27 Apr to 1 May 2020
Monday, 27 Apr
Tuesday, 28 Apr
Wednesday, 29 Apr
- Div 1 Teams call
- Southlands Garden Zoom meeting
Thursday, 30 Apr
- Div 1 Teams call
- Div 10 Teams call
- Div 11 Teams call
Friday, 1 May
- Jersey Day
- Div 1 Teams call
- Div 6/7 Teams call
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Video from the Southlands staff
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Please stay tuned to the PAC facebook page for regular updates and keep checking the VSB COVID and Continuity of Learning pages for the latest information.
BelievePerform has some interesting infographics on their twitter feed on how students can look after themselves, how parents can support teenagers, and how families can keep essential mental health habits, amongst others.
Mrs Paxton is recording a morning message for the students (and parents) every day and posting on Twitter and Instagram. Make sure to follow her, @SouthlandsIB!
This week saw the announcement of the Southlands Sockeyes, and we got to meet Streamer the Sockeye
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Announcing Southlands Sockeyes #sockeyestrong
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Also keep checking VSB's youtube feed for regular updates from the Superintendent, Suzanne Hoffman.
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A big thank you to the parents who sent photos. Please keep them coming!
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Hey Southlands Sockeyes!
This is a special announcement: we are adopting the Sockeye as our school mascot! Sockeyes swim together in a school, they persevere when the going gets tough, and they always remember where they came from. We'd love for you to think about what it means to be a Southlands Sockeye. Here at Southlands we are #sockeyestrong! Go Sockeyes!
Sincerely,
Margaret Paxton ( @SouthlandsIB) |
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Thank you to our principal, teachers, staff, and families who have volunteered to start up the Southlands Garden!
We are holding a zoom call on Wednesday, April 29th at 1pm to discuss:
- planting plan and varieties
- supplies
- planting schedule
- watering and maintenance schedule
- harvesting ~ timing and how we can share the bounty with our community
We are also delighted to share that through the coordination and delivery efforts of FarmtoSchool BC, they delivered the following seeds generously donated by West Coast Seeds for our school community:
- nasturtiums
- french breakfast radish
- mustard
- summer picnic lettuce blend
- baby-leaf lettuce
- mesclun
- curly cress cress
- Darkness loose-leaf lettuce
- edible chrysanthemum shungiku wild greens
- peas
If you interested in joining the zoom call to find out more information on volunteering with us, please email southlands.elementary.garden@gmail.com prior to end of day Tuesday, April 28th.
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While our regular fundraising programs are suspended, our direct donation campaign is still open and donations can still be made online. So far we have collected $1,300 in donations.
Funds donated during this school year will be used in 2020-21, and we aim to be able to support our school and teachers as planned next year. Last year, the Direct Donation campaign helped Southlands deliver new programs and upgraded services to our entire student community that were outside of the VSB funding. These included New Laptops, Artist in Residence Music teachers, Arts performances, and Body Science Program.
This year, we are seeking to raise $22,000 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 purchase the following items in the 2020-21 school year:
- Technology - Laptops for lower intermediate grades $10,000
- Classroom Funds $5,000
- Artist in Residence - for in-class arts programming $5,000
- Water bottle filling station $2,000
- Repainting basketball court $1,000
How to donate:
- Go to http://vsb.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/1869/196/false/true
- If you do not have a school cash online account, you need to “click here to register now”
- Choose from a list of donation amounts, or enter a specific amount
- In the Fund Destination drop down menu select option “E - Southlands PAC” (do NOT select “E - Southlands”)
- In the “Message” field please write one of the items from the Fundraising Goals list on the previous page of this notice, or write “2020 Direct Donation campaign”.
- Click “add to cart”
- Once payment is complete, you will receive a tax receipt via email.
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This is the final week of Operation Rocket. If you are dropping off at Southlands, please do so by noon on Friday, May 1. We will be dropping them off Friday afternoon.
The owner of the Johnny Rockets restaurant on Oak Street is launching Operation Rocket to say thanks to the staff at Vancouver General Hospital. They are going to be sending 200 free lunches for the VGH staff daily, for 28 days. Operation Rocket started on April 13th.
They wish to have hand written notes of encouragement and thanks from the community, which they will staple to the lunch bags everyday they run Operation Rocket. To this end they are reaching out to schools and asking local families to provide these notes that they can include. They ask that the notes be handwritten, small in size and not placed inside a sealed envelope, but left open. Then they will staple each note to the side of the lunch bags.
They have left a box outside the restaurant which is on the corner of Oak Street and West Broadway for families to walk by and drop the notes in to. Nobody will have to come into the restaurant, as the collection box is placed on a table on the sidewalk, by the front door. Alternatively, there will be a box at Southlands, near the steps to the school, near the office. We will gather the notes from there and drop them off at the restaurant.
Please drop off a note to thank our frontline workers and show our appreciation for all they do!
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In this world of social distancing, if you are ordering groceries online from Stong's, please pick "Southlands Elementary School" from the drop down menu so that the PAC can earn a rebate. Thank you for your support!
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