We are excited to invite new registrations for our Fall 2012 Pre-K and Kindergarten programs!

Drop by the office to fill out registration forms or call us for more information at 791-8454.

An open house / orientation date will be held Friday, May 25th at 1:00pm

for all Kindergarten families for the fall.

Imperial and McDermid school community members are encouraged

to participate in a school redesign!!

"Design for the Creative Age" - March 22 at Imperial, 7:00 pm

"Site Analysis" - April 19 at McDermid, 7:00 pm

"Presentation to the Community" - May 17 at Imperial, 7:00 pm

Click the below attachment for more information on the community mtg.

Click here for links on 21st Century schooling designs.

• MAY NEWSLETTER - see Newsletters Tab
  
• PHOTOS from March/April Events - see Newsletter Tab

• 2011-2012 Learning Improvement Plan - click the link or see Documents Tab
• Imperial Handbook - see Documents Tab

• We celebrate differences at Imperial and feature inclusive practices in all of our programming.
• We strive to foster student's self-responsibility, intrensic learning and personal accountability.
• We have flexible groupings where students change groups as they grow academically and develop strengths.
• We support a balanced literacy program (Daily 5) and constructivist math environment.
• We have a Reading Effects teacher for part of the year to support early readers requiring added support.
• We are one of 4 schools in the city with a Aboriginal Resource Classroom and corresponding teacher.
• We are incorporating Aboriginal learning with our Cultural classroom and Elder in Residence on a regular basis.
• We incorporate the Circle of Courage (Belonging, Mastery, Generosity, and Independence) in our daily approach and celebrate Aboriginal ways of knowing.
• We seek opportunities for holistic learning and inquiry based teaching.
• We provide food for learning through our universal snack program, morning breakfast program and the Chili For Children lunch program.
• We provide for many rich extracurricular opportunities in sports, music, culture, literacy, dance and drama.

Our teachers have worked to develop learning environments based on meta-cognition. "Metacognitive skills include taking conscious control of learning, planning and selecting strategies, monitoring the progress of learning, correcting errors, analyzing the effectiveness of learning strategies, and changing learning behaviors and strategies when necessary." (Ridley, D.S., Schutz, P.A., Glanz, R.S. & Weinstein, C.E., 1992)