An encouragement to wear orange tomorrow for orange shirt day, in recognition of the Residential School history in Canada. You can learn more about this at https://www.orangeshirtday.org/.

Hello! Our elected parent committee is working hard to arrange programs and fundraisers for this school year. Thank you to all those who have volunteered to help with different things. Two items to note:

1. There will be a firewood fundraiser, likely near the end of Oct. If you will need wood or hear of others, spread the word and plan to purchase from PCS 🙂 More details to follow.

2. Volunteers are still needed for the milk program to run this year.

Happy weekend!

Hello Parents,

We had a visit from the local Adventurer and Pathfinder leaders this week (with covid precautions in place). Please see the attached letter from them to know more about their program and the opportunity for your children.

Thank you,
Mrs. Atherton

September 22 Letter to local parents.pdf

Hello Parents,

We’re getting into the groove of school and hopefully your family is as well! Here are a few variations coming up. We hope to see you at one (or more!) of our events.

Mon Sep 28 – No SD59 Busses. Our shuttle bus between the high school and PCS will run at the regular time: drop off is from 8:10 – 8:20 am and pickup is at 2:50 pm.
Fri Oct 2 – POW at 7 pm. We are excited to be having worship as school families again. Please join us next Friday. Hand sanitizing and physical distancing measures will be in place.

Sun Oct 4 – Ghost Mtn Grunt is happening again! Come out for a 2 km or 10 km walk/run. Registration starts at 10 am at the Baldy parking lot. Race starts at 11 am. Great prizes to be earned! Our Active Living 12 class has been working hard to organize and make this a great event!

Hello Parents,

The attached document is an updated daily health check. Please keep your child home if they have:

– Fever

– Chills

– Cough

– Shortness of breath

– Loss of sense of smell or taste

– Diarrhea

– Nausea & vomiting

The attached document also outlines when your child can return to school if they have had one of these symptoms.

If your child has other symptoms not on this list, depending on the symptom and severity, they may attend school. If there is moderate to high risk their symptoms will spread to others in the class, we will ask you to come pick them up.

This is a confusing time to know how to best keep safe and be reasonable at the same time. Thank you for doing your best to follow these guidelines and for helping keep us all safe.

Mrs. Atherton

DOC200921-20200921103313.pdf

Hello Parents,

After school today we received notice that Standard Bus has room for all of our usual students. I know this will come as a relief to several of you (and maybe more!). We are thankful to be able to use their service. Unfortunately, it does come at a cost to you. For those of you who spoke with Mrs. Siller and asked to sign up for bussing, she will be sending out invoices so we can pass the funds on to School District 59.

A few items to note:
– We still need to confirm availability for those only wanting to use the SD59 busses for an in-town transfer route and other unique situations. We will attempt to do this soon and contact you individually.
– Bus drivers will be handing out a registration form to all students. Please return this to them as soon as possible.
– Masks: our requirement is for Grade 5 and higher to wear a mask on the shuttle bus. Standard Bus requirements may be different than our shuttle bus for the middle school ages. Please ask the driver to confirm if desired.
– Please review the letter from SD59 regarding bussing for other details.

Thank you for your patience as we work through all the challenges that Covid has made us face. We appreciate the positive attitudes we have seen!

Regards,
Kristin Atherton

Hello Parents,

It was so good to see our student’s faces in school today. We learned and started to get used to the new procedures to stay safe at school.

Updates/info on bus transportation:
School District 59 Busses: Please read the attached letter for information on what the expectations on their busses will be.
PCS Shuttle Bus (from CSS to PCS & back): Expectations are similar to SD 59 busses. Seats have been assigned by family. We will arrange seats by learning cohort (group) if needed. Students in Gr 5 and older need to wear a mask when on the bus. Entry and exit will be orderly. No eating or drinking on the bus.

We hope to hear confirmation of seat availability by tomorrow and will let you know as soon as we can.

Thank you for your patience and flexibility as we work through the new details this year.

Regards,

Kristin Atherton

SD59 Bus Transportation COVID-19-Letter-Sept2020.pdf

Hello Parents,

Thank you to all who were able to come and visit the school yesterday. We enjoyed chatting with you and ensuring things are in order for this school year. If you were not able to come, we will be following up with you to complete a few pieces of paperwork.

Things to note for next week:

Start of Classes: Tuesday Sept 8th and ongoing are regular full days of classes, 8:35 am – 2:35 pm

Bussing: Shuttle bus from Chetwynd Secondary to PCS will run starting Sep 8th. Morning drop-off time is 8:15 am and afternoon pick up is 2:50 pm. School District 59 busses will run their first regular day on Friday, Sep 11. They will be giving us more information on riding sometime next week.

Masks: We received notice that our order of reusable masks is delayed. If you have one at home, please send it with your Gr 5-12 child to wear on the bus. If not, we will provide disposable ones until our reusable ones arrive.

Vending Machine: Due to Covid related sanitation concerns, our vending machine is currently not in service. Please plan to send snacks/food accordingly.

Office Hours: Our receptionist will be available from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm. Please plan to take care of office matters and required messages to students during this time. Phone calls outside of these times may not be answered right away.

Enjoy your weekend and see you in a few days!

Mrs. Atherton