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St. Bernadette Newsletter April 3rd, 2019

by St. Bernadette Elementary | May 8, 2019 | Newsletters, School Newsletter

St. Bernadette Elementary School

St. Bernadette Elementary

School Newsletter

April 3rd, 2019

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Highlights

• WALKATHON 2019!

• Ready. Set. Learn.

• Track and Field

• Visitor and Parent Information

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

April 4th and 5th                      Student Conferences – (No school on the Friday)

April 8th                                   Walkathon Kickoff Assembly

April 9th                                   St. Bernadette Spelling Bee

April 9th                                   Ready. Set. Learn. 6:30pm – 8pm

April 10th                                 Panoramic and Class Photos

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School News

St. Bernadette Walkathon 2019!

We are excited once again to announce that our annual walkathon will be held on Friday May 17th, 2019. Our theme this year is going to be AMAZING as we RACE towards our goal of raising $11,300.00. Our Kick off Assembly will be held on Monday April 8th during our morning assembly time. Please click below for more information.

Read more.

TRACK AND FIELD

Track and Field has resumed this week.  Attendance at all practices is mandatory unless teachers have stated otherwise.   Students cannot participate in track and field unless they have handed in their form.  We are still looking for parent volunteers to help out with our annual track meet.

READY. SET. LEARN.

Once again we are hosting our annual READY. SET. LEARN. evening for children aged 3 – 5 on Tuesday April 9th from 6:30pm to no later than 8pm. This evening gives parents and children an opportunity to experience a school learning environment and participate in some educational games and activities that will support your child’s development.  If you would like to attend, please contact the school to register @ admin@stbernadette.ca.  Registration is limited so please register today.

STINGERS CLUB

Registration for the Stingers Club are being accepted.  If you are anticipating on using the services for the Stingers Club, please complete the registration package, which can be picked up from the office or downloaded from the school website and hand it in to Sheila at your earliest convenience.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – WORK BEE

Volunteers are needed on Saturday, April 27th for a Work Bee around the school.  It’ll be a yard clean-up and removal of branches & tress, so if you have pruning tool please bring them along.  Lunch will be provided. This is a great opportunity to get hours for your Parent Participation.

VISITOR AND PARENT INFORMATION

St. Bernadette School prides itself on being a “Naturally Open School”.  This allows the community to be safe and caring towards one another.  To maintain this warm and inviting atmosphere we are asking for parental help with the following:

1. Hallways – We invite parents to escort their child to the classroom if they do not feel comfortable doing so by themselves and if it helps them to have a good start to the day. However, once the child is in the classroom and ready to go, that parents vacate the hallways. Parent’s need to be vacated from the hallways by the end of morning prayer. If you are volunteering, please check in at the office and grab a visitor’s tag before you assume your duties.

2. Late Arrival – Parking lot safety is always a concern and issue for the school.  We are grateful for the parents who volunteer to monitor our parking lot.  Drivers tend to become more agitated and stressed when they are late.  We ask that you maintain a slow speed through our parking lot and drive defensively at all times.  When a child is late, they must enter through the main doors by the office.  The child must be given a  slip from the office staff (the slip says “we are glad you made it”) and show the teacher the slip.  This helps with our attendance procedures, otherwise you may receive a phone call from the office asking if your child is at home sick, when in fact they are at the school, thus causing undue panic for everyone.

3. Photos and Videos – Parents are not authorized to take photos or videos of their child and/or other children while they are learning in the classroom.  Permission from the principal or classroom teacher must be obtained.  There are provincial acts, ordinances, regulations, etc., such as PIPA, that we must adhere to in order to maintain the privacy and safety of everyone in the school. There are many assemblies and gatherings offered where parents can take pictures and videos.  Any pictures/videos that contain children other than your child cannot be posted to social media sites without the consent of the parent(s) of the other child(ren) in your photos/video.

4. Dismissal – When it is time to pick up your child at the end of the day, we ask all parents to wait outside until your child is dismissed.  No one should be in the hallways prior to the bell unless they have permission from the office by checking in first.

5. Check-ins – When entering the school, all parents and visitors must enter through the main doors at the north end of the school and check into the office.  Failure to do so becomes a safety concern for you and the school – for example, if there was an emergency and you were stuck or trapped in the school, we would not know your whereabouts and our records would not show you in the school, therefore we would believe everyone made it safely out of the school.

We are very thankful for the parent involvement in our school, the commitment you show to your child’s education, the desire to keep our school a safe and caring community and the support you provide to our students and staff.  We look forward to continuing to work together to make St. Bernadette’s a place where everyone feels safe and welcomed.

REMINDERS

Updated Parent Handbook – March, 2019

The parent handbook has been updated. Please refer to this handbook only. The one on the website will be updated again in September.

Some of the changes of note:

– Holidays during school time

– Sexuality and Your Child meetings

– Fair Notice: Student Threat Assessment Protocol

– Tobacco, Cannabis, Vapor & Smoking Ban

– Appendix A – Extended Absence Form

Read more.

LIKE US ON GOOGLE & RECOMMEND US ON FACEBOOK

St. Bernadette School is trying to expand its social media presence.  One of the best ways is through online word of mouth.  If you are proud of your school please consider leaving us a review.  Leaving reviews with keys words such as “Surrey, school, best, top, St. Bernadette, elementary, etc.” help get our school out there when families do searches using those words.

There are two primary sites that we use where you can leave a review:

To leave a review on google, type in St. Bernadette School Surrey in the google search bar and scroll down and look on the right side until you see the review button.

To leave a review on Facebook, go to https://www.facebook.com/stbernadettelementary/

Our goal is to receive over 50 reviews on each platform, we hope you will help us reach that goal.

ABSENT NOTES

St. Bernadette School will be having their yearly attendance audit in month of May. Students who have been absent MUST provide the school with a absent note indicating the days  the days & reason  of absenteeism along with the parent signature.  Failure in not having an absent note for the days absence not accompanied by a note could result in families having to pay a portion of the provincial funding. So if you are aware of any absent note(s) that have not been given to the office, please send it in at your earliest convenience. Please ensure that you always submit an absent note for your child’s absenteeism.

USED UNIFORMS

Used uniforms are needed to help re-stock the shelves for our used uniforms.  If you have any used uniform items to donate, please contact Angeline at:  useduniforms@stbernadette.ca

At present these are the used uniform items that are in stock:

Golf shirts, pants, gym strip, sweaters, vests, tunics & kilts.

All proceeds generated from the sales of used uniforms comes directly back to the school.

It’s faith in something
and enthusiasm for something

that makes life worth living!!!

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Surrey, BC V3W 9M1
phone: (604) 596-1101
fax: (604) 596-1550
admin@stbernadette.ca

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