Chief Tomat Elementary Community Connection Newsletter
May 3, 2024
Thank you CTE for your wonderful fundraising work. We raised over $1,900! Well done Wolverines!!! Great job taking care of yourself and others!
Meet Wilbur and Friends
CTE families are invited to go meet Wilbur's friends at the Stars Piggly Wigglys Santuary. Wilbur was a special guest at our Jump Rope for Heart Celebration this week!
Wilbur is super friendly, was awesome having our student pet him if they wanted and even received a kiss from Mrs. Adamson!
Please join us for the next PAC meeting - Wednesday May 29th at 6:00
The PAC will be voting in the new executive. Please join and be a part of this amazing groups of parents/caregivers to support our school.
Chief Tomat Elementary Parent Advisory Council (PAC) 2024/2025 Executive Committee Nominations now open!
CTE PAC is seeking parents/guardians to join us in our mission to make a positive impact in our Chief Tomat school community. Do you, or someone you know, have a passion for organizing and hosting events, dances, or fundraisers? Are you motivated to bring opportunities, experiences, and community to our school with a desire to create positive, lasting memories for your child and their peers? If so, we encourage you to consider joining CTE's PAC Executive, a group of parents committed to promoting and supporting the education, school experiences, and wellbeing of our children.
* All parents/guardians of students at Chief Tomat Elementary are voting members of CTE's PAC and are eligible to be nominated for an executive position *
The following executive roles are open for nomination for the 2024/2025 school year:
· Treasurer
· Secretary
· Members at Large
Election will be held at our CTE PAC's AGM May 29, 2024.
For more information or to submit a nomination (for yourself or another), please email cte.PacPresident@sd23.bc.ca, or pick up your nomination form from the school office.
Please follow us on Facebook (CTE Parents & Caregivers) and Instagram (Chief Tomat Elementary PAC) for more info and to stay up to date with CTE events.
Your CTE PAC Executive
Thursday is Wolverine Day!
Please wear your Wolverine shirts!
The Importance of READING
One of our school priorities is that "All students will grow in their reading skills and read at grade level." To help your child reach this goal and read at grade level, please have them read every day! If you want to know more about how to do this, please email Mrs. Adamson!
Thank you PAC for all that you do and for all the opportunities that you provide our students! Families, please consider supporting the CTE PAC as everything they do, helps you child!
2024/2025 Draft Chief Tomat Calendar
Click here to see the 2024/2025 CTE school calendar.
2025/2026 Draft Calendar and Survey
Please see the attached letter regarding the 2025/2026 school calendar, as well as a survey. Click here to see the draft 2025/2026 school calendar.
At CTE, we are Caring Together Everyday! Wolverines care for themselves, others and the land.
Popcorn Sales
The Grade 5s will be selling popcorn to raise money for their year end experiences! Sales will open on Monday and will close each Thursday night. Popcorn will be handed out to classes on Friday. Please go to School Cash Online to purchase popcorn.
CTE Wolverine Day
Although every day we celebrate Caring Together Everyday as CTE Wolverines, Thursdays we are going to have school assemblies and will be encouraging our students and staff to wear their Wolverine shirts or swag.
Please note that we don't have cutlery or microwaves for students to use. Please send your child with cutlery if needed. Thanks
Preschool at CTE
The Boys and Girls Club runs a preschool out of Chieft Tomat and they have space for 3 and 4 year olds on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Preschool is a great way to prepare your younger children for Kindergarten. If you are interested, please contact Christine Crumb at 250-862-6165 or ccrumb@bgco.ca
Please Be Nut Aware
A reminder to all of our CTE Community that we are an All-Nut Aware School. As we have students and staff with life threatening allergies to nut products, we ask that families are extremely vigilant in ensuring that nuts or food containing nut products are not sent to school. Thank you for being proactive in your decision on what your child can bring to school.
Chief Tomat Elementary is fundraising with Mabel’s Labels! If you’re not familiar with Mabel’s Labels, they are personalized, durable, waterproof labels. They are great for everything from shoes, clothing tags, water bottles and backpacks. You can
customize them with your name and a design, and they are dishwasher, laundry and microwave safe. Added bonus: 20% of all sales are returned to CTE and go toward activities, events, and gear for your child!
Mabel’s Labels also offers clothing stamps, silicone bands for water bottles and medical alert labels. This is a great way to ensure your items don’t end up in the lost & found or mixed up. To reduce the spread of germs, we highly recommend labelling but they are also useful for everyday life.
To support our school, click here and select Chief Tomat Elementary. You can pick out whatever labels or product you want, and it will ship for free directly to your house!
Savings Tip: If you haven’t already joined, sign up to Mabel’s Labels mailing list and receive 20% off you next order. Unsubscribe at any time!
Thank you for supporting Chief Tomat Elementary!
Chief Tomat Elementary PAC & Students
*Please remember to enter Chief Tomat Elementary as the organization you are supporting so that we can earn money for our students.
Volunteers
Parents, caregivers and families are always welcome at CTE. Many have expressed interest in volunteering at our school. All volunteers must have a criminal record check completed through our school district. The process is free and criminal record check forms are available at the school office. A successful criminal record check is valid for four years. Please note that criminal record checks that are offered for a fee on various websites are not accepted by the school district, and neither are criminal record checks done for other organizations. If you have had a previous criminal record check and want to see if it is still valid, or have any questions, you are encouraged to contact the school office.
Parent Advisory Council (PAC) - Get Involved with the CTE Community!
PAC is the acronym for the Parents' Advisory Council. Each parent/caregiver at Chief Tomat Elementary is a member of the CTE PAC. The PAC offers a great way for parents/caregivers to be involved with the school, their children, and the student body. The PAC helps the school with a variety of activities, volunteer opportunities and input.
There are a number of ways to connect with the PAC - including their Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/chieftomatelementarypac/
We encourage everyone to attend monthly meetings to get up to date information on what is happening around the school and give input on how PAC funds are spent. Please check the school website and Weekly Community Connections Newsletters for meeting dates and times.