November 2012

On Target for November… Our November Target Assembly will take place on Monday, November 26th at 9:00AM

Grade 4 – Nick A, Madeline B., Maeryn L., Jack M., Kylie P. Alisa Y.

Grade 5 – Aria B., Tatum G., Anova H., Christa M., Sofia M., and Maryanne W.

Grade 6 – Hali A., Darren C., Jennie F., Sam H., Olivia M., and Anna P.

Grade 7 – Antonio B., Hana B., Julia C., Marissa G., Justine H., Harry S., and Gudrun W.

Christmas @ Canyon Heights

Nicaragua Craft Fair

FEEL THE RHYTHM, FEEL THE RHYME, FEEL THE SPIRIT – IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME!!!

Are you looking for a fun, charitable event to greet winter with a BANG? Well we’ve got the perfect thing just for

you.

Come on down to Canyon Heights Elementary for some holiday fun! December 13th – 14th in the Canyon Heights

gym from 3:00 – 4:00PM, the enthusiastic students of our very own Canyon Heights Nicaragua Student Committee

will be hosting the greatest event of the season – the Christmas Craft Fair!! Our committee has been working very

hard and devotedly to put on this enjoyable event for you. There will be food, games, crafts, music and more

available at this wondrous event to entertain all of our fine guests (that’s you!).

What’s more – all of our proceeds from this fun fair will be going to build homes for several Nicaraguan families in

need of aid. Our student committee has seen the awful conditions there and is determined to take action to make a

change house by house, family by family.

Thank you for supporting our goal – we look forward to seeing you at the Christmas Craft Fair – December 13th - 14th.

The Canyon Heights Nicaragua Student Committee

Christmas Hampers It has become an annual tradition for Canyon Heights to assist North Shore Family Services in making Christmas a

little brighter for some North Vancouver families with our Giving Tree.

The Giving Tree will be put up in the front hallway during the last week of November. The tree is filled with tags

colour-coded to our three families as well as green tags which are monetary donations to cover

grocery gift cards for each family. The idea is to take a tag from the tree and fulfill that

requirement – it might be a toy for a three-year old or a jacket for a teen, a pair of gloves for a

mom or a scarf for a dad. Whatever tag you take, please purchase the item and bring it into the

school, wrapped or unwrapped and place it in the appropriate hamper in the office. We must

have the completed hampers to the Family Services depot by December 12th.

Thank you to Mrs. Lowe and her class, Ms. McKenna and our Library volunteers for all their

help with this project. We very much appreciate the community support for this annual

project as do the families whose Christmas is made a little happier through your

generosity.

Canyon Heights E-News Our actions are RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE and SAFE

Destination Conservation This year, Destination Conservation has about 40 children who have dedicated their Thursday lunch hour to continue

the work on environmental initiatives at Canyon Heights. Most of the children are in Grade 2, with new and

returning members from Grade 3 and 4. So far, the children’s interests have been towards reminding the community

about doing our part for drink recycling and litterless lunches. The first big project for our group is the Candy

Wrapper Campaign. We have been collecting candy wrappers since November 1st and will continue to collect up

until December 1st. The purpose of this campaign is to help community become more aware of how one festivity

(Hallowe’en) can generate a large amount of waste. Not only are we consuming items with no nutritional value, but

we are also creating a tremendous amount of garbage. Our message is not intended to put a damper on celebrations;

instead, our intention is to get people to be more mindful of the environmental ramifications and begin to think about

making “greener” choices.

WE Create Change Did you know that over 1,000,000,000 people live without access to fresh drinking water? Almost 80% of illnesses in

developing countries are linked to poor water and sanitation. The Grade 7s from the Free the Children committee are

taking part in the WE Create Change initiative.

In Canada, the penny is going out of circulation. It’s the perfect time to help get rid of all those pennies by donating

them. The goal is to provide clean water for 100, 000 people around the world.

2,500 pennies = $25 = Clean water for 1 person…for LIFE! From Tuesday, November 27th to Friday, November 30th we will be collecting your pennies at school. So look out

those penny jars, empty your piggy banks, and gather up all those copper maple leafs for our farewell party. Help us

create a big change with our small change.

Recycle an old laptop and help a school in Haiti Do you have a working laptop that you are ready to recycle? Maybe it can’t handle current programs anymore. It

might run windows 3.1. Or perhaps the CPU is slightly less powerful than a tired hamster on a treadmill? Please

consider donating it to help school children in Haiti.

Several years ago, BC teacher Kathy Koopman and her sister started the Ecole Ebenezer. Which is 100% non-profit,

entirely run and supported by a small army of fantastically dedicated volunteers and serve one of the most

impoverished communities in the Western World.

Your old working laptop that would otherwise be heading for the recycling centre or a landfill would make a world

of difference in these children’s education. The Koopman sisters will be making another visit to the school this

December and would gratefully bring any donated laptops with them on their upcoming journey.

To donate your old laptop, please see Mr. C in the Canyon Heights Library. You can also learn more about their

school at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ecole-Ebenezer/171350216236597

PLEASE BE SURE YOUR HARD DRIVE IS CLEARED OF ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION BEFORE DONATING

With the upcoming seasonal festivities, please do your

part by reducing waste (alternative ways to gift wrap),

reusing materials (gift bags, Christmas cookie tins), and

recycling (cardboard boxes, batteries). For more

information, please have a look at this link on Holiday

Waste Reduction: http://rcbc.bc.ca/files/u6/RCBCHoliday_GreenChristmas

Tips.pdf

Canyon Heights PAC November/December News 2012

Magazine Fundraiser

Over the course of 2 weeks you generously

purchased subscriptions which made $1100 profit for the PAC .

We hope you found it a real winning fundraiser;

not only did you get fantastic value on your magazine subscriptions, but also raised so much

money for the school!

Thank you to the PAC Michelle and Lori (CH fundraising team) for this initiative

It’s NOT too late to order the school will earn on every order, no matter when you place your

subscription"…………. You, family, & friends can purchase magazines

online at any time! It’s easy, safe & secure. Simply go to www.ccrp.ca ,

Step 1 - Enter our school code BC2520. Step 2 - Order New, Renewal or Gift subscriptions. In addition to the hundreds of magazines available

through the magazine catalogue, there are additional bonus titles that are available exclusively online.

CONGRATULATIONS Division 5 - Ms. Howick's class (intermediate), & Division 13 - Mrs. Dunbar's class (primary),

on winning a pizza lunch for selling the most magaz ines .

Have you looked at the Canyon Heights PAC Healthy Schools and Technology Blog?

There are lots of useful tips and ideas and even recipes – take a look and tell us what you think. It even provides

additional information about events! We update this BLOG regularly so why not add it to your

favourites? http://canyonheights.wordpress.com/

PAC SPONSORED EVENTS IN NOVEMBER

• DANCE IN SCHOOLS – We hope you and your children enjoyed this week of Dance and many of you were able to see the dancing demonstrations in the Gym at the end of the week – Thank You to the Staff and “Dance in Schools” for another excellent initiative

• JESSE MILLER – “Two Lives” - All Intermediate Children had a chance to benefit from a workshop with this well regarded technology expert about the use of the internet your on-line profile and internet safety. Over 110 parents attended the evening Parent Education Event. We hope it was very informative; visit his website www.mediatedreality.com to find out more. Please talk to your children about social media and presenting a positive and safe on-line presence. Thank you Lorna Williams and Joyce Johner (Canyon Heights PAC Parent Education) for organizing this speaker.

• CANYON HEIGHTS MOVIE NIGHT – A free regular event at our school where families enjoy a movie with their children and friends in the School Gym. Popcorn & water for sale by the PAC Social Team. PAC will also be selling Canyon Heights T-shirts!

Recycle your old laptop and help school children in Haiti

Do you have a working laptop that you are ready to recycle? Maybe it can’t handle current programs anymore. It might run windows 3.1. Or perhaps the CPU is slightly less powerful than a tired hamster on a treadmill? Please consider donating it to help school children in Haiti. Several years ago, BC teacher Kathy Koopman and her sister started the Ecole Ebenezer. Which is 100% non-profit, entirely run and supported by a small army of fantastically dedicated volunteers and serve one of the most impoverished communities in the Western World. Your old working laptop that would otherwise be heading for the recycling centre or a landfill would make a world of difference in these children’s education. The Koopman sisters will be making another visit to the school this December and would gratefully bring any donated laptops with them on their upcoming journey. To donate your old laptop, please see Mr. C in the Canyon Heights Library. You can also learn more about their school at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ecole-Ebenezer/171350216236597.

January PAC meeting Monday January 21 st 2013 @ 7pm

In the School Library Topics include: • A Review of the Canyon Heights

School Plan (School Planning Council) • Needs lists – what projects/Initiatives

would you like to support at Canyon Heights?

ALL WELCOME Please let the school office know by

Friday Jan 18 if you require babysitting

Noon Hour Activities Our Fall Noon Hour activities are in full flow with a great participation rate

More activities will be available in the New Year Booking opens

early December. Many activities are on offer for children of all

ages Remember to book

early as classes fill up fast

SAVE THE DATE

Saturday May 4th

2013

Parent Social & Fundraising Gala A Wonderful Evening Garden Party

With Silent Auction and Art Wall Venue kindly provided by a Canyon Heights Family We are looking for artistic parents/relatives and friends to create a series of art pieces that will be sold on the evening (Canvases provided). If you are artistic or would like to help with the organization of this event….. Contact Elspeth Cooper PAC Social/Fundraising Team elspethccooper@gmail.com.

What an amazing result! In our first order we have raised over $760 for the school, which was more than $18,000 in gift cards. A HUGE Thank you to all those families who have already participated in Fundscrip.

Most of you have now received your cards; if you like this program please spread the word to other parents.

For those of you who didn't quite get around to ordering your gift cards, we are running this program again. The

deadline for ordering cards is December 4th and the cards will be ready for collection starting December

11th or12th. The Fundscrip order form can be found www.canyonhts.ca and a reminder email will be sent

out next week. Thank you once again for your support.

Contact Michelle Newbigin if you have any questions <michelle.newbigin@gmail.com>