Dear Parents & Guardians It has been a busy October. The weather has led to stunning autumn foliage which has drawn many visitors and tourists from around the world to our school area. The students were also visited by a pair of eagles that observed the comings and goings for a morning.

Our teachers enjoyed meeting all the parents and guardians who attended the goal-setting conferences earlier this month. We held both a fire drill and an earthquake “shake out” drill during the month. Students were calm and obedient during both drills.

Our Buddy Reading volunteers continue to read daily with our younger students. All the students were able to pick out a terrific book from “Books for Me”. The first B.E.A.R. event of the year was a success. Thank you to the many families who came out to read with the children.

A Vancouver City Police officer came by with a special assembly for all students on being safe at Halloween. He was able to pass on the information in a light-hearted approachable manner that the children enjoyed.

We wish you a safe Halloween night.

Cindy Neufeld Vice Principal

O c t o b e r 3 1 , 2 0 1 7 N e w s l e t t e r # 3

CONTACT NUMBERS

Vice Principal Cindy Neufeld Admin Assistant: Lois Holmlund

604-713-4716

Principal: Krystyna Niziolek 604-713-5507

Director of Instruction: Magdelena Kassis

PAC CHAIR: Greg Smith gregcsmith@hotmail.com

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We acknowledge that we live, work, and play on the

traditional lands of the Musqueam, Slay-way-tooth, and Squamish, Coast Salish

Peoples.

TILLICUM COMMUNITY ANNEX SCHOOL

2450 Cambridge St, Van-couver, BC V5K 1L2

604-713-4716

Website: http://tillicum.vsb.bc.ca

Email: tillicum@vsb.bc.ca

TILLICUM COMMUNITY ANNEX HOURS Please note our Tillicum bell schedule and opening and closing times. These hours are the same throughout all Vancouver elementary schools. 8:55 am – School begins! All students line up outside in the undercover area. 10:35-10:55 am – Recess 12:10-12:57 pm – Lunch 3:00 pm – Students Dismissed. DISMISSAL PROCEDURES Please arrange for your child to be picked up promptly at 3:00 pm from the outside classroom door. During the school year, if someone not listed as an emergency contact will be coming to get your child at 3:00 pm, you will need to advise us and provide the person’s name and telephone number in writing. Thank you!

School Hours

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

STUDENT FEES COLLECTION Thank you to all Tillicum families who have paid the required $25.00 student supplies fee. If you have not yet paid the annual fee, please do so as soon as you are able. Thank you for your help with this mandatory fee collection. STRONGSTART StrongStart is a free program located at Tillicum for children aged 0-5. It runs from 12:30-3:30 p.m. each day our school is open. Parents must stay with their children for this program.

CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION PRO D. DAY

November 10 will be Curriculum Implementation Day for our staff, so schools will be closed on this day.

HOT LUNCH ENVELOPES FOR NOVEMBER

All Hot Lunch envelopes for November should have been returned by now. If you would like your child to receive a Hot Lunch, it is important that these envelopes are returned on time. If you have not yet sent in an envelope, please send your child with a packed lunch.

KIWASSA BREAKFAST CLUB Kiwassa Breakfast Club offers a free breakfast each school day for Tillicum students and their families. Please go check it out!

SAFETY CONCERNS

Important Information Regarding Kindergarten Registration

Thank you for submitting a registration form for your child to attend Kindergarten in September.

Tillicum Community Annex and Hastings Elementary share a common school catchment area. Students who reside within this catchment (in-catchment registrants) will receive priority for enrolment at one of the two school sites based upon available space.

When completing a registration form parents will be asked if they prefer the annex or the main school. This information will be noted at the top of your child’s registration form. The district will attempt to accommodate parental preferences for placement, once available space has been determined.

At some sites there may be more in-catchment applicants than available space. In these instances, the following process will be used to prioritize enrolment:

Kindergarten Applications Received Between November 1 and January 31

In-catchment Kindergarten registrants who have a sibling who is currently attending and who will continue to attend Tillicum Community Annex or Hastings Elementary next year will be enrolled first at their preferred location.

The names of all other in-catchment registrants will be entered into a random draw for the remaining Kindergarten spaces. Students will be registered at their preferred location as space permits.

Students who cannot be accommodated at their preferred location will be accommodated at the location that has space and placed on waitlist for their preferred location in the order in which their name is drawn.

Between January 31 and the second Friday in June (when school organizations are finalized), students on the ordered waitlist will be offered spaces at their preferred location as space becomes available. This waitlist will remain active until September 14, 2018.

Kindergarten Registrations Received AFTER January 31

All in-catchment Kindergarten applications received after January 31, will be registered at their preferred location, if there is space, or added to the bottom of the existing waitlist for their preferred location and registered at the location that has space to accommodate them.

Please Note:

There will be no priority given to registrants with siblings already attending Tillicum Community Annex or Hastings Elementary if they register after January 31.

In the event there are more in-catchment registrants than can be accommodated at either catchment site, students will be placed at a neighbouring school until space becomes available.

“Frankenkids”

by Division 1

TILLICUM SCHOOL

“Sneezes & Diseases”

Educating yourself and your loved ones about communicable diseases and how to prevent infection is an important part of staying healthy.

Hand washing is the best way to stop the spread of infections.

Sneezes & Diseases resource for parents, teachers & caregivers

Sneezes & Diseases resource guide is a resource book for parents, providers in child care settings and teachers in elementary schools.

It includes prevention information, facts about diarrhea, vomiting & fever, facts about childhood diseases and infestations.

It is helpful to know when a trip to a doctor or clinic may be useful and when a child is safe to return to school.

Also, on page 31 there is info on the “Common Cold”, and check out page 37 to read about your child and the flu.

Our Community Health Nurse

Tillicum Community Annex has a

wonderful Community Health Nurse—

Cindy Diett. If you wish to contact her

about a medical concern, especially in

the area of immunizations, her phone

number is: 604-872-2511 (Local 3308)

Cindy has asked us to remind all new

Kindergarten parents to return the

immunization updates that were sent

out, as soon as possible.

Student Individual Photo Retakes

Photo retake day is:

Wednesday, November 8

at 1:00 PM

Parent Advisory Committee (PAC)

Hello Parents and Guardians,

October 27 was the draw for our annual Halloween raffle. We sold $657 in

tickets. The 4 lucky winners won a generously donated gift card at Red Wagon, a Cineplex family movie pass, and two Halloween baskets full of goodies. Thanks to everyone for your support and especially to our top sellers: Zara, Milo, and Caden.

On October 23, we had our second Cupcake sale of the year to help raise money for the annual grade 4 camp. There were some great scary cupcakes including eyeball cupcakes. Nummy. Thanks

to everyone for their donated cupcakes and for buying these delicious after-school snacks. We

raised $200. Our next cupcake sale is Wednesday, November 22.

Our second PAC meeting was October 12. It was well attended, and it was great to see and meet some new, parents. All parents are welcome to come to one or all meetings. The next meeting is Thursday November 23 at 6:15 p.m. Childcare is provided, and the kids have a fun time playing in the gym. Please look on the PAC board (just outside the gym) for meeting minutes and other PAC events and information.

Our annual Purdy's Chocolates and poinsettia fundraiser campaigns begin soon!

Upcoming PAC events:

Cupcake sale: Wednesday, November 22;

PAC meeting: Thursday, November 23 at 6:15 p.m.;

Purdy's fundraiser from Nov. 6-24, pickup Dec. 14;

Poinsettia fundraiser from Nov. 14-23, pickup Dec. 5.

Happy Halloween!

Greg, PAC Chair

B.E.A.R. Reading

October 26

(left)

Vancouver Police Department’s

Halloween Presentation on

October 24