Tillicum hanging basket orders - give with payments to Sandra today

A quick reminder that the basket orders need to submitted to Sandra today after school.

Garibaldi raspberries and mint (lupins and more) for your garden

The kids will be potting up escaped raspberries and mint during the lunch garden club this Friday. The plants can be taken home at pick up time, so you can enjoy them in your own garden too! Planting instruction sheets will be available, if you are unsure of how and where to plant them.
Many baby lupin, fennel, calendula and borage plants are available as well and can be easily dug up and taken home.
If you need to fill your front garden with decorative plants, there are still some by the raspberry patch. Help yourself any time.

We need plastic planters for the job! If you have any kicking around, could you bring them to school tomorrow and leave them by the tool shed? You are also welcome to join us for the potting itself during lunch hour.

The kale in the garden begs to be eaten:) If you have the munchies, just bring a plastic bag along and pick some!

Templeton Mini Soccer 2013

Registration Form

Come help release Chum fry into the Spanish Bank Creek this Thursday

There will only be one Chum drop this year at Spanish Bank Creek due to renovation activities at the Kanaka Creek hatchery.

 

Sandie Hollick-Kenyon will be bringing 20,000 Chum fry to the Creek on Thursday, April 25 at 7 PM.

 

If you would like to help us put the fry into the Creek, turn up with water-proof footwear and dressed to suit the weather, at the parking lot on NW Marine Drive where the Creek flows into English Bay (about 100 meters west of the Concession Stand at Spanish Bank West beach).

 

Sandie has pails for carrying the fry up the creek. Children are really welcome and they can release fry from the Chum Drop Platform located only a few steps from where Sandie parks the truck with the fry. Dogs are not so welcome.

Movie and Pizza Night, Wednesday April 24th

What:

Wednesday is Garibaldi PAC Pizza & Movie Night.
Pizza and Drink (Bring your own cup) $2.50 per slice.

When:

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
5:30 p.m. Pizza Dinner
6:00 -7:45 pm Movie

Were:

In the Garibaldi Gym (bring a cushion or blanket and cup for a drink).

The Walking Read

Thursday is Popcorn and Soccer Day

Thursday April 18th is Popcorn Day.

The Garibaldi PAC will be selling popcorn and other snack items under the covered area after school as a social and fundraiser event. So remember to bring your loonies and twoonies.
There will also be a Kids vs Adults Soccer rematch. The kids won the first one but rumor has it that the Adults have implemented a secret training program. Should be a fun rematch, come rain or shine.

Tillicum hanging basket sale

Wanting to surprise mom with some beautiful flowers?
Tillicum Annex is taking orders for hanging baskets or large planters from Devry Nurseries as part of their fundraising efforts.  The baskets/planters cost $25 each or two for $45. 
Order forms can be picked up at Garibaldi school office, from the PAC box (if unsure, ask Rita), or printed from the link below

Tillicum basket order form

Orders must be submitted with payment (cash only) by April 28 (so we can forward it to Tillicum by their deadline, April 29) and the plants will be delivered May 8th to Tillicum.

Hastings Community Association Governance Meeting

Dear Hastings Sunrise PAC members,

 

I have been representing the Hastings Community Association at the City of Vancouver's Stakeholder Advisory Committee regarding the future governance of Hastings Park. Unfortunately, my experience has not been a great one. The process has been less than transparent and, because of this lack of openness, I feel that I have been unable to truly represent the community's interests.

 

On March 11th at Hastings Community centre, the City held an open house where they presented 3 potential governance options. Over 70 people attended and the consensus was pretty clear -- the options put forward by the city do not meet the needs of the community.

 

Because of the lack of real community consultation by the city, a group of neighbourhood representatives from Hastings Community Association, Hastings Park Conservancy, West Coast Christian Fellowship and School, and Friends of Hastings Park have come together to organize a community-led public meeting to determine the important elements in a governance model that would meet the needs of our neighbourhood and the public interest in general.

 

The meeting will be held on

 

April 15 @ 7:00-8:30pm

@ Hastings Community Centre (Lillooet and Hastings) in the Community Hall

 

We hope that each PAC will send at least one representative and work with us in helping to bring community voices to Hastings Park.

 

Thanks,

Sherry Breshears

Board Member, Hastings Community Association

 

PS:

For more info, please check out:

http://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/hastings-park-governance-review.aspx

 

http://friendsofhastingspark.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/april-15th-public-meeting-on-hastings-park-governance-options/

 

http://www.hastingspark.ca/

 

PAC Meeting Wednesday, April 10

Garibaldi Annex Parent Advisory Council (PAC) Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
School Library 6:30-8:00 pm (childcare available in the gym)

1. Round table introductions (5 min)
2. Amendments to agenda and adoption of March 2013 minutes (5 min)
3. Update from our school VP, Lorraine Baker (15 min)
1. School Growth Planning Day
4. Ian Delong Spring Opera (5min)
5. Committees
1. Garden (5 min)
2. Sustainability/Bike Swap (5 min)
3. T-Shirts (5 min)
4. Other committee updates (10 min)
6. Financial update and budget, Angela (10 min)
1. Budget requests
7. New business (10 min)
8. Confirm May PAC meeting and adjournment

If you would like to add an item to the agenda either email to
garibaldiannexpac@gmail.com
or come to the meeting and we will add it at the start of the meeting.

March PAC Meeting Minutes

March PAC Meeting Minutes

Next Meeting, Wed April 10th, 2013

Garibaldi PAC

March 13, 2013

Attendees:

Joel

Julie

Ms. Baker

Jocelyn

Jana

Taslim

Brenda

Guests: Kathy, Lisa, Joanne

1)    There were no amendments or additions to the agenda, other than moving the discussion about cross boundary registration to the beginning of the talks.

2)    Brenda made a motion to adopt the minutes from the February PAC meeting – carried

3)    New Business:

                        Cross Boundary Registration – registration time for new students

-       Joel speaking to this item along with Ms. Baker,

-       VSB setting initial staffing levels

-       Current number of projected students at Garibaldi would allow for 3 divisions (Teachers); one less than last year (4 divisions)

-       Result would be split classes for all levels including kindergarten.

-       Class totals are 30 for K and 24 1-4 grades.

-       At 71 children enrolled from within catchment we would add one additional teacher.

-       Currently 3 short.

-       3 parents in attendance but 9 on wait list for enrolment x-boundary at Garibaldi.

-       If G1 is split grade then total class size is reduced by 2.

-       End of April/ Early May sets teacher assignments after which adjustments are more difficult.

-       They will make sibling priority for any children on wait list for GA

Discussions around Home learners and their wait list

Catchment area being redrawn

Supposed to be looked at and assess annually but to date has not been.

Lorraine excused from meeting but will return for VP update

PAC free to discuss with parents on wait list and come up with a list of questions that Lorraine would try to address.

Joel offered to remain a contact between parents waiting to be accepted into Garibaldi and the VSB and Staff.

Basically at this time we need to wait to see what the “snapshot” enrolment is at the time of teacher allocations.

4)    Committee Updates

Garden committee - manure sale went well

500 bags sold = $1500 in profit.

Lots of support and fun

Request for $300 for garden committee signs was put before executive

Will be voted on with other items in agenda

Basket sales – will be held in April/ May in conjunction with Tillicum

Fundraising – no updates

Popcorn Sale – to go ahead this Thursday (March 14) – with parent soccer game

Movie Night - no update

5)     (Ms. Baker) VP Update:

-       VSB has a site license for about 600 movie titles that could be used for the movie night. A list is available at the office. Joel will let Kerry know.

-       Lion Dance was a success. The kids had fun

-       Wolf visited school. Children were very interested and it was fun for all.

-       Coming up:

-       Ready, Set, Learn – will happen in April in conjunction with Ms. Uzelac; an intro for pre-K kids to come to the school

-       Welcome to Kindergarten – also with Ms. Uzelac – for kids registered to start K in 2013

-       Pro- D day – 2^nd half of April.- school growth planning; parents welcome to participate; goals setting; social capital; self regulation; usually 2 goals set

6)    (Angela) Financial update:

-       PAC Account: $3,520.39

-       Gaming account: $1,883.53

Total $5,403.95

-       money from manure sale yet to come in

Budget:

-       Budget surplus again; in a relatively good situation for leaving some money in account for next year.

Working on:

-       T-shirt sales

-       Hanging baskets

A motion was made by Joel to allocate:

- $300 for garden signs; seconded by Angela; carried

- $380 for second performance TBD at school; seconded by Angela; carried

- $250 for bus rental for year end beach day; seconded by Lisa; carried

- $350 for supplies for year end BBQ; seconded by Tazlim; carried

Joel moved to allocate $200 for the repair of the school laminator.

-       Much cheaper to repair than to buy new. \

-       seconded by Jana; Carried

New Business (continued from earlier):

Bike Swap – Sustainability committee will head up

-       looking to conduct a bike swap after school or on a weekend

-       basically a chance to trade bikes or take a bike

-       parents would need to take home any bikes that are not claimed

Year end BBQ – Lorraine and Joel suggested the idea of a tea in the afternoon as a thank you to staff and volunteers in the school; kids can be involved possibly with a song they are learning at assembly; this would be in the afternoon before the BBQ as a way to show appreciation to volunteers and to roll into BBQ that would be more of a community event.

Next meeting Wednesday April 10

Angela moved to adjourn the meeting; Brenda seconded; carried

Ready, Set, Learn