Kitsilano PAC | February 2022 Newsletter
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Main Items
- Message from the Chair
- Parent Education Workshop
- PAC General Meeting
- Volunteer Opportunity Butterflyway project
- Community Events and Resources
- Upcoming PAC Events
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Semester Two Has Begun
With the start of Semester 2, we are now officially half way through the school year!
We are very excited to offer you our first parent education speaker of the year with a workshop from Safer Schools Together. Details are in the next section of the newsletter. Please join us for this highly recommended workshop on social media awareness and digital citizenship.
The What's Next Committee has provided guests from VCC and BCIT since the start of the year. Materials from What's Next presentations are available on the Kits PAC website. See the Upcoming PAC Events section of this newsletter to find out about the upcoming What's Next events.
Plans for the first PAC Pub Night of the school year are also underway. Please keep a look out for more details.
All parents are welcome and encouraged to come to PAC meetings. You will learn more about what is happening at the school and hear from :
- invited speakers on topics of interest to parents
- updates from the Principal, Ms Kwon
- updates from teacher representatives and student council
This month the focus will be on the review and approval of a second round of teacher funding requests for extra-curricular activities and supplies.
We look forward to you joining us at the next meeting and finding your way to get involved
Please join us for the PAC meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 22
from 7 to 9 PM.
Register for the online meeting here.
One of the challenges during this time is being able to reach out to new parents and ensure they know about PAC and sign-up for newsletters. Please forward this newsletter to others and subscribe here.
Please visit our PAC website for more information about Kits PAC.
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Safer Schools Together is presenting a parent education workshop:
"Social Media Awareness, Digital Citizenship, and Cyberbullying"
Date: Tuesday, March 1
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm (zoom login opens at 6 pm)
Location: Remote via Zoom (info email with Zoom Meeting ID and passcode to be sent to all registered attendees on Monday, February 28)
Sponsored by Kits PAC
DO NOT MISS THIS FREE EVENT FOR THE KITS SECONDARY COMMUNITY!!
- Social Media Update - The most current apps and trends in your children’s social media lives
- Digital Parenting Strategy - How to have important conversations with your child around social media safety
- Digital Footprint and Reputation - With their future approaching, recruiters and employers are taking note - What will they find?
- Family Tech Plan - Recommendations for family guidelines and parental controls
TO REGISTER FOR THIS SESSION, PLEASE CLICK HERE!
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Next PAC Meeting - Join Us! |
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Looking forward to seeing you at the Kitsilano PAC Meeting ONLINE
When? Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Time? 7:00 PM
- You will be sent an email with your own specific link to join the meeting.
- When you join, you will enter a waiting room until the host admits you.
- Registration will remain open until after the meeting starts.
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For questions about registration, please contact alan.patola.moosmann@vancouverdpac.com
Minutes from past meetings are available on the PAC website.
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The David Suzuki Foundation is accepting applications to be a volunteer Butterflyway Ranger.
Their mission is to plant native wildflowers in yards, schoolyards, streets and parks to support bees and butterflies. The program began in 2017 and has established local “Butterflyways” by planting at least a dozen pollinator patches in neighbourhoods and communities across Canada.
Butterflyway Rangers contribute to the Butterflyway Project in a variety of ways, from reaching out to friends and neighbours, organizing educational and planting events, and growing and distributing native plants. To apply to become a Butterflyway Ranger in 2022, please fill out the application form below by February 13, 2022. More information here.
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Community Events and Resources |
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Kitsilano Neighbourhood House
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With the new updated health and safety protocols, drop-in is starting every Friday from 4:30-7:00 pm, except February 25th. Monthly Movie Night will be on February 25th, from 5:00 pm-8:00 pm. This will be a free event and participants will get a special snack pack. In addition, we will also provide pizza for a $5 fee, please pay cash at the door. Subsidies for the cost of pizza are available so please speak with Chris Y at Kits House if you require one. Sign up for the movie night by sending an email to chrisy@kitshouse.org. Let us know if you would like to have the pizza too so we know how much to order. Space is limited.
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Lounge Day continues to run Online, every Tuesday from 4:30 - 6:00. This is a place for kids in grades 7 – 12 to drop-in and hang out with other teenagers in a safe space right in their own community. Cost: FREE. Drop-Ins will often include activities and special events such as movie nights, while Lounge day will be less structured and a place for teens to hang out and chat with friends. Pre-registration is required due to COVID-19. Check their website to find out more about upcoming online activities or subscribe to their newsletter.
The Alliance Française Vancouver
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The Alliance Française Vancouver, in its desire to provide access to creative, cultural and educational activities in French, in particular for youth, families and seniors, is launching the project “Il était une Fois Vancouver/Once upon a time Vancouver”. More information on their website and YouTube Channel.
Canadian Parents for French
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CPF is a wonderful resource. Check out their website here. The British Columbia & Yukon Chapter hosts summer family French camps in the Okanagan, Gwillim Lake and Vancouver Island. More information here.
Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre (BC Children's Hospital)
- BC Children’s Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre provides peer support, information, and resources to help you talk to and guide a youth in your life to the services and supports they may need.
- Find tips for starting a conversation with your youth about their mental health, how to support a youth who comes to you with concerns, information on how to reach a parent peer support worker at the Kelty Centre, and additional resources and tools.
- Foundry, a unit at Kelty, offers young people ages 12-24 resources and services online and through centres across BC, including virtual counselling and youth peer support.
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Check their website for more information.
Family Smart
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Organisation committed to child and youth mental health. Family Smart hosts events, has resources & videos as well Parent Peer Support. Exceptional care and caring is what children, youth and families deserve and it’s what we stay committed to. Check out their website here.
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Upcoming ONLINE PAC Events |
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Options Solutions
Feb 15
7 -8 pm
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Options Solutions with founder Melinda Giampietro. Post secondary trends - what you need to know.
Melinda will discuss the state of post secondary admissions and the factors influencing the 2022 cycle.
Options Solutions is a full-service educational consulting company that empowers students to pursue their academic goals.
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