March 25, 2004
Education System Seminar for Immigrant Parents
R. Lee: Today I would like to bring to your attention an exciting event that is taking place in my community, the city of Burnaby North. It's a seminar on the education system in British Columbia. This seminar is intended to help new immigrants understand and take full advantage of our amazing school system. Parents are a very important part of our education system. They can play a significant role in the growth and success of their children in school. They understand what their children are facing and what they can get out of our school system.
As you can imagine, for many new immigrants to this country our education system can be very different and overwhelming. By offering this seminar, we are hoping that they will be able to help their children through their schooling and raise the achievement level of students across British Columbia. The seminar will be offered in both English and Mandarin, which should allow us to reach out to more people. It will be facilitated by Andy Tse, a member of the school planning council of a Burnaby secondary school.
Throughout the seminar Mr. Tse will be covering an overview of the education system in B.C., the interpretation of letter grades and marks, parents' perspective on secondary school course selection and what parents should know about the new graduation requirements. We believe these topics will give the parents a good understanding of how to support and help their children through what could be a very intimidating and confusing time.
The seminar will occur on two occasions. The first, on Saturday, March 27, will be in Mandarin. Then on Saturday, April 17 the seminar will be in English. Both of the seminars will take place in the Willingdon church in the city of Burnaby.
If you know someone who should attend or would like any additional information, please contact my constituency office.
