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Heritage Christian Online School (HCOS) will make every effort to meet the following protocols in their communication to parents and students as well as between other HCOS teachers, staff and administration: Communicate in a positive, polite and supportive ma...

At Heritage Christian Online School (HCOS) we encourage our families to educate themselves on fire, earthquake and lock down procedures.  Earthquake Safety When an earthquake occurs, your first warning may be a swaying sensation if you’re in a building, a su...

HCOS Response to Intervention (RTI) Model HCOS uses a Response to Intervention (RTI) framework, utilizing formative assessment to regularly collect data to make instructional decisions in a multi-tier model. While valuing prevention and early intervention, te...

The safety and well-being of children at Flex Academy is of paramount consideration. Children deserve to be protected from abuse, neglect, bullying, harm or threat of harm. Therefore, Staff and Teachers will ensure that children attending our school experience...

For the protection of Flex Academy, our staff, our teachers, our parents and our students, we have the following safeguards in place: Leadership may at any time request to see any and all email correspondence teacher to teacher, teacher to parent, and teacher...

The School’s Commitment to You Safeguarding personal information of parents and students is a fundamental concern of Flex Academy. The school is committed to meeting or exceeding the privacy standards established by British Columbia’s Personal Information Pro...

Heads of School, Flex Directors and Flex Administrators will be evaluated as they near the end of their first year of employment with Flex Academy. This evaluation will be comprised of two parts: Administrator’s Self-Evaluation and Supervisor's Evaluation. The...

Parents or guardians have a supporting role under the direction of the teacher. The role of the parent or guardian is to support the teacher in implementing the education plan for the learner. The role of parents should be to: Have primary responsibility for...

Flex Academy supports parents and guardians to be actively involved with their child(ren)s education. Family guidance and input on the new curricula, Sexual Reproductive and Health, is welcomed by Flex Academy and also by the BC Ministry of Education and Child...

Flex Academy students can resubmit work. It is at the teacher’s professional discretion whether or not a student may resubmit an assignment or rewrite a test. Below are guidelines only for teachers to use. Failure due to poor quality of work. Students will no...

As a Distributed Learning (DL) Independent School, our students are located in their homes; as such, the Heritage Christian Online School HCOS drinking water policy is not applicable to these learning environments. In regards to the main office facility, the...

At Flex Academy we have five different people groups involved in the process of providing education: Children Parents Educators: Teachers, Education Assistants and Learning Coaches Administration Staff and Leaders School Committee & Kelowna Christian Cent...

Heritage Christian Online School (HCOS) endeavors to see one’s physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being be as healthy as possible. Therefore, students, staff (both paid and volunteer) are not permitted the use of any form of tobacco and tobacco-like p...

The parent or guardian's role is to support the teacher in partnering with the education plan for the learner. The role of parents should be to: Have primary responsibility for the child’s well-being, growth, and development. Recognize that teachers have pr...

These guidelines explain in general terms the principles which are the basis of “procedural fairness” and provide guidance as to how Flex Academy can effectively address the requirements of “procedural fairness” when developing policies governing their day-to-...

Flex Academy teachers and administrators are encouraged to participate in professional development on a yearly basis. All teachers and staff are required to attend the RenewED Conference the week before the start of the school year.  In April, Flex Academy w...

New teachers will have their Education Delivery & Services evaluated as they near the end of their first year of teaching with Flex Academy. This evaluation will comprise teacher self-reflection, administration evaluation, and (if applicable) family observatio...

Supervision Before and After School and during Breaks At the beginning of the school day, parents and guardians are asked to drop off students between 8:15-8:30am so that students can go directly to their classrooms. Parents and guardians are asked to pick u...

New teachers will have their Education Delivery & Services evaluated as they near the end of their first year of teaching with Heritage Christian Online School (HCOS). This evaluation will comprise teacher self-reflection, administration evaluation, and (if ap...

This policy guides how Flex Academy addresses the Ministry of Education & Child Care curricular competency benchmarks for grades K-9 with regard to grade promotion and retention. Grade Promotion/Retention Promotion through the grades is determined through te...