Merry Christmas from the PAC!

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What a great month December was at Ross Road School…starting with the amazing (and very profitable!) Christmas Craft Fair, and wrapping up the school year on December 16th with a festive week that featured two wonderful Christmas concerts: on Wednesday (Mrs Touzeau’s students) and on Thursday (Mrs Morgan’s students). A fantastic musical start to the holiday season!

Hope you all have a happy and relaxing break! See you back at school on Tuesday, January 3th, 2012!

–Ross Road PAC Executive Committee

Christmas Craft Fair 2011 – final totals

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Click image for more details about the 2011 Fair

…we made an astonishing $8,700 at the Craft Fair!!!  We believe this is a record number and we can all be very proud of ourselves in being part of such an amazing community event. The Christmas Craft Fair is one of our major fundraisers for the Ross Road community and all proceeds will go to make the school a better place for all of our kids!  Part of the money will be spent on new computer purchases and the rest will go into our general fund.

Class reps and parents, you truly outdid yourselves with the class baskets this year.  They alone raised $4,100!  Congratulations to all the lucky raffle basket winners! Click here for the complete list of winners.

Thank you for all of you who volunteered – behind the scenes and/or at the fair – we couldn’t have done it without you!  We count ourselves as extremely lucky to be working with such a committed bunch of people.  Thanks again for contributing your amazing energy, creativity and hard work to make this such a successful Craft Fair.

And thank you to everyone who came out on December 2nd and bought raffle tickets, food, drinks and crafts, and contributed to the amazingly festive atmosphere of this year’s Christmas Craft Fair!

Have a wonderful Christmas holiday – enjoy the well deserved time off with your family and all the best for 2012.

—Bettina & Desiree
Christmas Craft Fair Committee and the PAC Executive

Environment Club – Scavenger Hunt

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On December 14th the Environment Club met with Dolores Altin, a Consultant from the Evergreen Foundation.

The program focused on “Sharing Nature with Children” and through a manmade scavenger hunt the children were introduced to camouflage and observational skills.

The increased visual awareness of their surroundings teaches the children to be more careful about littering outdoors.  The children enjoyed the benefit of discussing the different habitats in their outdoor classroom and began to visualize the future Wildlife Area.

–Gillian Gorton
Environment Club Coordinator


Special $1.00 screening of award-winning Quebec comedy “1981” for CPF Members!

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Click on the image for a synopsis of the film and more info!

As a special thank you to its members, CPF BC & Yukon Branch has teamed up with Denman Cinemas to offer a screening of the award-winning Quebec comedy “1981” for just $1.00!

That’s right! Show your CPF membership card and tell us “I’m loonie for French”!

Take advantage of this great deal:

  • Wednesday, December 14, 2011
  • Doors open at 7:00pm, movie starts at 7:30pm
  • Denman Cinemas, 1737 Comox Street, Vancouver, BC

We look forward to seeing you there!

Donations will be accepted and there will be Prizes and Sur-Prizes from our partners and community supporters!

Click here for more info about the CPF.

Valet Service volunteers needed for January

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The Ross Road Valet Service runs from 8:30 am to 8:45 am, Monday to Friday, in order to help relieve the congestion in the drop-off zone during the morning rush, and to ensure the roads in front of the school are safe for pedestrians and drivers.

This valuable service is run 100% by parent and student volunteers. To keep it going in January we need more parent volunteers to step forward.

  • The time commitment is small – it only involves volunteering for 20 minutes (from 8:25am to 8:45am), one day a week for one month.
  • If you have a child(ren) in grades 5,6 or 7 how about teaming up with them and do valet together once a week?
  • If you can’t do valet, please encourage your Grade 5-7 child(ren) to team up with their friends to do valet!

If you can help out now or in the future, please use the sign-up form below.

Thank you for your support and cooperation!
Nancy Barton
nancybinbc@hotmail.com

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Ross Road Christmas Craft Fair 2011 a huge success!!! THANK YOU everyone!!!

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What a wonderful evening it was – lots of smiling children and parents, a gorgeously decorated gym filled with amazing raffle baskets and beautiful crafts handmade by our students, delicious baked goods, Santa on the stage and wonderful live piano music. Not to mention the delicious dinner served in Frosty’s Diner and the crêpes with chocolate sauce – very yummy! The craft rooms were filled with busy children making some fun crafts and the reading room in the library was packed when our very own Mr. Gruat performed the story-telling. All in all, a very fun event and there was something for everyone.

Congratulations to all the lucky raffle basket winners! A complete list of who won what is on display in the lobby, or click here to check it out online.

THANK YOU everyone for helping put together the amazing raffle baskets, volunteering with your time and talents, buying tickets, and of course, attending this fantastic event. We couldn’t have done it without you. Your competence, your flexibility and your good cheer made the Fair the success it was!

The Christmas Craft Fair is one of our major fundraisers for the Ross Road community and all proceeds will go to make the school a better place of all of our kids! Once we have all our expenses in we will be able to give you the amount we raised this year, but it’s already clear that we had a very successful Craft Fair.

—Bettina Harris and Desiree Blume
Christmas Craft Fair Committee

 Click here to see more Craft Fair photos!

Check out the Ross Road IT Committee’s booth at the Christmas Craft Fair!

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The Ross Road Information Technology (IT) Committee will be in the foyer at the Christmas Craft Fair presenting information and ready to answer questions about its goals!

What is the Ross Road IT Committee?
The PAC has made the decision to purchase suitable computers and other technological devices for our classrooms. This is a large project that is directed by an Information Technology (IT) Committee. All stakeholders (teachers, administrators, School Board representatives and parents) are represented on the Committee. More information about IT purchases will be coming home to families in January – please watch for updates. To assist in the purchases planned for this school year, partial funds raised at the Christmas Craft Fair will go towards iPad2’s, laptops and Smart Boards.

For more information about the IT Committee and the planned purchases, please contact:
• Jane Ince: jane@jimediaconnections.com or
• Carolann Fraenkel: CFraenkel@nvsd44.bc.ca

Click here for a map of the 2011 Christmas Craft Fair layout.

Christmas Craft Fair Map…and a few hints for navigating the Fair

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Click image to view and print a full-size PDF version

At long last, here is the Christmas Craft Fair Map! Hope this helps you plan your evening at the Fair! A few other hints:

  • Buy tickets in advance: Friday morning or Friday after school in the school foyer.
    Class Basket Raffle Tickets: 3 for $5, 7 for $10 and 22 for $20
    General Tickets: $1 each. Use these tickets to check your coats, buy food, make crafts, have a photo taken with Santa, and participate in other activities. Prices range from 1 ticket to 7 tickets.
  • Click on the following price lists to help figure out how many tickets you will need, and which activities you and your children might be interested in participating in.
    • List of student-made Crafts to buy at the Fair
    • List of Crafts to make at the Fair
    • List of Services, Activities, Food & Drinks
    • Raffle Ticket pricelist 
  • Check out the amazing Class Raffle Baskets! Click here to view the complete list. Just added: a YOGA-themed basket, courtesy of YYOGA Northshore Elements!
  • Bring a shopping tote to carry home all of your wonderful crafts! Let’s go Green!

See you on Friday! Hope you all have a wonderful time!
—Christmas Craft Fair Committee

The Christmas Craft Fair is almost here! Avoid the rush on Friday and buy your tickets now!

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We will be selling tickets before and after school on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Watch for our tables in the school foyer. Raffle tickets, and all crafts, activities, experiences and food will be purchased with tickets at the Christmas Craft Fair so come prepared and pre-purchase your tickets!

This year we have a coat check, crafts hand made by our students for sale, raffle of Class Baskets, delicious food such as hot shredded roast beef on a bun, pizza and crêpes with chocolate sauce, baked goods, hot and cold beverages, photos with Santa, crafts to be made, face painting, mystery bag game and so much more.

Click on the following links for more details:

• List of Crafts hand-made by students in their classrooms
• List of Crafts to make at the Fair
• List of Services, Activities, Food & Drinks
• Class Basket Raffle Ticket pricelist

So remember to buy your tickets ahead of time!  Here’s a tip: Save time by using address labels for the raffle tickets instead of writing them out by hand. 

See you Friday!

A few more Christmas Craft Fair reminders, then it’s time to have some fun!

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Crafts display in the lobby

Just a few more days until the much-anticipated Christmas Craft Fair! Here’s how you can help make the event a success and lots of fun for the kids!

  1. Sign up for a shift! Check the sign-up sheets posted in the lobby or connect with your class rep to sign up for a shift. It’s fun and easy and a great way to catch up with other parents! Click here to see a list of volunteer positions.
  2. Bake Sale: Please drop off cookies or brownies or cupcakes or squares or whole loaves or cakes at the office on Friday December 2nd. Where possible, please do not put nuts in your “baking”! Store bought “baking” is always welcome! We ran out of baking last year so please be generous!
  3. Mystery Bags: Bags can be dropped off at the lobby all week long.  The children LOVE these fun bags. Bags should have an approximate value of $5 per bag, and everything in the bags should be NEW (please, NO old candy or used toys).The bags could include fun holiday- or winter-themed things such as craft kits or supplies, ornaments to colour, kids’ costume jewellery or hair bands, fun kid’s gloves, small puzzles or games, candy boxes or bags, pencils, etc. The “bag” can be anything you like… brown lunch bag, goodie bag, gift bag – with the contents a mystery! All styles are welcome and fun! Please label the bag as primary or intermediate and boy, girl, or either as appropriate.
  4. Beat the rush and buy your tickets in advance! Tickets are available for sale before and after school in the lobby on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Click on the following price lists for more details:
    • List of student-made Crafts to buy at the Fair
    • List of Crafts to make at the Fair
    • List of Services, Activities, Food & Drinks
    • Raffle Ticket pricelist

Thank you to everyone for your time, energy, baking and mystery bags! See you at the Christmas Craft Fair on Friday!
—Christmas Craft Fair Committee