6 May to 10 May 2024
Sunday, 5 May
Monday, 6 May
Tuesday, 7 May
Wednesday, 8 May
Thursday, 9 May
Friday, 10 May
- Blackball hot lunch (send utensils)
Looking ahead
14 May: PAC meeting, 7pm
16 May: VCH Immunization clinic
16 May: Spring Fair
17 May: Grad slideshow pics due
20 May: Victoria Day, school closed
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,
The next two months will be very busy. Thank you in advance for returning field trip permission forms promptly. Some of the exciting things happening are: gardening, the HUB bike program, UBC Geering up STEM lessons, field trips to the Fresh Roots garden, the Aquarium, the Children's Festival, a crêpe workshop, Sports Day (June 7th)! It will be like a fun slip and slide to the end of June.
If you have any questions, please reach out.
Sincerely,
Margaret Paxton (she/her)
Principal
Southlands Elementary School
604-713-5414
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Southlands Yearbook Deadline Extended!
Monday, May 6 at midnight
BUY YOURS TODAY
Price: $21 softcover (tax included)
Follow these steps to order your yearbook:
- Visit edgeimaging.ca/order
- In the Yearbooks section, enter Southlands or school code: ZAY
- Follow the prompts and fill in the form to reserve your copy today!
* Personalized yearbooks will not be available this year.*
Yearbook order deadline: Monday, May 6
If you prefer to send a cheque, order forms have been sent home with students, or contact Dina at southlands.yrbook@gmail.com
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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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Vancouver DPAC is proud to present an in-person parent education event. On May 7, we will have The Other People present to our community at the Prince of Wales Secondary School Auditorium at 6:45pm. This is an opportunity to hear from a local group that represents the great diversity within our district. It will help us learn how bias and discrimination function and impact those affected by it, with the goal of fostering greater understanding and acceptance for everyone. We hope that you will join us for this important and informative event.
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Register to attend ‘How to Nurture the Natural Roots of Self-Esteem’ with Dr. Deborah MacNamara!
The Sir Alexander Mackenzie Elementary PAC is thrilled to be hosting author, speaker and clinical counsellor Deborah MacNamara for an evening presentation and Q&A! We’d like to extend the invitation to parents beyond our community to join us for this special event.
Nurturing the natural roots of self-esteem
May 8, 2024
6:30 - 8pm (includes Q&A) Over Zoom
Register to attend!
About the presentation:
Self-esteem has become a popular concept, with varying ideas on how to cultivate it in our children. There are two main strategies used to develop self-esteem, one built on shaky grounds and another that is more sustaining and enduring. The developmental roots of natural self-esteem will be discussed, along with strategies for providing for its growth. Parents are ideally positioned to nurture an intrinsic sense of self worth in their child which will help grow them into their full human potential.
About the speaker:
As a trusted and experienced clinical counsellor for over 25 years in mental health and educational settings as well as private practice, Deborah serves as a leading international expert who provides counselling and educational services to support parents, professionals, and educators. She is also a professional speaker who has presented to the United Nations and The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education.
Deborah specializes in the relational-developmental approach based on the work of Dr. Gordon Neufeld, empowering parents to become the expert on their children with everyday questions and practical strategies. She came to this work as a new mother herself, curious and confident that his approach could shift not only her children’s futures forever, but also her professional approach to supporting and helping others. Today, she serves on Faculty at the Neufeld Institute.
Deborah is the author of the best selling book, Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers (or anyone who acts like one) which has been translated into 14 languages and the children’s picture book, The Sorry Plane, which is available in three languages. Her new book Nourished: Connection, Food, and Caring for our Kids (and everyone else we love), will be released in September 2023.
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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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