Ordering will close on Sunday night, the week prior to each lunch.

In the gym - Families welcome to view

Parent's appreciated to help out at stations

If we get rained out today is fun day for students.

Parents are welcome to attend the assembly at 11:00

Look for these in your child's backpack

Full day today.

9:00 to 11:30.  Come and enjoy a coffee and muffin at the front of the school.

In the afternoon.

Great opportunity to meet your child's teacher and hear about classroom routines.

School based professional development day.

Individual photo day.  Scheduled class by class.

Every Child Matters.  In the spirit of reconciliation & hope for generations of children to come.  

Students are dismissed at 12:00 for Parent/Teacher conferences.

Stop by the Library for the Book Fair during the parent/teacher conferences.

Book a time to meet with your child's teacher.

Students are dismissed at 12:00 for Parent/Teacher conferences today.

Stop by the school library to view the Book Fair from 12:00 to 5:00.

Book a time to meet with you

Walk, cycle or pedal to school this week.

Check the PAC web site to sign up for hot lunches this year.

School Gym will be set up as a voting station for the Election.

SJD is closed today.

If you missed the photo day or would like a retake for your child please let the teacher know.

PAC organized.  See the  Sir James Douglas School web site and PAC link for details.

District & Provincial  professional development day.  No school for students today.

Instead of costumes please wear orange and black for Halloween today.

You can order for a few months at a time or the whole year.  Please mark your calendars.

Families welcome.

SJD is closed today.

All parents welcome.  In the school library at 6:30.

No school for students today.

Don't forget to sign up for hot lunches in the new year.

Check your child's backpack  for a report card.

Check the school web site, PAC link for details.

We will have concerts in the morning and evening, Strings and choir members are to arrive 30 min before the concert.  Please wear white tops with black bottoms.

Have a wonderful Christmas and break!  SJD will be closed.

Please check the Sir James Douglas web site for documentation required to register your child.

Grade 5's are fundraising for their trip to Camp Pringle

SJD chosen day.  No school for students.

Registration all week.  Check the Sir James Douglas web site for documentation required. Kindergarten transfers and late French Immersion (grade 6) registration week.

Fundraiser for grade 5 students to go to Camp Pringle

3:30 deadline for transfers - Tuesday, February 18th

Happy Valentine's Day!  No school for students.

SJD school is closed for Family Day.

All parents welcome.

All Kindergarten students will have their hearing and vision tested

Kindergarten students will have their hearing and vision tested

After school for the Grade 5 Camp Pringle trip

At Sir James Douglas School parents can have their 4 - 6 year olds immunized.

Wear a pink shirt today in support of not allowing bullying.

For 3 and 4 year olds, Not for children registered for Kindergarten in September.  Call the school to register (250-382-7788)

Second term reports are sent home today.

Fundraiser for grade 5 students going to Camp Pringle

For 2 weeks

No school today

No school today

No charge for photos

Ask your children why.

Students are dismissed at 12:00 for student led conferences.

No school for students

SJD is closed today.

Administrative staff are now in the office

No school today

School is in session 9:00 to 11:30

Look in your email for School news

All students will run in recognition of Terry Fox 1:00

School is not in session for students

Every Child Matters. In the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come.

Individual photos taken

12:00 to 5:30 parents will receive an email from their child's teacher. Early dismissal at 12:00

12:00 to 5:30 parents will receive an email from their child's teacher. Early dismissal at 12:00

Enjoy time with your family - no school today

Walk or  wheel your way to school this week.  Plan for safe routes out in case of a fire.

6:30 at Sir James Douglas School

No classes in session today.

No costumes until the Halloween party tonight.

If you missed photo day or want retakes.

Bring your returnable bottles and cans to the school.

Newsletter will be posted in the next few days to our Newsletter link.

We will not be having an in person assembly this year.

No school today.

Check the school web site Newsletter link.

Via Zoom.  All parents are welcome to attend.

School is not in session.

Pajama Day

Check your child's backpack or their on-line acct.

School will be closed until Jan. 4, 2021.  Enjoy the break!

Happy New Year and welcome back to class.

Register at your catchment area school.  Check info. on School web sites.

School selected. No classes in session.

To be determined what that will be.

Go to your catchment school to register.  Detail on school web sites.

Register at your catchment area school.

Classes participate in Carnival activities.

Pick up a transfer form at your catchment area school.

All parents are welcome.

No school for students today.

Enjoy the time with your family.  School is not in session.

Wear pink today to stand up against bullying.

Ask your child for their report card today.

Families will be contacted about transfer applications.

School will be closed for 2 weeks. Enjoy the break!

School is not in session.

School is not in session.

Details to be determined.

Grade fives visit Middle Schools

Wear a special hat or head covering to school today.

All parents are encouraged to attend.

Due to COVID there will be no early dismissal on this day and the at school student led conferences have been cancelled. Students will be coming home with activities to reproduce student led conferences at home.

We are excited to meet our new Kindergarten families on Wednesday, May 19th between 3:00 and 4:30!  Please come to the front of the school by the basketball courts. We will have distanced outdoor tables set up where you can meet our wonderful kindergarten teachers and pick up your bag... Read more

No school for students today.

School is not in session.

Enjoy your summer!

Have a great summer!

Students will meet last year's teachers at their old lineups. At 9:00 line up at the same door you lined up last year. If you are new to the school come to the main office at 9:00 and we will sort you out. Don't forget to arrange for the early... Read more

All K students come to the school at one of the following times: 10:15 - 11:15 11:45 - 12:45 1:20 - 2:20 You will have received an email with your exact time in late June.  Please wait outside by the front main doors at your appointed time. We look forward... Read more

In early June you will have received an email for your 15 minute time slot.

In June you will have received an email indicating your interview time.

Half of the K students will come to school for a full day while the other half will stay home. Check your June email for your child's assigned day. Start time is 9:00 Dismissal at 2:30

If your K student stayed home yesterday then today is their day to come to school. Please, refer to your June email for the day that your child is to attend. Start time: 9:00 Dismissal: 2:30

Parents are welcome to join us. Meet the classes on the hardtop at the front of the school at about 1:00. Exact times will be sent out closer to the day.

Come and meet your child's new teacher. There will be two half hour sessions. One from 6:30 to 7:00 and the second one from 7:00 to 7:30

We remember the cultural genocide of residential schools. WELCOME (orangeshirtday.org)

Weekly events and the daily closure of Thurlow Rd will be in place to encourage everyone who can to leave their cars at home.

Come dressed for your photo to be taken

Early Dismissal - School ends at 1:30 More information will be sent home closer to the date.

Early Dismissal - School ends at 1:30 More information will be sent home closer to the date.

If your child missed photo day on October 1 or you are unhappy with the photos taken then they can have their photo taken today.

PAC organizes a spectacular not to be missed Halloween Party for the evening. Details to come.

Parents are welcome to join us for this ceremony in the school gym.

Wear a fun hat of your own creation.

Register your child for French Immersion K or if they are currently in English K and you wish to move them to French grade 1 in September 2022. All registrations happen on line. Here is the link: Registration - The Greater Victoria School District No. 61 (sd61.bc.ca) Any registrations submitted... Read more

All Registrations for these programs happen on line @ Registration - The Greater Victoria School District No. 61 (sd61.bc.ca) Any registrations submitted after Friday, January 28th will be considered late and will be a the bottom of the waitlist.

Here is the link: Registration - The Greater Victoria School District No. 61 (sd61.bc.ca)  

We recognize and work to overcome gender and gender identity based bullying. Pink Shirt Day

If you submitted a transfer request you will be informed of the decision today.

Grade 5 students will go up to Central Middle School with their teachers for the afternoon.

Your child will come home with materials and a plan to celebrate with you the learning that they have achieved this year.

New Kindergarten students and their parents will be invited to visit the school. Details to come.

Be the rainbow! We take extra time this week to celebrate family diversity and the LGBTQ+ community.

Grade 5 students visit the middle school that they will be attending in the fall. All students going to Central Middle School will go with their teachers. Parents will have to make travel arrangements for any students going to any other middle school.

The gym and halls will be filled with student art. Come and support our students' artistic expression

If Friday is rained out.

Help us say farewell to our grade 5 students. The assembly will be in the morning at approximately 10:30 with a lunch paid for by the PAC and organized by grade 5 parents, to follow.