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1 Mark this on your calendar - On November 22, 23 & 24 student will be dis- missed at 1:30 pm. Teachers will contact families to set up times for parent/teacher interviews. Principal’s Message Peden Hill Elementary Dates to Remember Nov 10 Remembrance Day Assembly—10:30 am Nov 11 Remembrance Day - No School for Students Nov 15 NEW DATE! Photo Retakes and Class Pho- tos Nov 17 Movie Night Nov 18 Jersey Day Hot Lunch - Pizza Nov 22, 23 & 24 Early Dismissal Days - All students dismissed at 1:30 pm Nov 24 Cultural Dinner Nov 25 Peden Hill Gr6/7 Games Night 5—8 pm Dec 5 NID - No School for Students Dec 9 Primary Report Card Writing Day - No School for Students in Div 1 to 5 3500 Westwood Dr. Prince George, BC, V2N 1S1 (250) 562-5822 fax (250) 562-3532 Peden Hill will hold a Remembrance Day Assembly on Thursday, November 10th at 10:30 am. Parents/guardians and families are welcome to attend. Remembrance Day Assembly Payments to School Please ensure payments to the school are made separately for each event, ie. PAC hot lunch, field trips, school fees etc. All PAC hot lunch payments go to the Peden Hill PAC and if you are sending a cheque, please make payable to Peden Hill PAC. Any school activities, if writing a cheque, please make payable to Peden Hill. Please do not combine payments for Hot Lunch, field trips, fundraising etc as the payments often go to different sources. Thank you in advance for your coopera- tion. Postcards for Peace Postcards for Peace is a learning activ- ity in which you send messages of ap- preciation to Veterans who have served in the past and to Canadian Armed Forces members who continue to serve Canada in time of war, military conflict and peace. Stephanie will be working with teachers to have every Peden hill student write a postcard. Nut Aware We have students in our school who are allergic to all nut prod- ucts. To be nut aware we ask families: *Send your child with peanut free products for lunch and snacks. *Encourage your child to wash their hands before and after they eat. *Remind your child not to share their food with others. Based on individual allergies, other nut restrictions may apply to individual class- rooms.

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Mark this on your calendar - On November 22, 23 & 24 student will be dis-missed at 1:30 pm. Teachers will contact families to set up times for parent/teacher interviews.

Principal’s Message

Peden Hill Elementary

D a t e s t o

R e me m b e r

Nov 10

Remembrance Day Assembly—10:30 am

Nov 11

Remembrance Day - No School for Students

Nov 15

NEW DATE! Photo Retakes and Class Pho-tos

Nov 17

Movie Night

Nov 18

Jersey Day

Hot Lunch - Pizza

Nov 22, 23 & 24

Early Dismissal Days - All students dismissed at 1:30 pm

Nov 24

Cultural Dinner

Nov 25

Peden Hill Gr6/7 Games Night 5—8 pm

Dec 5

NID - No School for Students

Dec 9

Primary Report Card Writing Day - No School for Students in Div 1 to 5

3500 Westwood Dr. Prince George, BC, V2N 1S1 (250) 562-5822 fax (250) 562-3532

Peden Hill will hold a Remembrance Day Assembly on Thursday, November 10th at 10:30 am. Parents/guardians and families are welcome to attend.

Remembrance Day Assembly

Payments to School

Please ensure payments to the school are made separately for each event, ie. PAC hot lunch, field trips, school fees etc. All PAC hot lunch payments go to the Peden Hill PAC and if you are sending a cheque, please make payable to Peden Hill PAC. Any school activities, if writing a cheque, please make payable to Peden Hill. Please do not combine payments for Hot Lunch, field trips, fundraising etc as the payments often go to different sources. Thank you in advance for your coopera-tion.

Postcards for Peace

Postcards for Peace is a learning activ-ity in which you send messages of ap-preciation to Veterans who have served in the past and to Canadian Armed Forces members who continue to serve Canada in time of war, military conflict and peace. Stephanie will be working with teachers to have every Peden hill student write a postcard.

Nut Aware

We have students in our school who are allergic to all nut prod-ucts. To be nut aware we ask families: *Send your child with peanut free products for lunch and snacks. *Encourage your child to wash their hands before and after they eat. *Remind your child not to share their food with others. Based on individual allergies, other nut restrictions may apply to individual class-rooms.

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Our November Movie night will be on Thursday, November 17th from 6 to 8 pm. Students in grade 3-7 are welcome to attend without a par-ents/guardian as long as they have a signed per-mission slip returned to the school. Permission slips will go home prior to the movie night. Stu-dents in Grades K-2 must be accompanied by an adult, not an older sibiling. The cost to at-tend is $2 per student and there will be a conces-sion with treats for sale. Movie TBA!

Leadership and Hot Lunch

Starting November 7th, Leadership meetings will be on Tuesday’s after school from 2:30-3:30. Stephanie will be sending permission forms home the first week of November.

Leadership will also be offering one hot lunch per month in order to fundraise for our year end field trips so they are at no cost to our families!

November’s Hot Lunch will be Friday, November 18th and it will be Pizza! Thanks to all our fami-lies who participated in our Hot Dog hot lunch!

Movie Night

Peden Hill’s first Grade 6/7 Game Night will be held on Friday, November 25th from 5-8pm. Students will get to play a variety of games in the school and enjoy some yummy pizza.

Students in grade 6 & 7 are welcome to attend. Stephanie will be sending home permission forms. This program will cost $5.00.

Permission forms must be returned to the school with the payment in order for the student to attend.

Jersey Day

Friday, November 18th will be Jersey Day at Peden Hill. We are inviting all staff and students to wear a jersey on that day. You can wear your favourite hockey jersey, baseball jersey, soccer jersey etc.

Grade 6/7 Game Night

Peden Hill Coffeehouse

Every Tuesday, beginning Oc-tober 11th, we are inviting parents/guardians to join Stephanie (Community Schools Coordinator) and Denise (Youth Care Worker) in the front lobby from 2:00

pm to 2:20 pm for a cup of coffee. This is a great opportunity to meet other parents and find out what’s happening at Peden Hill.

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NEW DATE ~ Photo Day

Please note, the photo retakes and class photo dates have been rescheduled.

The new date is now November 15th.

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Parent Advisory Council News

A heartfelt thank you to the parents who helped make the Halloween Dance sooo much fun! We are planning to host Peden Hill’s first Cultural Family Dinner, on November 24 from 6 – 8 PM. For a small charge, families are invited to pre-register (form coming out soon) and enjoy authentic, home-made delicacies from the vari-ety of cultures represented at our school. Please contact the PAC if you are able to showcase your cultural cuisine. (We need more people!) Kami sa paaralan ng Peden Hill Elementary ay nagbabalak para sa unang pagkakataon na mag hohostya ng tinatawag

na “Cultural Family Dinner” sa darating na Nobyembre 24,.Mag uumpisa ang palabas mula alas 6 ng gabi hanggang

alas 8 ng gabi sa aming paaralan.Sa maliit na halaga lamang ay iniimbitahan namin ang pamilya para mag pa rehistro

(lalabas po ang

aplikasyon sa lalong madaling panahon)at makisaya sa lulong gawa sa bahay galing sa ibat ibang mga kultura na

iprepresenta sa aming paaralana. Maaring kontakin lamang po ang mga myembro ng PAC sakaling mayroon kayong

gustong ibahagi na mga kulturang pagkain . Salamat po..

En Noviembre 24 de 6 a 8 pm tendremos una Cena Familiar Cultural y estamos buscando voluntarios para preparar y servir culturalmente auténtica cocina casera. Favor de contactar al PAC ([email protected]) o a Irina (250-563-5300) si puedes ayudar.

نوفمبر . و نرجو من جميع الحضور 42تتقدم لجنة أولياء أمور المدرسة بدعوتكم لحضور حفل عشاء تبادل الثقافات ، يوم الخميس الموافق

المشاركة بتقديم احد االطباق الشهيرة و المميزة لديهم . نتشوق

لحضوركم و تذوق أطباق جديدة و التعرف على ثقافات مختلفة .

Peden Hill PAC sucht freiwillige Leute die interessiert sind, fertige deutsche Gerichte ein zu bringen November 24, von 18:00 bis 20:00, zum Cultural Family Dinner. Bitte kontakt [email protected] oder Irina 250-563-5300. Vielen Dank!

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The next PAC hot lunch order form will be sent out following the upcoming PAC meeting. Please visit the Peden Hill website to complete the PAC’s Caregiver Survey. It can found under ‘Programs and Services’ and will help us respond to how we can best serve our student and parent population!

A thank you shout out to Game Quest and Panago (Westwood) for their gift certificate donations! They were given out as prizes at the Halloween Dance.

Upcoming fundraisers are Purdy’s and DFS Canada….watch for them soon.

Questions, comments, concerns, and ideas are always welcome! Feel free to contact the office or your PAC members directly: Irina (President) at 250.563.5300 and Erynn (Treasurer) at 250.614.4946 or via email at [email protected]

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Parent Advisory Council News

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Have your email added to our newsletter email list. Simply email [email protected] and let us know you would like to be added! Our monthly newsletter can also be found on the web-site: http://www.sd57.bc.ca/school/pedh/Pages/Newsletters.aspx

PGSS Polars Youth Wrestling

Wrestling is an excellent active sport that includes boys and girls of all shapes, sizes and athletic ability. During our practices we will introduce athletes to proper techniques in a safe manner. Wres-tlers will play several warm-up and combative games that mimic different wrestling situations. A par-ent or an adult must be present for the hour long practice due to the nature of the sport. Contact Ken Barwise for more details ([email protected]) 250-962-6894 home 250-997-7460 cell When: Monday's, November 7- January 23 excluding Christmas Break. Athletes need to sign up before November 7, we only have room for 30 wrestlers! Time: 5:00-6:00 pm Cost: $60 Where: PGSS upper gym (wrestling room) T-shirt, shorts and clean indoor shoes are the only supplies needed

Find Your Fit

The WorkBC Find Your Fit tour is coming to John McInnis Centre. Youth in Grade 6 and up can try the skills they’ll need for different careers in demand in our region and across the province. This hands-on program will help youth apply real life experiences to their career planning. Parents and family members are welcome. There is no cost to attend. When: November 17 from 3:30pm to 7:00pm Where: John McInnis Centre, 3400 Westwood Dr.

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