Dear DG Families,

It’s hard to believe it will be May in just a few days!   Please read on for  this week’s news …

2024-2025 School Year

Will you be somewhere else next school year?  If you are moving and are not planning to return to Devon Gardens in the fall, please make sure that you let our office know.

2024-2025 Class Placement Information

In the coming weeks, we will start to tentatively look at next year’s organization and possible class placements for students.

Some Things to Know about Our Process:

Class placements are important decisions and something that teachers consider very carefully.

FACTORS & CONSIDERATIONS: Assigning students to classes is a very complex task that takes into consideration a variety of factors, including: learning styles and strengths, what a student is able to achieve in relation to the goals of the curriculum, degree of independence in work habits, social and personal needs, age and physical maturity, previous placements, gender balance of class, etc….

The number of staff members assigned to our school is decided by the Superintendent’s Office and is based on projected student enrolment. Enrolment estimates and class size guidelines affect the configuration of classes, which may also necessitate a particular organizational configuration (i.e. whether or not we have combined or “split” classes and the number of students, per grade, in the class).

SCHOOL-BASED DECISIONS: The professional staff is in contact with children in the school setting for 30 hours a week. Your child’s present teacher, along with other educators who work with your child, have a year’s worth of current, rich information and insight about the conditions under which your child learns best. Therefore, decisions around where to place students are determined through school-based, team decisions, based on their recommendations.

INPUT FROM PARENTS: As our partners in education, parents may also have important information to assist us with the placement of students. Parents are welcome to share with the school personal, educational, or social information that could affect their child’s placement. Our staff will keep in mind this information, along with the above considerations, when building classes.

If you have information about your child and the kind of learning environment in which she/he best works and learns, and you would like to share this information with our staff, please fill in the “Parent Information” form by clicking on the link below.  This is optional.     Please complete the form no later than Friday, May 24, 2024  

It is important to note that it is not possible for parents to choose their child’s teacher or make requests regarding other students. Teachers who are currently on staff may not be here next year, may not be assigned the same grade, or may not teach a class configuration that meets your child’s learning needs. Whatever the scenario, we strive to place your child in a warm, caring environment that will maximize his/her learning potential.

Should you have information you wish to share with us, please fill in the form by Friday, May 24, 2024.  Please fill in 1 form for every child.

Please note, parents are not required to do this.  It’s optional.

https://forms.gle/YX6xhj4ULh1tq9ec7

Student Entrepreneur Fair – May 3rd

Mme Ko’s and Mrs. Willcox’s students have been learning about creating their own businesses. They are now ready to sell their products at their Entrepreneur’s Fair, on Friday May 3^rd.  The Fair hours are:

• 9:30am to 10:30am
• 11:15am to 12:10pm
• 1:10pm to 2:00pm

Please come to our Entrepreneurs Fair and support our student businesses.

Canadian Parents for French

Our PAC is looking for a DG representative for Canadian Parents for French. For more information on CPF, please check out their website: https://cpf.ca/en/

If you’re interested, or would like more information, please contact the PAC at pacdevongardens@gmail.com.

PAC Hanging Basket Fundraiser

This year we are trying something new… Our PAC has partnered up with Clearview Nursery in Langley

12″ hanging baskets! For every one purchased Devon Gardens PAC receives $10 in fundraising money!

Fundraiser closes on May 1st, so order now before you forget!

This fundraiser is for hanging baskets only. There is an assortment of baskets to choose from including fuchsias, new guinea impatiens, and mixed baskets with lots of colour choices.

Vouchers will be available for pick-up on Monday May 6^th after school in the undercover area.  Once you have the voucher, it must be exchanged at the store (located at 26350 56 Ave, Langley) for the basket of your choice.

To order click on the link below:

https://clearviewgardenshop.com/product/devon-gardens-elementary-pac-12-hanging-basket-fundraiser/

Please feel free to share this link with your family and friends!

Questions???  Please send an email to pacdevongardens@gmail.com.

Neufeld Farms Fundraiser – Orders Due May 6th

Looking forward to BBQ season?  Then don’t miss out on this great opportunity to stock up on supplies! 

Fill up your freezer with options from Neufeld Farms that will help you get grilling!

Orders are due May 6th (link to order is below)

Orders will be delivered to the school for you to pick up, Wednesday May 15th at 4pm, just in time for Victoria Day Long Weekend!

Between $3-$10 from each sale will come back to the PAC to help support the school community in a variety of ways.

Link to order: https://app.neufeldfarms.ca/fundraising/2024-devon-gardens-elementary-pac/ref/em

 

FAMILY FUN NIGHT BASKET RAFFLE

One of the events we have at Family Fun Night is the basket raffle. Our fundraising committee is working hard to collect donations from businesses in our community. In addition to these donations, each classroom creates a basket. Each class is given a theme, and throughout May, the students bring in items for their class basket. Notices went home Thursday with each class describing their basket theme. The items for the baskets can be anything that fits the theme! The PAC will collect the basket items at the end of May.

To keep things fun, we also have a friendly competition! The primary class and the intermediate class with the most items donated will WIN an ice cream party for the end of the year!

Stay tune for more Family Fun Night updates!

 

 

 

 

Kinder Books

Introducing the Kinder Books Loyalty Program for schools! This year-long fundraising program is designed to help schools earn credit towards purchasing books for their school library.

Here’s how it works: for every net book purchase made at Kinder Books, the school will earn 10% of the purchase amount towards a credit at our store. At the end of the fundraiser, we will notify the school of their credit amount. The school can then decide to use the credit at the beginning of the new school year or at the end of the calendar year.

The best part? This program applies to all book purchases at our store, including special orders for kids and books for adults. Plus, orders can be placed online at www.kinderbooks.ca, making it easy for grandparents or other family members who live out of town to participate. Simply mention your school’s name at checkout, and we’ll credit your school accordingly.

Online orders can be picked up at the store during business hours or shipped through Canada Post

 

Return-it Express

PAC has created a school fundraising account. To participate, simply bring your containers to the depot in sealed, clear bags, and enter the registered phone number, 604-581-6185, into the Express kiosk. You will be prompted to select the number of bags you’re dropping off, the kiosk will automatically print the same number of sticker tags displaying our PACs unique Express account code. Tag each of your bags with a sticker tag and drop the bags off in the designated Express drop-off area to be counted. For a list of Return-it Express location visit https://www.return-it.ca/locations/express/

Cobs Bread Dough Raiser Program

This program enables us to raise money for our school throughout the year! Be sure to mention Devon Gardens Elementary (or code 7806) each time you make a purchase at COBS Bread Scott 72 Centre; they will donate 10% of your purchase back to our school.

Level Ground Trading

Level Ground is a BC business that works with fair trade coffee, tea, dried fruit and spice producers.

Supporters enter the code devongardens in the ‘discount code’ field at the checkout.
All products on our web store qualify for the fundraiser. Orders must be $40 or more. These orders also qualify for free shipping to most addresses in Canada (there is a shipping fee on all orders shipped to NU/NT/YK). All orders are paid for through our web site and shipped directly to your supporters. No need to collect orders or distribute products to households.
Your fundraising amount is 20% of total sales.  So on a $100 order your school will receive $20.

Online Stay Safe & Babysitting Courses

Offered through First Aid Hero. When registering use promo/coupon code “DevGardens24” and our PAC will earn $5.00 from each registration. For details, available course dates and online registration, please follow the link: www.FirstAidHero.com

Questions? Send an email to pacdevongardens@gmail.com

Are you interested in hosting an International Student?  Or, do you know of a family who might be?  Delta School District International Programs is currently recruiting homestay families for international students coming to Delta School District for September 2024. They will arrive from all over the world and have a strong desire to be in Delta.

The reimbursement for hosting will be increasing to $1,150 per month as of September 2024. Multiple students from different nationalities can be hosted in one home. The majority of students in the homestay program are from Germany, Japan, Spain, Italy, and Brazil. At the moment, more that 20 different countries are represented in the homestay program.

Many are looking for a family connection and being a part of a family during their stay in Delta. Their study periods range from 3 months to half a school year, to a full school year, to multiple years.

We have two 3-week summer programs where host parents welcome younger English learners into their home. It is a great way for students to see what school (and life) in Delta is like and for new homestay families to get a small sample of what hosting is like. Reimbursement for each 3-week program is $850 per student.

If you are interested in hosting, please reach out to homestay@godelta.ca. If you are not able to host but know of a family who can, please send them our way. There are referral bonuses available for referring families.