Please continue to make sure your child(ren) are healthy and feeling well before sending them to school.
If you are late to school (after 9:00 am), your child(ren) must enter through the upper front door by the salmon mural and check-in at the office. All parents entering the school must enter through the upper front door and check-in at the office.
If your child(ren) will be absent from school, please email souattendance@vsb.bc.ca or phone 604-713-5159 as soon as possible and leave your child's name, division number, the date and whether they will be absent or late. If you phone, you will be required to use a school code. The Southlands school code is 79#.
Good evening Southlands,
Save the date for this year's winter fair - Thursday, December 18th, 3-5pm in school gym. Details to follow.
Last weekend to order art created by your children on https://www.createdbykids.ca/ If you have ordered the artwork, do not forget to send the original back to school for scanning.
We are looking for a few parents to organize Lunar New Year celebrations in school. PAC has some funds through gaming grant which we can use towards cultural activities. If you are interested, get in touch with us.
A great fundraising opportunity is underway at Southlands in conjunction with Created By Kids. “Students Make Professional Art - School Makes Money!”
With this program, every student in the school has an opportunity to make an art masterpiece on special card stock paper. Images can be used for greeting cards, coffee mugs, bookmarks, calendars, metal and canvas prints, puzzles and more.
Students should have brought home their artwork last week. Please check the artwork and place some orders for beautiful, professionally printed products featuring your child’s art!
ONE TO ONE Literacy Society is hosting a virtual Parent Reading Workshop (hosted over Zoom) coming up on Monday, November 17th at 7:00pm. The workshop is 60 minutes long with an interactive Q&A to follow.
Their workshops for parents and caregivers offer positive reading strategies to support their children at home. There is no cost to participate, and families will receive a digital resource package. These workshops have been made available to families in British Columbia through the generous support of our donors.
While they welcome families with children of all ages, the workshop will include content that is best suited to parents and caregivers of students in Grades 1 and 2.
Southlands Elementary thrives because of YOU —our generous families and community. With ongoing provincial education funding cuts, your support is more important than ever.
We are raising funds to support our basic budgetary needs and enrich our children's learning through the IB Primary Years Program.
Thank you to the families who have joined our FlipGive team! We encourage others to join the team using code FRJ3Z5.
Use the FlipGive app or browser plugin before shopping online at stores like Starbucks, Amazon, Sportchek, Nike, Bay, The Gap, Indigo, etc. and you will be ensuring a percentage of your purchase gets credited to Southlands programs.
Throughout the year any purchases online from Mabel's Labels will earn our school a rebate when you select "Southlands Elementary School" from the menu. Thank you for your support!
