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Ross Road PAC Fire Relief Update

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As you may have heard, in the early hours of Monday morning, a fire destroyed part of the Mountainside Village complex in Lynn Valley. The dreadful fire took the life of our Grade 2 Ross Road student, Sepehr Koshkoye-Delshad, and his mother, Nargess Casnajad.

The Ross Road PAC has a few suggestions on how we as the Ross Road School Community can help:

Financial Donations:
1) Sepehr’s class will be filling up a fireman’s boot with cash donations to pass along to the family. We are not sure on the details for this yet so stay tuned for more information on this.

2) The PAC would also like to set up a fund that goes directly to  Sepehr Koshkoye-Delshad’s family. Please put your donation into an envelope marked Fire Relief, and drop it into the PAC mailbox, located near the Ross Road School office. The money collected will be given to the Sepehr’s class to fill the boot.

3) The community can also deposit at Blueshore Financial Lynn Valley by using account: Fire Relief 93081553. This has been set up by the Lynn Valley Lions Club – http://www.lvlions.com/fire-relief-information-june-11-2018/

4) There are also numerous Go-Fund me pages that have been set up, these can be viewed online.

Food Donations:
1) Non-perishable food items and unused toiletries will be collected in the school lobby under the stairs. Once collected, we will drop them off at the Harvest Project on Friday, June 22nd after school.

2) Please do not donate clothes or anything else at the school.

Other Donations:
1) Mountain Village Hub Support will be located in Lynn Valley Mall (access closest to Winner’s entrance – the old Zeller’s location across the parking lot from Safeway) They are collecting small household items for those that have lost their homes and have to start over again.

2) Drop off hours: 7:30 am- 9:30 am, June 14 – 15 & June 18-22

3) http://www.lvlions.com/fire-relief-information-june-11-2018/ This website lists the items that are needed for the demographic that have lost everything.

4) If there are bigger items that you wish to donate, they can be noted at this location, but please do not drop them off at school.

5) The Lynn Valley Lions will have a trailer on Lynn Valley Days, June 16th, near the beer garden between 1 and 5pm.

Let us be as supportive of our community as we can be.

If you should determine that your child needs further professional counselling, please feel free to contact the school for phone numbers of local agencies that are available to assist you. The following websites are additional resources you may want to look at, as you support your son or daughter through this loss:
http://www.bcchildrens.ca/health-info/coping-support/grief-loss
http://www.bcbereavementhelpline.com/
http://hollyburn.ca/

Thank you to all for the support that you have shown thus far and continue to show.

 

Bike to School Week at Ross Road:  June 4th – June 8th

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Join us Monday morning at 8:10am for our Bike to School Week Kick Off!

Students & parents are invited to the field at Ross Road to bike around to music, watch Wade Simmons demo bike ramps, get free bike tune-ups offered by Lynn Valley Bikes, and watch parents vs pros in a wheely competition!  There will also be snacks and small prizes for all participants. 

Bike to School each day for an entry ballot to win a New Bike!  Teachers will be taking participation surveys each morning.  Each day a student bikes to school they will be given an entry ballot to win the bike.  Ballots can be put in the draw box located at the office where you can also view the new bike & the bike draw will take place at the Spring Carnival – June 8th!

Class Tennis Parties – will be awarded to the primary & intermediate classes with the most active transportation counts.  Tennis BC will be providing all instruction & equipment on June 11th. 

Live too far away – consider parking farther away from school & biking, walking, or rolling in to school :) 

Activities through the Week 

Kindergarten through Grade 3’s will be participating on Monday with Escape Adventures for on-field ride skills.  Students will need a bike, helmet, & waiver filled out to participate (walking through stations also an option).  Any Kindergarten parents that can stay for the morning to help with kids unlocking bikes and putting helmets on would be appreciated.

Classes participating:  Dowling, Gagnon, Hauptman, May, Aiello, Zayonc, Gamel, Piccone, Esterer, Maraon, Marion 

Grade 4 & 5 + M.Simon’s class will be participating on Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday with iRide for on-field skills sessions.  Parents need to fill out the online waiver for students to be able to participate:  https://ccnbikes.com/#!/events/cycling-bc-iride-2018

Classes participating:  Lam, Bowering, McKay/Noori, Billinger, Tancon/Dixon, Simon 

Velodrome Field Trips information will be shared by teachers.  Online waivers must be filled out for all participants: https://ccnbikes.com/#!/events/cycling-bc-iride-2018 

iRide After School Bike 

iRide is offering 5 weeks of after school instruction right here at Ross Road.  Please register here:  https://cyclingbc.net/event/iride-sprockids-05-24-2018/

iRide Skill Level 4+
Maximum 1:7 ratio.
May 24th, May 31st, June 7, June 14, June 21
3pm – 4.30pm
Cost: $50 per participant  (rate will be prorated)
Suitable bicycle: mountain bike, cyclocross, kids hybrid

Sessions will include: 

Day 1 – Basic skills/games on field, short ride in lynn valley
Day 2 – Tight Turns  on field / laps of Circuit 8
Day 3 – Partner Riding  on field / adventure up demo forest road
Day 4 – Exchange game  on field / froome green trails or demo forest green trails
Day 5 – Grand Prix game  on field / ride tba

 

Bike to Work Week/School Week – across the lower mainland this is happening now. 

For more information, to log your communtes, to win prizes, to visit celebration stations, check it out here:  https://bikehub.ca/bike-events/bike-to-work-week

 

Please direct any questions to jackie_hicks@hotmail.com

Happy Biking!

REMINDER: PAC AGM TONIGHT @ 7pm

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The  agenda for tonight’s Annual General Meeting in the Ross Road library is as below;

May 31, 2017 PAC Annual General Meeting

  • Approval of February GM minutes
  • Chair update
  • Treasurer update
  • Approval of 2017/2018 FY budget
  • Approval of Ross Road wish list
  • Principal update
  • Parent Presentation – Healthy Eating

Click here for the wish list for the 20017/2018 academic year.

Please click on the following link for the RR PAC Budget_FY-2017-to-2018

See you all tonight.

RR PAC

PAC NEWSLETTER – MARCH 24, 2017

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3/28/2017 UPDATE: The Kilometer Club have a new procedure this year. Please complete the athletic participation form, and return it to the office by Friday, March 31, if you wish for your child to participate in the Kilometer Club. This is the same basic form we use for participation in all extracurricular athletic activities. We will generate our list of participants from these forms so that we can calculate the cumulative distance for each child and distribute ribbons and medals.

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We are coming to the end of Spring Break, my first as a parent. I will keep this brief as we still have the weekend to go. There are a lot of events/activities taking place in the lead up to the end of the year. Please see below for details;

Upcoming events

March 29th – Clothing Drive RR School Fundraiser (elementary)

  • This is a joint community outreach initiative with Diabetes Canada.
  • Each bag of clothes collected will help raise funds for our school, but more importantly help with diabetes education, research, services and programs in Canada.
  • The clothing drive will be during the first week back after spring break.
  • Please bring clothing, in large garbage bags, to the foyer on Wednesday, March 29 and Thursday, March 30.
  • Bags will be picked up on March 31st at 11am
  • Acceptable items include: gently used clothing, bedding, fabric, sleeping bags, belts/ties, handbags, yarn, blankets, drapes, hats, pillows and much more!

Monday March 27th & Thursday March 30th – BrainSTEM – Registration Now Open

April 1st – Reconciliation Pole – 1pm

  • This is a great opportunity to engage with Aboriginal culture and traditions. Event is FREE and open to the public.
  • The Reconciliation Pole is one of two UBC initiatives that aim to capture the long trajectory of Indigenous and Canadian relations and to ensure that one part of that, the history of Canada’s Indian residential schools, will never be forgotten.
  • Reconciliation Pole will be installed in the manner of a traditional Haida pole raising.
  • Main Mall, between Agronomy Road and Thunderbird Boulevard – UBC’s Point Grey Campus

April 3rd – KM Club

  • The event is on for 15 days till May 12th
    • Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (except Professional days and holidays)
  • kindergarten to grade 7, parents and siblings are invited to participate
  • 8:05 – five-minute warm-up, then run for 20 minutes from 8:10 to 8:30 on the school field
  • There will be medals & ribbons to be won
  • If you have any questions regarding the club, please contact our teacher sponsor Angela Tancon at atancon@sd44.ca

April 30th – Two Rivers Meats – Open now till April 30th

June 9th – Spring Carnival

  • G2 and G3 parents are our Special Events Hosts (a new initiative to help share PAC volunteer run events and build community between English and French parents)
  • Susan Neale is one of our G3 parents who has stepped up again to coordinate BUT we need more volunteers to from G2 and G3 to support her.
  • Stay tuned to class rep emails on how to volunteer.

June 22nd –           Staff Appreciation Lunch

  • KG and G1 parents are our Special Events Hosts this year
  • Class reps will be putting this on.

Due to no volunteers, the Family Bingo Night has been cancelled. We’ll try again next year!!

The Financial Reports for 2016 are now available on the PAC website.  They can be viewed  here

Earth Hour is tomorrow, March 25th at 8.30pm. Lets set an example for our kids. Lets make Lynn Valley dark.

Have a fabulous rest of Spring Break and see you all back on Monday March 27th.

Ross Road PAC

Contact us at rossroadpac@gmail.com 

Website – rossroadpac.ca

Facebook –https://www.facebook.com/ecolerossroadschoolPAC/

Twitter – https://twitter.com/rossroadpac (@rossroadpac)

PAC NEWSLETTER – FEB 17, 2017

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So it has been a short but busy week. Hopefully everyone got to enjoy the amazing weather that we had over the long weekend and spent some amazing time with their loved ones.

Munch-A-Lunch is closing this upcoming Wednesday – February 22nd

Donations – We are still looking for full bottles of alcohol for the toonie toss at the Parent Social. Please contact the PAC if you can donate. Thank you to those that have already donated. We just need a few more bottles.

Upcoming Events

PAC GM / Jessie Miller presentation – This Wednesday (Feb 22nd) – 7pm in the RR library

  • Come with ideas/thoughts on where you would like to see the PAC funds go towards.
  • We will have a suggestion box that will be completely anonymous for you to have some input into what your thoughts are.
  • The PAC Exec will review suggestions and discuss at the AGM
  • The GM is an opportunity for the parent community to make suggestions on how to spend PAC money.
  • Special Parent Presentation by Jessie Miller (Jesse Miller Social Media Awareness)
    • Please note the PAC pays for this presentations and attendance would bring tremendous value to the night.
    • No registration is required for the above date and free babysitting will be available upon request. Email rossroadpac@gmail.com
  • The agenda for Wednesdays’ meeting is below;

Parent Social – Feb 25th

  • If you haven’t yet got your ticket to the upcoming parent party (Saturday Feb 25th), it’s not too late.
  • We had a ton of fun last year and have another great DJ to shake up the night.
  • The Parent Social is next weekend. Have you got your tickets yet?
  • A chance to win 2 pairs of tickets if you are the 100thor the 125th person to email the address
  • Email shanbodie@shaw.ca for simple instructions on how to purchase your tickets

Staying in French – March 2nd, Ecole Ross Road

    • Canadian Parents for French North Vancouver and SD44 are hosting a “Staying in French” information evening on Thursday, March 2nd at 7pm in the Ross Road Library. Learn more about the transition from Grade 7 to Grade 8 and the benefits of staying in French Immersion in high school from current French Immersion high school students, teachers and other speakers.” and link to the event on CPF North Van’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/424898107848488/

Brain Stem – March/April

    • Details still to be determined

Bingo Night – April 7th

  • We are still looking for someone to help with organizing this favourite family event.
  • We need 2 to 3 volunteers to run with this.
  • Contact the PAC if you can help. We need someone by March 10th to step up in order to host this event.

Spring Carnival – June

  • Grade 2-3 divisions are our Special Events Hosts for the year’s carnival
  • We need 4-6 more volunteers to support her and make this an even bigger success than last year
  • Please contact your class rep to let them know you’re interested or contact the PAC.

Remember it is Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday 22nd and Pro D day next Friday 24th.

Have a great weekend.

Ross Road PAC

Contact us at rossroadpac@gmail.com 

Website – rossroadpac.ca

Facebook –https://www.facebook.com/ecolerossroadschoolPAC/

Twitter – https://twitter.com/rossroadpac (@rossroadpac)

PAC NEWSLETTER – Feb 10, 2017

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Is this the last of the snow or will we get more? Let us hope that it melts over the weekend.

Here is your to do list this weekend;

Book Munch-a-lunch for the next term before Feb 22nd   

Purchase your Parent Social tickets.

  • If you haven’t yet got your ticket to the upcoming parent party (Saturday Feb 25), it’s not too late.
  • We had a ton of fun last year and have another greatDJ to shake up the night.
  • NEW – two chances to win a pair of tickets…on us!

ü  The 100th person to email.

ü  And the 125th person to email

  • We are still looking for full bottles of alcohol for the toonie toss . Please contact the PAC if you can donate.

Upcoming Events

PAC GM / Jessie Miller presentation – Feb 22nd – 7pm in the RR library

  • Come with ideas/thoughts on where you would like to see the PAC funds go towards.

o   We will have a suggestion box that will be completely anonymous for you to have some input into what your thoughts are.

o   The PAC Exec will review suggestions and discuss at the AGM

  • Special Parent Presentation by Jessie Miller (Jesse Miller Social Media Awareness)
  • The GM is an opportunity for the parent community to make suggestions on how to spend PAC money.
    • Please note the PAC pays for this presentations and attendance would bring tremendous value to the night.
    • No registration is required for the above date and free babysitting will be available upon request. Email rossroadpac@gmail.com

Parent Social – Feb 25th

  • See the attached poster for ticket information and get yours now!
  • A chance to win 2 pairs of tickets if you are the 100thor the 125th person to email the address
  • Email shanbodie@shaw.ca for simple instructions on how to purchase your tickets
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Brain Stem – March/April

  • Details still to be determined

Bingo Night – April 7th

  • Let’s bring back Family Bingo – gather in the gym, tables of friends and family, bingo cards, markers and a load of fun …and yes prizes too!
  • If Bingo is your game or you just love to play with others, consider helping with organizing this favourite family event.
  • We need 2to 3 to run with this. This is not a fundraiser – it’s a community builder and a chance to get the kids and parents connecting.
  • Contact the PAC if you can help.We need someone by March 10th to step up in order to host this event.

Spring Carnival – June

  • Grade 2-3 divisions are our Special Events Hosts for the year’s carnival
  • Susan Neale, a grade 3 parent, has stepped up again this year to lead the charge.
  • We need 4-6 more volunteers to support her and make this an even bigger success than last year
  • Please contact your class rep to let them know you’re interested

Remember it is family day on Monday so no school. Have a great and safe long weekend.

Ross Road PAC

Contact us at rossroadpac@gmail.com 

Website – rossroadpac.ca

Facebook –https://www.facebook.com/ecolerossroadschoolPAC/

Twitter – https://twitter.com/rossroadpac (@rossroadpac)

PAC NEWSLETTER – FEB 3, 2017

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Its back again….

So the snow came back in full force this morning. Hopefully it did not deter you from purchasing the parent social tickets at the schools’ front entrance this morning. No worries if you missed buying tickets today as you can always do an e-money transfer. Details below.

We are still looking for donations of full bottles of alcohol to use as prizes in the toonie toss at the parent social. (Last week’s newsletter mentioned a bottle drive. That is incorrect. We are not looking for empty bottles). If you are able to donate then please contact the PAC at  rossroadpac@gmail.com so that we can pick up the donation. Thank you in advance.

Munch-A-Lunch Orders

Ordering for the spring session of Ross Road hot lunch days which will run from March 3rd to June 23rd, 2017 is now open.  We will be running a lunch every Friday (except when school is not in session).

    • Please go to www.munchalunch.com/schools/rossroad to order and pay.
    • Ordering will close Wednesday February 22nd, 2017. If you do not pay for your child’s lunches before February 22nd, your order will be cancelled.   If you have any questions, please contact our new lunch coordinator Jackie @ jackie_hicks@hotmail.com

Upcoming events

February 22nd – PAC General Meeting and a special Parent Presentation by Jessie Miller (Jesse Miller Social Media Awareness) at 7pm in the Library.

  • Please note the PAC pays for this presentations and attendance would bring tremendous value to the night. No registration is required for the above date and free babysitting will be available upon request. Email rossroadpac@gmail.com
  • The GM is an opportunity for the parent community to make suggestions on how to spend PAC money.

February 25th – The Parent Social is at Toby’s on Main Street. We are limited to selling just 200 tickets so if you missed the sale this morning at the school you can email shanbodie@shaw.ca for simple instructions Be sure to indicate how many tickets you would like to purchase. The event starts at 7pm. Ticket price includes:

    • 1 drink
    • appetizers
    • live professional DJ
    • lots of fun!
    • And don’t forget to bring your toonies for the Toonie-Toss and the 50/50 draw

February – BrainSTEM – Details still waiting to be confirmed.

March – Bingo Night – we are looking to confirm a date in March possibly but also need to find a volunteer to run with this fundraiser.

  • If you are interested then please contact the PAC at rossroadpac@gmail.com
  • The lovely volunteer who will take this on will not have to start from scratch as this night has been held before and there will be support from the PAC.

 Have a fun in the snow this weekend.

Ross Road PAC

Contact us at rossroadpac@gmail.com 

Website – rossroadpac.ca

Facebook –https://www.facebook.com/ecolerossroadschoolPAC/

Twitter – https://twitter.com/rossroadpac (@rossroadpac)

Parent Social – Feb 25, 2017

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Book your sitter!

The Ross Road Parent Party is set:

Saturday, February 25th at Toby’s Pub & Grill,  7pm onward.

Tickets ($30 cash) will be sold this Friday morning (Feb 3rd)

School’s front entrance from 8:00 – 8:45am

Want to pay by e-transfer?

  • Email shanbodie@shaw.ca for simple instructions
  • Be sure to indicate how many tickets you would like to purchase

Ticket price includes:

  • 1 drink
  • appetizers
  • live professional DJ
  • lots of fun! (And don’t forget to bring your toonies for the Toonie-Toss and the 50/50 draw).

We’re limited to selling just 200 tickets — don’t be disappointed: get your tickets!

We had a blast last year — hope to see you there.

tobys

 

PAC NEWSLETTER – JAN 27, 2017

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Correction :

We are NOT holding a bottle drive, we are looking for donations for full, unopened bottles of alcohol to use as prizes for the toonie toss. 

Apologies for the mix up.

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Can you believe that we are at the end of January already, 5 months until the summer holidays.

Don’t forget to get your orders in for Munch a Lunch.

Ordering for the spring session of Ross Road hot lunch days which will run from March 3rd to June 23rd, 2017 is now open.  We will be running a lunch every Friday (except when school is not in session).

Please go to www.munchalunch.com/schools/rossroad to order and pay.

Ordering will close Wednesday February 22nd, 2017. If you do not pay for your child’s lunches before February 22nd, your order will be cancelled.   If you have any questions, please contact our new lunch coordinator Jackie @ jackie_hicks@hotmail.com

Parent Social – The PAC is looking for donations of full bottles of alcohol for the parent social night on February 25th to be used as prizes. Please contact the PAC directly so that we can organize pick up.

Upcoming events

The MOE (Ministry of Education) is inviting parent input on reporting in K-12 until February 28, 2017.  The link is on the North Vancouver PAC webpage at www.northvanpac.org or you can learn more about it here:  https://engage.gov.bc.ca/yourkidsprogress/en/waystoparticipate/ 

February 8th – 5-8pm – Cambie Secondary School, 4151 Jacombs Rd, Richmond

February 22nd – Pink Shirt Day

February 22nd – 7pm – in the library

  • PAC General Meeting and a special Parent Presentation by Jessie Miller (Jesse Miller Social Media Awareness)
  • Please note the PAC pays for this presentations and attendance would bring tremendous value to the night. No registration is required for the above date and free babysitting will be available upon request. Email rossroadpac@gmail.com

February 25th, 7 pm- Parent Social Night at Toby’s. More information on tickets to come.

BrainSTEM afterschool program will be returning to Ross Road. Dates to be confirmed soon. Stay tuned.

Have a great weekend.

Ross Road PAC

Contact us at rossroadpac@gmail.com 

Website – rossroadpac.ca

Facebook –https://www.facebook.com/ecolerossroadschoolPAC/

Twitter – https://twitter.com/rossroadpac (@rossroadpac)

PAC NEWSLETTER – DEC 6, 2016

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3 days to go

Ross Road Christmas Fair This Friday

Unless you’ve been living under a candy cane for the last month, you probably know the Ross Road Christmas Craft Fair is nearly upon us. The school will be a bustle of activity and fun this Friday December 9th.

Thank you to everyone who has made gift donations for our activities – you’re terrific! However, we could still use a few more things — particularly Mystery Bags suitable for the older kids. Your help here will get Rudolph’s nose shining in appreciation.

Thank you also to everyone who has signed up to help run an activity during the fair. To those who will be volunteering their time on the night, kindly reference the map that will be posted in the school foyer to know where you need to be for your activity. If you haven’t had a chance to sign up yet to volunteer a half hour of your time, it’s not too late and Santa (and the kids) will thank you for it!

If you are bringing bake sale items, please deliver them directly to the gym on Friday morning or afternoon.

Finally, if you want to beat the line ups, tickets can be purchased in advance, from 8:30-9am and 2:30-3:15pm on Friday, from the school foyer. Tickets can also be bought amidst the chaos and fun of the fair itself, when you arrive that evening. Ticket sales during the fair will be in the Foyer and in the Gym.

We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Ross Road PAC

Contact us at rossroadpac@gmail.com 
Facebook –https://www.facebook.com/ecolerossroadschoolPAC/ 
Twitter – https://twitter.com/rossroadpac