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10 Feb to 14 Feb 2025
Monday, 10 Feb
Tuesday, 11 Feb
- Pizza lunch
- Recorder, 3pm
Wednesday, 12 Feb
Thursday, 13 Feb
- Hot lunch
- Flute, 3pm
- Krispy Kreme Fundraising delivery
Friday, 14 Feb
Looking ahead
17 Feb: Family Day
19 Feb: Basketball: Southlands @ Quilchena
19 Feb: PAC meeting
19 Feb: Gr7 Exhibition
20 Feb: Gr7 Exhibition
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 Vancouver DPAC has shared information about a rezoning application that is with the City of Vancouver, asking for permission to rezone the basketball courts at Fleming Elementary on 41st Ave and Knight Street. Fleming PAC and DPAC are asking for help to put a stop to this development and ask the City not to support the VSB’s decision to give a developer a 99-year lease of the land where there are currently basketball courts used by students and the community.
Fleming Elementary is currently full of students and at 107% capacity. Well documented data shows continued growth in the Fleming community, and the play space on the school grounds will be needed for future enrollment growth. Other Vancouver school land is also at risk of being disposed of for development with this dangerous precedent. With increasing density coming quickly in the Southlands catchment area, this issue seems very relevant for our own school community. If you have time, please support Fleming Elementary.
The links below share important information about this process and the Fleming PAC advocacy campaign, including a link to submit your comments to the City of Vancouver about the rezoning application. The deadline to send your comments/questions to the City, and to add your name to the DPAC letter is February 11th.
Shape Your City comments and questions:
https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/1401-1455-e-49th-ave
Copy of the DPAC’s letter:
https://www.vancouverdpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/November-7-2024-Letter-to-VSB-re-Fleming-Ground-Lease.pdf
Add your name to the DPAC’s letter to the City:
https://www.vancouverdpac.org/fleming-play-area/
DPAC’s article on this issue:
https://www.vancouverdpac.org/help-save-fleming-elementarys-basketball-courts/
Thank you
- Nina Monahan
PAC Chair 2024-2025
Southlands Elementary School
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Check out the latest DPAC newsletter. Some highlights include:
Teens & Parents: Share Your Views on Social Media & Mental Health
Vancouver DPAC is partnering with The Archewell Foundation to invite teens and parents/caregivers to participate in in-person insight sessions on social media’s impact on youth well-being. These sessions, happening in Vancouver from February 12-16, 2025, will contribute to a global report on digital safety and mental health.
- Sessions are 2 hours (food provided)
- Teens grouped by age (parental consent required for under 18)
- Parents have separate sessions
- Anonymous & confidential participation
Want to share your views? Complete the form here (no commitment required).
Not available in person? Indicate interest in a future online session.
Food Framework Working Group
The Vancouver DPAC’s Food Framework Working Group, in partnership with BC Chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food (BC-CHSF), is advocating for a universal healthy school food program. We’ve provided letter templates for parents and PACs to help push for this important cause. Please personalize and send the appropriate template to premier@gov.bc.ca, cc: ecc.minister@gov.bc.ca.
Please help support the National School Food Program before the March 15, 2025 deadline!
For more details, read the full article here: Advocating for Healthy Free Food Programs in BC Schools.
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Southlands PAC has partnered with Pedalheads for an exclusive $25 off code for our school’s families, until the 30 June. For every use of the code, Pedalheads will give $25 back to the Southlands PAC. You get $25, and the PAC gets $25. Use code SLANDS25 when registering.
Pedalheads provide fun, engaging, and developmental bike camps during Spring Break and over the summer in Greater Vancouver. Their Vancouver Spring Break Bike Camps will be running the weeks of March 17-21 & March 24-28 at the following 3 locations:
- Vancouver – Point Grey @ Jericho Hill Centre (4196 W 4th Ave, Vancouver)
- Vancouver – Oakridge @ Jamieson Elementary (6350 Tisdall St, Vancouver)
- Vancouver – 23rd & Main @ David Livingstone Elementary (315 E 23rd Ave, Vancouver)
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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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