Pro D Day
Next Friday, October 19th is a Pro-D Day. NO SCHOOL!
Earthquake Drill
Thursday will be the “Great BC Shakeout” earthquake drill at 10:20 am
Multicultural Potluck & PAC Meeting
Save the date! November 14th will be our Multicultural Potluck right after school, followed by an earlier PAC meeting at 5:30 pm. At the meeting, teachers Victoria Lorieau and Jenn Johnson will do their tour of the new curriculum. Mark your calendars!
Traffic Safety
More than 400 children need to get to Hudson by 8:58 am each day. In our traffic survey on October 3rd, 1807 cars passed the 3 main intersections around the school between 8:40 and 9:10 am – that’s 4.5 cars to every child. But the volume of traffic gets drastically worse the later it gets.
Mr. Cannon has reminded us that the playground is supervised for 20 minutes both before and after school, in the same way that it is at recess time. If your child is comfortable playing outside without you, please make an effort to drop them off as early as 8:40 am, and pick them up as late as 3:20 if you can, to spread out the huge mass of cars that need to pass through at pick-up and drop-off times.
DPAC SOGI Session
DPAC will be hosting a General Meeting on SOGI 123 (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) on Thursday October 25th 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm. The meeting will be held in Room 180 at the Vancouver Education Centre 1580 W Broadway. Translation services will be available for those requiring them. DPAC encourages parents who have concerns with SOGI education in schools to attend to begin a dialogue. Matt Carruthers (former SOGI District Lead) and Renee Hock (VSB Diversity Mentor) will be presenting.
DPAC meetings are open to all parents and guardians of children in VSB schools.
DPAC ADHD Parent Workshop
ADHD Parent Workshop to be held on Thursday November 15th 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at the Vancouver Education Centre (1580 W Broadway). Details to follow.
Class Reps
Most classes are up and running with their class representatives. We are still looking for parent volunteers for Divisions 1 (Lerch), 8 (Morehouse), and 12K (Chang). Class Reps serve as a connection between your class’ parents and your child’s teacher and the PAC. Each week, the Class Rep will connect with their teacher to gather any reminders specific to their class (e.g. field trips, activities), and then will send an email to the class mailing list with the class reminders and a copy of the PAC’s reminders for the week. Contact jennifer.tillett@gmail.com if you’re interested in representing your child’s class.
Dido and Aeneas
Our choir director, Catherine Campolin, is performing in Dido and Aeneas on October 21st. Tickets are available at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/henry-purcells-dido-and-aeneas-tickets-48465751367
