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May 8, 2017

Update – Make Your Voices Heard! – Letter to the VSB Regarding Kindergarten Intake

Thank you to parents who signed our letter and for your personal letters to the VSB regarding Kindergarten Intake for 2017/18 and beyond. We have a received a response from the VSB, you can read it here
We know parents are concerned about this response.  A decrease in capacity for Kindergarten enrolment impacts parents across Vancouver, but choice programs like Trafalgar’s French immersion are disproportionately impacted.  We are reaching out to other affected schools to gather more information and coordinate a parent response.

Multicultural Dinner –  Friday May 12th – We Need YOU!

Featuring food and friends from around the world, our annual potluck dinner will be held Friday, May 12th.  Tickets are on sale now before school in the school’s main entrance. See the full event details here
Our school events always need many helpers to make them successful. Volunteers are needed for the Multicultural Dinner. Please sign up to help next Friday here. For more information, please contact the PAC at info@trafalgarpac.ca

Spirit Week

Hey there Spirit Wolves! Monday, May 8​th​ to Friday, May 12​th​ , ​Trafalgar will have a spirit week to welcome spring!
Monday​ will be comfy and cozy pyjama day because no one likes dressing up on a Monday!
Tuesday​ will be our famous crazy hair and hat day.
Wednesday​ feel free to dress a little wild. Come to school as any animal you’d like.
Thursday​ will be the day to bring back the old memories and dress up like the 80’s.
Friday​ is going to be our World Culture day. Dress up as your background culture respectfully. Perfect for our multicultural dinner later that evening!

Speakers –  CoV Emergency Preparedness – May 16th

PAC meeting on Tuesday, May 16th at 7:00 PM in our library.

Volunteer Tea Party – Save the Date – May 16th

Our numerous Trafalgar Parent Volunteers are instrumental in ensuring the success of our school. They assist teachers in the classrooms, they volunteer on field trips, they check late arrivals in the mornings, they organize hot lunches, they help out in the library, they launch many great celebrations throughout the year and are involved in many more endeavours, too numerous to list. Trafalgar School could not manage without them! That is why we invite all these wonderful volunteers to a Tea Party on May 16th,​ between 2:30 and 4:00 pm in the library. Invitations will be sent out but we hope any parent who has participated in our school’s success, will come and enjoy some time with other volunteers, school administrators and staff.

RBC Race for the Kids – June 4th

Please join the Trafalgar school team to raise money for the BC Women and Children’s Hospital!
On Sunday, June 4, RBC Race for the Kids will host runners and walkers of all ages and abilities on a 2k Fun Run or scenic 5k run, followed by a carnival celebration. Since its inception in 1986, BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s signature run, and largest family fun run in Vancouver has raised over $12 million in support of childhood cancer research and treatment and, as of 2016, pediatric mental health initiatives. Runners and walkers of all ages and abilities are encouraged to participate and to start their own fundraising page to help raise much-needed funds and awareness for child health in BC.
Registration is Now Open for the RBC Race for the Kids (2 or 5 km)
Location: Queen Elizabeth Park June 4 at 9 am
Register as to be part of the Trafalgar Elementary School Team: here
Participants can walk or run; Everyone will have great fun; Your friends will be there; And at the post-race fair!