8 Mar to 12 Mar 2021
Monday, 8 March
Tuesday, 9 March
Wednesday, 10 March
Thursday, 11 March
Friday, 12 March
- Last day before spring break
Looking ahead
14 Mar: Southlands Spirit Wear deadline
29 Mar: School reopens
2 Apr: Good Friday
5 Apr: Easter Monday
9 Apr: Photo Day
21 Apr: Parent/Teacher Conference
22 Apr: Parent/Teacher Conference
26 Apr: Pro-D Day
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(ren) 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(ren) in.
If your child(ren) 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,
We hope you received our Southlands School Newsletter on Friday. Last week our grade 6 and 7 students wrapped up Exhibition. The whole school had access to the presentations on Teams and to the displays in the library. Please ask your younger students what they thought.
Thanks again for supporting the school at our Virtual Scholastic Book Fair. You helped raise almost $200 for the school library.
Thank you to all of our Safety Patrol Members and to their parents/guardians for reminding them. We wish you all a safe and healthy week ahead and a restful Spring Break.
Sincerely,
Margaret Paxton
Twitter | Instagram
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Tech, Covid & Kids: Reset for Healthy Habits
Southlands PAC is delighted to join other local PAC's to bring an interactive webinar with award winning Dr. Shimi Kang MD to our Southlands family on March 9 at 7pm. It is a free event, so please join us at https://trafalgarpac.ca/shimi/. No registration is required.
Learn:
- How technology is impacting your child’s brain, body, and behavior
- How to differentiate between healthy, stressful & addictive tech experiences.
- How to reset your child’s tech habits for a successful school year
- Guidelines on how to maintain healthy tech habits in your school/ home during the pandemic and beyond
The fees for this session will be donated to Dr Kang's organization, Dolphin Kids, which provides social, emotional, and cognitive learning programs for children, youth, educators, and parents. The generous PAC funds raised will contribute to the Future-ready Leaders Fund, which provides financial assistance for families in need, so all children and youth have access to these social, emotional, and cognitive learning programs. It also supports the training of mentors for the free Kids Helping Kids Programs..
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One to One Virtual Spring Reading
Could your child benefit from extra support on their way to becoming a confident, joyful reader? One TO ONE is excited to offer an 8-week Spring Virtual Reading Program where children get to practice their reading with a dedicated volunteer literacy tutor. Sessions will focus on building literacy skills and self-confidence by prioritizing fluency and reading for meaning. More information can be found at https://bit.ly/3uswGWk
Register your child now for the 8-week Spring Virtual Reading Program
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Southlands Spirit Wear is Here!
Starting Monday, the PAC is selling t-shirts, hoodies, ball caps, vests, masks, and waterbottles with our Southlands logo on Munch A Lunch.
There will be sample sizes set up to view outside the school, on Monday March 8th, and Tuesday March 9th. The deadline for ordering is Sunday March 14.
Watch for the flyer coming in your childs backpack this week!
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DPAC Facilities Committee Meeting
DPAC Facilities Committee welcomes any parents, guardians, and community rmembers to join an overview meeting on Monday, March 8 from 7:00-8:30pm. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpceigrDstE9yMSBLtHx_sghdhkLMb-2L4
Agenda:
1. Recap Long Range Facilities Plan "LRFP" - wins and outstanding issues
2. Update and feedback on preferred school size
Background:
Over the past year a preferred school size working group consisting of two representatives per stakeholder group has met several times with the mandate "that the District establish guidelines on preferred student population (enrolment) size with the goal of determining appropriate ranges of school size to inform planning decisions" for the LRFP. They have determined these guidelines: Elementary schools 300-550 enrolled students and Secondary Schools 1200-1750 enrolled students.
To view presentations and meeting minutes from the preferred school size working group visit https://www.vsb.bc.ca/District/Planning_and_Facilities/Planning_Studies/Pages/Preferred-School-Size-Working-Group.aspx
If anyone has any questions or feedback, you are welcome to contact Deb Broadhurst southlands.dpac.rep@gmail.com.
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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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Thank you to the families who have joined our FlipGive team! We have already earned $350 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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