How We Help

Wondering where the funds we raised are going towards? Below are some of things we help with at the school.

A Year in Review 2023/2024

Thank you for joining us in all the exciting fundraising events we had, hope you all had fun!

Here's a quick overview of some of the fundraising events we did this year and how much we raised:

One-time SC Family Donations: $4,785
Halloween Movie Night: $1,078
Card Project: $1,475
Winter Market: $1,304 + $990 Admission donations for Hazel Trembath, rounded the donation up to $1,000
February Movie Night: $860
Lunchbox Theatre (Terms 1 & 2): $300
Hot Lunches (Terms 1, 2 & 3): $17,590
Treat Days (Terms 1, 2, & 3): $5,770
Year End Party: Approx $4,000 (we are still putting the numbers together, final # 's will be announced at our first PAC meeting in October)

With these funds we were able to help support and fund the following:

Teacher/classroom and student services funds
Learning Commons & Music supplies
Subsidize field trip transportation
Electronic upgrades
Staff appreciation lunch
Freezies on Activity Day
Year End Party and more!!!

With our gaming grant we receive at the beginning of each school year, we were able to bring in the following programs:

Tennis with Coach Marcus $7,000
Hip Hop Dancing $2,000
Magic Show $891

We're looking forward to planning more exciting fundraising events for the upcoming school year! :)

A Year in Review 2022/2023

Outdoor Learning Space (2023)

PAC gave $7,500 to the school to subsidize the cost of outdoor rock benches and planters for an outdoor learning space on the west side of the school.

Technology Upgrade (2023)

PAC gave $10,000 to the school to purchase new technology for students to replace the aging devices.

Tennis (October - November 2022)

PAC gave $6300 to cover the cost of bringing coach Marcus to our school for 3 weeks. Each class gets 6 sessions with Coach Marcus over 3 weeks.

Teacher Support Fund (2022 - 2023)

PAC gave $200 per classroom teacher. Here are some highlights of what our amazing staff spent the fund on:

Division 2 (Ms. Bischoff)

Miscellaneous classrooms supplies
White tag paper
Biodiversity card game
Sphero global challenge

Division 3 (Ms. Shamley)

Games
Holiday art
Science experiment
Prize bin

Division 5 (Mr. Jung)

Circle wood ornaments
Science experiment supplies
Christmas activities/supplies
Glue
Writing resource

Division 6 (Ms. Dunbar)

Start up supplies
Science experiment
Halloween STEM
Gingerbread houses
St. Patricks STEM

Division 8 (Ms. Leighs)

Fraction magnets
Tacky glue
Liquid water paint
Digital timers
Canvases
Chess set

Division 12 (Ms. Lynch)

Class books
Class supplies
Sensory station supplies

Division 14 (Ms. Dybowski)

Christmas craft ornaments
Halloween craft
Binders for math

Division 16 (Ms. Bailey)

Art supplies
Science supplies
Story workshop supplies

Division 17 (Ms. Specht-Ponto)

Tissues and bandaids
Seed starter
Learning Resources Pop word and math games
Sight word Bingo
Painting aprons
Paint tray pallets

Division 19 (Ms. Wallsmith)

Chick hatching experience
Candy for Christmas crafts

Division 20 (Ms. Klassen)

Carpet spots
Baby dolls
Books
Active world tray
Rainbow sensory blocks
Markers

Division 21 (Ms. Johnston)

Classroom supplies
- Phonic games
- Math manipulates
Craft supplies

Division 22 (Ms. Simonson)

Sand, sand tour, stickers
Books
Scented markers
Classroom calendar
Suction cups

Division 23 (Ms. Wallace)

Books
Water colour paint

Music Room Support Fund (2022 - 2023)

Pac gave $1000 for the music room. Below is the list of what Ms. Kwan bought with the fund:

Musicplay online subscription
Buffalo drum
Digital recorder
Various non-pitch percussion
Clear sheet pockets
Guitar book 1
Candy cane thank yous

Student Services Fund (2022 - 2023)

Pac gave $1000 for student services. Below is the list of what the student services staff bought with the fund:

Literacy materials
Stationaries
Magnetic letters
Kinetic sand
Mochi toys
Vinyl stickers
Animal erasers
Mini pop keychains
Maps
Door mat
Wireless doorbell
Sanitizer
Books
Craft organizer case
Prizees for prize box

Field Trip Fund (2022 - 2023)

PAC gave $300 per classroom to fund field trip activities to be used by the teachers' discretion:

Aquarium

Ms. Leighs (div 8), Ms. Smith (div 10), Ms. Koh (div 11), Ms. Lynch (div 12), Ms. Kim (div 13) and Ms. Dybowski (div 14) brought their classes to visit the aquarium.

Planetarium

Ms. Gushue (Div 7) and Ms. Burton (Div 9) brought their classes to visit the Planetarium and learned about planets, meteor showers, black holes, galaxies and other astronomical wonders.

Regional Park (Seashore Sleuths)

Ms. Klassen (div 20), Ms. Johnston (div 21) and Ms. Simonson (div 22) brought their classes to visit our local regional park to learn more about hermit crabs, seaweeds and clams. The classes got to inestigate the incredit biodiversity that is revelaed when the tide goes out.

Playground

Along with our generous donors, PAC was able to fund an additional accessible playground for the primary grades. See Playground Fund page for more details.

Movie Nights / Backpack Buddies

We hosted two movie nights this school year showing Hotel Transylvania 3 and The Bad Guys. We donated all the proceeds from the second movie night to Backpack Buddies.

Welcome BBQ

We hosted a welcome BBQ to welcome all the Smiling Creek families back to start the 2022-2023 school year. We are so grateful for the volunteers that helped make the event run smoothly and so happy that we can host these events again.

Hot Lunches

Our amazing volunteers made it possible to provide weekly hot lunches and treat days to the students.

Please see 2021-2022 How We Help, 2020-2021 How We Help and Community Givebacks pages for details on what PAC contributed to in the 2020 school year.

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