F. H. COLLINS SECONDARY SCHOOL
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Hand Crafted Box Lunches!

Click here to check out the FH Collins Cafeteria website for some yummy box lunch ideas.

Sorry, but it's limited to Grades 8,9 and staff for right now.  We hope to expand to other grades in the future.

​Health and Safety at School

Key steps for health and safety at school
All schools must follow the health and safety guidelines for K-12 school settings set by Yukon’s Chief Medical Office of Health. School staff will go over health and safety routines at our school with students on a regular basis. The key steps our school will be following include:  
  • Physical distancing of 2 meters in classrooms and common areas where possible;
  • Limiting mixing of groups of students and staff where possible; 
  • Washing and sanitizing hands regularly all day;
  • Regular cleaning and disinfecting of the school and keeping our school clean;
  • Following the plan if a student or staff gets sick while they’re at school;
  • Students and staff need to stay home if they have symptoms or are sick.

Detailed plans
The detailed operational plan as approved by the Medical Officer of Health can be seen here.
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The FH Collins operational plan was revised 23 November 2020.  The current summary can be seen here.

The FH Collins Operational Plan was revised for second semester.  The most recent version is available here.

Staying home when sick or showing symptoms
If a student or staff has symptoms or is sick, they must stay home and not come to school. You should monitor your child ever day for symptoms before sending them to school. To help assess symptoms, use the COVID-19 self-assessment tool at: service.yukon.ca/en/covid-19-self-assessment.
 
Check for new or worsening symptoms when monitoring. For example, a child with asthma may have a cough that is not new. Symptoms you should monitor for include: Fever/chills, cough, shortness of breath, running nose, sore throat, headache, loss of sense of taste or smell, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea and muscle aches.

See the following two articles to help with making decisions on staying home:
          Parent information letter here.
          School Stoplight here.

Visit the following websites for more information:
  • ​Health and safety guidelines and student learning in Yukon schools during COVID-19: yukon.ca/en/education-and-school-supports-covid-19
  • General information about COVID-19: yukon.ca/en/covid-19-information
Report Student Absence
Grade 8 Wood St Campus
          ph: 867-667-8414
Grades 9-12 Main Building
          ph: 867-667-8665
          email: 
​                 fhc-att@gov.yk.ca
Important Dates   
18 January 2021 - first day 
          of second semester

20 January 2021 -
​          Gr 8&9 early dismissal

26 February 2021 -
          Heritage Day
            school closed

3 February 2021 -
​          Gr 8&9 early dismissal
17 February 2021 -
​          Gr 8&9 early dismissal
3 March 2021 -
​          Gr 8&9 early dismissal

12 March 2021 - 
          last day of classes
               before Spring
               Break
29 March 2021 -
​          return to classes
31 March 2021 &
                1 April 2021
       Three Way Conferences
2 April 2021 - Good Friday
          school closed
5 April 2021-Easter Monday
          school closed

14 April 2021 -
​          Gr 8&9 early dismissal
28 April 2021 -
​          Gr 8&9 early dismissal

30 April 2021 -
          PD Event, no school
            for students

12 May 2021 -
​          Gr 8&9 early dismissal

24 May 2021 - Victoria Day
          school closed

26 May 2021 -
​          Gr 8&9 early dismissal

11 June 2021 - last day of 
​            school
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Counselling Services
Jasmine Rosentreter, the Youth Outreach Worker for FH Collins, remains available to provide counselling support for students. Her phone number is (867) 689-0804. Feel free to contact her, or one of our school’s guidance counsellors, if you require support during these unique times.

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​Principal's Message

Welcome back everyone! I hope that you had a restful and relaxing holiday, and are back in the swing of things at school. As of the day that I am writing this, we are one week away from the beginning of semester 2. Students in grades 10-12 will continue to work in models of blended learning that involve work being completed for half of the day in school, and the other half outside of school. As a reminder, students with the last name M-Z are in the morning session in semester 2, and students with the last name A-L are in the afternoon group.

There are some exciting support initiatives that FH Collins will be putting in place for students in semester 2. We recently received funding to implement a tutoring program, as well as a literacy and numeracy intervention program. These initiatives are due to increased staffing that we received from the Department of Education.

Now, more than ever, we need to continue to follow the health and safety guidelines for schools provided by the Chief Medical Officer of Health. This includes practicing the Safe Six, and wearing masks when in public spaces in the school. We are having some issues with students not wearing masks when they are working at the tables above the atrium. It is essential that students wear masks when they are working at these tables.​

Be safe.



Sincerely,

Jay Thomas, principal


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​Realizing the health concerns regarding vaping, the three Whitehorse high schools will attempt to follow a common policy: vapes are not permitted on school property. 

Click here to see the full common policy.






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