Friday Feed - June 16, 2023
“Seeking Truth, Healing and Reconciliation”
Parent Memo for the upcoming week of
June 19-June 23 , 2023
Next Week’s Events:
Monday, June 19
Grade 3 Buddies from Sacred Heart visit!
Tuesday, June 20
2:00pm- Year end awards assemblies
5:00pm- Student Council to interview Misy D
Wednesday, June 21- National Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Kindergarten to Science World!
12:00pm- HOT LUNCH
2:30pm dismissal
Thursday, June 22
2:00pm- Parent Appreciation Tea
Friday, June 23
9:00am- School Mass
6:30pm- Grade 7 Farewell Evening
Upcoming Important Dates:
June 20- Year End awards assembly (2:00pm)
June 22- Parent Appreciation Event (2:00pm- 3:00pm)
June 23- Grade 7 Farewell (6:30pm)
June 28- Last day of school- Noon dismissal
Important Information
Track and Field- Thank you to all of our coaches and athletes for a wonderful Track and Field season! Our season wrapped up on Thursday with day 2 of the CISVA meet. We look forward to recognizing our athletes at next week’s awards assembly.
PEC members: The 2023/2024 PEC members are as follows:
Jacqueline Johnson, Chairperson
Mike Fortino, Vice Chair
Jonie May Pascual, Parent Participation
Kristen Murchison, Secretary
Kate Paez- Maintenance
Frances McNee- PFG Chair
Chris Brant, Treasurer
Talent Show- Please click here to watch this year’s talent show! Thank you to everyone who submitted a performance- CCS certainly has talent!
Fun Day - A Big thank you to Mrs. Furtado, Ms. Losito, Ms. A and Ms. Manuel for organizing a fantastic Fun Day! Despite some rain, we had a great day and fun was had by all. Congratulations Yellow Team on winning today- your great sportsmanship earned you the win!
Awards assembly- We will be having an awards assembly on Tuesday at 2:00pm to celebrate this year’s award winners in Grade 1-6. Parents of students who are award winners have been notified so that they know to be there! All parents are welcome to come of course. We will also be celebrating our Track and Field athletes.
Parent Appreciation event- On Thursday, we will be celebrating all of you! We will be providing home baked goodies, coffee, tea and juice for you to enjoy. All of the students and staff will be outside with parents from 2:00-3:00pm. Please come by for some treats and mingllng :)
PARENT PARTICIPATION UPDATE
The 2023/2024 Parent participation program is in full swing! To recap, families are asked to complete 40 hours of volunteer work, 6 of which must be maintenance hours. Get a head start on your hours before the summer break.
We are need of volunteers for the Grade 7 farewell party. Please consider signing up, it will be a memorable evening. Follow the link to register.
https://portal.onvolunteers.com/login.aspx?s=ccs.bc
For help with logging onto the onVolunteers website, reach out to
MAINTENANCE
Volunteers Needed for Father Paul's "Pay It Forward" Garage Sale
Over his years at Precious Blood, Father Paul has received numerous donations from parishioners and friends who want to help the less fortunate - his garage and rectory are bursting with these generous gifts!! Items will be available on Saturday, June 10th from 5 pm to 7pm and again on Sunday, June 11th from 10am until 2pm. Anything left over will be donated to charity.
We need help on Saturday, June 10 from 2:30 to 7:30 pm to set up and prepare for the event, as well as Sunday, June 11 from 9:30 am until 2:00 pm. Sign up through OnVolunteers or email maintenance@cloverdalecatholicschool.ca if you want to learn more.
PARENT FUNDRAISING GROUP UPDATE
Reminder: Use your Community Coupons book throughout the summer.
Parents Ideas:
Dinner- Discounts and freebies at many of the restaurant establishments around the Surrey/Langley.
Cocktails- Wine/ beer/ whisky tastings at local wineries, breweries, and distilleries.
Kids:
Free- DQ treats, kid’s meals at Boston Pizza, Chopped Leaf, Nando’s and more.
Kids Activities- Golf, hockey training, go carting, birthday party packages, Code Ninjas, Urban Safari, Planet Lazer, Extreme Air Park, horseback riding, Vancouver Zoo
2022/2023 Money raised totals will be announced shortly!
The entire PFG committee and regular acting volunteers would like to thank the entire community for their generous contributions fundraising this year. We are excited to bring back some successful campaigns for next year and introduce more crowd-pleasing, profit-making events for everyone.
Watch for next years calendar of events and fundraisers coming soon!
JOIN/IDEAS FOR- The PFG for the 2023/2024 school year, CONTACT US at the below email
WHERE TO FIND US!
SCHOOL WEBSITE UNDER COMMUNITY à PFG à This page list and links you to all our current and ongoing fundraisers.
CCS FACEBOOK PAGE – Post regular and important events.
From the Parish:
Eucharistic Summit
Dear parents,On Saturday, August 26th, the Archdiocese of Vancouver is hosting a one-day event for families to enter into the wonder and awe of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
The event will take place at St. Francis de Sales Parish in Burnaby. The day will begin at 1 pm and have activities for children, youth and parents. We will have Adoration, talks, host making, Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, Eucharistic Procession, Mass with Archbishop Miller and a BBQ dinner.
You can find more details about the event and registration on the event page https://beholdvancouver.org/events/family-eucharistic-summit.
Listen to the Banovich family’s testimony on how the Eucharist is central in their family and influences their relationships with each other.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday August 26th.
Sr. John Mary Sullivan, FSE
Associate Director, Ministries and Outreach Office
Thank you for your continued support!
God Bless,
Mr. Heah and Mrs. Krammer