Join an engaging and informative evening with your DPAC community for part two of the sustainability education series called Sustainability: Principles to Practice this coming Thursday, November 26, 2020. You will take away the latest information about the Vancouver Plan for greening our city, plus the latest developments and next planning stages.
Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsf-6rpzwtGNCuXqg0nF1MuQSvByIU59eC Come discover more about the Six Big Moves and comprehensive recommendations that will improve access and mobility, increasing wellness, and guide the principles in reaching essential climate targets. Hear from student organizers for this year's VSB Sustainability Conference. Meet resilient teens who have generously given their time to share their experience, strategies, and tips with parents. Support these highly motivated and devoted student leaders, committed to raising awareness and creating a sustainable future for themselves and the generations following them. Hear from past Sustainabiliteens who are now mentoring and supporting students and keeping the momentum going. Hear what practical steps you can take and how empowering it feels when you embrace life affirming principles and take them into practice by making steps that enhance future outcomes. See this flyer for more information on Thursday's event.
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Thank you to everyone who came out for the November meeting! Here are the meeting documents:
November 2020 PAC meeting minutes Approved 2020/21 gaming grant disbursement Our next meeting will be Thursday January 14, via Zoom as usual. A registration link will be posted in advance of the meeting. Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season, and we'll see you in January. 2020 has been rough for many of us & the PAC would love to help Tupper students and families in need by reaching out for your support! If you're in a position to be able to pitch in, we are collecting grocery gift cards that the counseling department will distribute to Tupper students and families in need.
They can use grocery gift cards in $25 or $50 denominations to: Superstore No Frills Save On Foods or Buy Low We appreciate that this is a tough year for many of us, so any contribution at all is amazing! Cards can be dropped off at the Tupper Main Office for the Counseling Department by your student, or by calling ahead (604-713-8233) to schedule a time to meet our principal, Mr. Lauzon at the front entrance (9-9:30am or after 1:30pm preferred.) Want to double your impact? If you’d like to DOUBLE UP with your gift card purchase you could buy your grocery cards thru Tupper Music (part of the proceeds of the card purchases will go to Tupper Music)! Click here for the Tupper Music Gift Card Order Form. We’ll collect gift cards from now until December 15 for this drive but may run another drive in the New Year dependent on need. If you have any questions please email the Tupper PAC at [email protected] Thank-you & Stay safe! Our next meeting will be held via Zoom on Thursday, November 12 beginning at 7 pm. Please click here to register in advance for the meeting. We suggest logging in a few minutes early to make sure your audio & video are working, and please remember to mute your microphone when you join.
The meeting agenda can be found here. The main topic this month will be discussion of the use of the gaming grant funds and a vote on spending. Please review the following documents prior to the meeting: Treasurer's memo 2020 Budget Breakdown Gaming Grant requests & options Minutes from October meeting We look forward to seeing you on Thursday! Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House has some upcoming sessions in their “Parenting Matters” series that may be of interest to Tupper parents.
Anxiety and Families Part 1 – November 5, 5-6:30 pm – What is anxiety? Information session & Q&As Part 2 – November 12, 5-6:30 pm – What to do & practical tools For more information or to register, contact Carmen at [email protected] En español – Déficit de Atención e Hiperactividad (TDAH): Mitos y Realidades Sesión online – 28 de Octubre, 5:30 a 7:30 pm Contacto: Carmen [email protected] Thanks again to everyone who came out for the October meeting! Here are the meeting minutes and the gaming grant requests for 2020/21.
Please join us again for the next meeting on November 12, which will include voting on the disbursement of gaming grant funds. A link to register for the meeting on Zoom will be posted in advance of the meeting date. Vancouver DPAC will be hosting a presentation on supporting your child's mental health during COVID. A panel of students will speak on their experiences dealing with increased mental health issues during the pandemic. They will be joined by Alexandra Wilson, SACY, and Paula Foran, District Area Counsellor, who will provide input on what we can do to support our children.
The session will be held as the DPAC's General Meeting on October 22 at 7 pm, via Zoom. Register here for the meeting. For other resources on children & youth and mental health, check out Kelty Mental Health's Parenting During COVID-19 and FamilySmart's latest video on parenting when our kids can't go to school. The Tupper Counselling team is providing information to grade 11 & 12 students on post-secondary planning on an ongoing basis. Grade 12 students also have access via Microsoft Teams to information on applying to programs, deadlines, scholarships, and more. Parents looking for more information can check out the Tupper Counselling website for links to post-secondary institutions and a lot of information on available scholarships, including this list Ms Ellis has put together.
Another good resource for both parents & students is EducationPlannerBC. This site takes students through every step of the process, from finding programs to applying to financing. They've also got a helpful section on COVID-19, with links to what's happening at different colleges and universities, information on ITA trades & apprenticeship training during the pandemic, etc. As with everything else, post-secondary planning looks different at the moment with no in-person events. Fortunately most of the same information is accessible online, but this year it will take a little more time and effort for students when they may already be feeling overwhelmed. Encourage your student to reach out to Tupper's Counselling team for support if they need it! Since we've had our first school exposure notices this week, it's a good time to take another look at the details on what these notices mean and how exposures in schools are handled. Vancouver Coastal Health has a dedicated page for exposures in schools. Once published there, notices will also include the date(s) the exposure occurred. It's important to note that Public Health will contact you directly in case of a school exposure involving your child. Here's some more information on school exposures from their website: There is also an extremely detailed FAQ on the BCCDC's Schools page, which covers things like who should stay home even if they are not sick, what about seasonal allergy symptoms, and what the notification process for cases in schools is like. It's worth the time to take a look at both these sites - and pass them on to other parents who have questions. The next PAC virtual meeting will be on Thursday, October 8 at 7 pm. To attend the meeting, you'll need to register in advance and then follow the instructions you receive by email. Please try to join a few minutes prior to the meeting start time, and when you join the meeting be sure to mute your microphone.
The main topic of this meeting will be discussion of gaming grant funding requests from teachers & the administration. We will also be accepting nominations for the Chair position for this school year. Click here for the full meeting agenda. Documents from our previous meeting in September can be found here: Meeting Minutes Treasurer's Report Gaming Report - 2019/20 2019/20 Gaming Grant Summary Budget Overview |
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