Communications & School Publications

For concerns related to teaching and learning, your child’s homeroom or subject teacher is the first point of contact. Please email your child’s teacher to discuss. If the conversation requires administrative support, the teacher will involve school leadership. School policy is to email between 6am and 6pm; teachers are not required nor encouraged to email outside school hours (unless for a specific school purpose, e.g. athletics or co-curricular event occurring outside school hours).

Staff email addresses are generally formatted as the staff member’s first initial + last name + @wpga.ca (jdoe@wpga.ca). 

WPGA uses Instagram (@westpointgreyacademy) to celebrate student achievements and school life. Our Parent Volunteer Group has an Instagram page (@wpgaparentvolunteer) open to all members of the WPGA community; please request to join the group; once your identity is confirmed, the request will be accepted.

Teachers, staff, and professional photographers (accompanied by school staff) take photos of students and school activities throughout the year for the WPGA website, class photo-sharing apps (SeeSaw), social platforms, The Howl newsletter, promotional videos, yearbook, Annual Report, and other school publications. These photos are for the explicit use of WPGA; the school does not allow external organizations to use student images for their marketing or other purposes.

If you elect to have your child on our no-image list (part of school start-up forms), please note that you then elect to exclude their image from school life photo documentation, including class projects, performances, and field trips. If you have any questions about image consent, please contact Megan MacMillan, Director of Communications. 

WPGA collects personal information in the process of educating students. Consent is obtained at the beginning of every school year and as needed. Personal information about students, including academic results, activities, health and behaviour, is routinely disclosed to and used by teachers, counsellors and administrators to record academic progress, plan individual and class lessons, and identify and provide student support. Accuracy, retention, safeguards and individual access are ensured, as required by law. For more information on our privacy policy, consult Leanne Schultz, WPGA Privacy Officer.