Weekly May 20th

May 20, 2022

Dear Guardians and Parents,

We appreciated our Bus Drivers this Friday for Bus Driver Appreciation Day. One of our drivers, Gord Philips, is also a talented musician and he is shortlisted in the CBC searchlight competition again this year. Last time, he made it to the top 10 in Canada. Let’s show our appreciation and vote him to the top! https://www.cbc.ca/music/searchlight/#/vote

We will be honouring the Legacy of a fine Canadian role model, Terry Fox, on May 27th by holding a run and raising money through TOONIES for TERRY

The Parents Advisory Council (PAC) has a few notes for our families (who are all members of PAC):

1. PAC is  calling out for PAC Executive Member roles for next year (see attached flyer). We need submissions by May 30th. What a great way to connect with your school community.
2. We’re very excited to present to Poirier Families, a school community event on June 17th from 5-8pm; Poirier Bears Family Picnic & Fun Fair!

Featuring picnic dinner options by Sooke Harbourside Lions BBQ and Big Foot Food Co. Food Truck and FREE games like a “Duck Drop” hosted by our very own Sooke Fire Department, a Donut Walk by Bits of Bliss, Poirier Plinko, Sack races, family tug of war, Gone Fishin’, Ring Toss, Golf Putt and many many more! 

Our community has really come together to provide us with many awesome prizes to give away; the PAC and our parent volunteers are also working really hard to bring this event to our kids and families at NO COST to participate. Our goal is inclusivity, participation and to just HAVE FUN! 

But, in order to pull this off, we NEED family volunteers (this could be older siblings) to help us run the games! We’re still short about 35 volunteers to make the evening a success. Please click here https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e49afae2ba5f4cf8-poirier to sign up, or share this with a family member who might be interested in helping out.

Poirier Bear Spirit Wear is available now! Order deadline May 31st with delivery the week of June 20th. Follow the link to the order form: https://forms.gle/o8uptp6vMoQtExbc8

Dates to Note:

May 23, Monday No School – Holiday Monday

May 27, Friday Terry Fox Run

May 30, Monday Fun Fair Planning Meeting @ 4pm via MS Teams

May 31, Tuesday Poirier Bear Spirit Wear order deadline

June 2, Thursday Talent Show

Deadline for ordering next Hot Lunch

June 3, Friday Track Meet at Royal Bay High School

June 6, Monday PAC AGM Meeting 6-7pm via MS Teams (All are WELCOME)

June 10, Friday Red Robin Hot Lunch Day

June 17, Friday Rainbow Pride Day and PAC Funfair 5-8pm

June 21, Tuesday Grade 5 Goodbye

June 22, 23, 24 Grade 4s and 5s at Camp Thunderbird Days

June 28 Tuesday Beach Day -Aylard Farm

June 29, Wednesday Last day of school

Attached to the Weekly:

• PAC Recruitment Flyer 
• PAC Fun Fair Poster
• One to One literacy support sessions for children in grades 1-3 and their parents 

Have a wonderful long weekend as there is no school on Monday. Please have your Black Bear off tech most or all of the weekend. Conversations, eye contact, and imagination grow the brain!

Thank you,

Tess Vally and Grania Bridal