Prospect Lake Elementary School PAC

Please take a moment to read through the entire message, this week's reminders are longer.  Thank you!

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

• Friday November 11: Subway Hot Lunch orders due by Midnight

• Monday November 14: Professional Development Day, school not in session
• Tuesday November 15: Last day to complete SD63 Transportation Survey
• Friday November 18: Hot Lunch
• Saturday November 19: Clothing Orders Due

• Tuesday November 29: PAC Meeting
• Friday December 2: Hot Lunch

• Thursday December 15: Winter Concert, during school hours, more details TBA
• Friday December 16: Hot Lunch 

• December 19, 2022 – January 2, 2023: Winter Break

HOT LUNCHES

The MunchaLunch system is open for ordering the remaining hot lunches for the year. 

PLES CLOTHING ORDERS **AVAILABLE NOW**

Look cool while supporting your school!

Every year the PLES PAC offers a line of school clothing and grad wear.  All items feature our school logo while the grad items also have the grad year on the back, signed by the entire graduating class. You can order full zip and pullover hoodies, t-shirts, and sweatpants! They’re only available for ordering on the Munch A Lunch site for a short time. The order deadline is Saturday, November 19th - unfortunately, we cannot accept any late orders so please don’t wait!  Please note, placing clothing orders on a computer will be easier versus using your mobile device.

Since we can't provide samples to try on again this year, please click HERE to see the sizing information.

If any of the items you are ordering are for a Christmas present and you'd like to keep it a surprise, please make a note in your order, or email lindsaydavis15@gmail.com to notify us and to make arrangements to pick up your order. All other orders will be sent home with the students.

Below you will find some links to samples of the clothing available, and this PDF is of the artwork that will be on the clothing (the sample artwork is from last year but is still identical to this year's artwork).

Please note that only the Grad clothing orders will have the number on the back (23), and will be offered in 3 colours: red, royal blue and black.

Non-grad hoodies and t-shirts will be offered in royal blue and black.

Sweatpants will only be offered in black.

To view sizing specific to each item, open the link and click on "Product Specs" on the right-hand side. 

Sizes available are:

If you need a larger adult size, please contact Lindsay directly at lindsaydavis15@gmail.com

Hoodies

Full Zip

T-shirt

Sweatpants

THANK YOU!!

We would like to extend a big thank you to Tina and Jim Cameron for their generous donation of a dishwasher for the staff room.

TRANSPORTATION SURVEY – SAANICH SCHOOLS **CLOSES NOV 15**

The Board of Education is reviewing its bus transportation policy and is seeking your feedback.
The Saanich School District currently has 21 bus routes serving the 14 neighbourhood schools, as well as service for students with unique needs. Current Board policy includes the following guiding principles for the provision of bus transportation services:

• Routes are established to ensure transportation for those students living outside the following walk limits by traveled road or walkway from the nearest school in their catchment area: grades K to 5 - 4.0 km; and grades 6 to 12 - 4.8 km.
• Transportation routes are established to operate within the operating budget established by the Board
• Programs of choice, including French Immersion, are maintained without transportation assistance from the district.
• When necessary to address a concern of safety or to serve a district program catchment area, additional school transportation may be provided.
• Consideration shall be given to providing service when a student is directed to attend a school other than the nearest school in their catchment area.
• Courtesy riders (i.e. not otherwise entitled to bus transportation by policy) may be transported on existing routes only if additional capacity is available.

Please complete the survey here

IMPORTANT NOTICE ON POSSIBLE SCHOOL BUS INTERRUPTIONS

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Saanich Schools works diligently to provide consistent, predictable bus service to students and their families. Like many organizations in this current labour market, we are experiencing recruitment and replacement challenges in a number of areas. This includes district bus drivers.

To date, we have been able to replace drivers who are absent ensuring uninterrupted bus service. However, we want to take this opportunity to share that while we continue to prioritize consistent bus service, there may be situations beyond our control that result in the need to cancel specific bus routes if we are unable to replace a driver on a particular day.

If any bus routes do need to be cancelled, we will endeavor to communicate by email to affected parents / guardians by 6:15am on the day in question. In addition, we will post a general message to Twitter (@sd63schools) and on our Saanich Schools website.

Parents / guardians are asked to check their email and the school district website for any updates to bus schedules. Please consider developing alternate transportation plans for your child if we are unable to provide bus service on your route.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,
Gord Bridges
Transportation Manager, Saanich Schools

COPACS CLIMATE COMMITTEE MEETING

COPACS will be having their first COPACS Climate committee meeting on November 21st at 7:30 pm. 

Call for Agenda items, including:

• Tree Canada Grant application & tree planting activities
• Understanding Interest and programming at SD 63 schools around climate and environmental stewardship
• Environmental stewardship committee/ policy presentation to Board 

Topic: COPACS Climate Committee

Time: Nov 21, 2022 07:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 720 3049 5918

Passcode: vgprX8

FAMILY SMART ORGANIZATION – WORKSHOPS & RESOUCES FOR PARENTS

The Family Smart Organization offers support, workshops and resource support for parents and guardians.  https://familysmart.ca/monthly-events/

Family Smart Fall Monthly Online Events for Parents, Caregivers & Service Providers:  

Every month the Family Smart Organization hosts events for parents and caregivers who are parenting a child or youth with a mental health and / or substance use challenges called “in the know.” All online events are facilitated by Family Smart Parent Peer Support Workers.

Fall Line Up: (5 event dates per month)

NOVEMBER:

DECEMBER:

Registration & Dates: familysmart.ca/events  

They continue to offer the Help For The Hard Times Workshops.  These workshops run every month for parents and caregivers whose children have been at the ER or have had a hospital stay for mental health or substance use issues.

Details for 1-hour Workshops:

• Session 1: How to support a safety plan at home (Part 1)
• Session 2: How to support a safety plan at home (Part 2) 
• Session 3: How to take care of yourself and your family after a crisis 
• Session 4: How to find the resources you need

Dates & Times:

For more information and registration please visit: www.familysmart.ca/workshops 

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.  

CONNECT WITH 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)

Sign up for the PAC Forum Subscriptions - found on our webpage!