PAC- A Year in Review
This was a big transition year for our PAC team where we worked hard to balance fundraising with creating opportunities for our school community to connect.We started the year with coffee and donuts on the first day of school, followed by our first ever Halloween Dance in October. Later in January, we had a successful community potluck and talent show that allowed us all to show off our best.
On the fundraising side, we held two clothing drives, the annual Direct Drive, ShopFunds, gift-cards, and Spirit Wear sales. We also continued to offer Kernels popcorn and Subway, Sushiand Pizza through MunchaLunch, with the new additions of Freshii and Boston Pizza.All of these fundraising endeavors made it possible to fund school-wide skating and dance, tosupport sizeable classroom funds for teachers, to subsidize Grade 7 camp and grad costs, toprovide scholarships for former Oppenheimer grads, and to purchase new gym equipment andvarious pieces of technology for the school. This year’s successful Spring Fair makes it possibleor us to continue to roll money into a capital fund to finance a future enhancement of our Intermediate playground!We thank you all for your support in our fundraising endeavors and for participating in our school events. With you, we are able offer so many fabulous opportunities for our students!Please consider joining the PAC next year. With your help, we can bring even more opportunities for our children at Oppenheimer. We realize that there are a lot of paper forms that go home with students. Please note that throughout the year, any PAC related notice will be printed on yellow paper. This avoids confusion in determine if the event is a school event or a PAC event. We'll do our best to keep you informed. Spring Fair to Remember!
On Friday June 8th annual Spring Fair and it certainly did not disappoint, what anabsolutely AMAZING night. It was yet again, our most successful fair! Though it started out a rainy day, by 4pm the rain had cleared and a bit of blue sky even peaked out to grace us with some good weather.
The games were in full swing, music was flowing and the smell of BBQ was in the air. The food concession was kept busy the whole night through, serving smokies, hot dogs, pizza, Bulgogi and delicious iced coffee. To our Bulgogi fans, it was an early sell out yet again this year. You really do have to be quick if you want to enjoy a bowl! Of course what would a fair bewithout frozen yogurt and cotton candy, an easy choice for a treat. The Cake Walk and Bake sale were an impressive display of sweet treats to satisfy anyone with a sweet tooth. A big THANK YOU to the bakers for their contributions! Each year we grow, making additions or changes to keep things interesting. This year brought some new games, as well as two ponies and what a hit they were! How often do our city kids get a chance to ride a pony!? The bouncy castle with a rock wall and slide was perfect for burning off some excited energy and the obstacle course was the perfect competition for buddies to see who could complete it the quickest.The silent auction was our biggest yet, with so many fantastic items provided by a large group of very generous donors, sponsors and Oppenheimer families. Thanks to our amazing community partners RBC, Save On, New Westminster Savings, Sirota’s Alchymy, Collingwood Community Police team, South Vancouver Community Police team, Family Place, Sylvan Learning Center, along with a long list of amazing donors. You made Spring Fair 2019 our most successful yet! Special shout out to Jesse Johl and the Queen Elizabeth Lions Club for providing the BBQ service, mini golf and so much positive energy, your support is always appreciated! We also want to thank the 90 plus high school student and adult volunteers from David Thompson, Killarney, RBC and Telus for help running the fair. Our biggest thank you goes to those who came out and enjoyed the fair. Your support is what made our 8th annual Spring Fair the huge success that it was!!Finally, we would like to acknowledge and thank our incredible PAC Spring Fair planning team and parent helpers. It was your tremendous team work and commitment that made this possible! Thank you everyone! Staff Appreciation Luncheon
We trust our children to the teachers and staff of the school every day. As with tradition, parents at our school recognize our teachers and staff by preparing a lovely lunch. The date is Thursday, June 13. If you would like to help with a menu item or help us on the day of the lunch to setup, prep, serve or clean up, contact Sara, dimarino.sara@gmail.com Let’s show our appreciation and treat our teachers to a culinary feast!
Yearbook - Cover Art Contest - Winners Announced!
The cover art contest has wrapped up and there were many creative and beautiful works of art that celebrated Courage. Congratulations to our 2018-19 Cover Art contest winners Luke Yu-Ng Division 2 (Intermediate) and Peyton Waller - Division 9 (Primary). All submitted artwork will be featured in the yearbook. Great job everyone!
Parents Helping Parents
NEW SECTION ON OUR BULLETIN BOARD
Are you looking for a reliable sitter? Do you need help with drop offs or pick-ups? Please feel free to post your information under the, "Parent Helping Parent", heading on the PAC Bulletin Board by the office. Include the date and all the necessary information for another parent to contact you and help you out. PAC will take care of refreshing the postings every month. Happy posting! Munch a Lunch
Hot lunch dates will be up on Munch a Lunch Spring session is open. A reminder that order cutoff dates for Pizza and Subway are 7 days prior to the lunch date and Popcorn orders require 14 days advance. Where possible, please place all your orders in one transaction, as that reduces the transaction fees, which means more funds are saved for our students. Thanks! Our school PAC is set up with Munch-a-Lunch where parents can order Pizza, Subway, Sushi and Kernels Popcorn on-line. Family accounts from last year remain active. Returning parents can simply log on, update their teacher/classroom information for each of their children and then order as you did before. New families to Oppenheimer can click on the green icon and follow the step by step instruction to set up an account. Our lunch program provides a break to the parents and offers a nutritious lunch option that the students enjoy. Funds raised from our lunch program goes towards the students by way of enhancing resources for the school. Thank you. *** Please note: If possible, please place orders for all available dates in one transaction. This will cut down transaction fees, and help keep more profits for our students. Thanks. Have you returned your CASL form?Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (‘CASL’) came into effect on July 1, 2014. This means the PAC will require your permission and consent to send you emails, electronic newsletters, etc. In order for you to receive PAC information via email, please complete your form and return it to your child’s classroom teacher as soon as possible.
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(last update June 2, 2019)
