January 5-9, 2026

Week at a Glance

Monday, January 5

First day to order for Pizza Wednesday - see below for details

Tuesday, January 6

PAC meeting at 6pm

Wednesday, January 7

Skating - McLaren/Vasko 9:50am - 12pm

Thursday, January 8

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Friday, January 9

Cozy Clothes Day and PAC hosted Pancake Lunch

**Please check out the monthly calendar on our website for upcoming important dates**

Term 2 Pizza Ordering

We will open up the ordering for term 2 pizza on January 5, 2026 and the last day to order will be January 14, 2026.

The first pizza Wednesday will start January 21, 2026 and run until March 11, 2026

Holiday Mittens

Ms. Paialunga, our Indigenous Advocate made Holiday mittens with students for Christmas.

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

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/Selena Hermann
Volunteer Coordinator: Melanie Boomhower

HGE PAC Dates for 2026

January 6
February 10
March 3
April 7
May 12
June 2

HGE Hot Lunch Program

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.

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!

HGE Parents Facebook Page

Please join us at the "HGE Parents" Facebook group for ongoing updates and communications from the PAC and parent community.

Quick Link Reference: https://munchalunch.com/schools/helengorman/

EVENTS IN COMMUNITY

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