Our Welcome Conversations for parents of Gr. 1-7 students will be Wednesday, September 22 and Thursday, September 23 starting at 2:10 pm. 

On both Wednesday and Thursday we will have an early 2pm dismissal for all students K-7.

This is a 10 minute virtual chat (not at the school) meant to provide initial contact between parents and teachers and an opportunity to briefly discuss topics such as goals and expectations for the year, student hobbies/interests, school/home responsibilities and any questions that you may have.  Scheduling links will be sent home soon. 

If you are not receiving e-mail from the school please contact the office with your e-mail address. Thank you!

Friday September 24 is a Professional Development Day so students will be at home while staff are busy learning!

Please note that all new student registrations in Burnaby schools start by accessing the online preliminary registration form found HERE.  Once you have submitted the necessary documentation, you will be contacted by the school.  Please do not send your child to school until your registration has been confirmed.

If you are not sure which school your child should attend based on your address, please access the school locator HERE.

Welcome back to our returning students from last year and a special welcome to our new students and those Suncrest students who were not in the building last year! 

On Tuesday, September 7 students in grades 1-7 will attend school from 8:55 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.  All students who were not in the building last year will wait at the main school entrance on the Rumble St. side of the building and all other students will report to their last year’s classroom.  Regular school hours, 8:55 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., will begin on Wednesday September 8.  

Kindergarten families will have received an information notice on August 31 and the entire school community will receive a notice later this week with important information to start the year.

All adults and students in Grade 4-7 are required to wear masks inside the school. Students in Kindergarten to Grade 3 are strongly encouraged to wear a mask indoors but are not required to do so.

We look forward to seeing you all next week!

Please click on the links below to access school supply lists for the following groups of students:

Grades 1-3 click HERE

Grades 4-7 click HERE

MACC 4/5 click HERE

MACC 6/7 click HERE

Please note that Kindergarten students share communal supplies – details to follow.

The last day of school is Tuesday, June 29.  Dismissal will be at 9:45 a.m. for students who start at 8:45 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. for students who start at 9:00 a.m.

Grade 7 students attend from 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and do not attend earlier in the morning.

Please leave the school grounds promptly upon dismissal. 

Term 3 report cards will go home on Monday, June 28.  Lost and Found items will be on tables outside along the fence between the school and Rumble St. at the end of the day.

Uncollected report cards will be kept in the office for pick up in September.

The school office will be closed July and August and will reopen on Monday, August 30 to Wednesday, September 1.  First day back to school is on Tuesday, September 7, 2021.

The staff at Suncrest would like to wish everyone a safe and fun summer!

Thank you for the beautiful plants that you delivered this week for our staff!  It is our pleasure and an honour to work with your children and help them “grow”.

We look forward to having parents being able to be more involved and present in our school and would like to thank this year’s PAC Executive for their work and commitment to Suncrest!

In acknowledgement and honour of the children lost at the Tk’emlups Residential School, we respectfully invite you to wear orange, if you can, anytime during the week of May 31-June 4.

Please also note that Canadian flags at our school and district sites will be lowered to half-mast until further notice.

If you are moving homes or schools and won’t be attending Suncrest Elementary in September, please let the office know. 

If you have already done so, thank you!!!

In celebration of Pink Shirt Day we encourage students and staff to wear pink on Wednesday, February 24th.  Pink Shirt Day is a special day where we commit to being kind and to stand up to bullying in a positive way.  We ask students to be “upstanders” rather than “bystanders” when they see mean behaviour or bullying.  Being an upstander means it’s ok to say STOP and then seek adult assistance if the behaviour continues.  Anyone can wear a pink shirt one day a year, but wearing pink represents a commitment to being kind everyday in our classrooms and on our playgrounds.  Thank you for participating!

Only recently announced by the Anti-Racism Coalition (ARC), Black Shirt Day is new this year. ARC created the day to raise awareness of the challenges faced by Black and racialized Canadians, as well as to help foster solidarity against all forms of racism and hate.

Suncrest Elementary School invites students and staff to wear black shirts on January 15 to show support for anti-racism.

Kindergarten is offered at all 41 Burnaby Elementary Schools. Students entering Kindergarten next Fall must register at their attendance area school. To find the school that your child is eligible to attend, click here.

Registrations for September 2021 are not accepted until February 2021.  All registration information will be updated by the school district here.

The following daily health check is for students and their families to determine if the student should attend school that day.

Translations in multiple languages have been provided by the Ministry of Education.

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