Hello Livingstone Community,

The Livingstone PAC officially welcomes you back to the 2023-24 school year!  It’s been an exciting but BUSY couple of weeks and we hope everyone is settling well into their school and fall routines.  We have a couple of key dates, events and volunteer opportunities to inform you about so apologies, this newsletter is a little extra long.

PAC Meeting
Our first PAC meeting was in person this past Wednesday. We had great discussions and the minutes can be found here. If you have any questions/comments please email us at  livingstonepac@gmail.com.  Our next PAC meeting will be Wednesday October 18th.  We are also looking for feedback from the parents on the PAC meetings.  Please take this survey to provide your input.  Finally, the members of the PAC executive can be found at the bottom of this newsletter in case you are curious or interested in becoming more involved!

Meet the Staff and PAC Social
Mark your calendars! The Meet the Teacher social is coming up this Thursday September 28th. Our Fun Lunch vendors have extended special pricing to offer many dinner options for our families to enjoy. We hope you can join us!

Schedule of Events for Sept 28th:
* 4:50pm - 5:20pm: pick up food orders from the under cover area
* 5:30pm - 6:00pm: Classroom Visits
* 6:10pm - 6:30pm: meet the entire Livingstone Staff and PAC team
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Food Ordering instructions - DEADLINE: has been extended to 11:59 pm on Sunday September 24.

1. Go to www.munchalunch.com and login as usual
2. Choose “Meet the Teacher” (not “Order Lunch!”)
3. Choose the items you would like for dinner
NOTE: Please place your orders under just ONE of your children’s names/division for ticketing purposes.
4. Pay for the order and pick up your tickets on Sept 28th at the Registration station

Volunteers: 
We are looking for volunteers for various events and activities throughout the school year.  This includes Meet the Parents Night, Fun Lunch and Sports and Activities.  If interested in volunteering for any of these, please sign up here. 

Fun Lunch:
Hooray for fun lunch! For those of you who don’t know, fun lunch is a rotating lunch option that is delivered directly to the school.  Parents are able to order from eight (8!) different vendors twice a week (Mondays and Wednesdays) with a couple of extra Fridays.  Go here to sign up or login in and start ordering. 

Livingstone Soiree
Save-the-date for the Livingstone ‘soiree’: February 3, 2024 at Heritage Hall.  This will be a fun night for parents to meet and mingle (this is a kid free event 😊).
 
Communications:
If you are receiving this newsletter then that means you have signed up via our Livingstone PAC webiste.  From this site you can access PAC meeting agendas, minutes and the treasurer report.  You can also receive updates on our Livingstone School Community Facebook page (if you use this form of social media).  This site is not specifically for the PAC and not administered by the PAC, but the PAC uses it to send reminders, updates and volunteer call-outs. You will need to answer a few short questions to be “approved.”

Executive team:
Chair:                               Navneet Nathoo
Vice-Chair:                     Lindsay Clayton
Co-Treasurers:             Jitender Banga & Mary Lim
Secretary:                       Sheila Louis
Communications:        Namita Kearns

Hi Livingstone Community,

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!  We want to share some updates from the PAC. 

PAC Meeting
 
We held our last PAC meeting for the school year (and our first hybrid in-person/zoom meeting) on Wed May 17th where we discussed plans and initiatives for the next school year.  Please reference the minutes here.  We will reconvene in September 2024!
 
Annual Walk-a-thon

Just a reminder that Friday, June 2nd is David Livingstone’s Annual Walk-a-thon. Information and a pledge form went home on Thursday. If you would like to volunteer to help at the event, please add your details to this form - we’ll try to match you with your child’s division.

Livingstone’s annual Walk-a-thon will take place Friday, June 2, just after lunch on the grass field. The Walk-a-thon is an active and healthy way to raise money for our school, helping fund PAC supported programs that enhance student experiences at Livingstone throughout the year (below:).

Where do funds raised go?
·  Library books and classroom literacy supplies
·  Arts performances
·  Athletic equipment
·  Technology

End of Year BBQ!
The BBQ will take place Tuesday June 20 starting at 4:30. This will be a wonderful way to get our community together and celebrate the year we’ve had.  There will be food, games, face painting and a silent auction!  Information will be sent home soon but here are some details:

Tickets (family dinner combos):  $10 for families up to 4, $15 for families up to 6
Orders can soon be made through the Munch Lunch website starting June 6th

Timing:  4:30-5:30 arrive and get tickets; 5:00-6:00 food will be served

What to bring: Consider blankets, chairs and tents to set up at the school/park

Ask:  We are still looking for silent auction donations.  If you or someone you know might have a good, service or gift certificate to donate, please reach out to Nav at livingstonepac@gmail.com.

Finally, we want to thank our wonderful sponsors for this year’s event.  As our first post Covid event, we want to make it a fun and affordable event for everyone!

• Lyle Perry, Kerrisdale Lumber
• Simon Clayton, Personal Real Estate Corporation
• Harp Cheema, Asanti Homes
• Ryan The, Third Space Properties

Hi Livingstone Community,

Sharing some exciting PAC events to end our school year. 

PAC Meeting (in person!)
We have our first in-person PAC meeting this month. This is our AGM and announcements for new initiatives for next year. 
Wednesday May 17 @ 7pm
Livingstone Library (movie will be shown for the kids😊)
 
If unable to attend in person, please join us via zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIocO6oqzopH9BsCE25prN5KGuyRGWvM3eN#/registration
 
Annual Walk-a-thon
Livingstone’s annual Walk-a-thon will take place Friday, June 2, just after lunch on the grass field. The Walk-a-thon is an active and healthy way to raise money for our school, helping fund PAC supported programs that enhance student experiences at Livingstone throughout the year (below). There are also a lot of great prizes to be won…more info on that as well as an information sheet, pledge form, and link for volunteer support will be coming home the week of May 8th.

End of Year BBQ!
The BBQ will take place Tuesday June 20 starting at 4:30. This will be a wonderful way to get our community together and reconnect after years of Covid and our swing site! 

​Requesting some help…

1. Sponsors: We are currently looking for sponsors to help subsidize the event to make it affordable for all to attend. There are four main sponsorships:  2 sponsorships for food, 1 sponsorship for drinks and 1 sponsorship for entertainment.  Sponsorships are filling fast! Please reach out to Nav (PAC Chair) at livingstonepac@gmail.com if you are interested in learning more about sponsorship costs and perks.
2. Silent Auction donations. We are looking for goods/services or gift certificates from local businesses for our silent auction.  Please reach out to Nav at livingstonepac@gmail.com if you have an item to donate.
3. Volunteers.  We are looking for 15-20 volunteers for "day of" activities to help with day-of set-up, grilling, clean up, etc. The task, approximate time commitment and sign-up sheet can be found here.  If you need more information about volunteering, please contact Lindsay Clayton at brock_lindsay@hotmail.com.

Hello Livingstone Community,

Hope everyone is having a great Spring season so far!  Just a few quick announcements from the PAC. 
 
PAC Meeting
 
We had a PAC meeting on Wed April 19th. If interested, you can reference the minutes here.  Our next PAC meeting will be Wednesday May 17th.  As always, we welcome all school parents to come join us.
 
Year End BBQ Celebration!

Save the Date: Tuesday June 20, 2023
After an exciting and eventful year, it’s time to celebrate all the successes and achievements of the year!  With our early move back to our home school, we would like to welcome our David Livingstone families back to the school for a year end celebration!  Games, activities and a silent auction included in the fun.

Full details, order forms and volunteer sign up will be coming soon.


Annual Walk-a-thon

Livingstone’s annual Walk-a-thon will take place Friday, June 2, just after lunch on the grass field. The Walk-a-thon is an active and healthy way to raise money for our school, helping fund PAC supported programs that enhance student experiences at Livingstone throughout the year (below). There are also a lot of great prizes to be won…more info on that as well as an information sheet, pledge form, and link for volunteer support will be coming home the week of May 8th.

Where do funds raised go?
·  Library books and classroom literacy supplies
·  Arts performances
·  Athletic equipment
·  Technology

Looking for a new parent organizer…is that you?
We are looking for a parent to take over organizing this event next year (our current organizer will be leaving Livingstone at the end of 2023-24). The ask for this year is to be a helper and learn the ropes. Most of the organizing is already done - forms are made, plans are in place - it’s really just making some updates and getting everything organized on the day. We promise to make it easy and as minimal a time commitment as possible and the current organizer will be on hand to help (just not lead) next year. Interested? Please contact joanne@getfreshpr.com.
 
Have a wonderful week!

Hello Livingstone Community,

We hope you are enjoying your family day weekend!  Just a few quick announcements from the PAC. 
 
PAC Meeting
 
We will not be having a PAC meeting in March due to spring break and will reconvene in April.  You can reference minutes from our PAC meeting last week here.
 
Fun Lunch

Fun lunch twice a week continues to be a success.  We heard some of the feedback on lunches and are therefore adding another option to Monday Feb 27th - in addition to the quesadillas there will also be a pasta option.  The website will be updated shortly.  If you’d like to update your order please do so by Wednesday Feb 22nd at 11:59pm.
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Purdy’s Chocolate Easter Fundraiser

Just a reminder that we are running a spring chocolate fundraiser! The website can be found here and is open until Friday March 17th.  Purchased chocolates will be sent home Monday April 3rd.  Thanks for your support!
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Have a wonderful week!

Hello Livingstone Community,

We hope you all had a great week.  We even got a glimpse of the sun which was a treat!
 
This is a quick newsletter.  We had a good turnout at the PAC meeting last week and if you are interested, you can access the minutes here.  We received an informative construction update from Doug Roch, District Principal - Educational Planning Vancouver School Board, which included an overview of the project and the move in plan.  We will be back at our Livingstone location Monday February 6th which is super exciting!
 
Some other quick updates

• We are looking for a new PAC secretary - please email livingstonepac@gmail.com if you are interested in the position. 
• Thank you present for bus drivers – we had some inquiries/requests from parents about a gift for our bus drivers.  The PAC will be funding and coordinating a gift for our bus drivers to say thank you and good-bye as we move back to our Livingstone site.
• Purdy’s Chocolate Easter Fundraiser – there is another fundraiser coming up later in February.  Stay tuned!

 
Have a wonderful week!

Hello Livingstone Community,

Welcome back from the holidays!  We hope everyone had a restful and wonderful holiday break.  We’ve hit the ground running in January as we’ve welcomed students from Douglas Elementary, started prepping for our move back to our David Livingstone headquarters 😊 and started back up our Fun Lunch program - now 2 days a week!
 
As an fyi, we will be adjusting our communications from the PAC slightly.  At the start of every month you will receive information from the PAC via the school newsletter sent by Ms. Vieira.  Mid month, you will receive the PAC newsletter which will include announcements and minutes from the PAC meeting (which will continue to occur the 3rd Wednesday of every month).  For any adhoc messages from the PAC, we will leverage our Facebook group as well as our amazing class reps.  As a reminder, you can visit the PAC website at http://www.livingstonepac.org/ for information or to sign up for this PAC newsletter.
 
Our next PAC meeting is Wednesday, January 18th at 7 p.m. via Zoom.  Please join us!  The agenda can be found here.  If you have any items you would like to add to the agenda, please email livingstonepac@gmail.com.

To join, please join this Teams link (we are using Teams just for this month). 
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https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YjA4ODMyNGQtOGZiMi00MWNhLTg4YTYtMzExNWVhODVkZThi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%220b8a2e58-7b30-4a08-bab7-d75559e0e3a5%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220cbdb809-0382-4b8e-9674-84b552084c42%22%7d
 
Thanks and have a great week!

Hello Livingstone Community,
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The holiday season is upon us….how did it get here so quickly!
 
The PAC wants to thank all the teachers, staff and parents of our David Livingstone community for such an amazing start to this year!  We wish you and your families a wonderful holiday season and a wonderful new year! 
 
PAC Social
The December PAC meeting will be a social! 
When: Monday December 12 at 7pm. 
Where: Hero’s Welcome at 3917 Main St Vancouver
 
Fun Lunch
We are super excited to announce that our Fun Lunch program will be expanding to 2 days a week. We will be revamping the menus and will be offering lunches on Monday and Wednesdays in the new year. Stay tuned for information on the new menus and ordering.  We hope to have that out next week.
 
Purdy’s Chocolate Delivery
Reminder that if you purchased chocolates through the Purdy’s Fundraiser, chocolates will be sent home with students on Dec 6th.

Hello Livingstone Community,

After a relatively warm and pleasant October, November has taken us into Fall and possibly even Winter given the snow fall this past week!

We wanted to start by announcing the launch of our Livingstone Spirit Wear site

Livingstone Spirit Wear!  Many of us admittedly are often hurrying home to change into sweatpants on these cold, grey nights.  And so our sweatpants need updating every so often.  Livingstone Spirit Wear is a perfect solution with custom branded clothing (from a local supplier) including t-shirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants and ball caps. The e-store is open now, and purchases can be made directly on the website: Livingstone Spiritwear — Beastvan. The ordering deadline is December 1, 2022. Just in time for the holidays!

Purdy’s Chocolate Reminder You’ve seen this before, but a friendly reminder.  The ordering deadline is Nov 21st.

Here’s the link:  https://fundraising.purdys.com/1386246-99177

When you create your online account, please use your child’s name and division number so that we know which student to deliver them to.

Example:
·First name = Harry
·Last name = Potter (Div. 2)

Important dates:
·Nov. 1 – website opens for orders
·Nov. 21 – website closes for orders
·Dec. 6 – chocolates will be sent home with students
 
Thanks for your support! FAQ’s are at the bottom.

*PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE* Our next PAC meeting is Wednesday, November 23 at 7 p.m. via Zoom.  The agenda and zoom details will be posted on the PAC website by November 20. If you have any items you would like to add to the agenda, please email livingstonepac@gmail.com.

Please register in advance to receive the zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vcu6sqjsrHtGoZ-7_u0-RKEPCnS58XRdQ
 
Purdy’s FAQs:
How does this work?  Go to the link, buy some chocolates, 25% of the proceeds get donated to the David Livingstone PAC.  Giant boxes of chocolates will be delivered to the school and volunteers will pack up the individual orders.

How do I get my chocolates?  We will be delivering the chocolates to classes on Dec. 6.  If you have multiple children, you may want to have them delivered to the one that is least likely to forget them at school.

Can friends and family buy chocolates too?  Of course!  Just send them the link.  You will need to: (1) let them know the name/division of the student that the chocolates need to be delivered to OR place the order for them.  (2) get the chocolates from the school on Dec. 6, (3) deliver them to your friends/family.  The PAC will pack up the chocolates with the rest of your order and send them home with the David Livingstone student.
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Do we need any volunteers?  Yes!  We will be packing up and delivering the chocolates on Dec. 6 and will need some help to do that.  Please contact Reiko anderson.reiko@gmail.com if you’re interested.
 

Hello Livingstone Community,

Thank you to all the teachers, parents and staff for the successful Teacher Parent conferences this week. It was so nice to be back in the school and speak to the teachers in person, if you were able to.

Halloween

With Halloween tomorrow, here’s hoping for rain free trick or treating for all our little ghosts and goblins! If the weather holds up, the children’s costume parade will be held at Memorial Field at 11:10am and parents are welcome to attend to see the children in all their Halloween glory!! If it rains, then the parade will be held indoors and families will not be able to attend.

Reminder: Please remember to keep fairy wands that might get lost and toy swords and weapons at home as these aren’t appropriate for school even if they are part of a costume theme.

Fall Fund Drive — FINAL WEEK

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the Fall Fund Drive! We are falling short of our goal for this year and need a push to make sure we have the funds to contribute to our teachers and direct classroom experiences for our children.

This is our only fundraiser where you will receive a Tax Receipt! With year-end fast approaching, here is your chance to get another tax receipt. Contribute directly to activities for the school without buying "stuff". BUT worry not, if you like all the stuff ... we will still have clothing and chocolate sales coming (see below for Purdy’s Fundraiser details)!

As a PAC we believe in supporting our teachers and encouraging their creativity and experimentation by supplementing VSB or non-VSB funded programs. With this added support from our Livingstone community, we can ensure our teachers are not out of pocket as they enrich our children's education. Our goal is $50 per student.

How to donate:
https://vsb.schoolcashonline.com/fee/details/1869/196/false/true
•  Click on E-David Livingstone PAC
•  Choose the amount to donate and Add to Cart
Thanks everyone for participating and supporting our David Livingstone community.  If you have any questions, please email livingstonepac@gmail.com.

Purdy’s Chocolate Fundraiser

With Halloween almost past us, it’s time to think about … more chocolate!  The Livingstone PAC is doing a winter holiday Purdy’s Chocolate Fundraiser!  We have set a fundraising goal of $10,000. 
 
Here’s the link:
https://fundraising.purdys.com/1386246-99177
 
Important dates:
Nov. 1 - online orders open
Nov. 21 - deadline for orders
Tue. Dec. 6 - chocolates will be sent home with a David Livingstone student
 
Volunteers needed Tue. Dec. 6 at 9:00 am - 11-ish.  Please contact Reiko (anderson.reiko@gmail.com) if you would like to volunteer.
 
FUN LUNCH! Pizza Day!

Pizza day was by far the busiest Fun Lunch so far! Over 220 orders (which took 2 drivers to deliver) and we had 20 large pizza bags filled with lunches for our kids to enjoy! Let’s keep the orders coming!

Some School Reminders

Photo Retakes: Will be this week, Thursday November 3

Rainy Day Clothing: Please make sure to send your child to school each day with a raincoat and appropriate shoes. We recommend that all students at least keep one change of clothes: extra pants, socks, and shirt at school to change out of wet clothes in case they get wet during recess and lunch.