{"id":2441,"date":"2024-11-10T08:23:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T16:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2024-11-10T08:23:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T16:23:50","slug":"november-11th-update-to-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/november-11th-update-to-families\/","title":{"rendered":"November 11th Update to Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dear Laity View Families,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Last Friday we honoured our veterans with our annual Remembrance Day Assembly.\u00a0 We had presentations from Mr. Neufeld and our Laity View singers and Mme Homeniuk\u2019s class during the assembly.\u00a0 We extended this important topic beyond our assembly; our students learned about the accomplishments of specific veterans and created many displays and artwork about Remembrance Day.\u00a0 A reminder of Remembrance Day holiday on Monday and a professional development day on Tuesday, so there is no school for students.\u00a0 Please review the information below for some details about the upcoming week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mon., Nov. 11<\/strong>:\u00a0 <strong>Remembrance Day Holiday \u2013 No School<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Tues., Nov. 12<\/strong>:\u00a0 <strong>School Based Non-Instructional Day \u2013 no school for students<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Growing Smiles Holiday Plants PAC Fundraiser Orders DUE \u2013 online<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Fri., Nov. 15<\/strong>:\u00a0 12:25 pm PAC Hot Lunch \u2013 Quesada (pre-order required)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Grade 6 Immunization Consent Forms DUE<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PAC Family Glow Dance<\/strong> \u2013 Join us for an epic family glow dance party on\u00a0<strong><em>Thursday, November 28<sup>th<\/sup> from 5:30-8:00 pm<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0in the Laity View Gym.\u00a0 For more information, please follow the PAC Facebook page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Three Way Reporting Conferences, Dec. 12 (early dismissal at 11:30am) and Dec. 13<\/strong> \u2013 Our teachers will <u>soon<\/u> put out a sign up for term 1 conferences on the parent portal.\u00a0 You have the option to conference in person or online.\u00a0 Please be sure to sign up for your desired allotted time of either online or in person conferences.\u00a0 This is an important time where your child will be showing their learning for the term and setting goals for term 2.\u00a0 As such, please try to find alternate arrangements for your other children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sincerely,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mrs. Lawrance<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>Community News<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Information Night: Are you interested in hosting an international student?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Are you interested in welcoming an international student into your home? Join us for an online information session on <strong>Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 7 p.m.<\/strong> Call 604.466.6555 Ext. 3 or email<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:inted@sd42.ca\">inted@sd42.ca<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">to register.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hosting an international student allows you and your family to experience new cultures and connections while making a significant difference in a student\u2019s life. Host families are a valuable part of the Maple Ridge \u2013 Pitt Meadows International Education program and provide our students with support to help them adjust to living away from home. This support helps students have a positive experience both academically and out of school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Whether you have hosted in the past or are new to the experience, we have varying program lengths, allowing you to choose which works best for your family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Learn more a<\/span>t\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inted.sd42.ca\/host-a-student\/hosting-information\/\">https:\/\/inted.sd42.ca\/host-a-student\/hosting-information\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Maple Ridge Youth Strategy Survey <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This survey has been created to help better understand how the community of Maple Ridge can better support youth needs. We appreciate you taking the time to complete this anonymous survey. The purpose of the Youth Strategy is to help youth understand their place and value in the community. And to help service providers, parents, caregivers, youth and the community at large to work with and support youth (12-18) and emerging adults (19-24) to promote positive physical, social, and emotional outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/QSZRGWR\">Maple Ridge Youth Strategy Survey (surveymonkey.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SD42 Accessibility Survey<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maple Ridge \u2013 Pitt Meadows School District No. 42 is inviting feedback from students, staff, and families on accessibility barriers in the district. These barriers can range from access to a school program, building, or school information, to the ability to receive a needed service or support. Provide feedback at<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/SD42access\">https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/SD42access<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Laity View Families, Last Friday we honoured our veterans with our annual Remembrance Day Assembly.\u00a0 We had presentations from Mr. Neufeld and our Laity View singers and Mme Homeniuk\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions\/2442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}