{"id":4045,"date":"2025-07-07T15:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T22:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/royston-elementary\/?p=4045"},"modified":"2025-07-07T15:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T22:45:15","slug":"school-start-up-dates-and-times-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/royston-elementary\/school-start-up-dates-and-times-september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"School Start Up Dates and Times &#8211; September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Grades 1 &#8211; 6<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, September 3rd <\/strong>&#8211; First <strong>HALF DAY<\/strong> back to school (8:25 am &#8211; 11:30 am). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Buses will be running<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, September 4th <\/strong>&#8211; First <strong>FULL DAY<\/strong> back to school (8:25 am &#8211; 2:25 pm)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kindergarten &#8211; Gradual Entry<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Group A<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Wednesday September 3\u00a0 (parents stay with students)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">9:00-11:00 am &#8211; Both Group A and B students invited. Drop in at your leisure; open house for your new classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">You can drop into Ms. Peta&#8217;s class and stay with your child between the times of 9:00-11:00am and have a play and explore. Stay for as long or as little as you like for those two hours!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Thursday September 4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">8:45-10:45\u00a0am &#8211; Group A only. Parents, you drop off and leave for the two hours.\u00a0 Please pack a water bottle and snack for your child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Friday September 5th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">8:45- 10:45am &#8211; Group A only. Parents you drop off and leave for the two hours.\u00a0 Please pack a water bottle and snack for your child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Monday September 8th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">8:25-2:15 &#8211; All students together for their first full day! Please send full lunch, snacks, change of clothing for school etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #0c64c0; background: yellow;\">***Students will attend full days starting Monday September 8, 2025!***<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Group B<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Wednesday September 3 (parents stay with students)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">9:00-11:00 am &#8211;\u00a0 Both Group A and B students invited. Drop in at your leisure; open house for your new classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">You can drop into Ms. Peta&#8217;s class and stay with your child between the times of 9:00-11:00am and have a play and explore. Stay for as long or as little as you like for those two hours!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Thursday September 4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">11:30-1:30pm &#8211; <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Group B only<\/span><\/strong>. Parents, you drop off and leave for the two hours.\u00a0 Please feed your child lunch before you arrive and pack a water bottle and snack for your child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Friday September 5th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">11:30-1:30pm &#8211; <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Group B only.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Parents you drop off and leave for the two hours.\u00a0 Please feed your child lunch before you arrive and\u00a0 pack a water bottle and snack for your child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Monday September 8th<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">8:25-2:15 &#8211; All students together for their first full day! Please send full lunch, snacks, change of clothing for school etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #0c64c0; background: yellow;\">***Students will attend full days starting Monday September 8, 2025!***<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">We will send another email in late August with this information again, and please keep an eye out for any emails that Ms. Peta (our Kindergarten teacher) may send in the week before school\u00a0 begins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re unsure if your Kindergarten child is in Group A or Group B, please don&#8217;t hesitate to contact the school office at (250) 334-2161 during the last week of August.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re looking forward to seeing all of your excited faces again, and also meeting the new students.\u00a0 Welcome back!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grades 1 &#8211; 6 Wednesday, September 3rd &#8211; First HALF DAY back to school (8:25 am &#8211; 11:30 am). 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