The Week Ahead Nov 4 - 8

THE WEEK AHEAD
at STEVES
November 4 - 8
2024

STEVES@SD38.BC.CA

SCHOOL: 604-668-6660

EARLY WARNING:

604-668-7866

UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES

November 11

Remembrance Day

(school not in session)

November 13

Grade 6,7 volleyball game

(at Dienfenbaker)

November 15

Hot Lunch – Carino

November 21

Treat Day

November 25

Pro D Day (school not in session)

NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR

Monday, November 4

PAC Meeting (6:30pm in the library)
Be You Club (lunchtime in the gym)

Tuesday, November 5

Photo retake day
Grade 6, 7 volleyball game (at Steves)

Wednesday, November 6

Games Club, grades 4 -7 (lunchtime in the library)

Thursday, November 7

Treat Day – popcorn for $ 1

Friday, November 8

Remembrance Day Assembly (10:30 in the gym)

SCHOOL NEWS

Kindergarten registration for next year is now open. https://sd38.bc.ca/student-registration/kindergarten-registration

If your child missed the initial photo day or would like retakes: please complete the attached retake permission slip and return to your classroom teacher.

Families are invited to attend our Remembrance Day Assembly at 10:30am on Friday. Please enter thru the outside gym doors. This event will be approximately one hour. Note that seating will be limited.

A reminder that we are collecting Halloween candy to be donated to The Good Shepherd Ministry. Donations can be dropped off at the office.

We would like to introduce the Be You Club (Rainbow Club & Diversity Club). The Be You Club is a safe elementary school community space that students can join on Mondays at lunch in the gym. Rainbow Club is a GSA (Gay, Straight Alliance or Gender and Sexuality Awareness), a safe and supportive space for all including: 2SLGBTQIA+ students, allies, and those who have questions and are curious. We have actively worked on expanding this club to embrace the diversity of all identities in our community such as those of different races, cultures, religions, and abilities. This is intended to be a space for students and staff within our school to be themselves and learn from others. Activities include reading books, watching informative videos, arts, crafts, conversing with others, and hand-on play.

PAC FUNDRAISER:

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School Story in Action 2024-2025

November 1, 2024

This week we would like to highlight the Student Vote BC 2024 run by C.I.V.I.X. CIVIX is a nonpartisan national charity who work with Elections BC to provide students with a hands-on opportunity to learn about the voting process. Before students vote, teachers share lessons from a teacher's guide that talk about forms of government, levels of government in Canada, and different government responsibilities. Before the vote, students are encouraged to talk with their families and are aware of the street signs as they come to school and often have animated conversations and bring back information to the classroom to share with other students. Then some volunteer students pretend to be the candidates and give speeches to the other classrooms based on the candidate's platform. Other students teach the classes the process of voting and how to mark ballets. Every year, there are always rejected ballots meaning those students didn’t get to have their say in the results of the election. Students learn that their vote counts when the election can be really close, which mirrors the adult election where one riding is only 12 votes apart. Students often come back and talk about their memories of the student vote and the real world applications and connections. It makes world news more understandable.

This links to our School Story focus in the following way: