Dear DG Families,
Ms Grund will be organizing our Halloween Parade, which will take place tomorrow morning (October 31st) shortly after 9:00 am. As the forecast is calling for rain, the parade will take place mostly inside the school. Parents are welcome view the parade from the gym or the undercover area by the kindergarten doors and the portable at the side of the school. We ask that you only take pictures of your child. If you happen to take pictures of children that are not yours, please do not post publicly on social media or share the pictures with others. We can only post pictures of students if we have permissions. We look forward to seeing you at this festive community building event!
Students who wish to dress up for the parade should come to school dressed in their Halloween Costume. Students will want to bring an extra set of clothes for after the parade. This will ensure that costumes are kept safe and intact for trick or treating tomorrow evening.
Guidelines for Halloween Costumes at School:
- should not be too scary
- should be age appropriate
- that promote illegal activities, drugs/alcohol, or could be offensive or perpetuate a stereotype of someone’s culture, gender, heritage, or religion are not ok for school
- must be safe & comfortable. Students must be able to sit, walk, breathe, see and hear. Anything that limits vision or restricts movement can lead to falling & other injuries. That’s no fun on Halloween! (students may wear masks during the parade, though)
- must be in line with our dress guidelines (students are sufficiently covered and dressed for the weather)
Also:
- toy weapons are not to be brought to school
- not all students like to dress up (and that’s ok, too!)
- since costumes worn to school may not survive the day intact, consider a spare/alternate costume and save the “real” one for trick or treating
Crossing Guard Schedule
A huge thank you to our student crossing guards! We appreciate the many students that volunteer their time to keep our school community safe before and after school. As this is such an important role, we ask that students find their own replacements if they are not able to do their crossing guard duty. Please review the updated crossing guard schedule with your child so they understand when their crossing guard duty takes place. Ms Grund is in charge of our Student Crossing Guard program, so please contact her with any questions.
Revised Crossing Guard Schedule Crossing Guard
Winter is finally upon us!
The rain has finally come … with a vengeance! Ensuring students come dressed for the weather isn’t just important for playing outside. It’s also important in case of an emergency requiring evacuation of the building.
In addition to ensuring your children come dressed for the weather, we ask that all students have a change of clothes at school (yes, even grade 7s). Your child’s spare clothing should be labelled with their name, in a ziplock bag, and left either in the classroom or in your child’s backpack.
Project of Heart Commemoration Mural
Over the past 2 years, our school has been working through the steps of Project of Heart, learning about the history and legacy of Indian Residential Schools in Canada. Through this project, students decorated tiles as a way to commemorate those who died as a result of the residential school experience, and to acknowledge the survivors. The tiles have been put together into a permanent commemoration exhibit (a mural) which has now been installed in main hallway of the school.
A HUGE thank you to DG parents Corinne Kessel and James Boyko, and their company Greenscape Design & Decor, for assisting us in creating the beautiful mural with the commemorative tiles. Here are some photos of the installation that took place Thursday evening, as well as students looking for their tiles on Friday morning
Neufeld Farms Fall Fundraiser
Reminder – PAC Fundraisers ongoing throughout the year
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 devongardensin the ‘discount code’ field at the checkout.
- All products on our web store (com) 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 DGPAC and our PAC will earn $8 from each registration. For details, available course dates and online registration, please follow the links below: Babysitting – https://firstaidhero.com/babysitting-courses/online-babysitting-courses/ Stay Safe – https://firstaidhero.com/stay-safe/
Questions? Send an email to pacdevongardens@gmail.com
Thank you,
Your Devon Gardens PAC
Monday, October 31st: Happy Halloween (Halloween Parade!)
Tuesday, November 1st: Pyjama day
Tuesday, November 1st: Grade 7 Volleyball home game 3:20 pm
Thursday, November 3rd: Photo retake day
Thursday, November 3rd: Grade 7 Volleyball away game (Brooke) 3:20 pm
Monday, November 7th: PAC meeting, 7:00pm