The weather looks like it is going to be good for our winter camping trip so we are officially making the call to make it a two night trip. That means we will be leaving at 9:30 on Monday morning and returning at 1:30 on Wednesday. Students will only need to be at the school for a regular start time on Monday and will be dismissed with the regular bell on Wednesday. 

Students divided up group gear and took all of their gear home yesterday. It is expected that they carefully go pack everything and show up with a well packed bag for Monday morning. Students had their meals planned on Wednesday and were given a packing list to write down. The trip info package also includes a packing list. It is attached at the bottom of this post. Remember, those dates have now been changed to a three day trip from Feb 23-25.

Although the forecast is for warm days, the nights could get quite cold so quality insulation is important. Students should have multiple insulation layers to wear between their base layers and rain shells.

I've attached the Hope and Princeton Environment Canada weather forecasts.

This is a reminder that we have our final cross-country ski trip tomorrow. Departure is at 7:30 so please be at the school ready to go by 7:20. We will be home by last bell. We have also tentatively rescheduled our Zoa Peak hike for March 3, weather depending.

Hello parents,

I am very sorry for the lateness of this post.

We are making the call to not go on our snowshoe hike tomorrow. Due to the storm system moving in, the avalanche forecast for the coquihalla region is showing an increased risk and travel is not recommended. Although Zoa Peak is known to be a very safe outing with very minimal avalanche risk, we want to make sure we are always taking the safe and conservative approach with your children. The idea behind this trip is to give students a winter alpine experience, even without the Avalanche risk, the predicted weather would not make this a great experience. Unfortunately, these decisions need to often be made very close to trip time for the forecasts to be accurate. We will be trying to reschedule this trip at a later time. Students should be prepared for regular classes tomorrow.

I have added a link and image below outlining the Avalanche forecast. If you could tell your son or daughter to message their friends to make sure this message gets to everyone that would be great. Thanks everyone, again sorry for the short notice. It we feel this is the right call.

The CCE (Chilliwack Center of Excellence) kayak club is hosting their Icebreaker Race Series this month. This is a great chance for those students who loved kayaking in our fall sessions to get back in a kayak. Info and registration at www.ccekayak.com