Family Hallowe’en Dance 

The family Hallowe’en dance is coming up on Wednesday, October 30th .  We kindly ask that NO masks, gory costumes or weapons are brought as part of your costumes. The dance is from 6:30 – 8:00pm.  Information regarding tickets have been sent home. 

Hallowe’en Activities  

All students are invited to bring their Hallowe’en costumes on Thursday, October 31st. Halloween celebrations will only take place in the afternoon. Students are invited to wear their costumes after lunch. Costumes can be placed in backpacks and need to be able to fit over clothing. Please NO masks, gory costumes or weapons.  Please see class blogs regarding the classroom specifics. 

Noon Supervision 

All students who are staying for lunch must be registered for the Noon Supervision Program to continue to access this program. Log on to your MYCBE account, click on Student fees and service registration and select Noon Supervision. 

Picture Retakes 

Monday, October 28 is picture retakes and Kindergarten pictures. 

School Council and Friends of Parkland Way 

Here are the upcoming school-wide volunteer opportunities for the month of October: 

  1. Casino - October 23rd & 24th - We still need to cover a few shifts for backup people. You do not need police clearance to volunteer for the casino so any adult in your family/friend circle is able to sign up: https://bit.ly/POWCasino2024 
  2. Healthy Hunger Sorting - October 16th, November 6th & 20th - We need 5 parents for each Fun Lunch day to sort and deliver lunches to the students. Meet in the Staff Room at 11:00am and should be done in approx. 40 mins. If you would like to help please sign up here: https://bit.ly/HealthyHunger24-25 
  3. Grade ¾ Open Minds Science School - October 29 through November 28 - Each of our Grade 3/4 classes will be heading to the Telus Spark Science Centre for a week to attend the Science School program. We need volunteers to travel on the bus with the class and assist during the daily activities. Each class is going for a total of 5 consecutive days so please sign up on as many days as you are able. Your help is very much appreciated! If you are interested in helping out please sign up here: https://bit.ly/POWScienceSchool2024  
  4. Halloween Dance Set Up Crew - October 30th - We will be looking for 3 volunteers to help set up the gym/hallway from 2:00 - 3:00 PM to get things ready for the Halloween Dance that same night. If you are interested in helping out with this event please sign up here: https://bit.ly/POWHalloweenDanceSetupCrew  

Please also complete our Consent to Contact form to stay informed as opportunities become available -bit.ly/POWContactForm2024 

Remember that you must have your police clearance and annual volunteer form completed with the school office in order to volunteer in the school - if you need to do either of these, please visit the office to get started.  

Thank you for supporting our school! 

 Leah Kirk & Jessica Aimer 

Volunteer Coordinators for PoW 

volunteerpow@gmail.com 

 

Upcoming Dates: 

Mon. Oct. 21 Old Dutch Chip Pick Up 2-6pm 

Wed. Oct. 23 School Casino 

Thurs. Oct. 24 School Casino 

Fri. Oct 25 Non-Instructional Day – No School 

Mon. Oct. 28 Retakes & Mon/Wed. Kindergarten Pictures 

Wed. Oct. 30 Hallowe’en Dance – 6:30-8:00