March 10th Update to Families

Dear Laity View Families,

Congratulations to both of our basketball teams for an excellent season.  The boys’ team was undefeated!  A huge thank you to our coaches and parents for supporting your children while driving them to practices and games.  A reminder our reporting conferences are this week, as such we dismiss early on Thursday and there is no school on Friday.  Please review the information below for some details about the upcoming week and spring break.  Enjoy your break and we will see you back at school on Monday, March 31^st!    ​

March 1 – May 2:  Student Learning Surveys Timeframe

Sun., Mar. 9:  Daylight Savings Time (clocks spring ahead one hour)

     11:00 am – 4:45 pm Quebec Fundraiser Grocery Bagging at No Frills, Maple Ridge

Mon., Mar. 10:  Spirit Day – Hat Day!

Tues., Mar. 11:  Spirit Day – Anything But a Backpack/Schoolbag Day!

Wed., Mar. 12:  Laity View Inaugural Book Swap

     Spirit Day – Teacher/Student Swap! (teachers dress like a student, students dress like a teacher)

     Grade 1 – 7 New Registrations/Transfers for 2025 – 2026 OPEN (on parent portal)

Thurs., Mar. 13:  Spirit Day – Team Colours!

     11:30 am EARLY DISMISSAL for Three Way Reporting Conferences

     11:30 am Quebec Fundraiser Candy Bag Sales – two stations outside ($2)

Fri., Mar. 14:  Three Way Reporting CONFERENCES – no school for students

     Last day of school before Spring Break

March 17 – 28:  Spring Break

Mon., Mar. 31:  School Reopens after Spring Break

Wed., Apr. 2:  World Autism Awareness Day – we invite everyone to wear blue!

Grade 7 Quebec Exchange Trip Fundraiser – Grade 7 French Immersion students are bagging groceries for donations today (Sunday) at No Frills in Maple Ridge from 11:00 am to 4:45 pm. This fundraiser will help offset the costs of their Quebec Exchange program.  Please consider doing your shopping there or stop by to show your support!

Grade 7 Quebec Exchange Trip Fundraiser – Candy Bag Sales for $2 each, at 11:30 am (early dismissal) on Thursday, March 13^th.  There will be two stations set up outside:  one at the front of school and one on the field side.

Laity View Book Swap – We are so excited to have our first ever Book Swap this Wednesday!  This event will be a great way to get some exciting new books into students’ hands.  For this event to be a success we will need lots of book donations from our families.  Get a jump start on your spring cleaning and send in all the books that your children have already read so they can swap them out for some new and exciting reads!

Please only send books that are in GOOD used condition.

     – age appropriate for K-7 (we will have a separate swap for primary and intermediate)

     – no board books 

     – no ripped covers or pages

     – no writing/stains in books

     – no colouring or activity books

Teachers collected books last week.  Don’t hesitate to reach out to Mme Clark (natalie_clark@sd42.ca) if you have any further questions about this exciting event.

Three Way Reporting Conferences, Mar. 13 (early dismissal at 11:30am) and Mar. 14 – A reminder our reporting conferences are this week, as such we dismiss early on Thursday and there is no school on Friday.  This is an important time where your child will be showing their learning for the term and setting goals for term 3.  As such, please try to find alternate arrangements for your other children.

Student Learning Surveys – If you have a student in Grade 4 or 7, parents are invited to complete a Student Learning Survey.  This year, parents do not need a logon code to access the online Student Learning Survey.  Electronic surveying is available until May 2^nd.  The website to access the electronic survey is: www.bced.gov.bc.ca/sat_survey/access.htm.  Please do not use Safari as there is currently a glitch with this browser.  We invite you to take 15 minutes of your time to fill this out.  The more parents who complete these surveys, the higher quality of feedback we will receive.  Your input is appreciated.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Lawrance