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Hudson PAC welcomes you back the HENRY HUDSON ELEMENTARY 2016/17 SCHOOL YEAR!
… to what we believe will be the most awesome year to date at the coolest school ever! …
We hope you had some down time and stayed hydrated over the summer, because there is no resting from the plethora of fun filled initiatives, activities, enrichment, cultural events, sports, arts, food and fests!! Here’s a quick overview of what’s coming!
REGISTRATION INFO for FALL WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Mondays

• Spanish: Sign Up outside Office beginning Monday 12th. Classes 3:20pm or 4:10pm $108/12 sessions. Bring cash our cheque to first class Sept. 19^th. Instructor Yolanda Korompai.
• Guitar Lunch Class. (1s/2s) Begins October 3.. Jovanka from Long&McQuade. New high end guitars just purchased by PAC for student use! $100/10 sessions. 12:25-1pm. Register in the Office beginning Monday 12^th.
• Basketball will begin in early October. Notices will go out when registration opens. (3s-6s)

Tuesdays

• XC: All ages. 8am Free. K’s please have parent or guardian. We run through Kits Beach Park and Vanier Park. Meet in the gym. (5 VSB XC Meets take place after school. Dates TBD)
• Lego Lunch. Ks/1s: Contact Rachel Tan to register. 604-250-6665 rtan@bricks4kidz.com bricks4kidz.com
• Girls Volleyball: 8am Free. (5s-7s). Begins last week of September.
• Multiball: Sign Up outside Office beginning Monday 12th. 3-4pm(Ks-2s) 4-5pm(2s-5s). $80/10 sessions. Bring cash our cheque to first class Sept 20^th. Or interact payment to marina@freshstrategy.com. Coaches Marina and Valentinos.
• Guitar AfterSchool (3s-7s) Begins October 3.. Jovanka from Long&McQuade. New high end guitars just purchased by PAC for student use! $150/10 sessions. 3:15-4:15pm. Register in the Office beginning Monday 12^th.

Wednesdays

• Choir: will begin in mid September. Notices will go out when registration opens. Junior Choir 12:25-1pm Senior Choir 3-4pm
• Young Rembrandts: will begin early October. Notices will go out when registration opens
• Hudson Story Time: scheduled to begin early October. Notices will go out when registration opens. FREE.

Thursdays

• XC and Volleyball practices 8am (same as above Tues)
• Mad Science Lunch (Ks/1s) Register for Hudson LUNCH program in the menu selection here https://register.madscience.org/vancouver/afterschool-register.aspx
• Mad Science AfterSchool (2s-5s) Register for Hudson AFTER SCHOOL program in the menu selection here https://register.madscience.org/vancouver/afterschool-register.aspx

Fridays

• Hudson Dance Lunchtime (Ks/1s). Nina Patel and special guests are back again with their mega-popular dance program! $4/8×35 minute lunch sessions=$32 12:25-1pm in the gym. Register: https://dancexpressjunior.splashthat.com/#
• Hudson Dance AfterSchool (2s-5s). Nina Patel and special guests are back again with their mega-popular dance program! $8/8 sessions=$64 3-4pm in the gym. Register: https://dancexpressintermediate.splashthat.com/
• LegoRobotics Wednesday, Sept 21 – Oct 26, 3:15pm – 4:45pm. (Room TBA) Contact Rachel Tan to for more information and register. 604-250-6665 rtan@bricks4kidz.com bricks4kidz.com Jr Robotics

SEPTEMBER MAJOR EVENTS
Weds. Sept 14th
2016/17 School Assembly 9:15 am.
Parents welcome to attend Principal Cannon’s 1^st of many student assembly. Introduction of new teachers, what lies ahead with new school curriculum, Divisions, goal setting, best practices, etc.
Vanier Park Pump Track Expansion Tree Planting Initiative 10am
Come on out to the bike skills park (dirt jumps) at Vanier Park and help plant a tree. (Across from City Archives and up from the Federal Dock). Come learn about Hudson Community’s and the neighbourhoods and bicycling community’s plans to work with the City to expand the bike skills park to make it more family friendly! For more info: timvan_78@hotmail.com or Vancouver Dirt Jumping Coalition on Facebook.
Monday Sept 19^th
Individual Photo Day. Be camera ready!!
Thurday Sept. 22nd
Welcome Back Multicultural Potluck 3pm-6pm
Bring one of family’s favourite dishes (appetizer, salad, main course, dessert… your choice!) to share at our annual parent, student, and staff meet, great and eat gathering! Students will decorate the gym with colourful tablemats and posters that reflect all the different countries, cultures, cuisines and culinary traditions that make up the Hudson school community. World music adds to the festive of this fun social event.
Wednesday Sept 28^th
PAC Meeting. Come join us. It’s awesome! 6:30-8pm Library.
UPCOMING MAJOR EVENTS THIS FALL

• Pumpkin Carving Oct 26th!
• Diwali Celebration Friday October 28^th (oh you won’t want to miss this one… big surprises like you’ve never seen before!!)!
• Halloween Fair and Parade Oct. 31^st!
• Field Trip to Queen Elizabeth Theatre to see a Ballet performance Nov. 3^rd!
• Winter Fair Dec 2^nd!
• (and much more!)

PAC FUNDED EXCITING ENHANCEMENTS (to name just a few!)
Arts Umbrella Drama and Fine Arts In-School Program
The teachers are pleased to have PAC fund this exciting program in which Arts Umbrella will lead 6 concentrated sessions for each Division: a combination of fine arts and drama classes.
Guitars
Teachers really wanted to have access to more music in-school. A handful of the teachers play guitar so they requested at set to be able to work with the kids during school hours and for performances etc. PAC has purchased 30 guitars for in-school use, and as well, we are offering lunchtime and after-school lessons!
Laptops
Last year, PAC purchased a set of 30 laptops. They never ever get a chance to rest! They are used every second of every day. So, we just purchased another set of 30, which will arrive in about a week! The laptops are used by all the Divisions; there are all buddy systems between older students and youngers, and joint projects! Very exciting!
YEAH WE KNOW IT’S ALL ABOUT THE NOT HAVING TO MAKE LUNCHES TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS! HERE ARE YOUR HOT LUNCH UPDATES!
NEW HOT LUNCH MENU ITEMS!
We have added lots of new menu items this fall and have kept many favourites! Chow Mein, Yakitori Skewers, Thai Lemongrass Chicken or Rice and other fun new dishes added in amongst faves such as pasta meatballs, quesadillas, sushi, butter chicken and burgers. We are offering a larger slice of pizza this term from Panago (which is recommended from VCH as a ‘choose often’ pizza). And to stave off any November blues, we’re launching a Taco Thursday!
PRICE is now $6/Meal.
We held the same price of $5.50/meal for the past 2 years. However the food cost prices of everything have increased quite a bit and we are using extensively far more free range, organic and non-gmo, gluten free ingredients and products. So we have increased our Hot Lunch meal price to $6/meal. The sibling discount is now $1.50 > $4.50/meal.
NO MORE PAYPAL PLEASE!!
As you know, Hudson Hot Lunch is our PAC/school’s main Fundraiser. Other than our supplementary Direct Donation campaign, the Hot Lunch program is the only source of funding for all the wonderful programs, initiatives and events with which we are able to enhance our children’s school experience.
We realized that in the 2014-15 school year, the Hudson PAC paid over $2000 in Paypal/credit card fees. We tried last year to encourage fewer transactions and more cash and cheque payments but ultimately we still lost a huge bundle of money to the plastic! This year we want not to lose that amount money. We’d rather use it for the students!
PAC PREFERRED PAYMENT OPTIONS
Cash
Please bring the cash in an envelope to the School Office with your name and child(ren)’s name on it. Exact change please! Even if you want to order for the whole term, you can pay in installments such as once a month. Just drop a line to Hot Lunch Coordinator to let us know! Just complete each term’s payments by end each term please. Please indicate your child’s full name and division on envelope.
Cheque
Please make out the cheque to Hudson PAC and note that it is for Hot Lunch. For those needing to stagger the payments, you may provide post-dated cheques. All payments for the term must be complete by the end of each term. Please make sure each cheque indicates your child(ren)’s full name and Division.
E-Transfer

• When you go to your online banking: add a recipient, make it Hudson PAC with the email hudsonpac@gmail.com
• Make sure to send transfers by email and not mobile phone.
• Set up the Security question as follows: What school does your child go to? Answer: Hudson
• When you send the payment, please make sure to put “Hot Lunch”, the Munchalunch order number, and your child’s FULL name in the Message area. E.g. Hot Lunch order# nnnnnn for Dayton Percy

HOW TO REGISTER FOR HOT LUNCH
Already have an account on munchalunch at our school? Go to https://secure.munchalunch.com/apps/munch/login.aspx
New to the school and Munchalunch? Need to create a new account for your child? www.munchalunch.com/schools/henryhudson
ORDER YOUR HOT LUNCHES ANYTIME BEGINNING THIS SUNDAY 8AM ONWARDS. REMEMBER IF YOU WANT TO ORDER FOR THIS TUESDAY SEPT. 13^TH YOU MUST ORDER THAT DAY’S MENU ITEM NO LATER THAN 11:59 SUNDAY NIGHT!
SPONSORSHIPS If you require sponsorship or subsidy for Hot Lunch or any program, please contact Principal Cannon. All requests and arrangements are 100% confidential.
Contact Hot Lunch Coordinator, Marina Bondarenko, if you have any questions. 604.908.7855 musea79@hotmail.com
The Hudson PAC and all our volunteers and parent community look forward a fantastic year working together with each other, students, teachers, staff and friends to make this a wonderful 2016/17 year!
We have numerous volunteer needs and we’d love to have more parents on board and hear your ideas and get your help on stuff… we’ll hit everyone up on all that next week! We’re switching our e-blast system and web presence around a bit so we’ll be in touch shortly!
On behalf of our fantastic Hudson PAC Executive and all our great Committee Leads and volunteers,
Marina Percy
Henry Hudson PAC Chair
604.396.2715
marina@freshstrategy.com
hudsonpac.ca
IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN WEEKLY PAC E-MAIL BLASTS (EVERYONE IS BCC’D ALWAYS) PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO hdubuc@vsb.bc.ca to say you are opting out of PAC electronic communications. This must be sent to Hannah no later than 3pm Tuesday Sept. 13th