SIR JAMES DOUGLAS ANNEX Ecole Primaire Douglas 7668 Borden Street Vancouver, B.C. V5P 3E1 Telephone: (604)-713-4885 FAX: 713-4887 School Website: http://go.vsb.bc.ca/schools/dgsa Administrative Assistant: Mme Monique Nixon

Annex: Vice-Principal: Mme Claudette Alain Principal: Ms. Krystyna Niziolek Director of Instruction, Field Studies: Ellen Roberts– 604-713-4594 Trustee: Ms. Patti Bacchus- 604-713-5000

Bulletin # 5

December 18th, 2015

Winter Concert their library books. If you have not done so A big thank you to all the teachers for their already, it would be great if you brought collaboration on such a fabulous evening of them back after the holiday. holiday song and dance. They all work hard for several weeks to bring the community together to celebrate student learning and Good Luck to Mme Arielle and Welcome accomplishment. The students performed back to Mme Ashley with great pride and the concert was a great We are happy to see Mme Ashley return to success. As you may know, it takes a village the Annex after her hard work as Acting to put on a winter concert. Thank you to all Vice-Principal at the Main school. the parents that helped with tearing down the equipment and stacking the chairs at the end We are grateful to Mme Arielle for having of the evening. A special acknowledgement created such a lovely community in her goes out to, Mike Granek and Tim class. Her warmth and caring style will be Hammond. Their commitment to making this missed. Good luck at your new school. event spectacular both with their time and Mme C. Alain talent are greatly appreciated. Food Bank Vice Principal Message Thank you for bringing contributions to the It is with mixed emotions that I say goodbye food bank. to the Douglas Annex learning community. I want to thank the staff, parents and students Registration procedures for 2016-17 for the wonderful memories I take with me to Registration for all Kindergarten programs for the my new school. I am grateful for the 2016-17 school year will be received between relationships we’ve built and I hope our November 1, 2015 and January 31, 2016. paths will cross again in the future. Wishing Please ensure you register your child you a restful holiday season and a great between those dates at your neighborhood 2016! school. This is to be followed up with an application online between January 11, 2016 th Mme C. Alain with a closing date of February 4 ,2016 at www.vsb.bc.ca/kchoice to apply in the French Library Update: Immersion Program. Siblings will have priority only if they apply within the above mentioned Thank you to all students who have returned dates. A reminder that our Professional Day for Upcoming PAC events: January is on Thursday, January14th. There will be no school for students all PAC Website and reach your executive team day. PAC website is http://thedouglaspac.wordpress.com/. Peruse our Happy Holidays meeting minutes, join our mailing list, and view However you celebrate this season – as event announcements. The PAC executive team Hanukkah, Christmas, the Winter Solstice, can be reached at [email protected]. etc – the annex staff wishes all our families a restful and joyous holiday of songs, good Next PAC meeting is on Jan. 21st food, fresh air, and lots of cheer. We look Our next PAC meeting is on Jan. 21st in the library forward to seeing all of you return on at the main school (2150 Brigadoon Avenue) at Monday, January 4th 2016, 7pm. Child minding is provided free of charge. when classes resume in the New Year. Meeting typically last between 1 to 2 hours.

School Holidays ** Volunteers Needed ** Family Movie Night on Just a reminder that the school will be closed Feb. 26th December 18th at 3 pm and classes will This events could not be possible without the begin in the new year on January 4th at 8:50 am, as usual. support and efforts of volunteers. Please e-mail Carmelina Tropeano Bake Sale News at [email protected] regarding volunteer opportunities. Thank you for another great Annex bake sale on Friday December 11th, and thank you Speaker on January 26th -- Advocating for your to division 3 for contributing many lovely child yummy treats. A special thank you to Sarah Mark your calendar for our first PAC seminar on and Mme Alain for helping out at the bake January 26th @ 7pm. Workshop is offered at the sale table. We raised $192.00 dollars with a main school (2150 Brigadoon Avenue). More grand total of $591.00 thus far. details will be posted at the pac website.

Bons Dragons We are very proud to have so many “billets” in Spring Clothing Drive our Bons Dragons box! Keep it up! Here are our Douglas will be hosting a Spring Clothing Drive Bons Dragons for December 2015: again in 2016. When cleaning out those closets to make room for all the Christmas loot, please put Jad Div 1 taking care of others aside those bags for the Douglas Clothing Drive. Xavier Div 2 taking care of others More details will follow after the Winter Break. Megumi Div 3 taking care of others Mihir Div 4 taking care of this place Yousef Div 5 taking care of this place Chelsea Div 6 taking care of ourselves Tate Div 7 taking care of others Lili W Div 8 taking care of ourselves Ridley Div 9 taking care of others