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Weekly Update: Welcome to October

 
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Weekly Update: Welcome to October
by Prospect Lake PAC - Tuesday, 4 October 2016, 8:33 AM
 

Hello parents,

We’re into October, which is always an exciting month at Prospect Lake. Thanks to everyone who has returned their volunteer forms – please keep sending them in!


Family Halloween Dance & Dinner - hold the date!

Come join your community of Prospect Lake families for an evening of fun and a chance to get to know each other. Friday, October 28. 5 - 8:00 PM in the school gym. Get your costumes ready! Please, nothing gory or too scary and no weapons. Enjoy the concession, family dance, door prizes and more. Our DJ Dandy (a Dad at our school) is ready to play the tunes your kids may know, and you may not! We’ll need volunteers, so if you haven’t already let us know you’re interested in volunteering, email the PAC at prosepectlake@sd63.bc.ca to let us know if you want to help out – we’ll be in touch.

 

Grade 5 Bottle Drive

Saturday, October 5th from 10am to 2pm is our Grade 5 bottle drive. We can take any type of beverage container. This event raises funds for the grade 5 graduating class trip and we welcome the support of our whole school community. Please bring your bottles (and your neighborswink

 

Upcoming Order Forms

Coming home from school this week are order forms/details for Red Barn Cards, Hockey Pool and School Clothing. These are good opportunities to support the school.

 

“ Screenagers” the Movie: Growing Up in the Digital Age, A Documentary. For Grade Five and older and their parents/guardians.

 

Saanich Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative is sponsoring a movie screening. The intent of this evening is to support our students and families in opening a dialogue around screen time and its impact on development and mental well-being. 

When: Wednesday, Oct. 12th, 2016  from 7pm-9pm

Where: Saanichton Bible Fellowship

Cost: $5 per individual, or $10 per family

Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston probes into the vulnerable corners of family life, including her own, to explore struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Through stories and surprising insights from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists, the SCREENAGERS movie reveals how tech time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower their kids to best navigate the digital world to find balance. SCREENAGERS addresses the most pervasive parenting issue of our time head on—depicting teen struggles over social media, video games and internet addiction. The film empowers kids to best navigate the digital world and provides practical resources to help them do it.

 Please register on-line: Screenagers Movie  

 

Upcoming Dates

Wednesday, October 12 -  Screenagers

Saturday, October 15th – Bottle Drive at the school for Grade 5 – 10am to 2pm

Tuesday, October 18th – PAC Meeting – come vote on how our funds will be spent this year!

Tuesday, October 19th – Coffee Morning

Friday, October 28th – Halloween Dance