Parents at École Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary School have already begun fundraising for this year’s school year.
Each year, the school’s parent advisory council (PAC) raises money for different activities or items that help enrich the students’ learning. Previous PAC-funded projects include field trips, school-wide events, and they even helped build a playground.
Right now, the PAC is running a frozen pies and cookies fundraiser. Orders need to be in by Friday, Nov. 3.
Oh, and if you’re a parent at Tweedsmuir and you have an idea for a fundraiser, contact Carolyn Hanna at [email protected].
Early kudos
Well done to all those who stopped by Richard McBride Elementary School on Sept. 16 to help clean up the garden, which is cared for by the school’s parent advisory council (PAC).
Didn’t make it to the garden work party? Keep an eye out for the next one by following the McBride PAC on Facebook at www.face
book.com/RichardMcBridePAC.
The garden looks great!
Breakfast, lunches available
While the New Westminster school district is busy working on a district-wide food program, several schools already offer meal programs for students.
At École Qayqayt Elementary School, students can take part in the Breakfast Club, which is offered every morning from 8:30 to 8:45 a.m. This is for any student who hasn’t had breakfast or is still hungry before school. A donation of 50 cents is appreciated, according to school administrators. Students are asked to be at the main entrance at 8:30 a.m.
Queensborough Middle School students can take advantage of the breakfast drop-in program, which opens at 8 a.m. every day in the foods room. Students who want breakfast are also asked to bring 50 cents with them. (This program is run by volunteers, way to go!)
Also available at the ’Boro middle school, a lunch program where interested students can sign up month to month for daily meals.
Students are asked to choose what they want to eat from a menu distributed during the last week of each month for the following month. Fees are also due before the next month begins.
Meal options are available for meat eaters and vegetarians. The price averages out to about $3 per meal.
Lisa Wong is the school’s lunch facilitator.
Library open
McBride students looking to get some extra time in the library can drop in on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Three times a week, the school library will open at 8:30 a.m. Students who want to check out books or quietly draw or read must be at the library before 8:40 a.m. (Enter through the front door.)
And don’t forget, the first bell goes at 8:50 a.m.
Date changed
The parent advisory council at Fraser River Middle School has changed the date for its annual general meeting. The group will hold its AGM on Monday, Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. in the school’s learning commons.
Fraser River Middle School is at 800 Queens Ave.
Save the date
A new school year means the return of public school board meetings.
The board of education will meet for its next board meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. The meetings often feature presentations by students and/or teachers, and include all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into running a school district.
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