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Our school, Birchview Dunes Elementary School is located at the east end of the growing community of Wasaga Beach, on the shores of Georgian Bay. We are a school in the Simcoe County District School Board, north of Toronto. Birchview Dunes opened in 1994. Our students come from the Town of Wasaga Beach and its vicinity with many students being bussed to the school.

We have an energetic, professional staff committed to promoting high academic standards, positive behavioural attributes, and community service with our students. We offer a wide variety of extra-curricular activities such as track and field, volleyball, basketball, soccer, intramurals and music.

The Birchview Dunes School Council is an active advisory body comprised of parents (elected yearly), community representatives, teaching and non-teaching staff and the Principal. The School Council works to improve student achievement and enhance the accountability of the education system through the active participation of our parents. The School Council provides advice to the Principal and/or to the School Board in a variety of areas including curriculum goals, school action plans, communication strategies and student codes of behaviour.

Our School Council works with the school administration and staff to make our school the best it can be. The School Council meets monthly to discuss, to plan and to take action on projects, developments and events at the school. All parents and community members are welcome to attend our School Council meetings. In the past year the Council has provided support for school improvement initiatives related to library, playground, sports, classroom programs and materials, field trips, special presentations and recognition programs.

We are pleased to be working to firmly establish the Character Education initiative. As a staff we are committed to character education and a positive school climate. We strive to have students exhibit the ten character attributes the SCDSB has adopted. Student recognition assemblies, individual and class recognition awards are some of the things we do to promote our positive school environment.

Betsey MacDonald, Principal