If you’re a parent of a PJ student you are a member of PAC, so we’d love for you to attend our regular PAC meetings. Our next meeting is on Thursday, November 9 at 6:30pm in the PJ library. We’ll be discussing upcoming events and how you can get involved. We’ll also talk about the Fun Lunch program – we want to hear what you enjoy about Fun Lunch, and what you would like to see going forward. Additionally guest speaker, Michelle LaBounty, District Principal of Teaching and Learning in West Vancouver Schools, will be providing an overview of the new BC Ministry K-12 Reporting Policy. She will discuss what has changed, why the changes, what is the Proficiency Scales and Assessment, and what this means for how your child’s Communicating Student Learning (CSL) document (Report Card) will be shared with you. We invite you to do some reading in advance and bring any questions you many have.  Please access an overview here: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/reporting/resources-for-parents-and-caregivers

Register your attendance here.

If you are not able to attend in person you may join by Zoom.

A Special Invitation from your Parent Advisory Council (PAC) Executive

Join us for our first PJ parent meeting of the school year, on October 10, from 6:30-8:30pm at PJ. We will be kicking things off with a year-in-review so that you can find out more about what is coming up and how you can get involved, and then we’ll move right into a fascinating (and short) financial update. Mme. Zielinski will then take the mic to give her principal’s update, and then we will welcome our special guest of the night, Mme. Stevenson, who will be speaking about how to support French learning from home. The night would not be complete without a wine and cheese mingler!

Note: No children are allowed in the building due to liquor license requirements. We will be offering a zoom link for those who choose to join us from home.

Click here to register for our in-person meeting.

Click here to register to join us by zoom. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join the meeting.

Documents to be discussed during the meeting can be found here.

On behalf of the PJPAC Executive, we would like to extend a warm welcome to all students and parents returning to École Pauline Johnson, and new families joining the school. We have high hopes that this will be an excellent year. It certainly started on a high note with a spectacular turnout at our Back to School Coffee. Thanks to all who attended. Keep an eye on our calendar for upcoming school and social events.

This year, the PAC Executive welcomes some new members to our team. As Co-chairs, we are excited to introduce Claudia Chavez-Munoz (Grade 2 parent) and Barry Nguyen (Grade 1 parent). Additionally, we are pleased to welcome Jenny Cha as our Fundraising and Events Coordinator, and Olivia Zishiri as our Volunteer Coordinator. We are also thrilled to have Rowena Veylan move into the role of Past Chair, Bartek Kienc returning as our Treasurer, Vicky Rhodes as Secretary, Stephanie LeComte as our Communications Coordinator, Tayo Adeniyi as our DPAC Representative, and our members at large: Laureline Balzan (Canadian Parents for French), Ryan and Parvaneh Bruce (Cultural Community Representatives), Devika Ahuja (New Family Representative), and Nazanin Parivar and Kamyar Yazdani (Spirit Committee Leads).

Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you have any inquiries, suggestions, comments, or any other feedback. The PAC represents all PJ parents, and the Executive is here to be your voice. Welcome, and let’s work together to make this a great year!