30 Nov to 4 Dec 2020
Monday, 30 November
Tuesday, 1 December
Wednesday, 2 December
Thursday, 3 December
Friday, 4 December
Looking ahead
9 Dec: Pies pickup, 1864 W 4th Avenue
18 Dec: Pajama day
19 Dec: Winter Break starts
View the school calendar online
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Please make sure you review the daily health assessment before sending your child(ren) to school. Click here to review.
If you are late to school, your child must enter through the upper front door by the salmon mural and check-in at the office. Please call the office at (604) 713-5414 so they can let the child in.
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.
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Hello Southlands Families!
The staff and I had an important day of learning on Friday, as I mentioned in Friday’s school newsletter. We are all inspired to try some new things to ensure that school is a safe place for all of our students, to ensure that our students see themselves reflected in the curriculum and in the resources that we use, and to communicate to all members of our school community that there is no room for racism in our schools and in our hearts. At the beginning of the online session, a Southlands student’s uncle, Alec Dan, gave the opening welcome. We then listened to an elder from Musqueam, Mr. Howard Grant, speak about the racism and prejudice he encountered when his children were students at Southlands. We, as a staff, are committed to doing whatever we can to repair the harm that was done in the past and move forward by listening and listening some more. As we state in our recently revised Code of Conduct, let our actions show that we are anti-racists.
A we move into December, we would like to remind everyone that we are maintaining our health and safety protocols and continuing to remind staff and students to wash hands frequently, use proper respiratory etiquette, wear masks in common areas (grade 6/7 and adults) and on the school bus, and stay home if unwell. Given the latest Provincial Health Orders, in which Dr. Henry asks us to only closely interact with our household members, we’d like to remind parents and guardians to maintain the 2 m distance from staff and from each other when picking up, dropping off, and on the playground after school. Let’s do our part to stay safe, together but apart. #SockeyeStrong
As always, please get in touch if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Margaret Paxton
Principal (@SouthlandsIB)
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We are thrilled and proud to share this video link featuring one of our community parents, Christie Lee Charles:
With Canada set to be the guest country at Frankfurt Book Fair, the special exhibition ‘Let Them Speak! Commentaries from British Columbia, Canada was scheduled to take place from 7 to 21 October 2020 in the Weltkulturen Museum. Three First Nations artists would take part: the weaver Meghann O’Brien (Haida/Kwakwaka’wakw), carver Tom Hunt (Kwakwaka’wakw) and hip-hop artist Christie Lee Charles (Musqueam). The artists were invited to use their own works to comment on the museum’s historical collection from Canada.
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Holiday gift cards are back! These make great stocking stuffers or teachers gifts. The funds raised will pay for many important school programs and equipment now and in the future.
By now you should have received a paper form in your child's backpack that you can fill out and send back to school by Wednesday, Dec 3. If you have not got it yet, you can print out the order form and email it to southlands.giftcards@gmail.com. Priya will reach out to discuss payment options.
Your Gift Cards will be ready for pickup in the second week of December. Stay tuned to the newsletter for when they are ready.
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We are so thrilled to announce our Christmas fundraiser this year with the Pie Hole! Support our Southlands classrooms by treating your families to a variety of delicious, family-sized (9") sweet and savory pies. Pies from The Pie Hole are consistently ranked as the best in the city! The money raised will help to support our teachers and students by funding programs and helping teachers to purchase additional supplies for their classrooms.
Dates: Monday November 23 to Friday December 4
Order link: https://southlands.thepiehole.com
Pickup day: Wednesday December 9 between12 pm to 8 pm at the Kitsilano store (1864 W 4th Avenue)
** If you have difficulty getting to the store to pick up your order please email southlands.fundraising@gmail.com for assistance**
Payments: Shop Pay, Google Pay, Pay Pal, Visa, and Master Cards
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We have partnered with Emily Press Labels to try out a new label fundraiser. Emily Press is a local Vancouver company, so shipping is extra fast, with orders usually mailed out next business day. When you or your friends and family shop through our special shopping link below, we earn 20% commission from every sale.
Support our fundraiser and help keep belongings out of the Lost & Found! Start shopping through our special link www.emilypress.com/southlandspac
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Thank you to the families who have joined our FlipGive team! We have already earned $300 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.
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