April 24, 2017

Next PAC meeting is Thursday May 11 at 8.50am (at school just after drop off) NOT May 17th which I said in our email earlier this week 
 
HURRY! ARTRAGEOUS TICKETS ARE SELLING OUT! On Thursday, May 11, the Canyon Heights PAC is hosting an ARTRAGEOUS Night Out & Auction at Tap & Barrel on Lonsdale Avenue. The event starts at 6pm and the auction will take place at 8pm. Tickets are only $10 each and can now be purchased on the Fundraising page on Munchalunch.com (quantities are limited and we have sold over 60% so please hurry to avoid disappointment)
Beautiful works of art created by each class at Canyon Heights will be auctioned off to help raise funds for our PAC.   As you heard in our email earlier this week, the PAC is able to support many many programmes and initiatives in school thanks to your generous donations.  
It's going to be a fun night - hope to see you there! 

May - the month to walk and roll to school 
The school and PAC will be hosting a variety of events during the month of May to encourage walking and rolling to school, including iRide, Bike to School week, Freedom Friday and possibly Cops for Cancer.   Have a look at this recent article from Participaction (www.participaction.com) which mentions our fabulous Freedom Friday initiative.    
https://www.participaction.com/en-ca/peptalk/kids-parenting/ditch-the-excuses-about-walking-to-school
April's School newsletter can be found here: 
​http://www.sd44.ca/school/canyonheights/About/newsletters/Documents/April%202017.pdf
 
NVPAC (North Vancouver District PAC)  information - NVPAC general meeting Wednesday April 26th. 
NVPAC's next GENERAL MEETING will take place on Wednesday April 26th at 7pm.  Immediately following the meeting at 7:30pm, NVPAC is excited to be hosting a panel of experts in sport, health, recreation and education on Physical Literacy.  WEDNESDAY APRIL 26th 7:30pm.  
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS:  Scott Morgan, Olympian, Drew Mitchell, Physical Literacy Director for Canadian Sport for Life, Stephen McGinley, UBC Faculty of Education.
More details here
http://northvanpac.weebly.com/nvpac-meetings--minutes/april-general-meeting-panel
 
OTHER important upcoming dates: 
North Vancouver Board of Education ALL CANDIDATES FORUM on PUBLIC EDUCATION, Thursday, April 27th 7pm at Carson Graham.  Submit questions to feedback@sd44.ca by April 26th at noon.
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NVPAC AGM is coming up on Wednesday May 31st.  All of our positions are up for elections!  Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, Communications Coordinator, Program Facilitator, BCCPAC representative, Members-at-Large are elected every year.  Minimum commitment of two meetings a month. We will also review and approve our budget.  If you are thinking about joining our exec please contact the nominations committee:  nomcomm@northvanpac.org with any questions.  Must be a parent of a student in School District #44 (cannot be an employee)

Have a great week ! ​