IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
- Tuesday September 19: PAC Meeting, 7:00pm
- Wednesday September 20: PLES Open House, 5:30-6:30pm
- Friday September 22: Pro-D Day, school not in session
- Friday September 22: Hot Lunch Orders Due
- Monday September 25: Picture Day
- Monday September 25: Spirit Wear Orders Due
- Friday September 29: Orange Shirt Day
- Friday September 29: Subway Hot Lunch
- Monday October 2: Stat, school not in session
PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL (PAC) MEETING
ALL parents and guardians are invited to join us on Tuesday September 19, 2023, for our first Parent Advisory Committee meeting. Our meetings are held at the school in the Learning Commons (aka. the library) or from the comfort of your home via Microsoft Teams. School doors open at 6:45pm with tea and treats available, as well as a door prize courtesy of Yvonne Hendry at The Flower Patch at Tiny Tree Herb Farm. The meeting will start at 7:00pm. When joining us at school, please enter through the main front doors, sign in at Mrs. Blackwell’s desk and proceed directly to the Learning Commons. Masking is optional and choices are respected.
Microsoft Teams Link: Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 297 925 914 559
Passcode: waknp7
Call in (audio only): +1 437-703-5266,,20390272#
Phone Conference ID: 203 902 72#
Agenda: September Meeting
HOT LUNCHES ARE BACK!!
We are excited to offer hot lunches again this year. Hot Lunches are meant to be an exciting opportunity for our students. If this should pose any financial hardship for your family, please connect with us at prospectlakepac@gmail.com.
We ask that you please take a moment to read through the following important information about your MunchaLunch accounts.
Returning PLES Families: If your family registered for a MunchaLunch account during the 2022-2023 school year, your account has been automatically rolled over. You can access your existing account through this link: https://munchalunch.com/login
New PLES Families to MunchaLunch: To participate in hot lunches, parents / guardians must register a family account. You can register through this link and click on ‘Register Account’: https://munchalunch.com/schools/prospectlake
If your family has an account and you need to ADD A SECOND SCHOOL: If your family has children in 2 or more schools, you can SELF-ADD a second account using this link and clicking on ‘Add Second Account’: https://munchalunch.com/account
If your family has an account and has MOVED SCHOOLS: If you have a child that is no longer at their previous school, you can SELF-TRANSFER schools using this link and clicking on ‘Transfer My Account’: https://munchalunch.com/account
If your family has forgotten their PASSWORD: On the login page: https://munchalunch.com/login click 'Forgot Password' and the system will send a re-set password link.
Upcoming Hot Lunch Dates:
- Friday September 29: Subway
- Friday October 13: Pizza and Sushi
- Friday November 3: Subway
- Friday November 17: Pizza and Sushi
- Monday December 4: This Week’s Lunch
- Friday December 15: Subway
YEAR-ROUND FUNDRAISERS
Your PLES PAC Executive is excited to announce four new year-round fundraisers, Level Ground, This Week’s Lunch, Mabel's Labels, and Tru Earth! If you have any problems with either of these fundraisers, please don’t hesitate to contact us at prospectlakepac@gmail.com.
Level Ground started as a Fairtrade Organization (FTO) in 1997 and more than 25 years later, we still pride ourselves on sourcing quality coffee and roasting delicious single origin and craft coffees. You care about what you buy and consume, so do we. Treat yourself to premium coffee at an accessible price. You shouldn’t have to break the bank for your daily coffee.
We have teamed up with our
local Saanichton coffee producer, Level Ground for a
year-round fundraiser.
Here’s how this fundraiser
works:
- Our fundraising code is PLES - share with your friends, family and colleagues!
- Use this code at the end of your purchase in the “Discount Code or Gift Card” space
- The PAC receives 20% commission on ALL order sales.
- Supporters must meet a $50 minimum on their order (which includes free shipping to your door)
- The fundraising code cannot be combined with other sales/promos;
- Gift cards purchased through the site cannot be included in the fundraiser.
Check out a locally owned family business that will take the stress out of packing lunches AND fundraise for the Prospect Lake Elementary School at the same time!
Save 30% on your first two weeks with our code: prospectlake30
How does it work? Simple. Pick your plan, register and then your subscription is delivered to your door on Sunday – all 5 lunches for the week! Each plan includes 5 ‘main items’ and 5 bags of snacks – each week you’ll choose from a selection of mains to keep your child happy. Parents can even order plans for themselves or extras meals or snacks for those busy after-school evenings!
Our PAC will receive 5% cash back on all orders that are set up using our link, so please feel free to share it with everyone you know (they do not have to be PLES families)! As there is no "school code" to enter, simply access the website HERE or by clicking the image above, choose your plan, and apply the 30% off code at check out.
Our school is fundraising with Mabel’s Labels!
If you’re not familiar with Mabel’s Labels, they are personalized, durable, waterproof labels. They are great for everything from shoes, clothing tags, water bottles, and backpacks. The labels are dishwasher, laundry, and microwave safe. You can customize your labels with your name and a design. Mabel’s Labels also offers clothing stamps, silicone bands for water bottles, and medical alert labels. This is a great way to ensure your items don’t end up in the lost & found or mixed in with somebody else’s belongings. Mabel’s Labels also gives a 100% guarantee on all their products!
To support our fundraiser, visit: Fundraising Support | Mabel’s Labels | Raise Funds With Kids Labels (mabelslabels.ca). The entire Mabel’s Labels website is available to purchase from, and they will ship free directly to your house. With every purchase you make, Mabel’s Labels gives back 20% to our PAC!
We are excited to announce a new year-round fundraiser with Tru Earth. When we order our products through the PLES Fundraising Page, Tru Earth will give back 20% of the order price to us!
What is Tru Earth? Tru Earth was launched in April of 2019 by
three friends in British Columbia. They
had a vision to reduce the number of plastic laundry jugs that end up in
landfills every year. Every year 700,000,000 laundry jugs are unable to be
recycled and end up in landfills. To date Tru Earth and their community of
Change Makers have helped reduce this by 2 million with their revolutionary
laundry strip technology.
A little information on the product: Each laundry strip packs ultra-concentrated, hypoallergenic, cleaning power into a tiny, pre-measured strip of liquidless laundry detergent that you just toss in the wash. Its low-sudsing formula works in all types of machines.
Do they only sell laundry detergent? No! There are MANY eco-friendly products available for us to purchase with this fundraiser, such as: laundry detergent, toilet bowl cleaner, multi-purpose cleaner, fabric softener, dishwasher detergent, compostable pop-up sponges, cotton swabs, dish cloths, stainless steel straws, cotton mesh grocery bags, beeswax snack bags and food wrap, and more!!
SPIRIT WEAR
Please check out our new spirit wear at the online store linked here: https://store.passionsports.ca/PLES23
There are also a few "Grad 2024" items designed just for our Grade 5 students-- these will have all the Grade 5 students' signatures on the back. This store has a short turnaround time.
All orders must be in by September 25th.
Thank you to our very own PLES parent Jordan Crump for his design on the Spirit Wear.
Grab a hat, hoodie, shirt, or other panther item you love to show your school spirit!
YEAR-ROUND FUNDRAISING
Please help us raise funds for our Grade 5 students with this ongoing fundraiser:
Please save your receipts from Country Grocer. Place them in the bucket on top of the wooden PAC mailbox beside Mrs. Blackwell’s desk. Country Grocer provides a percentage back from all receipts we return. The funds raised help support the Grade 5 class with their year-end activities.
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)
- Sign up for the PAC Forum Subscriptions - found on our webpage!