Dear Families,
Thank you to all families who contributed donations to our Terry Fox Day recently. We raised $1,071 or two dollars per student which is quite impressive under the circumstances! We also had tremendous participation with our Orange Shirt Day last week with several classrooms looking like a sea of orange. Lastly, thank you to the almost 30 parents who participated in the Zoom PAC meeting last week. Creating an amazing school community takes the shared commitment of both staff and parents to do great things for kids. We are well on our way at c̓əsqənelə!
Please take a few minutes to review the items below to help us make sure things go smoothly for the kids in the coming days. All of our Portal Announcements are also posted on our school website if you every need to double check any school updates.
Health & Safety Reminders
c̓əsqənelə has had a very good return to school experience so far thanks to everyone’s diligence in following our school’s Health and Safety Routines. To help ensure we continue to manage this current context well we are asking all families to please remember the following when walking (or waiting) with students around the school building:
- As much as possible, all adults on school property should practice social distancing and maintain a good physical spacing.
- Remind your children (as needed) that the rule for them when waiting and playing outside is hands off (not social distancing).
- To reduce congestion around the school consider dropping older children off by their POD doors and leaving instead of waiting. We have supervision each morning at the front and rear of the school and will take good care of the kids.
PAC Updates
Thank you to the many parents who attended our first PAC meeting and to those who have volunteered to be on the PAC Executive. For the full list of parents offering to share their talents on the PAC Executive click here. Every family who has a child at c̓əsqənelə is automatically part of the school PAC so please feel free to join us for any future meeting or activity. The next PAC meeting is Thursday November 5th at 7pm.
Last year’s Coffee Fundraiser is coming back this month by popular demand! This year all families need to do is go to the online store following the link below.
c̓əsqənelə’s link to the online store: https://globalcoffeefundraising.ca/cusqunela
families can purchase coffee online and then choose to pay to have their coffee shipped directly to them (via Canada Post), or they can opt to have it shipped with the group order to the school, which is free to them.
Online ordering is open from October 5th to the 18th and pick up is on Monday, October 26th. jpg Flyer is attached if you think sending it home with each student would increase our sales. ( I would be happy to come to the school and look after this)
c̓əsqənelə Spirit Day every Tuesday!
Many of the staff and students at c̓əsqənelə have been informally participating in a fun Tuesday routine where we wear our school Spirit Day clothing on Tuesdays (because it rhymes). We are now going to officially make c̓əsqənelə Spirit Day every Tuesday and invite all students to wear any school spirit wear or clothing promoting kindness and respect on Tuesdays. For families interested in ordering any spirit wear this year…. we will send out information on how to order this in the next two weeks.
Individual Student Photos Next Thursday & Friday (October 15 & 16)
The photographers are coming next Thursday and Friday to take individual student photos. We have spread the school photo shoot over two days to ensure greater safety by allowing for more time and space. The photography day for your child(ren)’s class is:
Thursday – Salmon Pod, Bobcat Pod, Eagle Pod, Wolf Pod
(Friesen, Fisher, Charbonneau, Tones, Woo, Affleck, Doughty, Borghardt, Crowhurst, Franco, King, Chou
Friday – Orca Pod, Thunderbird Pod, Sasquatch Pod, Bear Pod, Raven Pod
(Low, Kaake, Sylte, James, Brinkert, Jacobson, Wickham, Lee, Bzowy, Peebles, Barichello, Medeiros, Windblad, Warren)
Our School Office Contact Information
If you need to contact us with questions or need to report your child’s absence/late information please call:
- 604.466.6231
- Our school email is cqe_reception@sd42.ca and can be found under the link on our school website.
Sincerely,
Mr. Wheatley