News April 21, 2024

Hi Livingstone Community,

Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend.  Here are a few important updates from the school PAC.

PAC Meeting

We hosted our hybrid PAC meeting this past week and had the largest turn out of the year!  For those interested in reading the meeting minutes, they can be found here.  If you have any questions/comments please email us at  [email protected].  Our next PAC meeting will be Wednesday May 15th.  This meeting is an important one as we will be reviewing and approving the budget for next year.
 
PAC Executive Positions & Committee Leads

As some of you might know, the term for some of our executive positions on the PAC have a 2-year maximum (per the bylaws).  Therefore, we have some open positions…4 to be exact!   The PAC executive is an important part of our school and community and can be a very rewarding opportunity to support our children, teachers and school.  This year we will be looking for volunteers for the PAC executive as well as committee leads. This slightly new structure will help lighten the workload for the PAC executive members and provide more opportunities for parents to be involved. 
 
PAC Executive Positions (more information on these roles can be found here)
1.       Chair/Co-Chair
2.       Vice-Chair/Co-Chair
3.       Treasurer (filled)
4.       Communications
5.       Secretary
 
Committees (more information on these roles can be found here)
1.       Diversity
2.       Fall Fund Drive
3.       School Dance
4.       Fun Lunch (filled)
5.       Gardening (filled)
6.       Parent Night Out
7.       Teacher Appreciation
8.       Walk-a-thon (filled)
 
Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions and/or interest at [email protected].  The PAC exec members would also be happy to meet/sit with you to answer any questions you might have.  We will be looking for roles to be filled and voted on by the end of May.   
 
Fundraising:  Annual Walk-a-thon

Livingstone’s annual Walk-a-thon will take place Friday, May 10th 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. There are also a lot of great prizes to be won…more info on that as well as an information sheet and pledge form will be coming home this week.  
 
We would love to have parent volunteers join in the fun.  We need 12 people to help mark the lap cards - it’s tough work as the older kids tend to try to maximize their laps!   The link to volunteer is here.

Where do funds raised go?

New this year:
Grade 7’s: Funds raised by Grade 7’s will go to support their leaving ceremony activities, including lunch and a dance with DJ Rachel Beau.  
Grade 6’s: Funds raised by Grade 6’s will go towards their Grade 7 end of year activity (this year it is 2 nights at Camp Jubilee). For parents, this is helpful to encourage so that coordinating fundraisers next year may not be required.

For all other students, funds raised go to support enhancing experiences in our school, including:

• Library books and classroom literacy supplies
• Arts performance
• Athletic equipment
• Technology

 
Walking School Bus

What is it?  Simply put - a walking school bus is just like a regular bus. Kids can get dropped off and picked up at a stop along the route by a responsible adult who will support them to get to school (or back to the stop at the end of the day!)

The exact start date will be announced soon. To view the route map, click here. 

To register your kid(s), please fill out the following form: Registration Form 

Volunteers needed! The program relies on volunteer support. If you, or another adult in your household, are available to volunteer as a Walk Leader, please add your name to the volunteer section of the registration form and we will reach out with more information. 

​For any questions, please contact [email protected].

Fun Lunch Volunteers Needed
 
We are getting close to the end of the year but we still need some assistance with the distribution of Fun Lunch.  This is a 15-20 minute time commitment to help with distribution to the classrooms. All lunches are divided by class by the vendors, come by and say ‘Hello’ to your child! Their faces light up when they see their parent at the school in the middle of the day!  A huge thank you to the parents who have volunteered their time so far. If you are interested in volunteering for any fun lunch or any other activities, please sign up here.