Bussing
Thank you to all our families for their understanding as we navigated bus driver shortages this week. We appreciate our families and your support.
School Planning Survey
We know we make better decisions to support student learning when we build understanding and work together. That’s why we are asking you to share your perspectives about our school development plan, school budget and school fees.
The survey is open from March 1 to March 15th.
Please click here to complete the survey.
Watch this short video to learn about the planning work schools do to improve and support student learning.
Your input is important to us, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your perspectives.
Student-Led Conferences
Conference booking will open on Wednesday, March 13 @ 8:00am. These are student-led conferences, where students will have the opportunity to share their learning in the classroom. Families are invited to book a one-hour session with each child’s teacher. Conferences are as follows:
Kindergarten – Mrs. Palmer
- March 21 – 8:00-11:30, 12:30 – 2:30 3:30 – 7:30
Kindergarten (Mrs. Smyth) & Gr. 1-6
- March 21 – 3:30 – 7:30
Kindergarten – Gr. 6
- March 22– 8:00 – 12:00
Next Year Intentions
Orange forms requesting intentions of families for next school year were sent home this week. This supports our planning and organization. Thank you for providing this information to us.
Please note that all students in grade 4, who live in legacy, are designated to Wilma Hansen school for grade 5. Parents do not need to do anything as this is an automatic designation. We only need to know if you are not planning on attending Wilma Hansen.
Scholastic Book Fair
The posters have gone up, and the books arrive on Thursday. The students are getting excited about the Scholastic Book Fair scheduled for March 18-22. We still have a few spots available for parent volunteers. The work is easy and it gives you a chance to meet some of the PoW families. Most important, you will support the continued growth of our library collection. If we are unable to fill these last five roles, we may need to cancel the Book Fair. Please consider helping out if you can.
Here is the link to our sign-up page … https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E4CA5A62CAAF85-47970575-march?useFullSite=true#/
Volunteer Opportunities
We are excited to have many great opportunities to help our school through the next couple of weeks! Please get in touch at volunteerpow@gmail.com, if any of the following interests you:
- Power Hour - we are hoping to get some volunteers to help the teachers on the upcoming Power Hour days at the school. The dates are March 6, March 13, April 3, and April 10. Please sign up here: https://bit.ly/PowerHour24
- Staff Appreciation - we are planning to provide dinner for our teachers during parent-teacher conferences on March 21. If you are able to donate food to this event, please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094AAFA72FA1F9C34-48317327-staff
- Volunteer Readers - we would be grateful to have some more volunteers to support the literacy programs in the school, focusing on reading with our Grade 1 & 2 students regularly in the mornings. If you can help out with this, please let me know.
- Fun Lunch Sorting - March 13 and April 10 - we need 5 parents for each Fun Lunch day to sort and deliver lunches to the students. Meet in Room 18 at 11:10am at PoW and should be done in approx. 30 mins. Please sign up here: https://bit.ly/FunLunch23-24
Remember that you must have your police clearance and annual volunteer form completed with the school office in order to volunteer in the school, please visit the office to get started.
Thank you so much for supporting our school!
Leah Kirk & Jessica Aimer
Volunteer Coordinators for PoW
Upcoming Dates:
March 13 Power Hour
March 13 Treat Day
March 14 Treat Day – Kindergarten
March 18-22 Book Fair
March 21 Student Led Conferences 3:30 –7:30
March 22 Student Led Conferences – Non-Instructional Day
March 23 Spring Break