Team Jerseys Missing in Action!
All Henry Hudson jerseys (picture below) loaned out to Cross Country or Volleyball team members must be returned immediately. Please have a look at home and ask your child (notes were sent home) as there are still quite a few missing. You may bring them to the School Office. Please attach your name to it so we can cross it off the list!
Since acquiring our jerseys a few years ago we have lost just over 20 percent of them. This is a significant cost to the PAC and means we may not have enough to outfit future teams. As a result we now require a $30 refundable deposit to borrow a jersey.
Save the date! Earthquake Preparedness Event
Monday February 26 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the school gym. A panel of speakers will walk us through what to expect in the event of an earthquake, from Hudson’s own emergency plan to best practices for earthquake preparedness at home and work in the neighbourhoods served by the school. Brought to you by the Hudson PAC Seismic Committee. Watch this space for further details!
Activities
Most activities have now started, and many still have spaces. If you are considering signing up for a programme, please do so soon as we will have to cancel if programs do not meet minimum requirements.
Please also ensure that you are fully paid up, preferably by the first session, definitely by the second session. Registration through the instructors allows us to keep costs to absolute minimum in a volunteer run system. Instructors who get tired of chasing families for payments will likely take their programmes elsewhere. If your child needs a PAC bursary in order to participate in a programme, please see Mr. Cannon.
Starting next week
Wednesday: Choir Jr & Sr.
Friday: Dance – Jr & Sr.
Friday: Young Rembrandts – The CST is offering the popular Young Rembrandts drawing program again for the Winter term. Classes will run on Fridays afterschool from Jan 26-Mar 16. The cost of the program is $116. Registration forms are available outside the school office. Please contact Dianne Sankey, CST Programmer at dsankey@vsb.bc.ca with any questions or subsidy requests.
For more information on registering for any of these programmes, check out hudsonpac.ca/activities.
Advocacy Update
1) Parent Advocacy Network / Families Against Cuts to Education email campaign.
These two groups invite everyone your participation in this campaign to encourage the provincial government to follow the recommendations of it’s own all-party Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services to make funding for public education a priority in the coming budget. Please check out the email tool at facebc.ca/newyear/ . PAN and FACE also joined forces with four other parent advocacy groups for a meeting in December with Premier John Horgan and Education Minister Rob Fleming; the coalition put forward six recommendations which are worth a look for a detailed overview of ongoing issues such as seismic upgrades and resources for special needs — see the lead article at http://www.panvancouver.ca/news for a link to the full text.
2) Canadian Parents for French
The BC and Yukon branch continues its efforts to convince the newly elected Vancouver School Board to restore the spaces cut to this year’s French Immersion program. For details see: cpf.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/j/ABEFED314A1EDE3C2540EF23F30FEDED/EAB9A721AE053480C4DA2C823DDA3384
The branch is also encouraging any Vancouver parents interested in re-starting a Vancouver CPF chapter to contact them, as there is some $3700 in funding to assist with this available until the end of the federal fiscal year on March 31. For more information, contact: cpf.cmail19.com/t/ViewEmail/j/21A6040BDB4C22152540EF23F30FEDED/EAB9A721AE053480C4DA2C823DDA3384
3) For DPAC news see vancouverdpac.org/generalannouncements/2018/1/7/january-2018-update. They are running an event for a forum for parents on navigating the resources for students with special needs.