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Principal’s Message

LOCHDALE COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Dino Klarich: Principal Nadia Volpe: Head Teacher

Enza Palmer: Secretary Shahzyah Juma: Community Coordinator

Sue Coombes : Community Office Gary Wong: School Trustee

NOVEMBER

2016

6990 Aubrey Street

Burnaby, BC V5B 2E5

604-664-8743

Dear Parents:

We were so fortunate to have had a wonderful event acknowledging our beloved friend, volunteer

extraordinaire and active member in our community, Ken Ryan. On Saturday, November 5th from 12 to 3

friends, family and staff shared stories, laughter, and the utmost respect for Ken and Lou who are going

through difficult family health issues. I would like to thank Ms. Coombes and Ms. Juma from the school

who worked tirelessly to make the event a big success. Our past LCSA member, Enza Manfredi, and

present LCSA members organized much of the event as well and special mention to Shirley Hatch for

initiating this great event. Thank you to all who attended and we hope that your memories from Ken’s

work will impact future events and activities at Lochdale and around the community.

Our volleyball season is coming to a close. As both boys’ and girls’ teams prepare for playday tournaments,

I want to thank our coaches for their time: Ms. Volpe, Ms. Pettingale, Ms. Louie, Ms. Sandhu, and Ms.

Hare. Congratulations to our grade 7 players. We hope they will continue pursuing volleyball at the high

school level.

On November 17th, our Taekwondo event at Bill Copeland,

happened for our entire school. Students had fun watching matches

and cheering on athletes from around the world. Good luck to our

local hero from Alpha Secondary who is competing in the World

Championships. Special thanks to our parent chaperones for

attending the event.

Our hot lunches sponsored by our LCSA continue and I encourage all families to take advantage of these

fun lunches. Our parent volunteers have grown and I appreciate your time spent here at Lochdale.

Many staff have been embracing the redesigned curriculum. We are excited about the possibilities. Come

visit or discuss with your child’s teacher the many events happening in our school. Please note that our

technology plan is alive and well. Numerous classrooms are using technology thanks in large part to our

LCSA. We will also be looking at adding some additional tools through cooperation of our school district.

Keep in touch with your classroom teachers around what technology is being incorporated into the

classrooms.

As we approach a significant holiday season, please note that we are aware that many of our own families

are in need of many things. Holidays can be stressful for all of us, so please remember to spread the act of

giving to all.

Sincerely,

Dino Klarich

Summit Youth Dance

Gr 6/7

Friday

December 9/16

7-9:30 pm

Lochdale Gym

IMPORTANT

DATES:

Pancake Breakfast—

Friday, Dec 16th

School reopens

Tuesday, January 3/17

FROM YOUR LCSA—

Bottle Drive

Perfect timing for all the recyclables you accumulated over the

holidays! Our next Bottle Drive Fundraiser will be on January 7,

2017. Please remember to save them and just drop them off at

the school parking lot. More details to follow!

Donations

We would like to extend a big thank you to the families that

generously donated to the LCSA so that we can continue to

support and initiate great programs and events for all the

students! The donations added up to approximately

$575.00. Thank you again for your continued support!

Pancake Breakfast Volunteers

Another highly anticipated event is the upcoming Pancake

Breakfast! The children come to school in their jammies and it’s

always such a delight to see their happy faces as they devour

pancake after pancake! This year’s event will be held on Friday,

Dec 16; please try to save the date, as we will need some helping hands and great volunteers. More details

to follow!

TUESDAY TREAT SALE!

FROM YOUR COMMUNITY OFFICE!!!

Sue Coombes— Shaz Juma

Community Office Community Coordinator

Assistant Lochdale/Windsor

We have many activities up and running at Lochdale Community School!

Ken Ryan event—thank yous to:

LCSA

Optimist club

Safeway

Cockney Kings

Starbucks

Tim Hortons

Ayoub’s Nuts

Kin’s Market

Supervalue (Greystone/Lochdale)

Teachers

Kensington Dollar Store

Bubbly—Samosas

Community Kitchen Program starts up again Tuesdays, Jan 10-31st (4 sessions)

9-12:00—free, join us for healthy living education, learn how to eat well on a

budget and have fun! Call Sue Coombes to register 604-664-8222 as we only

have 10 spots available, your name will be put into a draw for a space.

Burnaby Children’s Fund

Fundraiser is on Friday, Dec 2/16

Edmonds Community School

7651—18th Ave.

604-664-8683

4:30-8:00pm

Admission $10 (children free)

Raffle draw

Delicious food, no cost

Silent auction

Entertainment

Poinsettia sale

Burnaby Children’s Fund is a reg-

istered charity that helps Burnaby

children and their families who are

living in poverty.

One-Stop/Shop-’Til-You-Drop Holiday Gift Extravaganza!

Something for everyone on your list

Date: Saturday, December 3/16

Time: 10am-4pm

Location: Lochdale Community School Gym

** Tables to rent—call 604-420-6601 or email

info@charlfordhouse.ca

Seasonal Celebration—Frosted Forest—Saturday, December 10

3-7:00 pm Free Admission

Join us to celebrate the holiday season with Entertain-

ment, Art Activities, Christmas Market and More!

Shadbolt Centre

604-291-6864

Christmas Hamper Collection -

Happy Holidays all. This year we will be asking for the community’s help in supplying our families in need wherever possible. Below is the desired list for our hamper items. If you are able and willing to help and donate, please drop off your items or monetary donations to the community office by Friday, December 9th. If you require any help during the holidays, we ask that you approach the Christmas Bureau for registration and book a meeting with Shaz to discuss your needs. Christmas Hamper ideas:

Blanket bar of soap

Board games dishwashing liquid

deck of cards toothpaste

colouring books/colours travel size shampoo, conditioner

tea towel biscuits

Soup tea/coffee

Possibly gift cards from dollar pasta and pasta sauce

Store, Safeway or anywhere else pancake mix and syrup

After School Programs at Lochdale!

Game On—starts Wednesday, January 18—for 7 sessions for Gr 4,5, and 6 boys from

3-4:30 at Lochdale! More information to follow in January.

Go Girls will be running starting Wednesday, January 18 from 3-5:00 for 8 sessions

for grade 6/7 girls. More information to follow in January.

Lego club will be starting up January 16-March 6/17 from 3-4:30 for grades 1-3. We will be

having only one instructor this session so we are only able to take 12 children. Flyers will be

out shortly.

Parks and Recreation programs at Lochdale for our Winter session—you can register directly through Parks and

Recreation Centres

Online: burnaby.ca/webreg or call 604-298-7946.

Drawing and Cartooning—Jan 31—Feb 28/17 (Tuesdays) for age 8-12 yrs (3-4:30) Room 21 cost $54.00

Art, Hearts & Chocolate—February 7/17 (Tuesday) (3-4:30) for Gr K-7 staffroom cost $13.30

Kids Kitchen—February 21—March 7/17 (Tuesdays) (3-4:30) for Gr 2-5 staffroom cost $25.65

Science Discoveries—Feb 16—March 9/17 (Thursdays) (3-4:30) for Gr 4-7 Room 21 cost $34.20

Attention:

Employment opportunities offered in free

workshops in the service industry by the

Ministry of Job Skills and Training. There

will be no cost for the course and there will

also be a 2 week paid work experience.

Please see Shaz for more info.

Burnaby Family Life is offering Parenting for Immigrants

class. The class is in Arabic! Starting Friday, January 13

12:30-2:30, free childcare provided. Contact Shaz or Sue in

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