Term 2: 17 To 21 Feb, 2020

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17 Feb to 21 Feb 2020 Monday, Feb 17 School closed Tuesday, Feb 18   Wednesday, Feb 19 Subway registration opens Drama Club Senior Boys Basketball @ Laurier Thursday, Feb 20 Art Club, Gr4/5 Flute (bring flutes) Friday, Feb 21 Mother tongue day Art Club, Gr4/5 Earth Kids club Pizza lunch   Looking Ahead: Feb 23: Flying Bob, 1:30pm Feb 24: Moose Hide Campaign Feb 25: MOA Dance Fest, Div 3/4 Feb 25: Parent lecture: SACY Adult Toolkit Feb 27: Pink Shirt day Feb 27: Assembly by Gr4/5 Feb 27: Parent lecture: Anxiety in Children & Youth Feb 27: DPAC General meeting: Reporting Bullying Feb 27: Black History Month Lecture Mar 3: PYP Exhibition Mar 4: PYP Exhibition Mar 6: Subway registration closes Mar 9: Zero Waste Heroes Assembly, 9am Mar 10: Knowledgeable assembly by Gr1/2, 9am View the school calendar online Hello Southlands Families! I hope your Family Day Weekend included time to connect with each other and an extra day of relaxation.   Last week we welcomed our new Office Assistant, Teresa Sutter, our new teaching colleague Maddi Malone (Division 3) and four new students, bringing our enrollment to 240.   Students in grades 6 and 7 have been working hard on their exhibitions: researching, writing, interviewing experts, and planning service projects.  It is inspiring to see such hard-working, committed learners, who want to make a difference in the world.  We are so proud of them. Exhibition will be set up during the first week of March.  On Thursday, February 27th we will be celebrating Pink Shirt Day at Southlands.  There will be an assembly at 1:15 with Ms. Niblock’s class leading. (The rest of Canada celebrates Pink Shirt Day on the 26th) Thank you to everyone for warmly welcoming our new friends to our wonderful school.  As always, please be in touch with any questions or concerns. . Sincerely, Margaret Paxton (@SouthlandsIB) Subway will open this Wednesday, Feb 19. This term all orders will be online so please visit the Munchalunch website then to place your order. If you have issues please reach out to southlands.fundraising@gmail.com.  Ordering for Subway will be open from Feb 19 to Mar 6. Dunbar Little League has extended registration for the baseball/T-ball league till Feb 21. Please register so they can continue to run programs for the community. DPAC Facilities & Planning Committee Call for committee members: Any parents interested in supporting DPAC and representing Southlands on this committee, please contact Deb Our first meeting will be on Tuesday, Feb 18 and will include issues related to: LRFP (long range facilities plan) Land & Asset Discussion on capacity from the K & 8 perspective Discussion on breaking Vancouver into zones The latest DPAC newsletter is now available LEGO Robotics Spring & Summer Camps. Please call (604) 345-8603 RBL Basketball is starting its league for Spring 2020 Fundraise while shopping! Thank you to the families who have joined our FlipGive team! We have already earned $217 for Southlands programs. 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. There is even a way to shop in-store and get the same benefit! Severe Weather All schools in the Vancouver School District will remain open if at all possible during severe weather events. Any district-wide closure will be decided by 7:00 am at the latest. Details of district-wide or individual school closures will be announced through the media and the district website front page. 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 Stong's 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