Initiatives to Align the Sakinah Circle Program
Sept – Dec 2006 Initial Exploratory Meetings at Argyll Centre for Home Learning
Dec 2006 Meeting at Argyll to gauge community response – 300 people attended
April-May 2007 Doorways Project confirms community interest
2007 -2008 Home School Enrichment Program at Argyll Center for Home Learning
2008-2010 Pilot Project for Sakinah Circle
Monthly meetings at Centre for Ed to establish an alternative program, with EPSB personnel and SC group. During these months, curriculum documents were developed by Elma Harder along with EPS personnel, under direction of Sandy Forester (Curriculum and Development)
March 23, 2010 Board of Trustees approval of the alternative program
April 27, 2010 Initial Alignment Meeting between GM and MEF
Sept 15, 2010 Program Alignment Meeting with assistant superintendents, reps from Curriculum, Policy, Grace Martin admin and MEF
Dec.6, 2010 GM full staff meeting with EPS personnel
May 4, 2011 Memorandum of Understanding between MEF and SS
Feb/March 2012 GM Staff Alignment Meetings “Spiraling up together”
MEF hired a teacher to develop Sakinah resources.
SC Two-Year Resource Development Plan introduced
Jan. 13, 2013 MEF meeting “Focus on the Integrity of Sakinah Circle”
2013, 2014 Groundwork for new site at Donnan School for 2014-15
July 17, 2014 Alignment Transition Meeting for change in principalship
Spring 2014 Discussions for “Mutual Commons”
Spring 2017 Initiated work on “Request to Amend Alternative Program”
June 2, 2017 Meeting at Centre for Education to propose program amendment
2018 SC Review-Renewal: 3-Year Plan documented
2019 Internal Review, Internal Critique
June 24, 2019 Sakinah Teacher PD “Roots of Sakinah”
2020-2021 Covid “shutdown”