15 May to 19 May 2023
Sunday, 14 Apr
Monday, 15 May
- Div 7, 8, 9, KG field trip
Tuesday, 16 May
Wednesday, 17 May
- Welcome to KG, 9:30am
- Beading Club, 12:20-12:50
- Gr7 Freezie fundraiser
- Deborah MacNamara PAC talk, 6:30pm
Thursday, 18 May
Friday, 19 May
- Pizza lunch
- Chess club
- Gr7 Freezie fundraiser
Looking ahead
22 May: Victoria Day
26 May: Victory Garden
28 May: Yearbook ordering deadline
31 May: Subway lunch
31 May: Direct Donation Campaign ends
View the school calendar online
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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#.
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Hello Southlands Families.
Thank you to everyone who was able to come to see the Hip Hop performance on Thursday. We are sorry it was such short notice - next time we will let you know in advance. The students really enjoyed it and we loved hearing them cheer each other on. Thanks to the PAC for helping to fund this great experience.
This week we also had gardening lessons and things are beginning to sprout! We are looking for families who are willing to take on a week of watering over the summer - please let us know if you can help.
On Monday, Divisions 7, 8, 9 and Kindergarten will be going to Science World. Welcome to Kindergarten is Tuesday at 9:30 am.
Have a wonderful week ahead - and don't forget the sunscreen.
Sincerely,
Margaret Paxton
Principal
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Join us for this month's PAC meeting over Zoom at https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82019523549?pwd=K2VHVm5Ka2QwWGc4VnVTNVp5WU1vdz09.
Every parent and caregiver with a child at Southlands is automatically part of the Parent Advisory Council. Join other parents and hear about the plans for the upcoming year.
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Dr. Deborah MacNamara is the author of the best-selling book Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers (or anyone who acts like one), is on Faculty at the Neufeld Institute, and is the Director of Kid’s Best Bet, a Counselling and Family Resource Center. Deborah is a dynamic teacher and experienced counsellor who makes developmental science come to life in the everyday context of home and classroom. She also provides counselling services to parents and professionals to make sense of learning, behavioural, and developmental issues in kids – from babies to teens.
Southlands PAC is proud to offer this presentation by Dr. MacNamara: Making Sense of Anxiety. As many as 20% of children and teens qualify for an anxiety disorder diagnosis, making it the most common mental health issue today. Anxiety can take many forms including obsessions, compulsions, phobias as well as other perplexing behaviours. We cannot treat something we do not understand, and making sense of anxiety is fundamental in making headway. This presentation will bring a fresh and promising perspective to one of our most troubling human problems.
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Southlands Yearbooks are on sale!
BUY YOURS TODAY
Price: $20 softcover | $10 e-yearbook (emailed after May 29)
Personalized pages are available, for an additional charge
To buy, visit our online store: https://store.shopyearbook.com/southlands2023
Order deadline: May 28
If you prefer to send a cheque, order forms are being sent home with students, or contact Dina at southlands.yrbook@gmail.com
Looking for photos - send by May 19!
If you have photos of your child doing school activities and want them to be included in the yearbook, please send your best photo(s) (high resolution please) with your child's full name, division, and school activity (Halloween, Gardening, PYP Exhibition, Track and Field etc) to: southlands.yrbook@gmail.com
We will do our best to include them.
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The Southlands PAC Direct Donation campaign for the 2023/2024 school year will be ending on May 31st.
We are getting closer, but still really need your help to reach this year's fundraising goals which are $7,000 for the Outdoor classroom and $5,000 for Classroom funds. Without donations, we risk not being able to support these programs.
We would like to say a huge thank you to all of our Donors so far.
Our total received to date is $9220
Important update: VSB is no longer providing tax receipts for cash or cheque donations.
To donate & receive a tax receipt:
- 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
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 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. 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!
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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.
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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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