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Welcome to the Early Learning Blog & Website for The School House Early Care & Learning Centre. 
"The School House is a holistic, loving community that values respectful relationships through a child centered, play based learning environment."​

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Covid-19 Update:

Last Updated April 13, 2021
CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR PANDEMIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS POLICIES
It has come to our attention that there have been confirmed cases of Covid-19 virus at Rosemont Elementary School.  There are no confirmed cases of Covid-19 at The School House at this time. Public Health has advised us that the risk is low to The School House and they do not recommend any additional measures; however, as per our Wellness Questionnaire, Question 4 states:

"Have you or anyone in your household been in contact in the last 14 days with someone who is confirmed positive for COVID-19?"
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We will be continuing to uphold this question. Because we are small community and there are School House households within the Rosemont Elementary bubble, any family required to isolate in connection with Rosemont School will need to keep their younger School House attendees home as well. After the required isolation period and good health, younger siblings will be permitted to resume their regular attendance. 

We know that this is a stressful time for families affected by these cases and we appreciate their understanding and full cooperation. These measures are in place to ensure we can remain healthy and operational to our greater community. 
If you have any questions, please contact The School House by phone or email.

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Upcoming Statutory Holiday Closures & Reminders:
Closed: ​Monday May 24th, Victoria Day

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Join our team!
We are urgently seeking applicants for a number of positions in our centre.
Click here to read about the positions available!

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Notice:
​Waitlist Applications for all our programs are CLOSED at this time. 
​When our list is closed and you wish to be advised on the day, we reopen it, please send us an email with your request.

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Rights, Respect and Reciprocity:
Building a Culture of Reflective Practice

So my story is about an open-ended early childhood education in a centre that occupies and contributes to an unfinished world, a place of infinite possibilities, giving constant rise to wonder and surprise, magic moments and goose bumps, and a source of hope and renewed belief in the world: a place, too, where ‘freedom, democracy and solidarity are practiced and where the value of peace is promoted’. (Moss, 2013, p. 82)

This past year has been a year of changes at The School House Early Care and Learning Centre, and it appears that changes are continuing to unfold. The vision here has always been one of raising the bar on Early Childhood Education, to do our best to be a high-quality learning centre. The provincial government at this time has moved forward on many fronts to meet these goals within the province. We were fortunate to be chosen as a $10/day prototype site. This opportunity has helped us finish and expand on renovations started earlier with a capital funding grant. It has also allowed us to expand on a professional development project initiated with a Columbia Basin Trust Grant, this project is the subject of this post. [READ MORE]

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The School House Early Care and Learning Centre acknowledges our respect and deep gratitude to the First Nations of the West Kootenai Region:
The Sinixt (Lakes), the Sylix (Okanagan), the Ktunaxa and Secwepemc (Shushwap) people whose traditional territory on which we are honored to live and play. We honour their connection to the land and respect the importance of the environment to our strength as a community.

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We are excited to say that we are a "Prototype Site!"