Photo Day Tomorrow – Book Donations – Direct Appeal Final Push
Photo Day: This is a reminder that tomorrow your kids will have their School Photo`s taken so remember to have them brush their teeth, comb their hair and put on a nice shirt! Book Donations: Thank you to all the parents who have dropped off Book and Art supply donations to the school. The grade 3 and Grade 5 Communities are so appreciative. If you have books appropriate for kids aged 8-12 I know the Grade 5 Community would love them. Direct Appeal Push: Thanks to all the amazing parents who have generously donated towards the Direct Appeal. We are … Continue reading Photo Day Tomorrow – Book Donations – Direct Appeal Final Push
Call for Volunteer – Bookfair
The school librarians are looking for parent volunteers for the Scholastic Bookfair being held on October 25th 2-5pm and 26th 8-9am & 2-5pm (to coincide with the teacher conferences). Duties will include sales with the debit machine for visa, bank card, and cash. Help with set up and clean up and counting money at the end of each shift. Scholastic is a great fund raiser adding more books to the Learning Commons. Please click on the follow link to sign up. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=WC6KCzB7CEq6t9dVWeDjpYVfi_oL34hAjjAM9_RzmkJUMTlaUzBENTVFSUpWQjBPSTJaQ1VBVFo2Ny4u Thanks for volunteering! Continue reading Call for Volunteer – Bookfair
Calling for Volleyball Coach
There is a post from NRP APP: We are looking for any members of the community who are willing to volunteer to coach our grade 6 boys’ volleyball team. The season runs through October and November. Please email Laura Tomlin-Hood (ltomlinhood@vsb.bc.ca) for more information or to express interest. Thank you for supporting our students! Continue reading Calling for Volleyball Coach
VSB Election, Babysitting Course & more
VSB Election – 9 School Trustees For more information of the election on Saturday Oct. 14, please visit 2017 by-election 7th Family Math & Science Day 2017 UBC is inviting guests from 2 to 102 years old to help celebrate science and math teaching and learning on Saturday Nov. 4 from 10:00am – 12:30pm. Please RSVP as spaces are limited. Info Sheet Red Cross Babysitting Course So you want to be a babysitter? Or, your parents want you to take this course so they feel confident leaving you at home alone? Babysitting with First Aid Hero emphasizes learning through real life … Continue reading VSB Election, Babysitting Course & more
World Teachers’ Day – Oct. 5th
You are invited!
There are two upcoming meetings host by Parent Education Committee and Social Events Committee. All parents are invited to join the discussion. Parent Education Committee: Friday, Oct. 6 @ 9:00am (Learning Commons) – initial planning meeting, topics include: feedbacks from curriculum discussion at last PAC Meeting, parent education topics and various formats for parent education activities. Social Event Committee: Wednesday, Oct. 11 @ 9:00am (Corridor) – to discuss event planning for staff appreciation lunch, multicultural day and spring fair. If you’d like to join the committees, please email rosepointpac@gmail.com. We’d love to hear your inputs! Continue reading You are invited!
Introducing the 2017/18 PAC Executives
Thank you to all the parents who came out last night to the AGM. We had a very productive meeting where we voted in the new Executives, passed some motions and had our Curriculum 101 talk. As the now, Past Chair I would like to introduce parents to the new Executives: PAC Chair: Sharon Yu: Sharon was PAC Co-Chair last year and incredibly engaged with all aspects of the school. She has a daughter in Grade 4. I am so excited she is the new Chair. Secretaries: Wendy Yip and Kelly Kadokawa share this very important role. They continue the … Continue reading Introducing the 2017/18 PAC Executives
Staff Appreciation Lunch
With a lot of new teachers and staffs join in our school, we decided to host the first staff appreciation lunch to Monday, October 16. This is a great way to show our appreciation to all the staffs in school. You can choose one of the following to get involved: 1, If you’re bringing a fresh dish of your choice to the school on Oct. 16, please sign up here and drop off the food in Multicultural Room before 11:30am. One of our Social Events Committee Volunteers will be assisting you. 2, If you are unable to come on the … Continue reading Staff Appreciation Lunch
Msg. From School/AGM and Curriculum talk tomorrow
Please see below the message from the school sent out today. Please remember to call or use the app for absenct kids!: If your child is absent or late you must contact the school via phone (604) 713-5950 or App. Today we have an inordinate amount of families that have not phoned the school to report an absence. By not doing so, our office staff is spending way too long making calls only to find out that parents have neglected to contact the school. Away = phone school Late = sign in at the office Thank you. Also, tomorrow is … Continue reading Msg. From School/AGM and Curriculum talk tomorrow
Wear Orange Tomorrow
Please join us to wear orange tomorrow to celebrate the Orange Shirt Day. This is to recognize the harm the residential school system did to children’s sense of self-esteem and wellbeing and as an affirmation of our commitment to ensure that everyone around us matters. Continue reading Wear Orange Tomorrow
Norma Rose Point Elementary School Parents Advisory Council 