assessments

• June 19th - Final Exam/Supplemental Exam

• June 20th - Term Ends

• Major items left before end of term

  • Bio 12

    • June 10th - Circulatory Test

    • June 14th - Cartoon Excretory and Respiratory Poster

  • Sci 10

    • June 5th - Project Thermos competition

    • June 12th - Physics Unit Test

• Apr 12th - Term Ends

• Apr 12th - Last day for outstanding assessments to be included

• May 1st  - Report cards available

• Major items left before end of term

  • Bio 12

    • Apr 2nd - Cell Membrane Test

    • Apr 11th - Enzymes Test

  • Sci 10

    • Apr 2nd - Chapter 5 Test

    • Apr 11th - Chapter 6 Test

• School is assumed open unless there is a closure announcement

• Announcements will be made by 7am on the day in question

• Information will be distributed via

  • District front page (https://burnabyschools.ca/)

  • Twitter (@burnabyschools)

  • Various news radio outlets

• More info at the district link 

Jan 14th - All - Last day for outstanding minor assessments

Jan 14th - Bio 11 - Last day for retests

Jan 15th - Bio 12 - Last day for retests

Jan 17th - All - Final Exam

Oct 29th - Bio 12 - Cell Membrane Test (second last item for Term 1)

Oct 30th - Bio 11 - Classification Test and Midterm exam (last items for Term 1)

Oct 31st - Last day for missing assignments (barring I-report) 

Nov 5th - Bio 12 - Enzymes Test (last item for Term 1)

Nov 5th  - Term 1 ends, I-reports issued to student

Nov 20th - Term 1 Report Card Available, I-reports emailed home

Nov 30th - I-report deadline

Progress reports have been distributed during the week of Oct 8th.  Students with a current standing of <55% were asked to discuss the report with their parents/guardians and to have the adult sign in acknowledgement of the conversation.  Email contact will be made for students who did not complete that task.  Updated marks can be found on this website for students that have completed the registration process