24 May to 28 May 2021
Monday, 24 May
- Victoria Day, School closed
Tuesday, 25 May
Wednesday, 26 May
Thursday, 27 May
Friday, 28 May
Looking ahead
30 May: IB Survey ends
31 May: Bike to school week
1 Jun: Gr7 fundraiser
9 Jun: PAC AGM
11 Jun: Spirit Day - Friendship Day
14 Jun: Pro D-Day
21 Jun: National Indigenous Peoples Day
29 Jun: Last day of school
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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Our PAC meeting on June 9th will be the Annual General Meeting, the last meeting of the year. An important job will be to elect the PAC Executive board for the 2021-22 school year. This is important, as we must elect people to each of the available positions. If the positions are not filled, the PAC cannot operate, and all of the funds in our PAC accounts - currently around $70,000, will have to be given to the school or the school District. Any future PAC will have to start from scratch.
Nomination forms will be coming home with your child/ren this week. If you would like to find out more about any of these roles, please contact Nina at southlands.elementary@gmail.com
Right now, we have the following roles available, with some nominees already:
- Chair or Co-Chair: leads decision-making for the PAC, runs meetings, liaises with the school VACANT
- Vice Chair: supports the Chair as needed VACANT (not required if Co-Chair is elected)
- Treasurer: oversees PAC finances, manages the bank account, enters transactions into Quickbooks, produces financial reports for PAC meetings Nominee: Priya Gupta
- Secretary: takes minutes at PAC meetings, circulates minutes via the newsletter and website, prepares agendas for PAC meetings, tracks action items agreed by PAC VACANT
- Fundraising: oversees fundraising activities, advises volunteers for individual fundraising campaigns, coordinates with school staff as needed Nominee: Renee Hui
- DPAC Rep: attends DPAC (District PAC) meetings and reports back to Southlands PAC, represents Southlands in District-wide activities VACANT
- Members at Large: sit on PAC Executive board as advisors and offer knowledge and support as needed VACANT
All Southlands families are members of the PAC. We need your help so that the PAC can keep connecting and supporting all of Southlands' children, staff and families!
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Southlands PAC is gathering information from families who enrol at Southlands from out of catchment. We would like to learn more about what motivates families to come to Southlands, and to stay.
Please fill in this quick survey to let us know more about your family's choices, and we may use the data we collect to communicate with the VSB about why Southlands and the IB program should continue to be robustly supported by the District through funding, policy and staffing. Please be assured that there are no changes coming to Southlands or IB at this time, but the PAC wants to get ahead of any "enrolment management strategy" that VSB may apply to our school (see DPAC report later in this newsletter).
You can fill in the survey anonymously or provide your email address which will NOT be shared with the VSB and would only be used by the PAC to contact you with further questions. If you are interested in helping with our advocacy campaign please contact Nina at southlands.elementary@gmail.com
The survey can be accessed here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfljVl64dOmKjrqwoyGJ7YRv6nyjwE0Xg-1jTPYFKjE7jrLkw/viewform?usp=sf_link
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Grade 7 Online Auction
Our grade 7 graduates are raising funds to plant a Pacific Dogwood. We have three prize baskets available and ticket sales are open on munch a lunch https://munchalunch.com/login until June 1.
$5 for 1 and $15 for 3 tickets.
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Read the mid-month update from DPAC at http://vancouverdpac.org/generalannouncements/2021/5/17/mid-may-update-2021
There is a PAC led initiative which is incubating around "No School Closures for 2 Years" in light of pending items such as the Vancouver Plan and the Trustee Vision which has a focus on Neighbourhood Schools & Equity. A link to the draft of this motion can be found here.
At the May General on Thursday, May 27, 7pm - 9:30 pm, following a short formal meeting, DPAC will mark Asian Heritage Month by welcoming Elimin8Hate as they facilitate an exploration of Challenging Racist BC -- 150 Years and Counting, a project that seeks to explore our shared history and common future.
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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.
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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!
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