Sunday, May 8, 2022

Term 3, Week 7: 9 May to 13 May 2022

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PAC Newsletter

9 May to 13 May 2022


Monday, 9 May
  • VCH Immunization Clinic (Grades K, 1, 6 & 7)

Tuesday, 10 May
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Wednesday, 11 May
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Thursday, 12 May
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Friday, 13 May
Looking ahead
May 18: PAC Meeting
May 23: Victoria Day, school closed
May 27: Yearbook order deadline
May 31: PAC Fundraiser with Nellies ends
View the school calendar online
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#.

Hello Southlands families,

We hope you received our school newsletter sent home via email today. In it, we share the news of the week and upcoming events. One other thing we'd like to mention is that there is often a lot of litter on the playground from student's snacks and disposable masks. Please consider sending litter-less snacks and a reusable mask on a lanyard. Thank you so much!

As always, if you have questions of concerns, please reach out.

Sincerely,
Margaret Paxton
Principal
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Hello Southlands families! 

We hope that you all enjoyed the sunshine this weekend. We have just one week left until the official closing of the Direct Donation campaign on May 13th, although the online donation platform is always open. There is still time if anyone would like to donate to help us reach our $15,000 goal for the 2022-2023 school year. Your donations are very much appreciated.

The campaign helps Southlands deliver programs and upgraded services to our entire student community that are outside of the VSB funding. You will receive a 2022 tax receipt for any donations made (please see below for details).

Funds raised through this campaign will help support the Outdoor Classroom and Classroom Funds. Our fundraising goals are $10,000 for the Outdoor classroom and $5,000 for Classroom funds.

We would like to say a huge Thank you to all of our donors to the campaign so far. We truly appreciate your support!

We were recently informed of a very generous donation / grant made by:
Tea & Chris Nicola Private Giving Fund, held at Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation. Thank you so much!!

Our total received to date is $9560

To receive a tax receipt:
  1. Donate Online: http://vsb.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/1869/196/false/true and select "E-Southlands PAC"- this is the quickest way to receive a tax receipt or
  2. Provide cash or write a cheque payable to "Southlands Elementary School" noting "2022 PAC Direct Donation" in the memo and include the pink Donor Recognition Form
Just a reminder, please remember to send the Donor Recognition form to school with the details of your donation, even if you donate online, so that we can be timely with our gratitude. This form also informs us if you would like your name to be included in our recognition of your donation or if you would like to be anonymous. If we do not receive the form, your donation will be considered anonymous.

Thank you again for supporting Southlands Elementary!
The minutes from the April PAC meeting are now posted on the blog page. Please review and let the PAC know if you have any thoughts, comments, or feedback.

Southlands PAC is looking for volunteers to take on executive roles for next year. If we are unable to find volunteers to be Chair, Secretary, Treasurer & Fundraising, the PAC will be dissolved. Parents interested in shadowing the executive for the remainder of the year, please reach out.

Southlands Yearbooks are on sale!

BUY YOURS TODAY
Price: $20 softcover | $10 e-yearbook
To buy, visit our online store: store.shopyearbook.com/southlands
Order deadline: May 27

If you prefer to send a cheque, please contact Dina at southlands.yrbook@gmail.com

Looking for photos! 
If you have photos of your child doing school activities and want them to be included in the yearbook, please send photo(s) (high resolution please) with your child's full name,  division, and school activity (Halloween, Exhibition, Track and Field etc) to:
southlands.yrbook@gmail.com. We will do our best to include them. 

Thank you!

Southlands PAC Fundraiser with Nellie’s Clean


We are excited to offer a new fundraiser in partnership with Nellie’s, a local, BC based company that provides an entire line of cleaning products free of toxins and phosphates. Nellie's pride themselves on being a planet-friendly, simple, and honest company, which means that all their items are eco-friendly, hypoallergenic, and highly effective, helping to keep our planet as spotless as our clothes!

During our Nellie’s fundraiser, families will receive 20% OFF all items (excluding bulk, sets, bundles and sale items) using code SOUTHLANDS22

From May 1st - May 31st, you can order from the Nellie's website.
  1. Go to https://www.nelliesclean.ca/
  2. Start shopping and add your items to your cart.
  3. Apply our discount code SOUTHLANDS22, input the school address 5351 Camosun St, Vancouver, BC V6N 2C4 in the shipping options and proceed to checkout.
  4. At the end of the fundraiser, the PAC will distribute all orders on a chosen day at the school
At the end of the fundraiser, Southlands will earn 10% of total sales! Your support will help cover costs for programs, equipment, resources and activities, so all contributions are greatly appreciated.

Happy Cleaning!

DPAC is evaluating interest in a centrally coordinated choral music extracurricular (info here).  We will be asking PACs to confirm their support for this work by voting at our May 26th general meeting
Thank you to the families who have joined our FlipGive team! We have already earned $391 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.
Visit our website at https://southlands-pac.blogspot.com
Join Southlands PAC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/southlandselementarypac/
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Southlands Parents Advisory Council "PAC"
southlands.elementary@gmail.com

Co-Chairs: Nina Monahan, Renee Hui
Treasurer: Priya Gupta
Secretary: Alejandra Diaz
Fundraising: Carmen Chou, Linda Yang
DPAC Rep: Scott Kerwin

Our mailing address is:
5351 Camosun Street, Vancouver, BC, V6N 2C4

Please send any feedback on the newsletter to southlands.pacnews@gmail.com

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