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J. N. Burnett Newsletter Newsletter #1 September 2015 Phone: 604-668-6478 Trustee: Jonathan Ho Email: [email protected] Principal: Mr. Bert Wiens Website: jnburnett.sd38.bc.ca Vice-Principal: Ms. D. MacDonald Early Warning: 604-718-4007 Vice-Principal: Ms. A. Davidson __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PHOTOS IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENTS School photos for the yearbook and Go-Cards were taken on September 10th. If you missed this day or if you were not happy with the Oct.1 PAC Meeting 7:30pm picture, you can get your photo retaken on Oct.9 Photo Re-Takes Friday, October 9th. If you lose your Go-Card, Oct.12 Thanksgiving Day-School you may apply for a new one by picking up an Closed application in the office, but there is an $11.50 Oct.21 Parent/Teacher Conferences charge. Oct.22 Parent/Teacher Conferences Oct.23 Pro-D Day – School Closed PROLONGED STUDENT Nov.5 PAC Meeting 7:00pm ABSENCES Nov.10 Remembrance-Day Just a reminder to parents that prolonged Ceremonies absence from school affects a student’s ability to Nov.11 Remembrance Day-School keep up with his/her coursework, especially on Closed a semester system. If your son or daughter will Nov.17 Report Card Issued be absent for more than three days due to Nov.26 Grad Winter Formal illness, please call the school so that we may Nov.27 Pro-D Day – School Closed inform the staff and gather homework. Dec.3 Conference Day 1 Dec.3 PAC Meeting 7:30pm AGENDA Dec.16 Grade 9 Immunization Dec.18 Last Day of Classes- Just a reminder to students and parents to Christmas Vacation utilize the very effective organizational tool that Jan.4 School Re-Opens each student got with their school fees. The Jan.7 PAC Meeting 7:30pm student agenda is a helpful tool for keeping Jan.22 Last Day of Semester 1 track of assignments, practices, tests and for Jan.29 Semester 2 Begins communication between home and school. Use yours everyday. WORLD TEACHER DAY EARLY WARNING CALL-IN PHONE LINE Just a reminder to all students and parents that The early warning phone line is up and running. Please Monday, October 5th is World Teacher Day. Be phone 604-718-4007 when your child is going to be sure to show your appreciation of the very away sick, or if your child will be late with important work these people do in helping a good reason. prepare our children for a successful future!! ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAY CONNECTED Welcome back sports fans and athletes for There are many great ways to stay aware of another exciting year of athletics!! the goings-on at Burnett. Among them are: Organizational meetings have been held for all School website: fall sports and students are hard at work http://www2.sd38.bc.ca/burnett-web/ practicing for the upcoming season. The fall Twitter Account- https://twitter.com/ season kicks off September 28th and will continue into early November. A big thank you PARKING LOT AND DRIVING to all of the student coaches, teacher coaches and teacher sponsors that volunteer and dedicate their time to have teams run. Just a notice to parents and students about our parking lot. Rules indicate that there is to be no idling when waiting to pick people up, and for TEAM COACH SPONSOR reasons of safety, we would ask that most Ban. Girls VB Mr. Wes Bevan students walk to and from school. Our parking lot can be quite congested and at times, Juv. Girls VB Monica Lopez & Ms. Cat Bateman dangerous. If we can do more to limit the Suki Pang number of cars in the parking lot, it will benefit the environment as well as all of our students. Jr. Girls VB Mr. Bill Riach Sr. Girls VB Monica Lopez & Ms. Cat Bateman Veronica Wong Mrs. Lena Molloy P.E. CHANGEROOMS Mrs. Liv Berry Just as a reminder to all students who need to Jr. Boys VB Mr. Bill Riach use the changerooms during their PE block or Sr. Boys VB Mr. Wes Bevan for afterschool games or practices. The changerooms are locations where thefts can and Swimming Vanessa Chan, Ms. Della Fuller do occur. We strongly advise students against Joy Li & Ashini D. bringing anything of value to these areas, and if X-Country Ms. Cat Bateman they must bring something important to them, they should have a lock to secure things. The PE staff will be locking the gate to the changeroom I'd like to extend my best wishes for a fun areas after students have had time to change, and rewarding season in all sports for the and will not be opening the doors again until 2015/2016 school year! class ends, so if you need to be dismissed early, Go Breakers Go!! you will have to make alternate arrangements. CAFETERIA A NOTICE TO PARENTS OF Welcome back to Stacey Green and Heron Island ATHLETES catering. Students are always welcome to bring a healthy lunch, but there are times when you I am required to register all participants on may choose to purchase food from our cafeteria. school sports teams with B.C. School Sports. The food is healthy and inexpensive. They are This is not new; I am required to do this every open before school for some breakfast foods; year. This requires me to release the following offer a series of hot foods and snacks for lunch, information: athletes full name, gender, and close everyday at 1:30. The have daily birthdate, grade level and year they entered specials, so be sure to check out what they offer. Grade 8. Parents are asked contact Ms. Bateman at the school if they do not give consent for this information to be forwarded. IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING TEXTBOOKS During the first weeks of school, textbooks were issued to your son/daughter. We have stressed with students that it is their responsibility to take good care of all textbooks that they are issued. At the time the textbook is issued, the number and condition are recorded. At the end of the semester, students are expected to return the textbook that they were issued, in the same condition that it was when issued, accepting that there may be normal wear and tear. Textbooks are very expensive and our supply is very limited. Parents should be aware that students will be required to pay for lost or damaged textbooks (beyond normal wear and tear) at the end of the semester. It is important to emphasize that students are required to hand in the textbook that has the number that they were issued, not simply a textbook that they may have ended up with. We do not wish to unfairly charge someone for a missing textbook that they are unable to return because someone else has it. PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL NEWS The Burnett PAC works to enhance communication between parents, students and the Burnett Staff and Administration. This is done through monthly meetings, and through certain special events. PAC meetings are held the first Thursday of each month at 7:30pm in the school staff room. All parents/guardians of Burnett students are Burnett PAC members. 2015 PAC meetings: October 1 at 7:30pm November 5 at 7:00pm (early start to allow time for allocating gaming funds) December 3 at 7:30pm Before school dismissed for the summer in June, the PAC hosted a wonderful Dry Grad event for graduating grade 12 students. Barb Buchsbaum and Sarah Banno, as co-chairs, worked incredibly hard to make the event a success. A huge Thank you to both of them. On the June 19, the PAC held a Teacher and Staff Appreciation Breakfast. This special thank you to the Burnett teachers and staff could not have happened without the help and donated food from the following parents: Sarah Banno, Laura Smith (co-chair), Kathy Tsakumis, Sukh and Harjeet Manhas, Angela Hong, Cres Dawson, Eric Ng, Marianna Boros, Chilette Dimou, Margaret Tam, Julie Tischler, Steve and Barb Buchsbaum (co-chair), Linda Farn, Joanne Tung, Sholeh Salehi, Daisy Nagy-Gyorgy, April Boni, John and Stephanie Nomellini. Thank you to all those parents for helping make the breakfast successful. Please feel free to contact me at any time if you have any questions or concerns relating to the school or the PAC. My email is [email protected], and my phone is 604-241-9812. I look forward to meeting you at our September PAC meeting. Stephanie Nomellini Noon Hour Supervisors “Helping to make our schools a safe and welcoming environment.” The Richmond School District is looking for NOON HOUR SUPERVISORS to work either on-call or five (5) days a week in an Elementary or Secondary school. Duties will involve supervising students in school buildings and grounds during the lunch break plus assisting in the office or school library. The shifts for this part time casual position are 1.5 hours per day on those days that the students are in attendance. Incumbents are expected to follow the same vacation schedule as the school. In addition to excellent communication and interpersonal skills, applicants must have experience supervising groups of elementary school-aged children and be willing to work with adolescents. First Aid and other related training, such as conflict resolution or non-violent crisis intervention, would be preferred. The rate of pay for this part time casual position is $21.53 per hour, which includes 4% holiday pay. Interested qualified applicants should forward their resume with supporting documents along with a cover letter to [email protected] or www.makeafuture.ca quoting competition number, # NHS003-15 to: Human Resources Department School District No 38 (Richmond) 7811 Granville Avenue Richmond, BC V6Y 3E3 If you have submitted an application within the past six months, you need not reapply.