Reading PartnersPAC MeetingEncouraging your children to grow up loving reading is the best gift you can give them and has been linked to early school success. You can also have great fun in the process. Join Linda O’Reilly to learn reading tips for parents/guardians to help their children become successful readers.Mt. Pleasant SchoolLibraryTuesday, May 18th 20106:30-7:30Linda O’Reilly is passionate about children and literacy. She currently works with ONE TO ONE Literacy Society.________________________________________________________________I plan to attend the presentation with Linda O’Reilly on Tuesday, May 18th 2010.Name: __________________________________________________________(Please return this form to your child’s teacher by Friday, May14th.Email: (please print clearly) ______________________________________Childcare is available: □ Yes # of children ________________
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
As you may have heard, the board has postponed the final budget meeting for two months. In addition, the board chair announced today the band and strings programs will not be cut.
Parents are still encouraged to come out to the meeting tonight. Staffing decisions will have to be made and all schools will be affected. A show of support is greatly needed! The meeting is in the main boardroom at the VSB office at 7:00pm.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
to all the parents who came out to our April PAC Meeting and the Board of Education Budget meeting that immediately followed.
A reminder: PAC meetings are for ALL parents and caregivers. Please come out and find out what is happening at Mount Pleasant!
The next PAC meeting is scheduled for May 18th.
For those of you interested in advocacy and/or who just want to get vocal about the cuts, there will be a student organized and led rally at the Board of Education on Friday. Please refer to the post below for more information.
Rally for Strong Education in the Vancouver School District
Date: Friday, April 23, 2010
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Location: Vancouver School Board
Street: 1580 W Broadway, cross-street is Fir St.
City/Town: Vancouver, BC
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FUNDING FOR OUR FUTURE:
Next year, the Vancouver School Board faces an $18.12 million budget shortfall. This will affect all students and teachers in this district. Specifically, specialty or alternate programs and systems are proposed to suffer the most.
These include:
1. ESL programs
2. Programs promoting diversity (Race relations programs and PRIDE)
3. Programs for students with special needs (including the GOLD program, and many outreach programs for disadvantaged kids and youth)
4. String and band programs (including cutting all funding for any elementary school band programs)
5. Enriched education programs (i.e. PW Mini School, PG Mini School, etc.)
There will be multiple teacher lay offs, and closure of certain schools has been proposed. Over the past eight years alone, the VSB has made a total of $51 million in cost reductions. The cuts cannot continue forever.
For more information, go to www.vsb.bc.ca
At 2:30 this Friday, there will be a peaceful, student organized rally meeting outside the VSB. From there, we will move to the Minister of Education Constituency office (1245 West Broadway) in order to call for further funding for our education.
This rally is meant to show our support for our education and our belief that more funding is needed in order to have the best education and future we can. Feel free to make polite placards, with slogans such as Funding for our Future, or Stop Education Cuts. Members of the Prince of Wales, and hopefully the Byng Arts, band will also be playing to give a message that children appreciate these music programs.
Monday, April 19, 2010
MARCH gathers at:
Grandview/?Uuqinak'uuh
Elementary School Front Doors
2055 Woodland Drive, Vancouver
MARCH starts at:
6:00pm, Tuesday April 20
MARCH at 6:15pm
MARCH route:
We will be MARCHING along
East Broadway to Mount Pleasant Elementary School
2300 Guelph Street
Media Contact:
Leona Antoine
Parent at Grandview/?Uuqinak'uuh
Parent Advisory Committee member (PAC)
778-846-4928
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
walking, then arriving at
1245 West Broadway
(2 blocks east of Granville)
Schools participating in Shaughnessy Elementary’s
postcard campaign are encouraged to come to deliver
their postcards to Minister MacDiarmid
Tuesday April 20th in the Library
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Childcare will be available
We will be discussing the VSB’s proposed budget, Mr. Agabob’s retirement and the implications of both on our school. Lynn Green, our area Associate Superintendant, has volunteered to be present to answer questions and be part of our discussion.
*Please note that due to the budget process, Ms. Green may be unable to attend.
RSVP to Lisa Marsh (PAC Secretary) at mtp.pac@gmail.com
Our school will be hosting a VSB Budget planning meeting (Committee-of-the-Whole) immediately following the PAC meeting in the school gym. PARENTS WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS EVENT MUST PRE-REGISTER TO DO SO at budget2010_11@vsb.bc.ca. You do NOT have to register to attend. More information can be found at: http://vsb.bc.ca/budget-process-201011-school-year
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Location: Mount Pleasant Elementary, 7:00 p.m.
Committee-of-the-Whole
• Public Consultation on 2010/11 Preliminary Budget Proposals / Local School Calendar
Those who wish to speak at the April 15, April 20 and April 21 (Committee-of-the-Whole) meetings, may register with the Administrative Coordinator, Secretary-Treasurer’s Office at 604-713-5080, no later than two working days before the meeting.
Please send written submissions no later than two working days before the meeting to Vancouver Board of Education, Attn: Administrative Coordinator, Secretary-Treasurer’s Office, 1580 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6J 5K8, or send by fax to 604-713-5049, or email to budget2010_11@vsb.bc.ca. Please note: All submissions to the Board are considered to be public documents. The Board, therefore, reserves the right to make any submissions available to the public. Trustees value your opinion and invite you to make your views known, so that a budget can be developed that takes into consideration input received.