Important Dates to Remember- Mark Your Calendars!

Mr. Allan Osadchy, Principal Jan. 22, 2016 Miss. Jil Ashton-Leigh, Vice-Principal Mrs. Debbie Tablotney, School Assigned Trustee Tel: (604) 668-6133 Fax: (604) 668-6517 Mrs. B. Khoo and Mrs. D. Groumoutis, PAC Co-Chairs Early Warning: (604) 668-6691 Mrs. Kathyrn D’Angelo, Area Assistant Superintendent website: http://mckinney.sd38.bc.ca

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Mar. 3 PAC Meeting Mar. 8 Report Cards Home Mar. 9 KBAM @ 9:15 a.m. Hot Lunch Mar. 10 Fruit and Veggie Day SOAR Mar. 11 - 28 Spring Break (School is not in Safe session) Mar. 28 Back to School Ownership Accepting Respectful 

Important Dates to Remember- Mark Your Calendars! Admin’s Message : We are back and ready to take on a New Year! All of us here at McKinney hope that everyone had an enjoyable Winter Break Jan. 26 Gr. 7 Boys Basketball at Diefenbaker Holiday. Jan. 27 Hot Lunch This month, we’ve already had a busy start to Jan. 28 RAM meeting at Garden City 7:00 p.m. the second term with: Saleema Noon Jan. 29 Curriculum Implementation presentations, basketball for grade 6s and 7s, Day FSA exams for grades 4 and 7, exciting field (School is not in session) trips and much more! Stay tuned for more Feb. 1 Gr. 7 Boys Basketball at news and updates coming up in February. Homma Feb. 4 Fruit and Veggie Day Finally, we want to wish a Happy Chinese Feb. 8 Family Day / Chinese New New Year (the Year of the Monkey) to those Year families who will be celebrating this very (School is not in session) exciting and special time. The Lunar New Feb. 10 Hot Lunch th Gr. 7 Boys Basketball at Wowk Year begins on February 8 , 2016. Gung Hei Feb. 15 – 26 Swimming Lessons for Div. Fat Choi everyone! 2,3,6,7,8,and 9 Feb. 16 Gr. 7 Boys Basketball at Continue SOARing McKinney Community! Gilmore SOARingly yours, Feb. 17 Parent Conferences Mr.O. and Miss. Ashton-Leigh Feb. 18 Parent Conferences – students dismissed at 12:20 Upcoming Events: p.m. Feb. 19 Pro D Day Curriculum Implementation Day: On th (School is not in session) Friday, January 29 our staff will be involved Feb. 24 Hot Lunch in the first Curriculum Implementation Day Gr. 7 Boys Basketball at Diefenbaker attending workshops to learn about the new Feb. 25 Fruit and Veggie Day curriculum changes. School will not be in Feb. 29 MCFC @ Lunch session on that day. District Pro D Day Mar. 2 Panorama Photos camps are available for children at: NEW - District Pro-D Day Camp - Friday, January 29 th at RAM PUB NIGHT: https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/rmdco The McKinney RAM PAC will be hosting a ntinuingeducation/Activity_Search/4535 fundraiser at the RAM Pub Night – Sat March 5 from 7-11pm. There will be a Family Day: A reminder to parents that delicious meal, band, DJ and raffle. Tickets Family Day is on Monday, February 8th, will be $20.00. More information about this 2016. Also, the next Professional event will be coming out shortly. Development Day will be on Friday, February 19th, 2016. School will not be in Library: session on both of those days. The library is in need of several parent volunteers to come and help in the library Parent Teacher Conferences: A each week, at least one day per week, on a reminder to parents that on Wednesday, Feb. regular basis for a minimum of 30 minutes at 17th and Thursday, Feb. 18th we will be a time. The library was renovated this past holding student led conferences. Students will year and there are many collection be dismissed at 12:20 p.m. on Thursday, management jobs that need to be done to Feb. 18th to accommodate evening make the books and other resources ready for conferences. students and teachers to use. Our teacher librarian position is a part time position and Basketball Update: so we rely on parent volunteers to help our Students in grades 6 and 7 library and its resources to be ready and have enjoyed another busy accessible to students. month with basketball Jobs include tasks such as: practices and games. This Repairing, organizing and shelving books year, our grade 6 students will only be Helping to process new books participating in basketball practices and the Helping to make signs and kits gr. 7 students will be participating in Please contact Ms. Mumford to offer your practices and games. Special thanks to Mr. Essex help at [email protected] and Ms. Green for coaching our students.

BABYSITTING COURSE: Head Lice: Lice are a common occurrence in school- aged children. Be proactive: Please Note: Check your child’s head frequently for lice St. John Ambulance (School-Based) throughout the year, using the wet combing McKinney PAC will be offering the St. John method Ambulance babysitting course for students in Grades 5-7. Date will be determined. Space Keep long hair tied back is limited to 16 participants. Don’t share items that can carry lice from one person to another (e.g. Hats, combs, Red Cross (District-Based) headphones) Students aged 11 years or older who are Think twice about doing a “selfie” with a friend interested in taking the Red Cross babysitting course can find information at: Should your child have lice:

NEW - Babysitting Course - Friday, Jan. 29 Notify the teacher or school office https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/rmdco Treat your child by using the wet combing ntinuingeducation/Activity_Search/4531 method or choosing a medicated treatment option available from pharmacies. Keep in NEW - Babysitting Course - Saturday, Feb. 27 mind many lice are now resistant to many of https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/rmdco the traditional medicated treatments, more ntinuingeducation/Activity_Search/4532 success might be had by choosing a new product that acts by suffocating the head lice NEW - Babysitting Course - Monday, May 2 and eggs (e.g. KYDA). The wet combing https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/rmdco method does work, but is time consuming. ntinuingeducation/Activity_Search/4533 For more information: http://www.vch.ca/media/VCH-head-lice- PAC and RAM info: treatment.pdf RAM: Upcoming Events: The next R.A.M. meeting will be on Thursday, January 28st at 7:00 p.m. here at Garden City. 2016 Ministry of Education Satisfaction Surveys for Parents of Students in Gr. 4 and PAC Meeting: The next P.A.C. meeting will be held on Thursday, 7: March 3rd at 7:00 p.m. here at McKinney. Within the next few months, the Ministry of Education will be open for the Provincial Satisfaction Surveys to parents of students in grades 4 and 7. This survey is unique in its ON-GOING INFO. & REMINDERS: scope, size and usefulness to schools. It Parking Along Lassam Road: gathers information from parents, teachers A friendly reminder to McKinney parents and students on topics related to school please do not block our neighbour’s environment, safety, and achievement. The driveways. We have several parents who information is used for planning in individual continue to park on Lassam Road and park schools and provides a district and provincial their cars blocking some residents’ perspective. driveways. Let’s all remember to be respectful of our neighbours. The survey can be completed electronically by Gr. 4 and 7 parents and can be accessed on Hot Lunch Days at McKinney: The following the Internet at is a list of the dates for hot lunches for the http://www.awinfosys.com/surveyfull1/central remainder of the school year: January 27th, /main/ParentSurvey.asp. Any computer with February 10th and 24th, March 9th and 30th , an Internet connection can be used, and April 13th and 27th, May 11th and 25th and June access to the e-survey is simple and secure. 8th and 22nd.

Updating Email Addresses and Phone Hot Lunch Reminder: Numbers: All orders must be in at least 7 days before It is very important that the school have the lunch date so that orders can be everyone’s current email address and phone processed on time. Please be advised that if number. Please remember to inform the your child is ill on a lunch date, you are school office if you make a change and welcome to come and pick up their lunch but remember to provide proof of the change ie. we cannot keep the food for them for the next rental agreement etc. day. Consistent with previous years, there are NO REFUNDS as this is a PAC Proposed School Calendars For 2016–17, fundraiser. We appreciate your support for 2017–18, 2018–19, and 2019–20 our hot lunch program as the funds go towards general fundraising within the The Richmond Board school. Paper copies of the orders are now of Education will be available at the office for your convenience. proposing the 2016- We are always in need of volunteers. There 17, 2017-18, 2018-19 is a volunteer page in the online system where and 2019-20 School you can checkmark which dates you are Calendars to the available or you can email Dora at Ministry of Education [email protected]. Thanks to for their approval. The school district has Mrs. Groumoutis and her parent helpers for coordinated our General School Calendars their ongoing assistance in organizing our with other Metro Vancouver School Districts hot lunch program. Parents can go to our to ensure the calendars are aligned with the school website @http://McKinney.sd38.bc.ca other surrounding districts as best as possible. and click on the Munchalunch link for further information about how to order hot lunches We invite you to take a look at the school for their children. calendars by visiting our school district’s web site. PEDs (Personal Electronic Devices) @ www.sd38.bc.ca/schools/calendar/Proposed_ McKinney Calendars/info At McKinney, we believe that valuable items February 24th WOODWARD 10300 Seacote Rd. should be left at home as we cannot guarantee March 2nd STEVES 10111 Fourth Ave. their safety, this includes all personal electronic devices (PEDs). March 9th MITCHELL 12091 Cambie Rd. Students are encouraged and strongly advised that any cell phones, iPods, or other electronics (that assist in learning or for Ongoing Information… emergency purposes) brought to school must be stored away safely in their backpacks, Interesting Links: unless their teacher has given students http://www.bcedplan.ca permission or has specified and informed (BC’s Education Plan) parents (such as in a note sent home at the www.bccpac.bc.ca start of the school year) that the item is being (B.C. Confederation of PACs) used for educational purposes during class www.gov.bc.ca time. Such items as mentioned above may be (Ministry of Education) unpacked once they leave school at the end of http://McKinney.sd38.bc.ca the school day. James McKinney School (McKinney School Website) cannot be held responsible for lost or broken www.sd38.bc.ca electronic devices. The staff at McKinney (Richmond School District #38) School continues to encourage children to www.curriculum.gov.bc.ca play inclusive outdoor games and activities at (BC’s New Curriculum Website) recess and lunch breaks that don’t exclude others – something that ‘electronic games’ Please bookmark this page can and often do. (http://McKinney.sd38.bc.ca) as our office is joining the Eco-Eagles in the quest to help In order to use any technology safely, please make our community greener! make sure that you have read the pamphlet distributed to all families in September entitled, Common Sense Technology Use. For safety and security purposes, all Intermediate students’ musical instruments must be taken home at the end of each ‘instrumental music’ day. Thank you for your continued co- operation and understanding regarding these important matters.

Ready Set Learn Performances

Will Stroet, a well know Richmond singer and musician will be performing at the following places:

MORNING EVENTS 9:30 -11:00 a.m.

February 3rd THOMPSON, 6211 Forsythe Cres. February 17th LEE 9491 Ash St. February 24th GILMORE 8380 Elsmore Rd. March 2nd TAIT 10071 Finlayson Dr. March 9th GRAUER 4440 Blundell Rd.

AFTERNOON EVENTS 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

February 3rd COOK 8600 Cook Rd. February 17th ERRINGTON 9831 Herbert Rd.