December 1-5, 2025
December 1-5, 2025
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Week at a Glance
Week at a Glance
Monday, December 1
Winter concert tickets coming home with your child today (see below for information regarding extra tickets)
Grade 3-4 Battle of Books meeting in the library at lunch
Tuesday, December 2
Grade 5 Battle of Books meeting in the library at lunch
Choir practice all afternoon
Pac meeting @ 6pm
Wednesday, December 3
Grade 3-5 Choir practice in the music room at lunch
Pizza Wednesday
Thursday, December 4
Grade 3-5 Choir practice in the music room at lunch
Friday, December 5
SHE program in the afternoon
**Please check out the monthly calendar on our website for upcoming important dates**
Kelowna Gymnastix Parkour
Kelowna Gymnastix Parkour
A big thank you to our HGE PAC for helping to support all the athletic fun that was had during the week of November 24-28 as classes participated in parkour!
Indigenous Art Lesson
Indigenous Art Lesson
Grade 1 students from Mrs. Soukeroff's class participated in an indigenous art lesson led by Mt. Boucherie Art teacher Jim Elwood. After hearing the traditional Cree story titled Kohkom and Beulah - the Granddaughter Who Got Eaten By A Big Fish , the students created their own artwork.
Ozobots in ADST
Ozobots in ADST
HGE students had the opportunity to work with Ozobots this month with Mrs. Hardman during ADST. The small programable robots read colour code and perform various functions depending on the colour code sequence.
The first significant snow fall on November 27th was fun for all!
Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI)
Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI)
Central Okanagan School District has partnered with the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) at the University of British Columbia to measure and promote children’s social and emotional development, health, well-being, and assets through the Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI). The Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) is a self-report questionnaire that asks children in middle childhood about their thoughts, feelings and experiences. The MDI is the first survey of its kind to gather information about the lives of children both in school, in the home and in the community, from their own perspective. The survey questions align with the BC Ministry of Education’s K-12 curriculum, which includes a focus on promoting children’s personal and social competencies.
Grade 5 students are invited to complete the MDI during class time between:
January 13th and March 13th, 2026.
For more information and to view the questionnaires:
https://earlylearning.ubc.ca/monitoring-system/mdi/mdi-overview/
Parent FAQs:
https://earlylearning.ubc.ca/monitoring-system/mdi/parent-caregiver-info/
If you have questions about the MDI, please contact Jessica Anjos at jessica.anjos@sd23.bc.ca or the MDI project staff at mdi@help.ubc.ca
Food Sharing Concerns
Food Sharing Concerns
We are writing to share an important reminder regarding student safety at school. We have students in our community with significant allergies in some case life threatening. We have known allergies to synthetic red food dye, apples, sesame seeds, oats, eggs, gluten, pineapple and peanuts. As always, ensuring a safe environment for all learners is our top priority.
With this in mind, we kindly ask for your support in reminding your children not to share food of any kind at school, including snacks and candies. We deeply appreciate the generosity and kindness your children show when they offer a peer a treat or snack; however, even well-intended sharing can unintentionally create a safety risk for those with allergies.
By reinforcing this message at home, you help us maintain a safe and inclusive environment where every child can learn and play with confidence.
Winter Concert Tickets going home December 1, 2025
Winter Concert Tickets going home December 1, 2025
We are so looking forward to welcoming you to our upcoming Winter Concert on Wednesday, December 17, a celebration of our students’ creativity, collaboration, and hard work. This special event reflects hours of preparation, practice, and joy shared across our classrooms, and we can’t wait for you to experience it.
Tickets are assigned by family group, the youngest member of the family will receive an envelope addressed to the parent/guardian of the child. It will include 2 afternoon tickets and 2 evening tickets. We have only an additional 50 seats for each performance. These will be be avaable on a first come, first served basis starting at 8am on December 2, 2025 you can email hge@sd23.bc.ca to request up to 2 tickets per family group for either the afternoon or evening concert.
As we prepare for the performance, we kindly ask for your support in two important ways:
Staying for the Entire Performance:
Out of respect for all of our students and staff who have worked so thoughtfully to bring this concert together, we ask that families remain for the full duration of the performance (approximately one hour). Each class has contributed to this shared experience, and your presence throughout helps create a sense of community and celebration for everyone involved.Tickets and Seating:
Like in years past, tickets (4 per family – 2 tickets for the afternoon performance and 2 tickets for the evening performance) are being used to help us ensure we are meeting fire safety regulations regarding capacity. We appreciate your understanding as we work to keep everyone safe and comfortable during the event.
If you have any questions or concerns about the concert, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Jessica Anjos at jessica.anjos@sd23.bc.ca.
Thank you for your continued support, cooperation, and grace as we come together to celebrate the season and the wonderful efforts of our students. We look forward to seeing you there!
HGE PAC Hot Lunch
HGE PAC Hot Lunch
The first hot lunch will be on Friday, September 26, 2025 and the order cut off for this will be September 18, 2025.
Visit the Munch a Lunch website at: https://munchalunch.com/schools/helengorman/
and use this helpful guide HERE for more information to access and order.
HGE PAC NEWS
We are pleased to introduce you to the 25-26 PAC Executive. They are:
President: Dani Walls
Vice President: Kacy Martin
Treasurer: Jacqueline Pizzey
Secretary: Britney Morrison
COPAC Rep: Selena Hermann
Hot Lunch Coordinator: Kacy Martin
Special Events Coordinator: Laura Gustafson
Volunteer Coordinator: Melanie Boomhower
HGE PAC Dates for Fall
December 2, 2025
Childminding @ PAC Meetings
A friendly reminder that childminding during PAC meetings is available only for students in Kindergarten to Grade 5. Childminding is offered through HGE PAC in the school gym and students are supervised by interested Grade 5 students. If you have a responsible intermediate interested in babysitting please email the PAC at hgeparents@gmail.com. Please know that the grade 4 or 5s who do take on this important role of "babysitters" during these meetings, do so knowing they are caring for younger children and having older middle students attend can make it challenging for them to lead with confidence. While we value connections with middle school students, we ask for your support in keeping childminding limited to children in grades K–5. If you have any questions, please contact the HGE PAC President, Dani Walls by emailing hgeparents@gmail.com. Thank you!
Quick Link Reference: https://munchalunch.com/schools/helengorman/
EVENTS IN COMMUNITY
EVENTS IN COMMUNITY
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