!Lost and Found

With the warmer weather, we've noticed that your children are leaving items outside as they grow hot playing and now our lost and found collection is overflowing. Please stop by if you are missing items!

Library Learnings Commons Activities 

Vertical Gardens

In ADST, learners in Mrs. David's class designed a hanging garden planter made from a plastic water bottle or other various plastic containers. The grade 5's learned about upcycling and reusing materials to make something new as well as discussing vertical gardens in other parts of the world where land space is limited. Planters had various design themes such as a Piggie Planter, Penguin Planter and Cookie Monster Planter.

Jack in the Beanstalk

Kindergarten learners in Mrs. Pendergast's ADST class, planted some Pole Bean seeds after listening to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. Each student coloured a castle and had a picture taken of them pretending to climb a bean stalk to the Giant's castle. Some time was also spent learning about what seeds and plants need to germinate and grow. The students were excited to see how quickly the Bean seeds germinated and began to climb up their pole.

Opening of École George Pringle Secondary School

The Board is seeking input from the West Kelowna and Peachland Communities about the opening of École George Pringle Secondary School.

You are invited to provide feedback at the following link:

https://tejoin.com/participate/933391364

At the Central Okanagan Public Board Meeting on April 22, 2026, the Board of Education directed the Superintendent of Schools to conduct a public consultation process about catchment boundary options associated with the opening of École George Pringle Secondary School (GPSS).

The opening of GPSS in September 2027 needs the Board of Education’s direction on the placement of middle and secondary students on the Westside.

Beginning in 2021, the Board of Education approved several motions to prepare for the development of a second secondary school in West Kelowna after holding multiple public consultation meetings, public Committee meetings, and public Board Meetings. Since 2021, significant changes in student enrolment trends no longer align with the original Board of Education motions and affect efforts to balance student enrolment in West Kelowna. To better align future student enrolment at West Kelowna middle and secondary schools, the following scenarios have been shared for consideration:

1. Follow the 2022 Motions to shift the Shannon Lake Elementary School catchment into the École Glenrosa Middle School feeder catchment.

2. Keep the alternate feeder pattern where the Shannon Lake Elementary School catchment continues to belong to the Constable Neil Bruce Middle School catchment, balancing middle school enrolments and gradual secondary school enrolment shifts.

3. Keep the alternate feeder pattern where the Shannon Lake Elementary School catchment continues to belong to the Constable Neil Bruce Middle School catchment.  Middle and secondary school enrolments numbers are managed by registration alignment at school transition times (grade 5 into grade 6 and grade 8 into grade 9).

Public consultation sessions were held on April 30 at Shannon Lake Elementary School, May 5 at Constable Neil Bruce Middle School and May 7 at École Glenrosa Middle school. If you would like to provide additional feedback regarding the opening of École George Pringle Secondary School, please use the QR or link provided above.

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Raquel Steen

Assistant Superintendent

Central Okanagan Public Schools

HGE PAC NEWS

We are pleased to introduce you to the 25-26 PAC Executive. They are: 

• President: Dani Walls - will be open for September 2026

• Vice President: Currently open

• Treasurer: Jacqueline Pizzey - will be open for September 2026

• Secretary: Britney Morrison

• COPAC Rep: Selena Hermann  

• Hot Lunch Coordinator: Currently open

• Special Events Coordinator: Currently open

• Volunteer Coordinator: Melanie Boomhower

HGE PAC Dates for 2026

• May 12

HGE Hot Lunch Program

Our hot lunch program is currently on pause. 

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/