27 Sep to 1 Oct 2021
Monday, 27 Sep
Tuesday, 28 Sep
- Cross country practice, 8:15am
Wednesday, 29 Sep
Thursday, 30 Sep
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, school closed
Friday, 1 Oct
- Flute registration deadline
Looking ahead
5 Oct: Cross country mini-meet
11 Oct: Thanksgiving, school closed
19 Oct: Photo Day
22 Oct: Pro-D Day
View the school calendar online
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Please make sure you review the daily health assessment (english or simplified chinese) before sending your child(ren) to school. Or use the K-12 Health Check website.
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 or use the new doorbell beside the door so they can let the child(ren) in.
If your child(ren) will be absent from school, please email souattendance@vsb.bc.ca or 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. If you phone, you will be required to use a school code. The Southlands school code is 79#.
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Hello, Southlands Families!
This week students were even more settled and happy. It is lovely to hear their laughter on the playground and to witness their kindness to one another. Our theme of Caring will continue next week. I have been having conversations with students about how kindness is contagious and when we do something caring, it benefits us, too.
We have sent home student verification and other forms to be signed. Please read them carefully, sign and return by Oct. 1st. Every student who brings back their forms by October 1st will have their name entered to win a pizza lunch, and the class that gets all of their forms in first will get a special treat. Thanks for your help with this.
Next week is Orange Shirt/Reconciliation Week as we anticipate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Thursday. Teacher are planning lesson this week to help students understand why there is a need for Truth and Reconciliation. Please remember that there is no school on Thursday.
Parking Lot: We would like to ask parents and guardians to NOT walk through the staff parking lot when dropping off and picking student up. We want all of our students to get into a habit of safety. Please walk around. Thank you!
As always, if you have questions or concerns, please get in touch.
Sincerely,
Margaret Paxton
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Southlands PAC is excited to announce that Mozart School of Music is offering flute lessons, taught by Mikyla Jensen, to Southlands students again this year! They will be offered after school and online again, due to continued COVID precautions. However, last year Mozart offered a hybrid option, where students were permitted to take the flute class at their UBC location, while those more comfortable with online, joined remotely, but synchronously. If there is interest in this option, we will ask Mozart if they are able to offer hybrid again this year.
If you would like to join the Southlands PAC flute program, and/or have questions about it, please contact Julie to register at southlands.elementary.music@gmail.com by Friday October 1st 2021, with:
- your child’s name and division number,
- indicate flute or kinderflute,
- whether you prefer online or in person.
Class space is limited. Enrolment will prioritize continuing students, followed by students in order of registrations received. Thank you!
Flute, Wednesdays 6 October - 8 December 2021
- Ages 8 and up
- Wednesdays by Zoom from 3:30-4pm or 4-4:30pm
- $130 includes 10 weekly, 30 minute, lessons plus flute rental (Southlands Elementary will hand out rental flute to students at school)
Kinderflute, Saturdays 9 October - 11 December 2021
- Ages 5-8
- Saturdays in-person from 2-2:45 pm at Mozart School of Music 3396 Shrum Lane, Vancouver
- $180 for 10 weekly, 45 minute lessons. All materials provided by Mozart School of Music
Payment may be made either by:
Please include the child's full name and "flute" in the memo section of the e-transfer or cheque
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PAC Directory
Southlands PAC collects contact information for each student and their family on a voluntary basis. This information is made available in a directory for PAC and parent use. The directory is a great way for classmates and the families of Southlands school to connect, and for PAC volunteers to communicate about PAC activities. All information is to be used in the Southlands community only, and is not used for solicitation or any other purpose. The Directory is organized by the PAC and not by Southlands Elementary school staff.
This year the PAC directory has moved online. Instead of paper forms that were sent home every year, the PAC directory can be filled out online. Please take a few minutes to enter your information:
https://bit.ly/SouthlandsDirectory
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Yearbooks have arrived! If you ordered a 2020-21 yearbook in June it will be sent home with your child/ren some this week, so please check their backpacks. If you have any questions please contact Deena at southlands.yrbook@gmail.com
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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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