13 May to 17 May 2024
Sunday, 12 May
Monday, 13 May
- Golf BC Presentation, 11am
Tuesday, 14 May
- Pizza lunch
- Recorder, 3:10pm
- PAC meeting, 7pm
Wednesday, 15 May
Thursday, 16 May
- VCH Immunization clinic
- Welcome to Kindergarten, 9:15am
- Indigenous Moving Forward celebration, Italian Cultural Centre, 1;30pm
- Flute, 3:10pm
- Spring Fair, 3pm
Friday, 17 May
- JP Plastic Basin Collection - Div 3,4
- Grad slideshow pics due
- Blackball hot lunch (send utensils)
Looking ahead
20 May: Victoria Day, school closed
21 May: Vancouver Aquarium, Div 3,4
22 May: UBC Geering up
22 May: Invasive Species Online - Div 5,6
28 May: Children's Festival, Div 5,6
29 May: UBC Geering up
31 May: Div 7 to Point Grey Secondary, 12:30-3pm
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,
We hope you enjoyed the weekend. Instead of wishing you a Happy Mothers' Day, I'd like to honour all of the caregivers of Southlands students. We know that it is not only biological parents who are raising the children and our respect and gratitude goes out to all of you.
On Friday afternoon we sent home a Southlands School Newsletter. Check your email to read about what has been going on at school and view some photos of the activities students have been enjoying.
As always - if you have questions or concerns - please reach out to me or your child's teacher.
Sincerely,
Margaret Paxton (she/her)
Principal
Southlands Elementary School
604-713-5414
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The next PAC meeting is coming up on 14 May over Webex at 7pm. Every parent and caregiver with a child at Southlands is automatically part of the Parent Advisory Council. Please join us and hear about what the PAC is working on.
Send any additional agenda items you may want to cover to Nina at southlands.elementary@gmail.com
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On Wednesday, May 15 ONE TO ONE is hosting a virtual workshop for interested parents/caregivers of students in Grades 1-2 called Come Read with Me. To register, please go to https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/one-to-one-literacy-society-32436852611
As a reminder, Come Read with Me is an interactive workshop based on our tutor training and facilitated by a ONE TO ONE educator 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 including the “Reading Success at Home” handbook. This program is available at no cost to families across British Columbia through the generous support of our donors.
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Call for graduation slideshow photos
We're putting together a slideshow for the upcoming 7th grade graduation and need families' help! We want to celebrate how all of our children have grown, so we're asking for three photos of your 7th grader over the years, ideally:
- a baby photo
- a pre-k or kindergarten photo
- a recent photo from this year
Please email photos to miss.megan@gmail.com by May 17 and include the name of your child, so we can be sure everyone's included.
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CEDAR Camp 2024 will be held on the UBC Vancouver Campus from July 15th to July 26th. The camp is open to Indigenous youth, ages 8-12 years old. As always, this camp is subsidized (free to register). We provide breakfast and lunch. Our goal is to plant a seed of interest into STEM fields at the post-secondary level. We’ve reached out to Indigenous and Science faculty to help provide engaging activities to give insight into the world of science.
Please register at https://cedar.ubc.ca/camper-registration/
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Family Photo Sessions Fundraiser
The Southlands Elementary School Parent Advisory Council (PAC) is pleased to be offering family photo sessions with Amy Williams Photography, over the weekend of June 22-23rd in the schoolyard.
This is our last fundraiser of the year. Families will be able to book a 20 minute session with Amy for a sitting fee of $25, which will be donated to the PAC. There are only 20 slots available, and YES, pets are more than welcome! Make some great memories this spring and help support your PAC and students!
Bookings can be made using the following link: https://book.usesession.com/s/15f3McttE
Further information on photo pricing can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dx44y7JevKkswwBG_ymR-JLCEg5IZMA_/view?usp=sharing
Please email southlands.fundraising@gmail.com with any questions.
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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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