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Term 1, Week 1: 1 Sep to 5 Sep 2025

PAC newsletter: Term 1, Week 1: 1 Sep to 5 Sep 2025
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PAC Newsletter


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1 Sep to 5 Sep 2025

 
Monday, 1 Sep
  • School closed

Tuesday, 2 Sep
  • First day of school - 9-10am
  • PAC Coffee Meet & Greet - 9-10am

Wednesday, 3 Sep
  •  First full day of school - 9am-3pm

Thursday, 4 Sep
  •  

Friday, 5 Sep
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Looking ahead
15 Sep: Pro-D Day, school closed
30 Sep: National Day of Truth & Reconciliation, school closed
 
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. 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 everyone

Hope everyone had a great summer!

On behalf of the Parent Advisory Council (PAC) board, I would like to welcome you and your child(ren) to Southlands Elementary School for the 2025/26 school year. My name is Priya Gupta and I am the new PAC chair for Southlands. My older son graduated from Southlands last year and my younger one is now in grade 6. I look forward to this coming year, getting to know more parents and helping to give back to a great school.

Our goal as a PAC is to build a strong community and sense of belonging and to facilitate communications between the parents/guardians and the school. Our community can only be as well represented and supported as the efforts put by all of the parents/guardians. Over the year, please consider volunteering your time for hot lunches and various events put together by the PAC committee.

On the first day of school, come join us for some coffee and Timbits. A great chance to learn more about the school and the PAC.

Looking forward to seeing you all!
Priya Gupta
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!
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Southlands Parents Advisory Council "PAC"
southlands.elementary@gmail.com

Chair: Priya Gupta
Treasurer: Carol Chan
Secretary: Laura Wallbridge
Fundraising: Jennifer Yang & Elizabeth Khean

Our mailing address is:
5351 Camosun Street, Vancouver, BC, V6N 2C4

Please send any feedback on the newsletter to southlands.pacnews@gmail.com

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