Sunday, February 19, 2023

Term 2, Week 8: 20 Feb To 24 Feb 2023

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PAC Newsletter

 

20 Feb to 24 Feb 2023

 
Sunday, 19 Feb
Monday, 20 Feb
  •  Family Day, school closed

Tuesday, 21 Feb
  • Homework club, Gr5-7, 12:20-12:50
  • Recorder music lesson

Wednesday, 22 Feb
Thursday, 23 Feb
Friday, 24 Feb
  • Saleema Noon
  • Pizza lunch

Looking ahead
3 Mar: Class Group Photo Day
10 Mar: Last day before Spring Break
27 Mar: School reopens

View the school calendar online
Please continue to make sure your child(ren) are healthy and feeling well before sending them to school.

If you are late to school (after 9:00 am), your child(ren) must enter through the upper front door by the salmon mural and check-in at the office. The upper front door is now unlocked during the day so no need to call or ring the doorbell. All parents entering the school must enter through the upper front door and check-in at the office.

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 and Happy Family Day!

On Thursday we sent home a Southlands school newsletter via email. We hope you had a chance to read it.

There are just a couple of weeks left to register for the Southlands Sun Run Team. Enter by March 6th to join in the 2.5 km kids run or the 10 km walk/run. We now have enough members for an official team and will be proud to wear our Southlands Team shirts on April 16th. Parents, you are also welcome to sign up and be part of the Sun Run Team. 

To register, go to https://vsrrun.com/join. Look for the Southlands school team. The Southlands Team Access code is HHHKQQ. Families are responsible for training and race day arrangements. The students will have a few fun runs at school before the big day. Siblings who are not Southlands students are welcome to join the team.

For more news and photos from around the school, please see the school newsletter.

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

Sincerely,
Margaret Paxton
Principal
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Southlands will be having Saleema Noon presenting their Body Science/Sexual health presentations on Friday, February 24th. There is a Southlands parent information session planned via Zoom on Wednesday, February 22nd at 6:30 pm. This information session will not be recorded for privacy reasons.

Invite Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83067516688?pwd=S2tYb1pFY0diM2t2V2Q5Wi9ENXpBUT09

The Southlands PAC Direct Donation campaign for the 2023/2024 school year is ongoing. We need your help to reach this year's fundraising goals of $7,000 for the Outdoor classroom and $5,000 for Classroom funds.

We would like to say a huge thank you to our Donors. 

Donations over $500:      Baoshi Gao

Donations under $500:   Jennifer Yang
                                       Minghao Liu

Our total received to date is $5,220

Important update: VSB is no longer providing tax receipts for cash or cheque donations.

To donate & receive a tax receipt:
This is the only way to receive a tax receipt
To donate without a tax receipt:
Provide cash or write a cheque payable to "Southlands Elementary School" noting "2023 PAC Direct Donation" in the memo and include the 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. This lets us know if you would like your name to be included in our newsletter recognition of donations 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!
Thank you to the families who have joined our FlipGive team! 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!
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Southlands Parents Advisory Council "PAC"
southlands.elementary@gmail.com

Chair: Renee Hui
Treasurer: Priya Gupta
Secretary: Alejandra Diaz
Fundraising: Carol Chan

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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