Category: General

Monday, October 26th:
Spanish Classes – 3:30 and 4:15pm. Please see note below about waivers.
Tuesday, October 27th:
Volleyball practice 8am
& Multi-ball Sports 3pm & 4pm. Please see note below about waivers.
Wednesday, October 28th:
Choir – Jr. at lunch and Sr. 3pm
& XC Team Season End Celebration Fun Run and Party in the gym at 3pm
Congratulations to all the Hudson Hawks XC Team members for giving your best through the whole XC season! Over 40 XC team members participated this year, and Hawks soared at every XC meet including making a huge impression at the Vancouver-wide District Championships at Trout Lake! To celebrate our fantastic season, we are having a Fun Run and Party! Wear your Halloween Costume if you want! (And… yes: we are going to the pump track!! : ) ) Parents, please feel free to join us and bring along a snack for the party afterwards!
& CODE RED LOCKDOWN DRILL
A reminder that Wednesday 28th, there is a school-wide Code Red Lockdown drill. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact Principal Cannon at 604.713.5441 or icannon@vsb.bc.ca
& PUMPKIN CARVING-6:30pm in the gym
Hudson’s annual Pumpkin Carving event is not to be missed!! How creative is your child with pumpkin carving! Hudson PAC and Joe’s No Frills are supplying 30 Complimentary Pumpkins. If you would like a pumpkin, please email hudsonpac@gmail.com by Sunday evening. (One per family please). It will be a lottery and we will post the names of students who are receiving pumpkins, on Monday. See you there! More Info
Thursday, October 29th:
Hudson Story Time with Erin (Sophie’s Fairy Godmother) – 3:15-3:45pm at the south end of the school library
Erin will read two stories and one poem (See the attached poster). Please join us on Thursday Oct 29, 3:15-3:45 at the south entrance of the school library. No RSVP required. May drop off your kids (K-G3) and pick them up later.* For HOOSC kids, make an arrangement w/ Thomas.* (*A signed waiver form is required) If you have questions or want to volunteer as a story teller, contact Ee-Seul: eeseul@gmail.com
Friday, October 30th:
HALLOWEEN PARADE
The Grade 7s have a Halloween event surprise cooking up for all the students during school time… we’re excited to hear more! There will be also be the traditional Halloween Parade! All students will walk all the floors of the school in costume. Parents welcome to attend! Just after 9am.
& deadline for direct donations to Hudson
MORE GOING ON AT HUDSON:
NEW Lunchtime Program!! Register NOW for MAD SCIENCE!!
Is your child interested in fun science and experiments? This is the program! Beginning Monday, October 26th, from 12:25pm-1pm, for 8 consecutive Mondays, students will watch fascinating demonstrations, join in Inquiry-based discussions, participate in individual and group experiments, and make amazing take-homes. Cost is $90 for the 8 sessions. Register now at HTTPS://REGISTER.MADSCIENCE.ORG/VANCOUVER! See this link for more details!! There are still a few spots available.
SPANISH and MULTI-BALL SPORTS Waivers AND Payments
Thanks to all for getting in your waivers and your payments. If you haven’t had a chance yet, please ensure your child brings his or her signed Waivers and cheques to this week’s session. Additional waivers are available outside the office.
Rainy Day Activities
Principal Cannon, The PAC, teachers and staff have come up with some great Rainy Day options for the students. On Rainy Days, the K-3s will have all sorts of sports and activities hosted for them in the gym, while 4-7s will have their own space in the lounge outside the lunch room, with games, activities and space to do whatever they would like. SSWs and Aides will monitor both areas.
Laptops are in!
We are thrilled to announce that the 30 new Laptops that Hudson PAC purchased for the school have been programmed and will be at the school this week for all the Divisions to use!! Also, there is a new Computer Lab on the top floor with 6 used but nicely upgraded Laptops for student access. Yay!!
Watch for a lot MORE ACTIVITIES and EVENTS in November!
Junior and Senior Boys Basketball begins first week of November. Schedule planned: Grades 2/3 Weds 3pm-4pm; Grades 4/7 Fridays 3pm-4pm. Registration forms will be outside the office this week. (Girls Basketball begins after Volleyball finishes. Stay tuned!)
Grades 3/4 After School Yoga VSB is sponsoring a limited 6-session complimentary yoga program for Grade 3/4’s this term. Begins Tuesday, November 10th for 6 weeks. Takes place room 205, 3:05pm-4:05pm. A sign up sheet will be placed outside the office this week. No charge for this program.
Grade 7s challenge the VPD to Hockey! Mark your calendars, the Vancouver Police are coming back for yet again to try to take down our Grade 7s in a hockey challenge! Thursday November 12th, 12:25pm! Don’t miss it! Bring your inner hawk and get ready to cheer!

*Last week to turn in earthquake/comfort kits to classrooms. Please make sure to get these in before Friday!*
Monday, October 19th:
Spanish Classes 3:30-4:15pm
& Festival du livre 3-4:30pm in the library
Scholastic French book fair, posters, erasers and great reading material sold in the library all this week. One free book for every order of $25 or more! Cash, credit and debit cards accepted. Click for more info
Tuesday, October 20th:
Festival du livre 8-9:30am in the library
Parents, come do some confidential gift-buying from 9-9:30am!
& Volleyball practice 8am
& Multi-ball sports 3pm and 4pm
& Festival du livre 3-4:30pm in the library
Wednesday, October 21st:
Cross-Country practice 8am
& Festival du livre 8-9:30am in the library
& Early dismissal – 2pm for parent/teacher conferences
& Choir – jr.(lunch) & sr.(2pm)
& Festival du livre 2-6pm
& PAC Meeting 6:30-7:45pm
(Please note the venue change as the library will be set up for festival du livre!)
All Hudson parents/guardians are welcome to attend. As always, free refreshments and childminding provided.
PAC executive election
Our annual PAC executive elections will take place at this meeting. The parent volunteers currently serving as chair, co-chair, secretary and treasurer are standing for re-election. However, anyone else interested in putting their name forward for any of these positions is welcome to do so! Many hands increase our capacity to support our children’s education, there is much work to be done on the various committees, and most executive roles can easily be shared by a couple of people. If you have any questions about the roles, please feel free to ask anyone on the executive (contact information is on the PAC website, www.hudsonpac.ca). If you are interested in running, please let the chair or co-chair, Marina Percy or Alan Patola Moosmann know. Nominations can also be made from the floor at the PAC meeting. See you there!
Minutes from the last PAC meeting on Wednesday, September 23rd can be found here: www.hudsonpac.ca.
Thursday, October 22nd:
Volleyball practice 8am
& Festival du livre 8-9:30am in the library
& Photo Retakes
& District-wide Cross-country meet at Trout Lake 1pm start
(PAC sponsored-bus leaves midday and comes back to the school as soon as whole team has finished running. Parents can pick up students at Trout Lake if desired but be sure to sign your child out with Ms Dawson.)
& Early Dismissal – 2pm for parent/teacher conferences
& Festival du livre 2-4pm in the library
& Hudson Story Time is cancelled this week in lieu of Scholastic Book Fair and Parent and Teacher Conferences, but will be back the following week. Please enjoy (or volunteer at) the book fair.
Friday, October 23rd:
Pro-D Day – no school for students

Monday, September 28th:
Pro-D Day – schools closed for students

Tuesday, September 29th:
Multi-ball Sports – (K-1’s )3-4pm & (2-4’s) 4-5pm in the gym – Parents have now been notified of their children’s enrollment via email. Waivers and registration will take place at the beginning of each class on Tuesday! 

Wednesday, September 30th:
X- Country practice 8am – jerseys handed out and race orientation

& Choir – junior choir at lunch/senior at 3pm

& X-country meet at Camosun Park (16th Avenue, east of Queen Elizabeth School) begins at 3:30pm. Parents to arrange transportation. All XC team members wear a Hudson Hawks Jersey!

Thursday, October 1st:
Hudson Story Time (K-3) 3:30 – 4:30. Please come join parent volunteers presenting two stories this week from: (1) Quebec (in French) by Annie (Charles’ mom) (2) India (in English) by Rosina/Chris (Chase’s parents). No RSVP required. If you have questions or want to volunteer as a storyteller? Please contact Ee-Seul Yoon: eeseul@gmail.com or 604-871-0256

Friday, October 2nd:
X-country practice 8am

& Hudson Hawks Red Day/Spirit Day – wear red in any way or wear your Hudson Spirit Wear and celebrate being part of Hudson!

Saturday, October 3rd:
Deadline for Hudson Spirit Wear Orders – Great gift ideas! Visit www.skylineathletics.com/omg or https://henryhudsonelemomgsept15.itemorder.com/. Any questions, please email Carly at krug@passport.ca.

IN THE COMMUNITY
Saturday, October 3rd – Doors Open Vancouver
This coming Saturday, 18 city-operated or supported venues including theatres, fire and police training centres, community centres, libraries and animal shelters will be open to the public for behind the scenes tours — some possibilities here for an outing to engage the entire family!  Full details, including opening hours and preregistration (necessary for some sites) are at doorsopenvan.ca.

SOME OF OCTOBER’s IMPORTANT DATES:
**Monday, October 5th-Friday, October 9th – students ride transit FREE OF CHARGE for Walk to School Week
Monday, October 19th-Thursday, October 22nd – French book sale/Festival du livre
(If you are able to help volunteer, please contact Chantal at minten@novuscom.net)
Wednesday, October 21st – Early Dismissal 2pm
Thursday, October 22nd – Early Dismissal 2pm
Wednesday, October 28th – Hudson pumpkin carving
Friday, October 30th – Hudson Halloween Fair – haunting fun during school hours