About Us & Get Involved

What is a PAC?

A PAC is the officially recognized collective voice of parents of their school. Through its elected offices, a PAC may advise the school board, the principal and staff of the school respecting matters relating to the education of the students and the school.

PACs are forums within each school community in which parents and the school administration are able to discuss matters affecting the school and the education of your children. These forums offer the opportunity for parents to openly express concerns, support the school, give ideas and suggestions. Parents’ voices are a tremendous value to their school because their voices offer support towards many challenges that face all public schools. Without Parent’s voices, the school’s need would not be heard. As a result PAC’s aim to represent the diversity within their communities and contribute to the benefit of all students.

Who Governs a PAC?

All PACs must abide by the Constitution and By-Laws of the School Act. The Bruce PAC’s By-Laws can found here.

What is Bruce PAC?

The Graham Bruce Parent Advisory Council (“Bruce PAC”) is a group of parents who work together to contribute to the goals of the school in order to assists with your child’s learning experience. Bruce PAC is the officially recognized collective voice of parents at Graham Bruce. The purpose of Bruce PAC is to support, encourage and ensure that all our children have the best education as well as educational tools needed for all our children’s learning. We strive to ensure all our children are getting the best education in a safe and caring environment by providing input to the school principal and staff on matters related to the school programs, policies, plans and activities.

Bruce PAC does the following:

• Promote and facilitate communication between parents, the school teachers, administration and the District;

• Promotes and supports Graham Bruce Elementary school’s social responsibility and Code of Conduct;

• Raises money to help pay for special events offered such as the Roller Blading, Gymnastics and Dance programs; help pay or subsidize school equipment (such as the purchase of the Bruce tent for Bruce students who participate in school competitions); help subsidize the coding programs; help subsidize transportation buses for field trips, and more recently purchased microscopes for the school. Bruce PAC also raised enough monies few years back which resulted in the replacement of the new purple playground in front the kindergarten class ;

• Through various fundraising activities, funds raised helps to reduce the cost of activities to families and provides equipment that is not otherwise funded; and

• Recognizes and appreciates the diversity of the community and acts as a hub for community events such as our Multi-Cultural Potluck and annual Barbeque.

These are some of the many things which Bruce PAC does to help benefit your child’s learning experience at Graham Bruce Elementary School, and provides an exciting and interesting environment for the community at large.

To learn more about what we have been doing, please see PAC Meetings to read the minutes of our previous meetings.

How to be a Member of the PAC?

You are automatically a member of Bruce PAC if you have children registered in the school. The PAC Executives are elected by PAC Members who attend the first meeting of each September. You can make a difference to your children’s lives by knowing what is happening with their education. We welcome new people and all your fresh ideas! Come and join us!

Why Become Involved in the PAC?

The best way to get involved is to come to a PAC meeting. You can listen to our discussions to find out what is happening and what needs to be done. You can then determine how you would like to help out. There are lots of ways to get involved and your participation will help enrich the experience of all the students at the school. No matter how big or small of a contribution, we appreciate you and value your time with us.

On an annual basis, we will have various fundraising activities. If you wish to participate in the group, or wish to offer your time to volunteer at a specific event or activity, please email grahambrucepac@gmail.com. We will get back to you.