Spring News

PJ PAC Meeting

The Card Project

All day: Student Release Drill

Spring Spirit Wear Sale

Our PAC Online shop will be open April 14 to May 6! We will be selling our current stock of Spirit Wear clothing, masks, caps, and umbrellas. Items will be sent home through PJ students at the end of the sale. Here is the link: PAC Online Shop

Parent Spring Mingler Events – Save the dates!

Let the kids play, and come chat with some other PJ Parents with kids at similar ages. We are hosting in-person, casual meetups on Fridays at 3 pm at the Gazebo:

Grades 6 and 7 Parents: May 13
Kindergarten, Grade 1 and 2 Parents: May 27
Grades 3,4, and 5 Parents: June 10

We can’t wait to meet you!

PJ Park Spring Gardening – May 6th!

This is a fun family event that encourages stewardship of our Park and helps keep our gardens in good shape. We will meet on Friday, May 6th at 3 pm by the garden boxes. Bring the whole family and any gardening tools you have handy. No experience necessary.

Wednesday, April 13, 7:00-8:30 pm

Join us for our April PAC Meeting. Mme Zielinski will be giving us an update and Ian Kennedy will be presenting on Indigenous Education in West Vancouver Schools. We will also be voting on budget motions to purchase traffic signs, and outdated technology and amend the Quebec Trip/Alternate Activity amount in the 2021/22 PAC Budget. Motions can be viewed under Meeting Documents.

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Meeting Documents

The children made amazing art for this exciting fundraiser. The Card Project has turned their masterpieces into beautiful greeting cards.

This week, every child will get a copy of their unique card.

The front showcases each child’s own art with

their name and grade printed on the back.

Look out for your child’s greeting card coming home this week!

Go online to see the beautiful products made with your child’s art: professionally printed greeting cards, notebooks, sketchbooks, digital prints, year planners, and canvasses. NEW this season – canvas tote bags, mousepads, and tea towels!

To place an order, please go to:

www.TheCardProject.ca

ORDERS are due Sunday, April 10

for delivery in time for Mother’s Day.

This is a wonderful fundraising opportunity for our school. We receive 20% of the sales. Thank you in advance for your support.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Marcelle at Marcelle@TheCardProject.ca

3 All day: Teacher Appreciation Lunch All day May 3, 2022 École Pauline Johnson 1150 22nd Street West Vancouver, BC V7V 4C4 Canada Read more

6 All day: Gelato Day All day May 6, 2022 École Pauline Johnson 1150 22nd Street West Vancouver, BC V7V 4C4 Canada Read more, 3:00 pm: PJ Park Gardening Event 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm May 6, 2022 Read more

11 9:30 am: PAC Meeting 9:30 am – 11:00 am May 11, 2022 Read more, 9:30 am: Untitled Event 9:30 am – 10:30 am May 11, 2022 Read more

13 3:00 pm: Grades 6 and 7 Parents Mingler Event 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm May 13, 2022 Read more

20 All day: Professional Day, district-wide All day May 20, 2022 École Pauline Johnson 1150 22nd Street West Vancouver, BC V7V 4C4 Canada Read more

23 All day: Victoria Day All day May 23, 2022 Read more

27 3:00 pm: Kindergarten, Grade 1 and 2 Parents Mingler Event 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm May 27, 2022 Read more

All day
June 3, 2022

One afternoon every two years, the staff and students of École Pauline Johnson participate in an earthquake drill, followed by the Student Release Drill. We hope that these simulated drills give the school important feedback on some of the issues that we may encounter in the event of a real emergency and allow us to troubleshoot potential solutions. This exercise is common practice in all West Vancouver Schools and takes place rain or shine. The drill begins with a drop, cover, and hold practice. The school then is deemed safe and students and staff are advised to seek shelter within their classrooms. Upon completion of the earthquake drill, we immediately begin the student release process. A Reception Center is set up in the PJ Gym and parents or an approved alternate (listed on the Emergency Student Release Form) are asked to report to the Reception Centre to pick up their child(ren). It is important to note that in the event of a real emergency, the reception area could be set up in an entirely different location depending on a number of different factors, including structural damage and weather conditions.

During a release drill, we ask for parent/guardian assistance. Parents/Guardians would be asked to...pick up their child(ren) beginning at 1:30pm. If this is not possible, students are dismissed at the regularly scheduled end of day dismissal time. Children will only be released to a parent or guardian listed on the Emergency Student Release Form sent in at the beginning of the school year. If the person picking up your child is NOT listed on this form, they will NOT be allowed to sign your child out.

Children will only be released to a parent or guardian that is able to produce a valid PICTURE ID. If no picture ID can be produced, the student will not be able to be released until the regular end of day dismissal time. Please be mindful and respectful of this as the school will be engaged in out-of-the-norm operations and needs to focus entirely on the success and functionality of the Drill at hand.

The procedures are as follows:

If arriving by vehicle, please park along 22nd or Jefferson.

Report to the Reception Centre in the gym. Access the gym through the southwest outside gym door (near the portables). Look for the “ENTER” sign. All other doors of the school will be locked.

Line up according to your last name. Look for alphabet signs to help you. (“A-D”, “E-K”, “L-R”, “S-Z”)

Please have your identification ready (picture, government-issued ID). Students will be released only to the parents of the student and those individuals named on the emergency contact forms WITH A GOVERNMENT ISSUED ID.

If you are picking up students from another family, you MUST HAVE ID and MUST BE LISTED ON THEIR EMERGENCY CONTACT FORM.

Once you have checked in, you will be asked to sit in a designated waiting area in the gym while a runner retrieves your child(ren) from the classroom(s).

Any students who do not have a parent arrive early to take part in the release drill will be dismissed at the regular end of day dismissal time.

Once paperwork and identification has been completed, students will be retrieved from classrooms and placed into your care as quickly as possible. Conducting such drills allows us to review and refine our school’s preparedness for a real emergency in an orderly way.

École Pauline Johnson

1150 22nd Street

West Vancouver, BC V7V 4C4

Canada