Term 1: 30 To 4 Oct, 2019

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30 Sep to 4 Oct 2019 Monday, Sep 30 Orange Shirt Day, Assembly @ 9:15am Munchalunch opens for Subway Grade 7 Grad Planning @ Dorringtons residence, 7-9pm Tuesday, Oct 1 Cross country, 8:10-9:00am Wednesday, Oct 2 Cross country meet @ Quilchena Park, 3:30-5:00pm Thursday, Oct 3 Cross country, 8:10-9:00am Van-Chess after school, 3:00-4:30pm Friday, Oct 4 Earth Kids Club, 12:20pm, Room 213 Mad Science after school, 3:10-4:10pm   Looking Ahead: Oct 7: Fruit & Vegetable snack Oct 8: Cross country meet @ Balaclava Park, 3:30-5:00pm Oct 9: Photo Day Oct 9: PAC meeting, 6:15pm Oct 14: School closed, Thanksgiving Day Oct 17: Earthquake Drill Oct 17: Cross country meet @ Trout Lake, 12:45pm Oct 24: Inquirer Assembly Oct 25: Pro-D Day View the school calendar online   Please lend a helping hand We need your commitment so that we know days are covered by volunteers.  We welcome guardians, grandparents, aunts and uncles to help. Please click this link to sign up.  Cecilia will be leading the pizza hot lunch on Oct 11, so anyone interested in seeing what is required, please drop by on Oct 11 @ 11:45am Cross Country - volunteers needed Oct 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17 Hotdog/Pizza - volunteers needed on Oct 11, 18, 24 Subway - volunteers needed on Oct 28 Fruit & Vegetable snack - volunteers needed Oct 28   Message from the Principal Mrs. Margaret Paxton (@SouthlandsIB) Hello Southlands families!  We had a great week harvesting, preparing and cooking soup for the whole school to eat with delicious bannock.  Thanks to Ms. Beck for organizing and to the parent volunteers who came to help.  How lucky we are to be able grow, prepare and  share food with one another. On Monday, we will having our Orange Shirt Day assembly at 9:15 am.  Please join us if you can. To learn more about this important day please see the website Some of our students and their families attended the Climate Strike on Friday.  We applaud their activism.  I have sponsored Earth Kids Clubs at my other schools and would like to do so at Southlands as well.  We will have our first meeting on Friday, October 4th at 12:20 in Ms. Morrison’s room, 213. Lastly, our first PAC meeting will take place on Wed. Oct. 9th at 6:15 pm.  Please join us!  It is a great way to be connected with the school community. Margaret Paxton   Class Parents Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to be a class parent so far. Michelle will be sending an email out to the group shortly, please let her know your email if you didn't put it on the sign up sheet. We still need a class parent (or 2) for Ms Kim's class, division 9 and Mr Lee's class, division 1, preferably a grade 7 parent. This role does not have a huge time commitment, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact Michelle. Soup Day The Second Annual Southlands Fall Soup Day was held on Friday. A BIG thank you to Mrs. Beck for organizing and leading this successful event! Participating students from Grades 6/7 chopped veggies and family volunteers (chef Steve Barry, Julie Tyas and daughter Cecily, Cheryl Cameron, Priya Gupta, and Jodie Dorrington) helped supervise chopping, preparing and serving the soup.  We are also grateful to our Southlands families who made bannock for the G6/7 Fundraiser (Fossella-Duerdan family, Musqueam neighbours) and to the Tsouli family, who purchased the remaining bannock and donated it to the school for soup day. What a great combination and enough for everyone at school to enjoy, with many asking for seconds! In support of Friday’s climate change actions occurring across Canada, the soup and bannock were all grown, sourced and made in our community and many students brought mugs from home to reduce single-use cups.   Grade 7 Graduation Planning Hello Grade 7 Parents and Caregivers, Graduation marks an important milestone in your child’s life, which celebrates the successful completion of elementary school and allows us to reflect on the wonderful experiences they’ve had along the way. Graduation at Southlands is a special event with many wonderful traditions – from chocolate fountains and a photo booth to a fun graduation party and a parting gift to Southlands.  There is a lot to be done throughout the school year to make this event in June a success and fundraising is a key element. Based on experience from past years, the Grade 7s will need to raise approximately $5,000 to cover: Graduation Ceremony, including light lunch  Graduation party  Decorations + partywares Photobooth Candy table + chocolate fountains Gift for Southlands  Grade 7 Parent and Caregiver commitment and participation is also critical to help organize and lead the various activities to make this a special day. To kick-off this year’s planning cycle, the Dorrington’s are hosting the Grad Planning Meeting (adults only) on Monday, September 30th from 7-9 pm (3959 West 32nd Ave).  Kind regards, Jodie and Jon Dorrington (Quentin) 604.612.9179 | jdorrington@telus.net   We have moved to MunchaLunch as the payment platform for Southlands PAC programs. Bookmark https://munchalunch.com/schools/southlands/ and create an account! Thanks for all your support on using MunchaLunch and your patience figuring this new order system out along with PAC. We are pleased to let you know that online ordering for Subway will be open from Monday, 30th September until Friday, 11th October. Please place your orders then if you have not already done so. Thank you for your patience while we get used to this new system! Safe Arrival If your child will be absent from school, please 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. Our school code is 79.  Throughout the year any purchases online from Mabel's Labels will earn our school a rebate when you select "Southlands Elementary School" from the drop down 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/ Southlands Parents Advisory Council "PAC" southlands.elementary@gmail.com Chair: Nina Monahan Vice Chair: Farnaz Imani  Secretary: Cecilia Imani Treasurer: Sandy Liu  Assistant Treasurer: Jennifer Paterson Fundraising: Renee Hui & Uliana Vankovych Past Chair & DPAC representative: Deb Broadhurst Member-at-large: Melanie Antweiler Our mailing address is: 5351 Camosun Street, Vancouver, BC, V6N 2C4 Please send any feedback on the newsletter to southlands.pacnews@gmail.com VSB Office of the Superintendent contacts Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. If you were forwarded this newsletter, please sign up

Soup Day

The Second Annual Southlands Fall Soup Day was held on Friday

A BIG thank you to Mrs. Beck for organizing and leading this successful event! Participating students from Grades 6/7 chopped veggies and family volunteers (chef Steve Barry, Julie Tyas and daughter Cecily, Cheryl Cameron, Priya Gupta, and Jodie Dorrington) helped supervise chopping, preparing and serving the soup.

We are also grateful to our Southlands families who made bannock for the G6/7 Fundraiser (Fossella-Duerdan family, Musqueam neighbours) and to the Tsouli family, who purchased the remaining bannock and donated it to the school for soup day.

What a great combination and enough for everyone at school to enjoy, with many asking for seconds!

In support of Friday’s climate change actions occurring across Canada, the soup and bannock were all grown, sourced and made in our community and many students brought mugs from home to reduce single-use cups.