Term 3, Week 6: 3 May To 7 May 2021

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3 May to 7 May 2021 Monday, 3 May   Tuesday, 4 May Spirit Day - Star Wars Leadership club, 12:15pm Wednesday, 5 May   Thursday, 6 May DPAC Executive Meeting, 7pm Friday, 7 May   Looking ahead 12 May: PAC meeting 18 May: Photo retakes 20 May: BCCPAC presents: Parent Advocacy: Understanding the Appeal Process, 7pm 24 May: Victoria Day View the school calendar online 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. Hello Southlands Families! As April ends and May begins, we'd like to thank you all for your continued Health and Safety vigilance. Our intermediate students are adjusting to their recess zones and discovering new ways to play. The Blue Zone includes the basketball court and the ping pong table, the Red Zone has the tetherball, frisbee, picnic tables, benches, and next week, Spikeball! The Green Zone is the back field and this week, Div. 1 and 2 were thrilled to receive their new Flag Football kit. We are all making the best of the situation. In next couple of weeks, we expect that 95% of our staff will have received their first shot of vaccine. That is really something to celebrate!  As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Sincerely, Margaret Paxton Twitter | Instagram Waitlist if current families are aware of future families of Southlands currently wait listed, please contact PAC  For any future grade 8 students waitlisted at point Grey Secondary, you are encouraged to check back at Point Grey in the Fall. They have 80 waitlisted cross boundary students yet VSB has permitted only 20 spots. However the cross boundary wait list expires in October and any spaces that become available are open to cross boundary applicants.  The latest DPAC newsletter is now available for reading here Ministry's Student Learning Survey for Grades 4, 7, 10 and 12 end date has been extended to May 7. While your children may have completed the survey at school, don't forget that it's open for parents of students in these grades too. Tell the Ministry about your children's education experience this year. The survey should take about 30 minutes to complete and is available in 16 additional languages Thank you to the families who have joined our FlipGive team! We have already earned $486 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. Throughout the year any purchases online from Mabel's Labels will earn our school a rebate when you select "Southlands Elementary School" from the 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: Priya Gupta Fundraising: Renee Hui & Uliana Vankovych Past Chair & DPAC representative: Deb Broadhurst 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