Prospect Lake PAC: WEEKLY REMINDERS

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WEEKLY REMINDERS

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

Sunday October 22: Bottle Drive

Monday October 23: Virtual Transportation Review Meeting
Thursday October 26: COPACS Meeting, 7-9pm
Thursday October 26: Last day to pre-order Halloween Howl tickets!
Friday October 27: Halloween Howl Dance
Friday October 27: Hot Lunch Orders Due

Friday November 3: Subway Hot Lunch
Friday November 3: Family Groupings * Wear your coloured PAW shirt *

Friday November 10: Family Games Night

BOTTLE DRIVE

Thank you to all the parent and student volunteers that signed up to volunteer at the bottle drive, we couldn’t’ do this without you!

DATE: Sunday October 22nd, 2023
TIME: 10:00am-2:00pm
LOCATION: Prospect Lake Elementary School Parking Lot

Save your empties! Our first bottle drive of the school year is on Sunday October 22. Please check your recycling, ask your friends, neighbours, and co-workers for donations – every bottle counts!

A complete list of acceptable returnable empties can be found HERE.

HALLOWEEN HOWL SCHOOL DANCE UPDATES

Only one week remaining until our school dance!!

We are looking forward to another Halloween Howl dance. For new families to the school, and for those families that have never had the experience to attend the dance, it is a fun filled family event that is loved by all. Our DJ is awesome and provides great entertainment for everyone. The students enjoy seeing their friends in costumes, dancing together, devouring delicious foods and baked goods, and getting all their sillies out.

TICKETS: The MunchaLunch website has pre-sale tickets available for purchase until Thursday October 26th. All pre-ordered tickets come with a free glow stick. Tickets are available for cash purchase at the venue on the day of the dance at the inside ticket table.

BAKE SALE GOODIES NEEDED: Do you have a knack in the kitchen? Do you love to bake? Or perhaps you enjoy purchasing delicious baked goods? We need volunteers to donate some tasty treats for our bake sale table. Sign up is available HERE.

Details:

All bake sale items will need to be dropped off at Prospect Lake Elementary School on Friday October 27th either between 8:15-8:45am or 2:30-3:15pm in the gymnasium, OR,
At the main doors of Bayside Middle from 4:00-5:00pm
Please ensure you clearly label your container (if you want it back!) with your name, or your child’s name and division number.
Label your container if you are providing an allergy-friendly treat.
Containers are available for pick up when you leave the dance.

We thank you in advance for your help!

LOCATION: Our whole school family dance will be held at the Bayside Middle School Gym to accommodate our school population. Only PLES students and immediate family members are invited to the dance; this is not a shared event with Bayside Middle School.

VOLUNTEERS: Thank you to everyone that signed up to volunteer at the dance, without your help, this dance would not take place. We still need 2 more volunteers to help with the food set up from 4:00-5:00pm. If you are interested, please sign up HERE.

Your PAC Executive is happy to help answer any questions you may have. Just send us an email: prospectlakepac@gmail.com

PAC MEETING

Thank you to everyone that attended our October meeting, our largest ever PAC meeting, it was amazing!

Congratulations to Erin Egan, the winner of a box of delicious cookies courtesy of Amanda’s Cookie Creations.

Meeting Minutes: October 2023

FAMILY GAMES NIGHT

The staff from the Interactivity Board Game Café are coming to our school once again for a second games night! Board games for ages 5 and up will be available to play! We kindly ask families who attended the October games night to allow new families to sign up for November’s event. Board Game Café staff will be there throughout the evening to help facilitate games and answer any questions you may have.

Date: Friday November 10, 2023
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location: Prospect Lake, Gymnasium
Sign-Up HERE

Any questions, please contact Wendy at wendy_bird@outlook.com

SAANICH SCHOOLS: FOOD SUPPORT PROGRAM

Parents/Guardians,

The ministry has provided school districts with funding to support food programs for students during the school day (options and availability will vary from school to school).

By completing the form at the link below, you can request food support for your student. This information will be shared with the school administration who will keep it confidential.

https://saanichschools.ca/form/food-program-form

Carly Hunter, Director of Instruction, Learning Services

SD63 TRANSPORTATION REVIEW OPEN HOUSE

Saanich Schools (SD63) is seeking your feedback on proposed amendments to Policy 21 – Bus & Van Transportation.

You are invited to attend one of the following open house meetings to learn more about the transportation policy review and the proposed amendments:

Virtual Meeting – Monday October 23, 7:00-8:30pm, Microsoft Teams. Please see the Upcoming Events section of the SD63 Website

There will be an opportunity to provide feedback at each meeting as well as through a follow-up survey provided to meeting participants.

Further information is available HERE.

ACCESSABILITY IN SAANICH SCHOOLS

The Saanich School District is dedicated to inclusion, accessibility, and equity for students, staff, and all those interacting with our district. We are committed to improving the experiences of people with diverse disabilities and we encourage our community to share their feedback and experiences.

The Saanich Equitable Access Team (SEAT) is a working group comprised of parents, teachers, support staff, district staff, and community partners collaboratively working on the development of a Three-Year Accessibility Plan. The work of this group will be transparent and community focused while our interrelated core values of compassion, fairness, honesty, responsibility, and respect provide foundation for this work.

The initial priority for SEAT will involve gathering input from our school community (which will include student voice), identify system needs, establish priorities, and plans for action to enhance equity of access to programming and our facilities within the Saanich School District.

To read more, please click HERE.

PAC YEAR-ROUND FUNDRAISING

Please note that the following year-round fundraisers bring in money that goes back to the PAC. The funds raised go towards supporting our children by enhancing their experiences at Prospect Lake Elementary School.

GRADE 5 YEAR-ROUND FUNDRAISER

Country Grocer

Please save your receipts from Country Grocer and bring them back to the school.

There is a metal bucket on top of the wooden PAC mailbox beside Mrs. Blackwell’s desk that you / your child can place them into.
Country Grocer provides a percentage back via gift cards from all receipts we return.
The money raised from the sale of the gift cards helps support the current year's Grade 5 class with their year-end activities.

If you would like to purchase any of the Country Grocer gift cards, please contact Angela at angela.formosa.gray@gmail.com

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)

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