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Term 3, Week 2: 7 Apr to 11 Apr 2025

PAC newsletter: Term 3, Week 2: 7 Apr to 11 Apr 2025
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PAC Newsletter

 

7 Apr to 11 Apr 2025

 
Monday, 7 Apr
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Tuesday, 8 Apr
Wednesday, 9 Apr
Thursday, 10 Apr
  • Flute, 3pm

Friday, 11 Apr
Looking ahead
15 Apr: PAC meeting, 7pm
18 Apr: Good Friday, school closed
21 Apr: Easter Monday, school closed
24 Apr: PAC Spring Fling
24 Apr: DPAC General Meeting - Sustainability Plan/School Gardens, 7-9pm
24 Apr: Deadline to sign VSB Budget Letter
28 Apr: Pro-D Day
29 Apr: Gr6 immunization clinic
30 Apr: Student conference, early dismissal 2pm
1 May: Student conference, early dismissal 2pm
9 May: Sports Day

View the school calendar online
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#.

On Sunday, April 13, 2025, community members from across the Lower Mainland are set to march in the 2025 Spring Climate Strike, taking place on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) lands / Vancouver. The rally begins at 1:00 pm at the Vancouver Art Gallery, with an art build starting at noon.

VSB Budget Letter Campaign
Sign and Share by April 25, 2025


As the Vancouver School Board prepares its 2025/2026 budget, parents and caregivers across the district are calling for a renewed commitment to students. We are deeply concerned that current funding levels are not meeting the needs of learners—particularly students with disabilities and diverse needs.

To ensure that all students have access to the support and stability they deserve, we are urging the Board to prioritize funding for inclusive education, frontline staff, and direct services that make a tangible difference in classrooms every day.https://www.vancouverdpac.org/urgent-vsb-budget-letter-campaign-sign-and-share-by-april-18-2025/

Please help us gather as much support as possible before the April 25th deadline. We’ve made it easy—just fill in the form online to send your letter of support. Please sign and share! Every letter counts.

Price: $21.50 softcover (tax included)

Follow these steps to order your yearbook:
  • Visit edgeimaging.ca/order
  • In the Yearbooks section, enter Southlands or school code: ZAY
  • Follow the prompts and fill in the form to reserve your copy today!
If you have any questions or photos to include in the yearbook, please contact Peter at southlands.yrbook@gmail.com

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Southlands Elementary PAC is excited to launch the Direct Donation campaign, raising funds for the 2025/2026 school year.
http://vsb.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/1869/196/false/true

Southlands Elementary School takes pride in having built a strong spirit of Giving that is powered by the generous contributions of your time and financial support to help enrich our children’s learning. Over the years, the Direct Donation campaign has helped Southlands deliver new programs and upgraded services to our entire student community that were outside of the VSB funding. With ongoing provincial education funding cuts, the need for direct funding from families and our community is ever more crucial.

We are seeking to raise $10,000 to fund our basic budgetary demands and enrichment programs that help our children learn and develop the IB Primary Years Program Essential elements: Learner Profile; Transdisciplinary Themes; Concepts, Attitudes; Approaches to Learning and Action. The money raised in this campaign will be used to fund the following items in the 2025-26 school year:
  • New Classroom Projectors - $5,000
  • Classroom Funds - $5,000
Please check the campaign flyer for details of how to donate and get your tax receipt
 
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT! 
Southlands PAC has partnered with Pedalheads for an exclusive $25 off code for our school’s families, until the 30 June. For every use of the code, Pedalheads will give $25 back to the Southlands PAC. You get $25, and the PAC gets $25. Use code SLANDS25 when registering.

Pedalheads provide fun, engaging, and developmental bike camps during Spring Break and over the summer in Greater Vancouver. Their Vancouver Spring Break Bike Camps will be running the weeks of March 17-21 & March 24-28 at the following 3 locations:
  • Vancouver – Point Grey @ Jericho Hill Centre (4196 W 4th Ave, Vancouver)
  • Vancouver – Oakridge @ Jamieson Elementary (6350 Tisdall St, Vancouver)
  • Vancouver – 23rd & Main @ David Livingstone Elementary (315 E 23rd Ave, Vancouver)
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!
Visit our website at https://southlands-pac.blogspot.com
Join Southlands PAC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/southlandselementarypac/
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Southlands Parents Advisory Council "PAC"
southlands.elementary@gmail.com

Chair: Nina Monahan
Vice-Chair: Priya Gupta
Treasurer: Carol Chan
Secretary: Laura Wallbridge
Fundraising: Jennifer Yang & Elizabeth Khean

Our mailing address is:
5351 Camosun Street, Vancouver, BC, V6N 2C4

Please send any feedback on the newsletter to southlands.pacnews@gmail.com

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