Thunder News Flash – November 26, 2022

There are often a number of people in need at this time of year and many school families have offered assistance to those in need, and one wonderful way to do this is to support our Christmas Giving Tree.  Once again we will be collecting food, gift items and gift cards for St. Vincent de Paul to add to their Christmas hampers, and the need is greater than every this year.  While we will have a Christmas tree in the front hallway, we will once again be using an electronic sign up platform for parents to select an item or two to purchase for those less fortunate.  The link to the electronic sign up will be emailed to parents early next week, all items must be brought into school by December 15th.  Using the same process as when we have parents sign up for conferences, you will simply select the item you would like to purchase, and if you want to select another item you simply have to add another item.  Once you have purchased your item(s), your child may bring them to the school in the morning and place them in the collection bins outside of the Library, and your child will be given an ornament to place on the Christmas tree.  Any gift cards that are purchased should be brought directly to the office by your child. 

We thank you for any and all donations you are able to make to support this very worthy cause.  

There will be another opportunity to gather together again for our Community Coffee.  Please join us after drop off on Wednesday, December 7th.

In the event of inclement weather and possible school closures, please monitor the website closely as announcements should be posted there by 6:30am.  Parents will also receive an email regarding any further school closures, but these may arrive in your inbox a little later.

Please note that our next early dismissal day for our monthly staff meeting will take place on Wednesday, December 7th.  The students should bring a snack and lunch to school that day, and will be dismissed at 12:55pm.

Please remember to record any hours of Parent Participation through the Parent Participation portal on the school’s website.  If you have completed some hours, but just haven’t had a chance to record them yet, you can do so by clicking here, or by scrolling down to the end of the News Flash and clicking on the button marked “Submit Your Hours”.  If you need help with your username or password, please email the school office by clicking here.

Thank you everyone for such huge support of our Shopfunds Gift Cards Fundraiser! We had almost $30,000 in orders!!! By just buying gift cards at face value, you have helped raise over $1,300 for St. James & St. Ann’s School!  Your gift cards will be ready for pick-up sometime the week of Nov 29-Dec 2.  We will send out an email to notify you of an exact date as soon as we have that information.  

Please complete a Daily Health Check with your child each day before they come to school.  The easiest way to do this is to go to the BC K-12 Health Check website by clicking here.