To help students achieve the outcomes set for them certain lessons may have to be modified or enriched to suit their special needs. Extra help from the teacher before or after school is also available. Special needs may be identified formally, through an assessment process, so that a program can be provided by a special teacher. Students whose assessment shows them to be in the very superior intellectual range may qualify for a gifted program at another school one day a week, beginning in grade 5. Parents are informed of, and kept aware of, the program modification their children may need through oral and written communication with the teacher and principal.
Parents are part of the identification process, if a student is formally identified as exceptional.
They love to be with their friends. To ensure that their relationships at school are satisfying ones, a peace education or conflict resolution program is in place. Through this program we hope that most students enjoy a safe and positive interaction with their school friends. For serious interpersonal issues, students know they can ask for help from the supervising teacher, classroom teacher, vice-principal or principal. We also recognize our students through monthly awards, and by announcing birthdays and good news stories, as they occur.