ProfileIntroduction
PopulationThe school's population is distributed as follows:
Hours of Instruction
Professional DevelopmentIsland View teachers have been actively involved in professional development, taking university courses, visiting other schools, and attending summer institutes, NBTA Council days, and workshops during the school year. Areas of study have included, among others, mathematics, language arts, teaming, multi-age grouping, technology integration, and assessment for learning. Most staff have been trained in First Steps Reading, Writing and Math. School administrators have had leadership roles in the District 8 Professional Development Committee, the Beginning Administrators Program, the English Language Arts Essential Learnings working group and the NBTA Elementary Council. Several teachers at Island View are trained in First Aid and CPR. Island View School, in partnership with the Faculties of Education from the University of New Brunswick and the University of Maine, has regularly served as a site for teacher development. Several teachers currently on staff have served as supervising teachers to university student interns. we currently have 6 student interns. FacilitiesIsland View has several facilities that serve to enhance learning at the school. A full sized gymnasium with a stage allows for regularly scheduled physical education classes for all children, community basketball and soccer programs, parent information sessions, theatrical presentations and musical productions. The school’s 9500 volume library offers children ample reading resources and serves as an excellent location for regularly scheduled library periods, our reading buddies program, and noon hour reading program. As part of its Technology Plan, Island View has incorporated the use of Smart Board technology into the teaching/learning process. All classes have this technology. Island View has a community computer center in the school library. Through the hard work of a dedicated board of directors consisting of parent volunteers, the center celebrated its grand opening in early May 2001. The Island View School Community Computer Center (IVSC3) offers an after school computer camp for K-5 children, and children’s programs during the Christmas Holidays, March Break and Summer Vacation. Details about the center's programs may be obtained by calling 674-2095. Island View is very fortunate to have a music room, which is used for choir and violin practices as well as for music classes. Common areas in each wing of the school have afforded teachers the opportunity to plan together in teams and to combine classes for special presentations and activities. A full size athletic field is well used, particularly for track and field, cross-country running, soccer jamborees, Physical Education classes, and our June Fun Day sponsored by the Home and School Association. Curricular and Enrichment InitiativesIn addition to the regular curriculum, Island View students have benefited from a variety of enrichment programs in Art, Math, Music, Language Arts and Science. In the past, the school has served as an enrichment magnet school for the district, as well as providing internal enrichment opportunities for its own children. Heritage Week is celebrated annually at Island View, as an occasion to provide children with enrichment opportunities; this year's heritage enrichment theme is transportation. Island View has served as a pilot school for a number of provincial curricular initiatives and resources in the areas of Art, Language Arts, Social Studies, Guidance, and Physical Education. Extra-curricular and Co-curricular ActivitiesActivities offered at the school include cross country running, ice-hockey, chess, track and field, string instrument, choir, school musical, June Fun Day, student librarians, the school milk program, the environmental Green Team and canteen workers. In the spring of 2009, Island View students won several awards at the New Brunswick Regional Drama Festival for their performance of the musical "Rumpelstiltskin". Our school choir performs regularly at school events and at the annual Empty Stocking Fund Christmas Broadcast to support needy families in our community. Throughout the years, various groups have exposed students to such cultural events as productions from Theatre New Brunswick, jazz musical performances and choral performances. Numerous field trips have been held including trips to museums, the Hammond River Marshes, the Irving Nature Park, Rockwood Park, a maple sugar farm, Kings Landing and the Huntsman Marine Center in St. Andrew’s. Community ProjectsStudents and staff have been actively involved in community service projects, including supporting Romero House Soup Kitchen, participating in the Terry Fox Cancer Run and the CIBC Run for the Cure, visiting senior citizens, raising funds for community food banks and the CNIB seeing eye dog program, and participating in the Regional Hospital’s Rally of Hope and the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Jump Rope for Heart for which we were the leading fundraising school in our District in 2009. To help children in underdeveloped countries, Island View students and teachers have enthusiastically participated in UNICEF fundraising, Project Love and Operation Christmas Child. One of our Grade 5 classes has knit blankets that have been sent to children in Afghanistan. The school raised over $8 000 for the Red Cross and Free the Children International, in their efforts to support Tsunami Victims in 2005. Island View has participated in a marigold-planting project as part of the Communities in Bloom Program. Sponsored by two local companies – Halifax Seed and West Side Superstore – students plant marigolds at a local traffic island. Many of these plants were grown by the students in their classrooms. Parent InvolvementParents play an active role in the life of our school, volunteering in many areas including, the hot lunch program, the school musical, noon hour reading, the chess program, school book fairs, Santa’s Workshop, teacher appreciation week, June Fun Day, field trips and the library program. The Home and School Association has estimated that approximately 250 parents volunteer at the school during any given year. The school has sponsored several initiatives to inform parents about its educational programs. These have included a Parent Orientation Evening, curriculum information sessions in mathematics and literacy, Literacy Volunteer Training, computer courses, Math Games Evenings, and the Family- School Connection talk-mail service, and our school website. Our Parent School Support Committee meets monthly in the school library. Meetings are open to the public. In addition to participation in developing the School Improvement Plan, the committee has submitted written recommendations to the Department of Education on such issues as the Positive School Learning Environment, PISA international test results and the Community Use of Schools. In partnership with school staff, the PSSC also organized a district-wide parent evening with international speaker Ron Morrish on raising responsible children, as well as parent information sessions at the school. The Island View Home and School Association was established in 1989. The goal of the association is to foster a positive partnership between parents and teachers, resulting in a positive learning experience for our children. The association sponsors a number of high profile events during the year, including Santa's Workshop, Scholastic Book Fairs, Winter Carnival, the School Lunch Program, Monthly Nutritious Snack, and June Fun Day. Regular meetings are held on the last Monday of each month in the school library. The Island View Home and School Association has funded many projects including: purchasing Smart Boards, playground equipment, basketballs and nets, computer equipment, FM Sound Field systems, books, hockey equipment and sweaters, school sports jerseys, first aid kits, and CPR masks. It has also sponsored school concerts and assemblies. |
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