Hello families,

Please note that the November/December hot lunch forms are due by October 22 (not November 22). Sorry for any confusion.

E-transfers

We love receiving payments by e-transfer!

However, when paying by e-transfer please confirm if it is for pac or office @ peacechristianschool.ca. Pac is for PCS Parent Committee payments to hot lunch, milk & hoodie/t-shirt orders. While office is for Peace Christian School payments of tuition, public bus & extracurricular/sport’s fees, & donations.

You may also pay for multiple items in one payment, as long as you do not combine school & pac items.

Also, remember to include a message explaining what the funds are for. If you are unsure which email to send your payment to, please call the school. Thank you!

A final reminder that it’s picture day tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing everyone’s great smiles 🙂

(And in the event of a not so great capture, there is a retake day planned in the near future)

Hi Families,
Tuesday, October 4 (tomorrow) is World Teacher’s Day. Our teachers have a huge amount of dedication to your children and it would mean a lot to them if you are able to send those involved in your family with a quick note of appreciation. I encourage you to scribble in your child’s agenda book, send a text or email, or go all out with a video, special drink or gift.
Cheers,
Kristin

Dear Families,

As you may have already heard, the Ministry of Education has implemented a new change to help stop the spread of Covid among students at school. Their guidelines have been updated "to require masks for kindergarten to Grade 3 students. The rollout will begin on Monday, October 4 when all students in B.C. schools will be required to wear a mask when inside a school building, including while at their desks and on buses. This measure builds on the existing guidelines that currently apply to all students in Grades 4 to 12."

So, starting Monday, please send all children/students to school with a clean mask daily. We recognize this is a difficult change and we will do our best to implement this change with care.

We know there are quite a few local families struggling with Covid in their households so we request you continue to do your part to limit visiting indoors, keep your children home when they are not feeling well (and get tested for Covid as applicable), consider vaccination, and encourage your children to wear masks and clean their hands regularly.

Keep courage and stay kind to each other as we are all in this life together. And enjoy the last few days of these beautiful leaves on the trees 🙂

Mrs. Atherton

Hello Parents,

A quick reminder of happenings next week:

Monday – No School for our teachers to do professional development
Thursday – No School for Truth & Reconciliation Day. Our staff will be doing education around truth & reconciliation and we encourage each family to take time to do some learning or reflection as well. Together we can make our community a better place for everyone.
Friday – Orange Shirt Day recognition. We ask our students to wear orange on this day to recognize Truth & Reconciliation week. We will also have a school wide assembly.
Sun, Oct 3 – Ghost Mountain Grunt – Students or families are invited to come and challenge themselves to a 10 km run or 2 km walk. Registration starts at 10 am, bus leaves at 10:45. $15/person (or $10/person if multiple people in one family participate).

September is passing quickly and our students are digging into their learning. It is neat to see their efforts in their work.

Enjoy the beautiful fall colours out there!
Mrs. Atherton

Good Evening Parents,

As many of you are aware, tomorrow is our scheduled AGM and while we had planned to meet face to face, we are meeting via zoom to accommodate more people. The time is still the same, 6:30PM and the meeting details have been emailed out to parents. We look forward to seeing you there and are looking forward to having a great year at PCS.

Thanks in advance,

PCS Parent Committee

Hello Families,

School is in full force and we’ve started out strong. We had a great camp out last weekend with our upper grade students. Thank you to all the families who participated.

Our Gr 5-8 campout is scheduled for this weekend. Despite the questionable weather, we are going ahead with the campout. We are starting at 4 pm on Saturday and ask that students be picked up by 11 am on Sunday. If students would like to come just for Saturday afternoon/early evening and then go home, that is perfectly fine and we’d love to still have them participate! For those staying overnight, please send lots of bedding to stay warm (and a change of clothes is a good idea). Depending on if and how much it rains, we may spend some of our time inside (while wearing masks). Either way, we plan to have fun with food and games!

Enjoy your weekend!

Hello! Just a reminder that if your child isn’t feeling well, please go to BC COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool (thrive.health) and complete it. This will let you know if your child needs a Covid-19 test and result before they may return to school. If a Covid-19 test is needed, call 1-844-645-7811 for a referral to the Chetwynd Primary Care Clinic where the test will be completed. Please complete these steps before sending your child back to school.

Thank you for doing your part to keep everyone as healthy as possible!

When_to_get_tested.pdf

So many great smiles today! We enjoyed having our students in our classrooms today.

Just a reminder that our shuttle bus is running at regular hours tomorrow (Wed). School District 59 busses will have varied hours tomorrow but will be on their regular schedule on Thursday to match our shuttle bus schedule.

For Grades 9-12, a note will be going home tomorrow for our campout this weekend. Weather looks good so we are grateful! Hoping to have all our students come and have fun with us 🙂

Hello! Just a reminder of our orientation on Thursday. We ask for parents and students to come for about an hour between the hours of 10 am and 4 pm*. You can meet our teachers, ensure we have all the information we need, pick lockers, receive schedules, learn about extra curricular options, sign up for fundraisers and more. See you soon!

*If it is not possible to attend due to work schedules, we would love to still have our students come. And if that is not possible, please let us know and we will arrange to get you everything needed at a different time.