School Spotlight: South Park Elementary

Location:  735 Gilchrist Drive, Tsawwassen
Programs:  English & Early French Immersion
Number of Students: 430
Current Principal:  Mrs. Tee

2025-2026 School Goals

École South Park Elementary is located in Tsawwassen, Delta. Our school has approximately 430 students in 19 divisions; 6 English divisions and 13 Early French Immersion divisions. Our school is adjacent to South Delta Secondary School and is located very close to Winskill Aquatic Centre.

Building on the foundation that schools are learning places, we believe that all of us at the school are learners.

École South Park is a closely connected community. The parents at École South Park are an integral part of the team and we have a Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) that is very supportive of our school community. 

The Delta School District Vision 2030 guides our work and is rooted in what we hope for our learners. 

Here is the link to see Delta’s Vision 2030, https://www.deltasd.bc.ca/district/our-vision/

Based on our school scan, as we continue with a Math Minds focus this year, we will add on the goal of developing math fluency. 

Our Focus and Inquiry Question

We will expand math instruction to include strategic practice with a focus on building fact fluency.

Why Fact Fluency?

Being able to add and subtract within 20 and multiply and divide within 100 is essential for computational fluency. Fluency with math facts frees working memory from the task of calculating and allows students to focus on building understanding as they learn new concepts such as fractions or decimals, as well as using mental math strategies for operations with larger numbers.

Our inquiry question for 2025-2026 is:

“Will consistent strategic practice increase student fact fluency (the ability to recall math facts quickly, accurately and flexibly)?”

As students develop automaticity with math facts, cognitive load in calculating will be reduced allowing students to focus on learning new mathematical concepts.

Our Focus Questions:

· How will strategic, consistent practice increase student automaticity with math facts?

· Which practice opportunities yield the highest results for increasing students automaticity with math facts?

Our Learning:

Staff will engage in new professional learning through professional development days, support from district math coordinators, lunch and learn sessions, fact fluency sprints and a professional book club. As well, time and opportunity will be provided for staff to work with one another to collaborate and share their learning.

SCHOOL VALUES:

As South Park Sockeyes, we SWIM together.

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