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Important Dates 2024-2025

Click here for the official Crosstown Elementary School Calendar

June 2025

DayActivity
Tuesday 3French test: Legumes
Wednesday 4Poetry Project due
Thursday 5District Track and Field Meet (full day for track members at Swanguard Stadium)

KG ROCKS, concert at King George for those not going to Swanguard
Friday 6Sports Day, morning
Monday 9Ancient Civilizations Project due
Friday 13Pride Walk with Strathcona School
Friday 19Grade Seven Leaving Ceremony, evening
Friday 20Playland, Divisions 1, 2, 3
Thursday 26Last full day of school for students

September 2024

DayActivity
Tuesday 3First Day of School
Wednesday 18Crosstown Open House 4:30-5:30 pm. Families and Students are welcome to drop in to say hello to staff.
Monday 23Professional Day, no school for students
Friday 27Orange Shirt Day. Students are invited to wear orange shirts on this day.

Last day to hand in Tessellation and Perspective Art Projects.
Monday 30Holiday: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. No school for students

October 2024

DayActivity
Tuesday 1Individual School Photos
Friday 4Terry Fox Run
Friday 11Its, It’s quiz

Women’s rugby at BC Place, afternoon
Monday 14Thanksgiving Holiday. Schools closed.
Wednesday 16Early dismissal day. School ends at 2:00pm. Goal Setting Conferences begin
Thursday 17Early dismissal day. School ends at 2:00pm. Goal Setting Conferences begin
Friday 18Your, You’re Quiz Postponed to next Thursday

PAC Harvest Festival, 3-9 pm
Monday 21Math Test: Factors, Multiples, and divisibility rules for grade 7 students
Wednesday 23PAC Family Photo Night, 3:00-9:00 pm in the library
Thursday 24Student Photo Retakes

Quiz: Your vs You’re
Friday 25Professional Day. Provincial wide date. No school for students.
Monday 28Science Test: Brain and Nervous System
Thursday 31Hallowe’en. Students invited to wear school appropriate costumes on this day. Please be aware that culture is not a costume.

November 2024

DayActivity
Friday 1To, too quiz
Tuesday 5French Quiz
Thursday 7Ballet BC Performance at Queen Elizabeth Theatre (afternoon)
Monday 11Remembrance Day Holiday. Schools closed
Thursday 14Math Quiz: Order of Operations
Wednesday 20Health Quiz: Physical, social, and emotional changes during puberty
Friday 22Professional Development Day, district wide. Schools closed for students.
Thursday 28Skating at West End Community Centre
Friday 29Science Quiz: Endocrine (Hormone) System and Excretory (Urinary) System

December 2024

DayActivity
Thursday 5Skating at West End Community Centre
Tuesday 10Math Tests: Fractions
Wednesday 11 Mixed Nuts (Nutcracker) Performance at Vancouver Playhouse

Comic Strip Due
Friday 13French Je m’appelle Project
Monday 16Learning Updates (report cards) go home
Thursday 19Skating at West End Community Centre
Friday 20Last day of school before winter break
Monday 23Winter Holiday begins. Schools closed and reopen on Monday January 6

January 2025

DayActivity
Monday 6School Reopens after Winter Holiday
Friday 17Science Test: photosynthesis, producers, consumers, detrivores, food chains, abiotic, biotic, food webs, Salmon Forest picture book, etc.

Board Game Due
Thursday 23Math Test: Fractions, Decminals, Percent, equivalency
Friday 31Image Expansion Art Due extended

February 2025

DayActivity
Thursday 6French Quiz: Farm animals
Monday 10Math Quiz: Operations with decimals
Tuesday 11Image Expansion Art Due (date extended from January)
Friday 14Professional Day, district wide. No school for students.
Monday 17Family Day Holiday. Schools closed.
Tuesday 18“I’ve Got Skills” Project Due (date extended)
Tuesday 18Book Report #2 Due
Friday 21Rugby Sevens at BC Place (morning)
Wednesday 26Pink Shirt Day https://www.pinkshirtday.ca/
Friday 28Skating at Robson Square, morning

March 2025

DayActivity
10-15Science Project Presentations
Monday 10Learning updates (reports) go home
Friday 14Last day of instruction before spring vacation begins
Monday 17Spring Vacation Begins
Friday 28Last Day of Spring Vacation
Monday 31School begins after Spring Vacation

April 2025

DayActivity
Wednesday 2Math test: angles (types and measure), triangles, quadrilaterals, (and circles for grade 7). Perimeter, area, and internal angles.
Wednesday 9Class Photos
Friday 11Face Enlargement Art
Thursday 17Math test: translations, reflections, rotations
Friday 18Good Friday. School closed.
Monday 21Easter Monday. Schools closed.
Friday 25Arts Umbrella: The Forest Wild

Career Project Due
Monday 28Non-Instructional Day, district wide. School closed for students.
Wednesday 30Early dismissal day. School ends at 2:00pm.

May 2025

DayActivity
Thursday 1Fencing at Vancouver Convention Centre (morning)

Early dismissal day. School ends at 2:00pm. Student-led Conferences begin
Monday 5Walk to Central Library for project research. Please bring library cards.
Thursday 8Ballet BC
Friday 9Dragon boating at Granville Island
Thursday 15Tour of King George for all Grade 7 students

Puppet Plays and Puppets due (postponed until Tuesday May 20)
Friday 16Professional Day for Crosstown. No school for students.
Monday 19Victoria Day Holiday. Schools closed.
Tuesday 20Puppet Play and Puppets due…to be performed today.
Wednesday 21Evolutionary Family Tree Project due
Thursday 22Math test: tables of values, finding patterns, graphing patterns
Friday 23Dragon boating at Granville Island
Monday 26Wellness Project Due and presentations started
Tuesday 27French test: chapter on legumes (vegetables)
Thursday 29Bowling at Grandview Lanes (afternoon)
Friday 30Last Dragon boating at Granville Island

Code of Conduct

šxʷwəq̓ʷəθət Crosstown “CROWS” Code of Conduct

several black crows standing on green grass near water

We are šxʷwəq̓ʷəθət Crosstown:

Caring: We are caring and respectful
Responsible: We are responsible for ourselves, others, and this place
Optimistic:  We have an optimistic mindset on our learning journey 
Wise:  We think, look, and listen to make wise choices
Safe:  We choose to be safe in our C.R.O.W.S’ nest

School Mission Statement:

Together we fly as C.R.O.W.S. creating a community where learners’ strengths, diversity, and growth are celebrated.

Please see šxʷwəq̓ʷəθət Crosstown Elementary School’s Website for our full Code of Conduct

Links

Animal Planet Shows

Bill Nye Video Clips

CIVIX Video Clips Explain Canadian Government and Voting

Canada’s Food Guide

Chinese Head Tax in Canada

Coronavirus Cases: Worldometers

Digestive System Slide Show Video

David Suzuki Foundation

Earth’s Layers Video

Ecological Footprint Calculator, WWF

Free Photos You Can Legally Use, Pixabay

Free Rice–Play a game that donates rice to hungry people around the world

Heritage Minutes (Videos), Canada

History of Canadian Immigration

Italian Internment Canada

Japanese Internment in Canada

Kid’s Health

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Komagata Maru Incident in Canada

Kurzgesagt Youtube channel

National Geographic for Kids

Math Practice Grade 5

Math Practice Grade 6

Math Practice Grade 7

Recycling in Vancouver

Refugees in Canada

Residential Schools in Canada

Rock Cycle and Three Types of Rock

Scientific Method Video: FreeSchool

Scientific Method Video: Longer

Science Experiment Guide

Science Fair Topic Selection Wizard

Story of Stuff and other great movies

TED-Ed, Lessons Worth Sharing

Teen Health

Truth and Reconciliation: Spirit Bear’s Guide to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action

Vancouver School Board Library Catalogue

Vancouver Weather

World Population Counter