October 13-17, 2025

Week at a Glance

Monday, October 13

Thanksgiving Day - No School

Tuesday, October 14

Student photo retake day starting @ 8:45am

Wednesday, October 15

Grade 3-5 Choir practice in the music room at lunch
Pizza Wednesday

Thursday, October 16

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Friday, October 17

Shake Out BC (Earth Quake Drill) @ 10am

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

Mission Creek Field Study

On Friday, October 3, Mrs. McLaren's and Mrs. Vasko's classes went to Mission Creek to see the salmon spawning. It opportunity brought much excitement, wonder and curosity for the learners as well as opportunity to tour the new playground equipment!

Digital Field Study Forms

At HGE we are shifting to an online format for our field study forms. You will now receive emails regarding field studies and signing digitally - please check your junk boxes often so you don't miss out. If you have any questions about any upcoming field study for your child, please connect with your child's teacher.

Cellphones and Personal Digital Devices

As a reminder, we thank you for your continued support with the provincial requirements outlining the use of cell phones and personal digital devices at school settings. We’ve noticed a few students wearing smartwatches that have access to variety of games and apps as well as the ability to connect to the internet and send text messages to family and friends. If your child has a smartwatch that includes the above, please remind them that these games are not permitted while at school. Additionally, if you and your child need to be in contact with each other in the day, please call the school at 250-870-5116 extension 0 to leave a message that we can pass along as they are not able to receive these text messages within the instructional day or respond back via text. You can read about it more in our Family Handbook on page 7. If you have any questions, please reach out to Jessica Anjos at jessica.anjos@sd23.bc.ca or by contacting the office.

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: To be filled
COPAC Rep: Selena Hermann
Hot Lunch Coordinator: Kacy Martin
Special Events Coordinator: Laura Gustafson
Volunteer Coordinator: Melanie Boomhower

HGE PAC Dates for Fall

October 7, 2025
November 4, 2025
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/

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