Our situation, both in education and life, has been changing week to week and I fully expect this to continue. The local school district, and all your wonderful teachers will be spending the next while contacting their families on an individual basis and planning how best to encourage and support learning in each of their students.

I think it is important to allow those changes and transitions to happen, and allow students and their families to discover a routine under these changing circumstances. This will take time, and that is normal and expected in this unprecedented situation. Therefore I am going to allow some time as well to learn myself what is happening in the education community before I discover how best I can apply my creativity and enthusiasm for learning to help my clients and the community.

🌿Current Clients - I have sent you another email update :)

🌿EBUS Invigilation (testing) Students - According to the EBUS website, testing protocols may change depending on the course, so please check each individual course page on or after April 8th.

🌿New Clients - At the moment, I am not taking on any new tutoring clients. Please stay tuned to this page, or my website www.momentumlearning.ca for new information and updates as they come!

The local school district is currently on Spring Break, and they indicated that they would be starting to develop a plan near the end of next week.  Teachers will then go back to the schools (without students) on March 30th and plans will be able to develop from there.   Once they get things in motion, then I too will be able to figure out how to best help my students!

🌿Current Clients - Please check your emails :) I will re-assess things on April 5th, and then go from there!

🌿EBUS Invigilation (testing) Students - Please read this email here https://ebus.ca/ebus-academy-amends-invigilation-policy/

🌿New Clients - Until I get my current clients settled, which will depend upon what happens in the local school district, I will not know if I will have room to take on new tutoring students.

Most likely my programs and method of delivery will change as well, so please stay tuned to to my Facebook page for any most recent updates

I'm a bit late sharing these pictures, but I'm still thoroughly enjoying the new look!

The 2018-2019 school year ended with tired walls and a tired orangy floor.... time for an office renovation!  This is how I spent most of my summer.... painting, adding new flooring and trim (thanks to my talented other half), re-organizing, purging and throwing out!

The result, a more modern room that appears to have more floor space!  My students are loving the lighting choices and when they come in, switch whichever lights they want on :D Plus, I'm so happy I have my standing desk as now we don't have to sit all the time either!

Yes!  we are still open and busy working with a whole range of students from grade 6 to 12 at the moment.  I still have a few students who I started with back in 2011.  They're getting older, and soon will be graduating! 

Since I last posted, I also took on a volunteer position of secretary for our local community choir, the Q City Singers, and alas, all of my social media updating has been focused mainly on the choir's page :)  Just in case you also want to join a community choir ;) please check out their website and facebook page as well.

In the meantime, although I may not update my website as much as I'd like to the best way to contact me is either by email at momentumlearningcentre@gmail.com or through our Facebook Page.

Did you know school doesn't start until September 6th (Wednesday) this year?  Also, if you're in grades 8-12 and have missed your school's recent updates, look below!

In case you missed it, here it is! 

You can always sign up to the newsletters for Correlieu by emailing jasminsczesny@sd28.bc.ca,  however here is the most recent newsletter from yesterday.  It tells you how to set up the Remind app on your phone so you and your student can get all the most recent reminders without having to rely on newsletters being sent home.  It also alerts you if there is a snow day or no-bus day!
Click Here for the August 28th Newsletter

If you aren't on QJS's newsletter emailing list (you'll get that information if your son/daughter is entering grade 8 this year), you can always check out their Facebook page.  You don't need a facebook account to see these posts, but you will avoid the annoying 'please join facebook' popup. 
Their first post of the year is below:

"But I have exams, and I'm sooooooooooo done!"
This is how my students are feeling, and I'm sure that teachers are also feeling similar!  At some point in time our brains just stop, and then we're puzzled over the most simple questions, like the guy in this video.

(Although, yes, I do know that this truly is a brain-bending concept when you first learn it. )

They send you this in an email on the weekend with a little note saying "I thought of you when I saw this.. thought you might find it interesting"

This client knows that I have a hard time saying no.  In fact, it is with her family that I realized I needed to start saying no and setting boundaries.  One day after a session, I told her how much I appreciated working with her family because through working with them, I had been able to practice setting my boundaries without worrying that they would be upset.  She is always encouraging and understanding.  She reminds me that even if I say no, I don't need to feel bad, because she trusts that I always have their best interests at heart, and I do!
What great clients I have!  Not only am I helping her child learn the ropes of school, but she is helping and encouraging me to learn this vital skill.  I am blessed with the variety of clients that I get to work with; each one helps me learn something new or consider a different position that I hadn't thought about.  Thanks for being part of my Momentum Family!

Just a reminder that end of semester exams are near! 
For those attending Correlieu, the exam schedule has changed since you may have last done exams.  This is because of the gradual change towards the new curriculum without the grade 10 and 11 Provincial Exams.  Here is the Newsletter that has the new exam schedule!

For those students in grade 11, this is going to be a change!  I know the idea of an entire block all day is overwhelming, but I'm sure your teachers will come up with some good solutions!

For those at QJS, from today's newsletter, here is the exam schedule!

Good Luck to all students!!  You're halfway through the year!

Coming home from a rather stressful day working with my students, I was mulling over the prevalence of anxiety in my students.  Then, later that evening I happened to notice a post that one of my teacher friends had shared and gave it a read.  I often see different strategies for how to speak, and what to say to your anxious child.  Some I can identify with, and some I cannot.  However, I liked that this article not only gave 49 different ideas, but brief explanations as to why they may work for your own child or situation.  I think too that some of these phrases would be very helpful to use for friends or family members!
I have included a screenshot below, but please click on the picture or link below to go to the article called "49 Phrases to Calm an Anxious Child" written by Renee Jain on the Positive Parents.org blog.