Sunday, October 29, 2023

Term 1, Week 9: 30 Oct to 3 Nov 2023

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PAC Newsletter

 

30 Oct to 3 Nov 2023

 
Sunday, 29 Oct
Monday, 30 Oct
Tuesday, 31 Oct
Wednesday, 1 Nov
Thursday, 2 Nov
Friday, 3 Nov
Looking ahead
13 Nov: School closed
24 Nov: Pro-D Day

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,

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the Goal Setting Conferences last week. If you were not able to schedule an appointment, please reach out to your child's teacher. You can ask for a learning update at any time of year.

We would like to remind everyone to please label coats and jackets. Our Lost and Found is already full! Please feel free to come into the school to look for your child's belongings.

In November, teachers will begin writing Term 1 report cards that will go home on Dec. 1st, 2023.  This will be the first of three report cards for this school year.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch.

Sincerely,
Margaret Paxton (she/her)
Principal
Southlands Elementary School
604-713-5414

 
Spirit wear sales are now open and due by November 5th! Please place your orders through Munchalunch (you will find the ordering options under Fundraising) or email southlands.fundraising@gmail.com if you would like to pay by etransfer. 

Weather dependent, we may do one more day of try ons after school, but if you need sizing, or any other assistance, please email Carol at southlands.fundraising@gmail.com

Minutes for the last meeting is now posted on the website at https://southlands-pac.blogspot.com/p/pac-minutes.html. Please email southlands.elementary@gmail.com if you have any questions or want to add a topic to next month's agenda.
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!
Visit our website at https://southlands-pac.blogspot.com
Join Southlands PAC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/southlandselementarypac/
Facebook
Website
Email
Southlands Parents Advisory Council "PAC"
southlands.elementary@gmail.com

Chair: Nina Monahan
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

VSB Office of the Superintendent contacts







Sunday, October 22, 2023

Term 1, Week 8: 23 Oct to 27 Oct 2023

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PAC Newsletter

 

23 Oct to 27 Oct 2023

 
Sunday, 22 Oct
Monday, 23 Oct
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Tuesday, 24 Oct
  • Pizza lunch
  • Recorder, 3:10pm
  • PAC Meeting, 7pm

Wednesday, 25 Oct
Thursday, 26 Oct
  • Goal setting conference, 2pm dismissal
  • Spirit Wear Sales
  • Flute, 3:10pm 

Friday, 27 Oct
  • Photo Retake Day
  • Blackball hot lunch

Looking ahead
13 Nov: School closed
24 Nov: Pro-D Day

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#.

Join us for this month's PAC meeting. Every parent and caregiver with a child at Southlands is automatically part of the Parent Advisory Council. Join other parents on Zoom on Oct 24 at 7pm, and hear about the plans for the upcoming year.

Please email southlands.elementary@gmail.com if you want to add items to the agenda for the meeting.

Hello Southlands families!

Spirit wear sales are coming soon! Families will be able to order Southlands hoodies and tshirts via Munchalunch. Stop by the PAC table on October 25th and 26th where we will have a limited selection of t shirts available for sale, as well as sample sizes of shirts and hoodies for try-ons. Be on the lookout for backpack mail with more info!

Interested in volunteering? We'd love a couple of parents to help us man the table, please email southlands.fundraising@gmail.com if you'd like to help out.

This fall, ONE TO ONE is hosting a virtual workshop for interested parents/caregivers of beginning readers in Grade 1 (and 2) called Come Read with Me.  

The session is on Wednesday, November 8 at 7 p.m over Zoom. The workshop will run for approximately 60 minutes with time for questions after.

To register for the virtual session and/or for more information please visit https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/one-to-one-literacy-society-32436852611

Come Read with Me is an interactive facilitated by ONE TO ONE educators and is designed to give parents and caregivers the opportunity to learn positive strategies to help them support their children when reading at home. Participating families will receive a digital resource package.  

This program is available at no cost to families across British Columbia through the generous support of our donors.
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!
Visit our website at https://southlands-pac.blogspot.com
Join Southlands PAC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/southlandselementarypac/
Facebook
Website
Email
Southlands Parents Advisory Council "PAC"
southlands.elementary@gmail.com

Chair: Nina Monahan
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

VSB Office of the Superintendent contacts