Your child will have come home with a pledge form designed to collect donations for UNICEF this Halloween. The money collected will go to support school children who are not as fortunate as Ross Road students. Please make all cheques payable to Unicef – NOT Ross Road. For more information on the campaign please go to their website at: www.TrickOrTreatForUnicef.ca
Me to We/Free the Children
On Friday October 15th, 24 Grade 6 and 7 students attended the ME to We Event at Rogers Arena in Vancouver with Mme Yuen, Mme Naths and parent volunteers. This was a wonderful opportunity for Ross Road students to be with 18,000 other students interested and concerned with social change and international mindedness. We are proud of these students who stepped forward to embrace this excellent learning opportunity and look forward to what they will share with their peers and the community.
MjM Photo Retakes: November 9th at 11am
MjM will be at Ross Road for everyone who checked off the ‘’I want a retake box” on the original photo envelope and/or students who were absent on the photo day. Please see the office if you did not indicate retakes on the envelope, but would like retakes. MjM will be here for one hour only!
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Emergency Preparedness Committee
The Emergency Preparedness Committee (EPC) appreciates the PAC’s past purchase of emergency shelters and other vital supplies that will help our school be better prepared in the event of a natural disaster. Keeping our students and staff safe is paramount!
Do you have any Canadian Tire money? The EPC would appreciate your donations so that supplies can be purchased for our classroom “grab and go” bags. The donation box is located at the front office. For more information, or if you have corporate connections to emergency preparedness items, please contact Barb Woznow, our EPC coordinator, at 604-983-2271 or wozzy@shaw.ca. Thank you for your support!
Community Participation at Ross Road!
Ross Road is at the centre of this community, but it is not the building that makes the neighbourhood so special, it is the people who make up the community who make our corner of Lynn Valley a desirable place to live. We thank the many people who have contributed to our school. Most recently, Sue MacPherson, a parent in our school, won a $500 bursary from RBC. Sue has graciously donated it to Ross Road School where it will be used to purchase a new projector! A big THANK YOU to Sue and to RBC, who presented the bursary to Sue in recognition of her community volunteer work!
Family Photo Day: A win-win for all!
A big Thank You to Lene Burgmann for organizing such a well-received event. The PAC is thrilled to announce that $965 was raised for the school, and participating families received absolutely gorgeous photos! The PAC plans to bring this family photo opportunity to you every two years.
October PAC Newsletter
The October PAC Newsletter has just been sent out and is chock-full of news! Have a look!
PAC Newsletters are distributed monthly via email by Class Reps, and hard-copies are posted on the PAC Bulletin Board. They are also archived on this website, as downloadable PDF files. Click here to view current and past issues of the PAC Newsletter.
French Immersion Parent Survival Night!
Hosted by Canadian Parents for French (CPF)
Who: Guest Speaker – Sallie Boschung
Where: Ross Road Elementary Library
When: November 1st, 2010 at 7:00pm
Why: Help for French program parents
RSVP: Please respond via email to: cpfnorthvan@gmail.com by October 27, 2010
Sallie is a French Immersion Early Literacy mentor and teacher who will offer advice and guidance for parents of children in Early French Immersion, Late French Immersion and Core French. Anyone interested is welcome and you do not have to be a member of CPF.
Class Reps for 2010-11
Click here for the list of Class Reps for the 2010-11 school year! The class reps have all received their class lists and are in the process of getting in touch with parents in their respective classes. So now we will all be getting connected and can start thinking about one of the reps’ most important “jobs” – coordinating the assembly of each of their classes’ baskets for the Christmas Craft Fair!
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