IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
- Friday December 1: Kernel’s Popcorn Orders Due
- Monday December 4: This Week's Lunch - Hot Lunch
- Thursday December 7: Winter Floral’s Pick-Up
- Friday December 8: Winter Floral’s Pick-Up
- Friday December 8: Subway Hot Lunch Orders Due
- Tuesday December 12: PAC Meeting
- Wednesday December 13: Winter Concert, 5:30-6:30pm
- Classes: Harward, Gregory, Lail, Tate, Russell, Stewart
- Thursday December 14: Winter Concert, 5:30-6:30pm
- Classes: Jamieson, Mrs. H, Bossence/Sargent, Riddell, Sinats, Close
- Friday December 15: Subway Hot Lunch
- Monday December 20: Kernel’s Popcorn Day
- Winter Break: December 25, 2023 - January 5, 2024
WINTER CENTERPIECE ACTIVITY – VOLUNTEERS & DONATIONS NEEDED
At the end of next week, every student in the school will have the opportunity to create a beautiful and unique winter centerpiece that they will then bring home. This is an activity we have done seasonally and has been widely enjoyed by students, teachers, and families. However, in order for this activity to blossom, we are asking for everyone’s help to make this successful.
We still need a LOT of volunteers to assist with the prep work that goes into this activity. If you can make it for an hour, or an overlapping between 'shifts' please sign-up. We can use all the help we can get.
Tuesday December 5, 2023: Sign-up HERE
- 9:30am-12:30pm x 7 spaces available
- 12:00pm-3:00pm x 8 spaces available
- 2:30pm-5:30pm x 9 spaces available
- 5:00pm-8:00pm x 4 spaces available
Wednesday December 6, 2023: Sign-up HERE
- 9:30am-12:30pm x 9 spaces available
Please consider if you can donate one of the following items:
1. Donations of greenery! Perhaps you are a landscaper or may know of one that you could ask. Perhaps you have just trimmed your hedges or completed some fall gardening. We will happily accept fir, cedar and cypress as those are what we require the most of, however, other greens such as spruce, sequoia, pine, hemlock, yew, miscanthus, pampas grass, laurel, camelia, magnolia and ornamental round leaf holly (please no wild holly as it’s very sharp and pokey) work wonderfully too. We encourage you to share our request with your extended family, friends, and neighbours. It takes twelve full large garbage bags of greens to create a centerpiece for each student.
2. New or gently used decoration donations. We will happily accept items such as ribbon, bows, pinecones – natural or painted, faux berries, birds, pinecones, etc. on a stick, baubles, glitter stems / twigs, anything with sparkle and colour, and feathers. Any item that can easily be stuck tied or stuck into foam. No glass or easily breakable items please.
We have two drop off locations open for greenery and decoration donations from now until Dec 4:
- The Flower Patch at Tiny Tree Herb Farm – IN the Farm Stand, 6370 Old West Saanich Rd.
- Brown’s the Florist Design Studio – Blue Tarp / Box, top left of driveway, 5021 West Saanich Rd.
You can also send in or drop off your decoration donations at the school from now until end of day on Monday December 4. There is a box in the front office by Mrs. Blackwell’s desk. NO greenery drop off at the school please!
3. Financial support. We are looking for financial support to cover the cost of these centerpieces. If you can provide financial support, please do so through the MunchaLunch system HERE. A suggested donation of $5 would be appreciated (please consider all children, teachers, and support staff are involved in this activity). People outside of our school community can make financial contributions via e-transfer to prospectlakepac@gmail.com. Contributions are accepted today thru December 3.
Thank You to everyone for your consideration and support with this activity.
If you have any questions, please reach out to the following people:
- General questions: Wendy at wendy_bird@outlook.com
- Brown’s the Florist Design Studio greenery drop off: Natasha text/call at 250-884-5450
- The Flower Farm at Tiny Tree Herb Farm greenery drop off: Yvonne text/call at 250-893-8351
WINTER FLORALS PICK-UP
Winter florals will arrive next week. There are extra poinsettia’s for sale:
- 5 x Red 6.5” poinsettias
- 5 x White 6.5” poinsettias
They are $15 each. Payable in cash during pick-up or via e-transfer to prospectlakepac@gmail.com
Pick up information:
- Dates: Thursday December 7th or Friday December 8th
- Time: 3:30-5:00pm
- Location: Prospect Lake Elementary School Gym – Please pick-up via outside doors.
Questions? Please contact Jacquie Davis at jmwdavis@gmail.com
WINTER CONCERTS – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The school is looking for volunteers to help with the set-up and take-down for this year’s winter concerts. They are looking for volunteers that can safely lift heavy objects, as well as help decorate the gym.
- December 11 - Winter Concert Set-Up, 9 x Volunteers, 3:10-4:10pm: Sign-up HERE
- December 15 - Winter Concert Take Down,9 x Volunteers, 8:15-9:15am: Sign-up HERE
If you have any questions, please contact Sara Salemink at ssalemink@saanichschools.ca
PURDY’S CHOCOLATES FUNDRAISER
Thank you to everyone that participated in our sweet fundraiser. We made approximately $1,365.00 from everyone’s orders.
Stay tuned for detailed pick-up information. Chocolates should be ready to send home or get picked up around December 13th.
SCHOOL-AGED CHILDCARE DEMAND - PARENT SURVEY
The Ministry of Education and Childcare is conducting a parent survey to better understand the regional and provincial demand for school age childcare. Further details can be found on our PAC Webpage (Course: Prospect Lake Elementary School PAC (sd63.bc.ca))
CONFEDERATION OF PARENT ADVISORY COUNCILS OF SAANICH (COPACS) NEWS
COPACS has quite a few new and upcoming events. Further details on all events can be found on the COPACS website.
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)
Sign up for the PAC Forum Subscriptions - found on our webpage!