IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
- March 21 thru April 3: Spring Break
- Friday March 25: Last day to submit Grade 5 photos
- Tuesday March 29: Last day to order Purdy’s Chocolates
- Tuesday April 12: Last day to order Spring Flowers
- Friday April 22: Hot Lunch
- Sunday April 24: Bottle Drive *start saving your empty beverage containers*
FUNDRAISERS
1. Spring Purdy’s Chocolate Fundraiser – March 4 thru 29
You are invited to support our school with the sweetest of fundraisers. The Purdy’s Easter Fundraiser is back for another year. Although we pay the same price online as you would in store, Purdy’s donates 25% back to the school, which in turn helps to better our children’s experiences.
Ordering is available now with a closing deadline of Tuesday March 29, 2022.
You can reach our fundraiser HERE. Please use customer number 16280.
Please feel free to pass along this link to any other family, friends, and co-workers.
Chocolate Pick Up is to be determined. Specifics will be available closer to the dates.
For a detailed notice about this fundraiser, please click HERE
Questions? Please contact Paula Hesje at phesje@gmail.com
2. Spring Flowers
It’s spring flower time! Plants are a great way to brighten and bring colour to your outdoor spaces. Help support the Prospect Lake School by purchasing these wonderful hanging baskets, flowers, veggies or herbs. Pick up will be April 27 and 28 between 3:30-5:00pm at the Prospect Lake Elementary School Gymnasium. If you have any questions, please email Jacquie Davis at jmwdavis@gmail.com or 778-676-5275.
Ordering is available now through April 12. You can connect to our fundraiser HERE
3. Spring Art Cards
We will once again be selling spring art cards. This time around we will be using the company Art Cards by Kids as they will create the cards for us.
How the process works with Art Cards by Kids…
- Each student will create a unique piece of art, which will then be sent to the company.
- Art Cards by Kids scans the art and sends back a sample along with ordering instructions for families.
- You will then be able to go online and order your child’s art (there are also options for ordering puzzles and other items, not just cards)
- The company will print the orders and send them back to us for distribution.
There will be a short ordering window starting around April 13. Check your email for information on when to expect the sample and the exact ordering dates. The goal is to have the completed work distributed around April 27-29; a week before Mother’s Day.
4. Hot Lunch – Friday April 22, 2022
More details to follow after spring break. Stay tuned!
5. Bottle Drive – Sunday April 24, 2022
The next bottle drive is scheduled for Sunday April 24th from 10am-2pm. Please save your empty beverage bottles, cans, cartons, plastic containers and “ready to drink” milk and plant-based beverage containers (milk jugs and almond milk cartons etc.) Items like infant formula, meal replacement or dietary supplements, coffee cream and other coffee additives, whipping cream, buttermilk, drinkable yogurt and kefir are not refundable and can continue to be recycled through the blue box program). For a complete list of acceptable containers, please see the Return-It-Depot website at: https://www.return-it.ca/beverage/products/
We Need Your Help!!
In order to run this fundraiser, we need 11 more volunteers to help with the sorting. It will only take a couple of hours and students are welcome to help alongside their parent as well. Please sign up at https://signupschedule.com/plespac to help ensure we have enough people throughout the day. This is a great way to meet other parents and have fun while helping raise funds for our children! Please note, if we do not have enough volunteers this fundraiser will be cancelled.
SAVE THE DATE – PARENT SOCIAL!!
On Friday May 27, 2022, we will host a fun evening event for all PLES parents at the Prospect Lake Hall! We are still in the very early stages of planning. More details will come as we develop plans for the event. If you are interested in volunteering on the planning committee, please contact Carolyn or Jacquie at prospectlakepac@gmail.com
ATTENTION GRADE 5 PARENTS *PHOTO DEADLINE EXTENDED*
Thank you to everyone who has submitted their photos thus far. We have extended the deadline for photo submissions for one more week. The remaining photos are due Friday March 25, 2022.
We are looking for:
- baby or toddler photos of your grade 5 student
- photos of your grade 5 student on their own or with other grade five friends taken in a PLES school setting/context - this could include field trips, PLES events or hanging on the PLES playground.
Please email your photos to one of our Grade 5 Reps, Michelle McNally, at mandmmcnally@icloud.com.
VOLUNTEER’S NEEDED
Thank you to the families that have already signed up to volunteer! The school still needs 7 more parent volunteers to help marshal and cheer on the runners at an upcoming cross country meet on May 10, 2022 at Centennial Park from 3:15-4:45pm. Volunteers will stand along the race course to ensure the runners stay on track while cheering them on and giving encouragement.
Volunteers can sign up here: https://signupschedule.com/plespac
BC CONFEDERATION OF PARENT ADVISORY COUNCILS (BCCPAC) PARENT CONFERENCE
Registration is now open for our annual Parent Education Conference & AGM, which will be held in-person at the Westin Wall Centre, Vancouver Airport in Richmond, BC, April 29 - May 1, 2022. This year’s conference is “Making Connections, Moving Forwards.” Further details, including bursary applications, can be found HERE.
PARENT EDUCATION WORKSHOP *REGISTER SOON*
Please join Dr. Allison Rees in her last virtual workshop of the series.
Boundaries: Hidden Patterns, Building Resilience and Boundaries – Thur. April 28, 2022, 7:00-9:00pm
Maintaining healthy boundaries and relationships. It’s important not only to respect children’s boundaries, it’s also essential to set our own firm boundaries for our children. In this workshop we will talk about those invisible lines around responsibility and relationships. When parents gain clarity of boundaries, the guesswork is taken out of parenting and setting limits.
To register, please contact the Keating PAC at keating.pac@gmail.com
YEAR-ROUND FUNDRAISERS
Please help us raise funds for our children and school with these ongoing fundraisers:
- Please save your receipts from Country Grocer and your Canadian Tire money. Place them in the bucket on top of the wooden PAC mailbox beside Mrs. Blackwell’s desk
- If you shop at Cobb’s Bread, please mention Prospect Lake School before you pay. 5% of what you spend comes back to the school.
- If you shop at Peninsula Co-op or buy gas at Save on Gas, please quote membership number #79184
Please make sure to thank these local businesses for the support they provide our school.
CONTACT US
Please feel free to connect with us at any time: prospectlakepac@gmail.com
Don’t forget to check our PLES PAC website regularly for up-to-date fundraisers, current news, important dates, and much more: Course: Prospect Lake Elementary School PAC (sd63.bc.ca)