Hudson PAC: Weekly Reminders Jan 15-19, 2018

Hot Lunch is open for ordering on hudsonpac.ca. Anyone interested in volunteering for Hot Lunch should contact Marina at musea79@hotmail.com.


PAC Meeting is Wed January 17 at 6:30 PM in the Library. We will be discussing progress on the playing field as well as work done by the Seismic Upgrade Committee.


Activities
The January Calendar is now up to date! See hudsonpac.ca/calendar/
Due to the shortness of term 2, many activities started the first week back. We do have some activities that will be starting in Week 2.
There’s still space to register in most activities, so if there’s something you’d like to sign up for, go for it. You can find more info at https://hudsonpac.ca/activities/
Last term, we had some challenges with the lack of the lunchroom and getting kids to their lunchtime programmes. We’re working on some strategies to improve that this term.

  • **New for K-1’s** Sportball, Tuesday 3:05-4:05
  • Ocean Explorers, Wednesdays 3:15-4:15
  • Lego Lunch time, Thursdays 12:25
  • Pop Thoughts (Formerly Chi Kids & taught by same instructor), Thursdays 3:05-4:00

Lego lunch time is struggling for students this term and may be cancelled if we don’t get more sign ups. It’s a wonderful programme & here’s the scoop.
Bricks4Kidz is running LEGO Lunch Club at Henry Hudson every Thursday, January 18 to March 15 from 12:25 pm – 1 pm.
Bricks 4 Kidz™ STEM enrichment programs combine inquiry-based learning with hands-on building fun! Our interactive lessons and custom project builds introduce children to the dynamic fields of engineering and architecture using traditional bricks, technic LEGO®, and power functions. Concepts of design, scale, force, friction and gear ratio come alive! Imagination and critical thinking are encouraged as kids are challenged to modify pieces and test outcomes to further expand their learning.
We’re developing a brand new curriculum on the go this term!
Classes are $68/9 Sessions.
Register on our website at https://my.bricks4kidz.com/index.php?action=classdetail&record=19155
Hudson Junior and Senior Choir is taking registrations. Forms are in the office or PDF is here.


WANTED: Parents to take on roles in PAC Executive.
At the end of Term 1 our PAC Secretary, Web Master and Activities Coordinator left Hudson. These roles are now vacant and in desperate need of filling. These positions are ideal for someone who would like to volunteer with the PAC but only has out of school hours availability, and would like flexibility in their volunteer time.
PAC Secretary:
The secretary is a member of the executive, attends monthly PAC Executive meetings, and monthly PAC meetings. The secretary takes minutes at the PAC meetings, and compiles the weekly news emails.
Web Master:
The Web Master looks after the school website and needs to either be familiar with WordPress or willing to learn. The Web Master sends out the weekly news emails.
Activities Coordinator:
Extra Curricular activities run by the PAC, support the over-subscribed out of school care along with some other key roles. The Activities Coordinator is a member-at-large, attends monthly PAC Executive meetings, monthly PAC meetings and meets once a term with Mr. Cannon & the CST representative to plan activities for the next term. The coordinator monitors the Hudson activities email account, liaises with activities providers and compiles the monthly PAC Calendars.
If you would like to join a team of highly professional people, working together to improve the educational experiences for all 400, 4-13 year olds at Hudson Elementary, now is a great time. Please contact PAC Chair Robert Ford robert@quokkasystems.com if you have questions, or are interested in taking on all or a piece of any of these roles.