SCHOOL EVENTS CALENDAR
Please routinely check the main page of the school website for the most up-to-date news, announcements and dates for school events.
2024-25 QM School Calendar: 
Calendar of Holidays, Professional Days, Early Dismissals 2024-25 QM.pdf
NOTE: Queen Mary staff members are not available to provide outside supervision of students before or after school, other than teacher-organized and supervised sports practices or clubs. For the safety of your children, please supervise them yourself or arrange for their supervision, if they are on the school grounds before 8:45 or after 3:00 (or after 2:17 on Wednesdays).
2024-2025 Daily Schedule - Kindergarten to Grade 7*Each school year we are required to comply with a specific number of minutes of instruction. Shifts in daily instructional minutes occur from one year to the next.
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| 8:45 a.m. |
Entrance bell |
| 8:47 to 10:30 a.m. |
1st Instructional Period |
| 10:30 to 10:50 a.m. |
Recess |
| 10:50 a.m. to 12:10 |
2nd Instructional Period |
| 12:10 noon to 12:58 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 12:58 p.m. |
Entrance bell |
| 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. |
3rd Instructional Period |
| 3:00 p.m. (EXCEPT Wednesdays: Dismissal 2:17 p.m.) |
End of school day |
How to Report a Child's Absence from School
(e.g., for illness, appointment, vacation)
Ensuring students arrive safely at school each day is a top priority for all schools in North Vancouver. All elementary schools in the North Vancouver School District use a student absence reporting system called SafeArrival, which is part of the SchoolMessenger platform.
This system is designed to:
- Make it easier for parents/guardians to report a child's absence (e.g. illness, vacation, appointment)
- Allow parents/guardians to report, in advance, as many days of absence as they need
- Improve safety for students by reducing the time it takes school office staff to verify student attendance
- Make it more efficient for the office staff to respond to unreported student absences
SafeArrival: How to Use – App/Website/Phone
There are three ways to use SafeArrival to report your child's absence in advance (available 24 hours/day, 7 days a week):
SchoolMessenger app
- Use your mobile device to download the SchoolMessenger app, available at the Apple App Store, the Google Play Store orgo.schoolmessenger.ca
- The first time you use the app, select Sign Up to create your account
- Important: Use the same email address your school has on record
- Select Attendance, then Report an Absence
SchoolMessenger website
- Open your browser and go to go.schoolmessenger.ca
- The first time you use the website, select Sign Up to create your account
- Important: Use the same email address your school has on record
- Select Attendance, then Report an Absence
Automated phone system
- Call the toll-free number 1-833-259-7295 and follow the prompts to report an absence
SafeArrival: Further Information and Resources
Student Absence Reporting System.pdf
- Video. Click HERE to watch a short video that demonstrates how to use SafeArrival to report your child's absence.
- Guide. Click HERE to download the Using the SchoolMessenger App for SafeArrival guide. The guide explains how to sign up, log in, report and modify an absence, and how to manage PIN settings.
