Posted: June 4, 2023

Week of June 5th, 2023
Happy Sunday Skyhawks Parents & Guardians!

June has arrived and sunshine has come with it! What an incredible showcase of learning, entrepreneurial talent, curiosity and wonder we had this past week! From the incredible experiments displayed during our Grade 7 Science Fair, to the fantastic showcase of learning and discovery in our first ever Exhibition of Wonder – Skyhawk Nation was buzzing this week! Our Rugby teams finished in the top 2 in both their divisions, and we were spoiled by a special PAC “Thank you Breakfast” for our entire staff on Friday! This week kicks off with the Grade 8 students heading to the Bandits Game on Tuesday and finishes with our Stafford Olympics on Friday with all our house teams going up against each other in the final competition of the year!

Here’s the SCOOP!

THE WEEK AHEAD AT HD STAFFORD

ATHLETICS SCHEDULE

PICTURES FROM LAST WEEK!

NEW INFORMATION TO SHARE:

K-12 Student Registration for 2023-2024 School Year

Do you know a family that is new to the District? Or is your family moving to a new catchment? Families of any new students entering K-12 are asked to please register their child at the catchment school based on their home address. Although Kindergarten registration closed on March 31^st, incoming families can still register at their respective catchment schools. If you have any questions, please contact your catchment school office. For more information about registration, visit the District’s webpage HERE for Kindergarten and HERE for Grades 1-12.

TRANSPORTATION – REGISTRATION FOR 2023-2024 DEADLINE IS MAY 15th

Transportation registration for 2023-24 is now open. Please note the instructions to register are different for each category of rider. To help in our planning and creation of bus routes, registrations must be submitted by May 15 (eligible riders) and June 18 (courtesy riders). The District cannot guarantee approval after the deadline. New and existing riders can find more information on our Transportation Registration webpage HERE.

Middle School District Track Meet:

On Wednesday May 31st will our district track meet for all middle schools.  We will be sending an awesome group of Skyhawks to the this meet along with staff to cheer them on!  We do not yet have a schedule of events but the meet is at MacLeod Athletic Park beside LSS and will likely run similar to our meet in terms of the order of the events.  Be sure to check in with your child if they are participating as meetings will be held this week to finalize times of events.

Rugby Playoffs
This Tuesday is the Eastern Fraser Valley Finals, and our HDSMS boys will be playing for the title! Our girls’ rugby team will be hosting a concession to raise funds towards grade 8 grad activities. Come out and support our rugby boys in their final rugby game of the season.

Science Fair:
This Monday is our grade 7 Science Fair. Our grade 7s have been working hard on their projects and are excited to share them. We’ll have lots of pictures to share next week with their awesome projects!

Exhibition of Wonder:
This Tuesday is our grade 8 Exhibition of Wonder. Parents are invited to the event from 10:00am to 2:00pm and we are very excited to see what the grade 8s have been working towards!

FORMS, FEES, & LOCKERS

Lockers have now been distributed to all classes and students, however we are hoping to finish collecting school fees and online permission forms as soon as possible.  If you can please do the following:

• Pay your school fees using the SchoolCashOnline link here.
• Complete the Online permission forms that also on your SchoolCashOnline account.

STAFFORD ATHLETICS & AFTER SCHOOL EVENTS

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REMINDERS

SKYHAWKS ONLINE STORE IS LIVE!

We are very excited to roll out the new online Skyhawks Apparel Store to all staff, students and our Stafford community!

STAYING CONNECTED:

• HDSMS will continue to work towards being a completely paperless school when it comes to communication with parents. In order to stay informed, please be sure you use at least one of the following on-line methods:
  • Email: send your information to tdick@sd35.bc.ca or alyon@sd35.bc.ca to ensure you are on our parent email list.
  • Attendance: If your child is going to be away from school – you can email hdsattendance@sd35.bc.ca to report the absence.
  • Twitter: Follow our feed at twitter.com/HDSMSskyhawks
  • Instagram: Follow us at instagram.com/HDSMSskyhawks
  • Website: Stay up-to-date at sd35.bc.ca

PAC NEWS:

UPDATES:

• Thank you to Cathy Worrall, Chantale Hubbs, Carmen Phelan, Cindy Chung, Sarah Preston, Kristi McKinnon & Felicia Pecchia for the early 6:45am volunteering to create a successful teacher appreciation buffet breakfast from the PAC.
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• Friday June 9th – Students having their Stafford Olympics Day! Can you spare an hour? We still need more parent volunteers to wrap hot dogs and lunches for students 9-11:30am and sell freezies 11:30-1:30pm (Times are approximate) Contact Gina at hdsmspresident@gmail.com. We especially need more people 9-11am.
• Sunday, June 25th – The PAC has been offered an opportunity to fundraise with concession at the Stay Gold Car Show! If we don’t get enough volunteers signed up by the end of this week, we will need to cancel the concession. 
  

  PAC concession volunteers for two hour shifts will be needed Sunday June 25th inside the Stay Gold Car Show at HDSMS – Stay Gold volunteer signup

• https://www.staygoldcustomcarshow.com

Upcoming Popcorn Dates:

• Grade 7 – May 31

Upcoming Hawk’s Nest Dates:

• Grade 6 – June 7

Upcoming Hot Lunch Dates:

Munchalunch ordering for hot lunches – deadline is usually one week before.

• June 12th – Little Caesar’s

Upcoming PAC meetings:

Last general PAC meeting for the year! Including AGM and voting of new executive!

• Wednesday, June 7th, 6:30pm in the HD Stafford Library Commons

Any nominations can be emailed to hdsmselections@gmail.com. Volunteer nominations welcome at the meeting as well. All positions are open! President, treasurer and secretary must be voted on to secure gaming funds for next year. Email Gina at hdsmspresident@gmail.com if you have any questions of how to participate.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:

• Friday, June 2nd – Help set up a thank you buffet breakfast for the Staff from the PAC – 6:45-8am
• Friday June 9th – Students having their Stafford Olympics Day! Can you spare an hour? We need parent volunteers to wrap hot dogs and lunches for students 9-11:30am and sell freezies 11:30-1:30pm (Times are approximate) Contact Gina at hdsmspresident@gmail.com
• Sunday, June 25th – The PAC has been offered an opportunity to fundraise with concession at the Stay Gold Car Show!
• PAC concession volunteers for two hour shifts will be needed Sunday June 25th inside the Stay Gold Car Show at HDSMS:  Stay Gold volunteer signup

Keep updated with PAC fundraisers and info through Facebook and Instagram at:

HDSMS Parent Group

HDStafford Middle School PAC

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PAC GENERAL INFORMATION:

Our PAC works to help create effective partnerships between the school and parent community. Building the triangle of support between parent, school, and child will create powerful learning opportunities and ensure our children’s success.

Each and every parent or guardian is a member of our PAC. We encourage you to join us for the monthly meetings to participate in the building of PAC community and create learning opportunities for your child.

The 2022/23 HDSMS PAC EXECUTIVE:

Please direct any general questions to hdsmspac@gmail.com

COMMUNITY SUPPORTS FOR PARENTS:

FROM THE DISTRICT: