Dear parents,

Save the dates!

• MJM Studios Family Photos will be back again this year on Sunday October 19^th from 9-4pm and Monday October 20^th from 5-8pm. For only a $20 sitting fee (with all the money going to your PAC), you’ll get a chance to have some great family photos done in time for Christmas! Watch for a PAC post with the link to sign up online coming out next week! For more information please contact Caroline Leonard at cbodie@shaw.ca.
• Speaking of photos, individual school photos will be taken next Wednesday (October 8)

Munch-a-Lunch

• Ordering closes TOMORROW at 6pm!  Click here to find out more and order.
• Please note that due to a recently added Pro-D day in January, our Friday, January 9^th lunch day has been changed to Thursday, January 15^th. Everything will be transferred over in Munch-a-Lunch so there is no need to do anything on your part. It will still be the same MLB wraps and Booster Juice menu. If for any reason you ordered for January 9^th but would NOT like to have a lunch on this new date, please let Wendy know at jwrosshome@gmail.com and she will make sure your order is cancelled and your account credited.

Volunteers Needed

• The Valet service still needs volunteers Tuesdays, Thursdays and Friday.  Volunteering only takes 30 minutes, once a week.  If you appreciate having this amazing service at our school, please consider turning up early one morning and helping out.  Please contact Karen on 604 518 7430 for more information
• We need a Christmas Craft Fair Coordinator!  This is a major fundraiser for the PAC.  There’s lots of support, and lots of volunteers.  We just need someone to help coordinate this fun night.  If you can help, please contact Sarah at denniss@sutton.com
• Class reps are still needed…mostly in grades 5, 6 and 7.  If you can help, please email Caroline Leonard at cbodie@shaw.ca.

Dear parents,

Through community-based events, the PAC raises funds to help make our children’s experience at school even better. We are looking forward to many exciting PAC events this school year that not only raise money for Ross Road, but are also a lot of fun! We are very lucky to have such a dedicated and enthusiastic parent group that co-ordinates its talents and time to make all of these events so successful and enjoyable! Click here to read more about past (and current)  Ross Road fundraising events and initiatves.

Our motto for the PAC is “more people knowing more!” Through our e-mail system, PAC website updates and with our Parent Teacher Liaison’s help, we hope to keep our PAC community as well informed as possible.   If you know of a parent that isn’t receiving these emails, please let them know they can sign up at our website.  Class reps are also a vital link: they “fan-out” emails from our Class Rep Coordinator, liaise between parents and teachers, and of course coordinate those fantastic class baskets for the Christmas Craft Fair, as well as the “midway” booths at the Spring Carnival.

As parents of a child at Ross Road School, you are automatically a member of the Ross Road PAC (RR PAC). Please know that you are welcome at all  general meetings throughout the year. This is a great forum to voice your comments, concerns and suggestions.

The RR PAC Executive Committee is elected by a majority vote from the members of RR PAC at the Annual General Meeting in May of each school year. All parents are welcome to contribute to the work of the Exec.

We need your help!  The work that the PAC does can only happen because parents step up and volunteer.  There are a number of opportunities for volunteers…some only taking 30 minutes a month.  Please, please consider volunteering to make your child’s school a better place.  If you’d like to know more, please get in touch with PAC Chair, Sarah Dennis: denniss@sutton.com

We always welcome your input! If you would like to get involved with any of our PAC events and activities – or have any questions, comments or suggestions for the PAC Executive, please send us a message: rossroadpac@gmail.com

Dear parents,

As the labour conflict continues, the PAC Executive sees part of its mission is to provide Ross Road parents with information that they may find relevant.  Please note though, that as a body that represents the diverse views of all parents, the Executive will not endorse or promote one ‘side’ in this conflict over another.  

Please contact Sarah Dennis or Greg Thorpe if you would like to suggest information to include in future newsletters.

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The following message is from the North Vancouver Parents Supporting Teachers Facebook page:

We will continue our daily morning rallies. The rallies take place each morning between 8:30 and 9:00 am at the corner of Lynn Valley Road and Mountain Hwy, on the same corner as the library. Bring your signs, musical instruments, pots and pans (the drum last week was wonderful!), and your enthusiasm. Come as often as you can, even if you can only stop by for a short time.

MLA Jane Thornthwaite is hosting another of her “Join Jane” events this Thursday, September 11 from 10 to 11 am at the Lynn Valley Main Library. This is an opportunity to come and share your concerns in person, or just come and show your support.

https://www.facebook.com/NVparents

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Dear parents,

 

There is a rally today from 3pm to 5pm, outside Jane Thornthwaite’s office in Lynn Valley Village Square (near the main library)

 

Please come and make your voice heard and express your frustration at the current situation.  Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1482860318633103/

 

There will also be a collection of non-perishable food items for the teacher’s food bank.

 

Some more resources/information….

 

For information on when school will be starting in North Vancouver, go to the North Vancouver School District website, nvsd44.bc.ca.

For information on the temporary education support payments in the case of continued labour disruption, go to the BC Government web site, bcparentinfo.ca.

For information from the teachers union, go to the BC Teachers Federation web site, www.bctf.ca.

What you need to know about labour strife between BC and its teachers – Globe and Mail 

 

Dear parents,

There will be no picnic on Friday.  Stay tuned for information about a community event at the start of the next school year.

Thanks

Wow – today just isn’t my day.

As some eagle-eyed parents have spotted, the proposed date for the picnic is actually June 20 (i.e. next Friday)…not July 20 , as was originally on the poll.  I’ve changed the date on the website.  Here’s the link again.

Sorry (again) for the confusion.  Hopefully, this is the last you’ll hear from me.

Your communications coordinator

Hi there,

For some reason, that poll that was sent out in the last message is coming up as ‘private’ for some parents.

Unfortunately, I don’t know why it’s doing that, and Google is completely failing me in providing a magic solution.

So, if you’re having trouble accessing the poll, please click this link to go to the poll on the PAC website.

The problem *might* be something to do with accessing the poll on a mobile device.  So, if you still have a problem with that link on a mobile device, then please try on an old-fashioned computer.  I’ve tested that and it seems to work.

Thanks, and apologies for the inconveience.

Your friendly PAC Communications person

Dear parents,

Unfortunately, the PAC has had to make the tough decision to cancel the Spring Fair.  Even though there still is a chance that the strike may be averted, the uncertainty around it means that we can’t continue to plan the event, book outside vendors or generally prepare without the certainty of knowing it will definitely go ahead.  Please know that the PAC hasn’t taken this decision lightly, and many parents have been working hard to try to avoid this outcome.

A BIG thank you to the the members of the Spring Fair Committee, who’ve put in countless hours of preparation and planning for the Fair.  Thank you to all of them for doing this.  We’re hoping it won’t all be in vain, and there will be a chance in the next school year to still hold a big event.

Even though the Fair has been cancelled, there has been a suggestion that we still get together for an end-of-year event for the school community….a BYO picnic next Friday in Princess Park.  Could you please answer the simple poll below, so we can gauge if there’s enough interest to go ahead and book the park.