This Friday is the LAST time In Stitches will be meeting this school year! Please remember to bring your projects and the needles that were borrowed from the club with you this week.
Susan Ritchie will also be joining us this week to receive all of the wonderful projects that were created for First Steps Canada. Parents are also welcome to attend to meet Susan. Susan will be in the library from 12:20 – 12:50.
Thanks so much for all of your support!
Annette Arndt
Get an insider’s perspective about the state of public education as seen through the eyes of those who spend their days with your children. You are welcome to attend whether you have been closely following the media coverage or just wish to become better informed on the issues. Several experienced teachers and staff will be on hand to explain their concerns. Find out why some teachers feel they are taking a stand to protect the quality of your child’s education.
Date: Tuesday, April 17th
Time: 3:15pm onwards
Place: Waves Coffee House (Mountain Hwy and Lynn Valley Road)
Bring the kids (and their homework) or take turns watching them at the school playground or library. We’ll be there for at least an hour, so feel free to drop in when you can.
—Ross Road PAC / Advocacy Ross Road
>> Click here to link to the Job Action section of the Ross Road PAC website, maintained by Advocacy Ross Road*, to help raise awareness and understanding of the issues, facts and impacts on public education in BC.
*About Advocacy Ross Road: This group of concerned Ross Road parents came together in March 2011 in response to education budget cuts, believing that a more active role is required to maintain and improve the education delivered to our students. The Ross Road PAC is most supportive of these efforts.
Get an insider’s perspective about the state of public education as seen through the eyes of those who spend their days with your children. You are welcome to attend whether you have been closely following the media coverage or just wish to become better informed on the issues. Several experienced teachers and staff will be on hand to explain their concerns. Find out why some teachers feel they are taking a stand to protect the quality of your child’s education.
Bring the kids (and their homework) or take turns watching them at the school playground or library. We’ll be there for at least an hour, so feel free to drop in later.
—Ross Road PAC / Advocacy Ross Road
>> Click here to link to the Job Action section of the Ross Road PAC website, maintained by Advocacy Ross Road*, to help raise awareness and understanding of the issues, facts and impacts on public education in BC.
*About Advocacy Ross Road: This group of concerned Ross Road parents came together in March 2011 in response to education budget cuts, believing that a more active role is required to maintain and improve the education delivered to our students. The Ross Road PAC is most supportive of these efforts.
Dear Ross Road parents,
While job action is always difficult, as a Parent Group our mandate is to support students and teachers at our school. While we may or may not agree with teachers’ job action, we can see the effects of budget cuts over the last years. As a middle-of-the-road PAC, our resources are being stretched thinner and thinner as we try to provide the things (library books, art supplies, gym equipment and computers) that in the past were a part of the government’s budget for schools.
With this in mind, the Ross Road PAC is pleased to allow space on our website for Advocacy Ross Road* to present letters and links to articles about Job Action to help raise awareness and understanding of the issues, facts and impacts on public education in BC.
>>Click here to link to the Job Action section of the Ross Road PAC website.
*About Advocacy Ross Road: This group of concerned Ross Road parents came together in March 2011 in response to education budget cuts, believing that a more active role is required to maintain and improve the education delivered to our students. The Ross Road PAC is most supportive of these efforts.
If you have any links you would like to share, or thoughts on the matter, please send an email to Advocacy Ross Road: advocacyrossroad@gmail.com
We would appreciate input and insight from all concerned parents and citizens.
Thank you,
—Ross Road PAC and Advocacy Ross Road
Staff Appreciation Luncheon 2011 – click image to read more about last year's successful event!
Hello Ross Road parents,
It’s that time of year again — the Famous Annual Staff Appreciation Lunch is coming up on Tuesday, May 1st! This is a wonderful chance to say thank you to the amazing teachers and staff at Ross Road school for everything they do for our children every day of the school year.
In order to host the luncheon, we need your talents – artistic, culinary and management — to make this event a success! Here’s what we’re looking for:
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact:
Gillian Gorton: thegortons@shaw.ca
Thank you!
—Staff Appreciation Luncheon Committee
The Valet Service needs new volunteers for April. If you can help out to keep this valuable service running smoothly this month (and/or May and June), please click here to submit an online sign-up form.
Thank you!
—Nancy Barton
nancybinbc@hotmail.com
Hello Ross Road parents!
Do you have a boy who wears clothing size 10 and up? Or a girl who is missing her favourite pair of jeans? Stop by the Lost and Found or have your child stop by and take look for your clothing!
The Lost and Found is bursting at the seams and we will be forced to donate items to our local Salvation Army so please stop by and have a look!
The Lost and Found is located in the hall outside the music room. If your child attends a classroom in the Annex, there is also a lost in found box at the end of the hall.
Thanks,
Tanya Brown
You may have noticed a large structure missing from the primary playground after Spring Break. Well – it’s true – the wooden playground is gone. A large metal chainsaw was used to cut the steel poles and a tiny little bobcat demolished the rest. [Scroll down for photos]
After careful examination of the wood, we discovered that there was too much rot and depreciation to salvage any pieces for future projects in the Environment Club. However, new wood was ordered and with the great skill and expertise of Jim Gorton, the new planter boxes have been installed for the ever growing Edible Garden.
Many thanks to the Environment Club, Laurie Ainsworth, Michele Fogal, and Lene Burgmann for their digging efforts, and of course, special mention to Jim Gorton for executing the project so quickly. On April 18th the Grade 7 Quebec Exchange Students will continue the removal of the bark mulch and lay the soil for planting.
As this is a work in progress over the next few weeks, we would ask that you please stay clear of the planter until all work is completed. Do however, feel free to sneak a peak and feel the excitement growing!
Many thanks, Gillian Gorton
Hello Ross Road Families,
Just a reminder that Session 2 Food Day ordering closes Saturday March 31st at midnight. If you haven’t had a chance to order, please do so by clicking on the following link:
https://rossroadpac.ca/fundraising/food-days
Orders need to be made by the deadline. Cheques can be dropped off after the deadline or payment can be made by credit card on MunchALunch.
Any questions, please contact Tammy Stothers:
Email: liv2play@telus.net or
Tel: (604) 986-9575
SESSION 2 FOOD DAYS SCHEDULE:
Just a reminder to In Stitches Club members to bring their knitting/crochet projects to this Friday’s meeting (12:20pm in the school library).
Please note, there are 3 more meetings left in this session:
If you do not wish to continue, please return your needles tomorrow at lunch in the library. These needles have been lent to the school for the club and we would like to return them. Thanks for trying, hopefully we’ll see you in the next session!
Thanks again,
Annette Arndt
Click here for more info about the club, and a link to a useful document containing instructions and links to video tutorials.
Ross Road PAC 