Mayfair Community School is a great place to be!  On behalf of our entire staff we welcome back all students and families returning to our school. Also, we extend a special welcome to our new students and families who are joining our “Mayfair Family”. We look forward to working and learning with all of you throughout the coming school year. We are looking forward to an exciting year of learning, READING, and growing together. As we continue with our focus on literacy, we, along with parents and caregivers, will encourage children to set goals for reading that will help to develop a life-long habit and love for reading. Students need to read for a minimum of 20 minutes each day at home. To encourage our students to “Just Read” we will continue to have students and their parents/caregivers complete a weekly reading log. Completed weekly logs will qualify students for our weekly prize draws.

At Mayfair Community School we believe that an emphasis on early childhood education is of paramount importance in promoting future success in learning. Therefore, we offer a Pre-Kindergarten program, and the Next Generation Cooperative Daycare. These programs align with our school division priorities which place an emphasis on inquiry-based learning and assessment for learning practices. The “Reggio Emilia” model of inquiry based learning continues to be implemented in our early childhood education programs.

We provide families with a school handbook and calendar that serves to familiarize students and parents/caregivers with expectations and procedures and other information that helps to maintain a positive learning environment in our school. The monthly calendars are intended to help keep parents/caregivers informed about upcoming events. Because good communication between the school and the home is so integral to student success, we also strive to keep parents and caregivers informed and updated through newsletters and notices, telephone calls, our hallway information monitors, home visits and on our website. Our newsletter is sent home with the youngest or only child from each family who is attending Mayfair School. Our newsletter can also be accessed online from this website. Parents and caregivers can also keep up-to-date with school happenings by calling our information line at 683-7369.

Our main goal is the academic development of each student. Our staff works hard to ensure that each child is given the necessary tools for lifelong learning in literacy, numeracy and critical and creative thinking. We encourage students to develop personal and social values and skills (character education). Our students are encouraged to become involved in a wide variety of educational experiences, both curricular and extra-curricular. A variety of after-school programs provide students an opportunity to participate in health promoting activities.

A community school offers many educational and community-based opportunities for students, parents, and community members. We invite parents and caregivers to become engaged in the life of the school. Volunteers are our treasured resources! Parents, caregivers and community members are invited to share their talents, expertise and enthusiasm to help us enhance student learning opportunities. School culture is much more positive and rich when parents and caregivers are an integral part of the planning and delivery of school programs.

We have an active and enthusiastic School Community Council (SCC) and Parent Council which is open to all parents, caregivers and community members. The SCC has an important advisory role in shaping the learning opportunities for students. We believe that as we (the school, the home and community) collaborate and work together, we can ensure that each student will receive the best learning experiences possible and the confidence to be a lifelong learner. We look forward to an exciting year of learning as we embark on a new school year!


Respectfully,
Daryl McKen (Principal) and Janna Piro (Vice-Principal)