False Creek Elementary Newsletter June 2018 900 School Green Vancouver, BC 604-713-4959 FalseCreekPAC.ca FalseCreek.vsb.bc.ca Communication from False Creek School and PAC to Parents, Students, and Staff Important Upcoming Dates Monday, June 4-June 6 Grade 6/7 camp Wednesday, June 6 Div. 4 fieldtrip to Maritime Museum, 9:30-12:30 Div. 11 fieldtrip to Whole Foods (10:00-11:00) Thursday, June 7 Div. 11 Shoreline cleanup Track and Field Meet Hip Hop begins for whole school (until June 13th) Wednesday, June 13 Hip Hop Performance Families are welcome to attend Friday, June 15 Grade 7 Recognition Ceremony Rock the Salish Sea Update Thursday, June 14 Please note the following: Volunteer Tea, 8:30 am All students are expected to be at the evening perfor- mance, arriving at 6:20pm in their classrooms Tuesday, June 19 PAC Meeting, 6:30-8:00pm All students will wear their school t-shirts or a dark Div. 11 fieldtrip to Jericho Beach blue/black t-shirt All guests need a ticket to watch the performance Wednesday, June 20 Div. 8 fieldtrip to Van Dusen Gardens All tickets ordered online have now been handed out Thursday, June 21 Tickets are still available on a first come first serve basis at the main office, up until 3:15 on Thursday, Staff Appreciation Lunch May 31st Monday, June 25 There are only a few tickets left for the evening per- Intermediate Beach Day formance, but there are many tickets still available for the daytime dress rehearsal Tuesday, June 26 Please return any tickets that you know you won’t be Primary Beach Day able to use Thursday, June 28 Last Day of school for students/Happy Summer! DONATIONS Donations will be accepted at the Get Ready To door of the gym. Donations will be put towards paying for the extra musicians for the performances. Any Rock!!! See you additional donations will be put towards sports equipment for the kids there! June 2018 False Creek Elementary Newsletter 2 Our annual Bike to School activities. Thanks to all the Bike to School continues fromMonday, May 29 parent volunteers that made Week until this Friday, June 2. Once today’s events a great success!! again, students are encouraged to ride their bikes to school every day of this week and participate in some lunchtime Hip Hop classes with Jheric Performance on Wednesday, Hip Hop Dancing Hizon for all grades K-7 began on May 31st at 11:00 am in the Tuesday. During these high gym. energy and super fun workshops, students will work on a routine to present to their Thank you PAC for contributing families at a Final Showcase $1500 to this fun activity. School Fees for For the 2018-2019 School Year, child be excluded from activities False Creek Elementary will be where a fee is charged. If at any 2018-2019 School charging families the fees on a time there is a financial per student basis: Please see challenge, please contact the Year next page of this newsletter. school Principal. All requests will As always, the Vancouver School be treated confidentially. Board will not deny a child access to the school supplies required for his or her educational program because of financial hardship. Nor will any Approved 2018- The School Board has approved Calendar on the fourth page of the False Creek 2018-2019 this newsletter. 2019 False Creek School Calendar. A copy of the Calendar calendar is on the third page of this newsletter. In addition, see Vancouver School Board District This Notice of Late Return your child’s attendance at form is to be completed for school by noon on 2018 NOTICE OF any student expecting to Wednesday, September 5th, LATE RETURN return to school LATER FORM THAN noon on Tuesday, 2018, your child’s space September 4, 2018 but prior will be given to another to September 28, 2018. student on the school’s If the school cannot verify waitlist. See example of form below for more details. June 2018 False Creek Elementary Newsletter 3 Raising Digitally Please find an invitation for paren Together on June 12, 630 pm at ts/ caregivers on Raising Digitally Magee. Secondary. See attached Responsible Youth Responsible Youth which will be flyer for details. facilitated by Safer Schools Western Front, one of Canada’s own graphic score. The Green Adults are so leading artist-run centres for Horn youth community marching contemporary art and new music, band will be roving around Dude Last Year is pleased to present Adults Are So Chilling Park and outside the Last Year on Saturday, June 2 from Western Front during the event 12-4pm at the Western Front. with three performances. Artists Artists and musicians have been Derya Akay and Vivienne Bessette commissioned to create works and lead a workshop showing kids how participatory projects in all to make colourful patterns and mediums and for all ages. imprints on fabric using flowers Visitors of all ages are invited to and natural dyes. participate in collaborative, hand- Plus, they'll be serving up grilled drawn animated workshops with bratwurst from D-Original Sausage Lianne Zannier and Heather Smith Co. and scoops of Earnest Ice and create 19th century animation Cream. toys to take home. Sound artist Alanna Ho will lead an exploration Check out this free community of sounds made by everyday event on Facebook here. See objects and provide an attached flyer. opportunity for kids to create their Kitsilano Kitsilano Gymnastics Club will be Friday - Gym & Group games and offering Summer Camp programs sports at the Locarno beach Gymnastics Club: at Lord Tennyson. Apart from Cost is 200 + GST for the full day 9- gymnastics, our program includes 2:30; Half-Day 185 + GST; Ages 5- Summer Camps team sports, movie afternoon, 12. Drop-ins welcome at $45 per 2018 social games, some arts & crafts day. and field trips. Most of the Dates outdoor-activities are scheduled in Week 1 -- July 2-6; Week 2 --July 9- the afternoon and will vary 13; depending on the weather. Please let me know if you are Monday - Gym & team sports in interested in signing up your child the afternoon for this program or have any Tuesday - Gym & movie further questions; Wednesday - Field trip to: [email protected] or Vancouver Aquarium [email protected]; 604- Thursday - Gym & Kitsilano 349-8167 Swimming Pool June 2018 False Creek Elementary Newsletter 4 SCHOOL FEES for (2018-2019) Important Information – Please Translate 这是一份重要信息 — 请找人为您翻译 ک ن ید ت رجمه ل ط فا -مهم اطﻻعات Mahalagang Impormasyon - Paki salin sa sariling wika 중요한 정보 - 번역 부탁드립니다 ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ-ਮਮਹਰਬਾਨੀ ਕਰਕੇ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰ/ੋ ਕਰਵਾਓ Важная информация!Переведите,пожалуйста GENERAL $25.00 SUPPLY FEE The Vancouver School Board offers the service of purchasing basic school supplies in bulk at wholesale prices and passing the cost savings on to families. The School Supply Fee for 2018 – 2019 is $25.00 per student. This fee covers basic consumable school supplies used for students’ personal use such as paper, writing tools, glue sticks, erasers, exercise books and art supplies. Supplies are provided for the full year. Last year’s school fee notice stated that the 2017-2018 school year would be the final year that school supplies would be purchased for a set fee by the school district. Please note that for 2018 - 2019, the VSB in fact is able to continue providing this service to parents and will charge the $25.00 supply fee. SUPPLEMENTARY FEES Student Agenda/Planner – $5 A few classes will be using an Agenda/Planner. School agendas/planners are a FINANCIAL HARDSHIP valuable tool for teaching children how to organize and plan for school. While students are not required to have an agenda/planner it is designed to assist students with the skills of organization and time management and is a very useful communication tool As a reminder, the Vancouver often used between teachers and families. School Board will not deny a child access to the school supplies Performance Fee – Fully Funded by False Creek PAC required for his or her educational We are pleased to enrich your child’s learning through a wide variety of performances this year. This supplementary fee supports the school in bringing in talented and program because of financial professional theatrical and musical performers that align with a particular educational hardship. Nor will any child be theme. Parent support has made these opportunities possible and we appreciate your excluded from activities where a continued contribution. fee is charged. If at any time there is a financial challenge, please Activity Fee – $52 contact the school Principal, (insert We offer several activities throughout the year, such as basketball, gymnastics and name). All requests will be treated tennis. In addition, the entire school goes to the symphony by the VSO. Other activities may be offered. The fees only partially cover the cost of these programs. These confidentially. programs are subsidized by the False Creek Parent Advisory Committee (PAC). We appreciate your continued contribution. Workbooks – $15 This year, several classes will be using the JumpMath workbooks to supplement the classroom math program. The workbook is available for purchase at the cost of $15. Students are not obligated to purchase the workbook, and may opt to use their copy as a reference textbook instead, meaning the workbook will be returned at the end of the school year for another student to use in the future. Students opting to use the workbook as a textbook will be responsible for ensuring that it remains unmarked and in excellent condition in order to return the workbook at the end of the year.