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5855 Ontario Street Vancouver, B.C. V5W 2L8 Tel: 604-713-4965 Fax: 604-713-4967
Please visit Van Horne Website at http://go.vsb.bc.ca/schools/vanhorne/Pages Email [email protected]
We would like to acknowledge that we live, work and play on the
unceded and traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples – sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), selí̓lw̓itulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations
Parin Morgan—Principal Marianna Cianelli—Administrative Assistant Deborah Pollastretti-Extra Clerical
February 16th, 2018
Teachers possess a capacity for connectedness
Parker J. Palmer
Mark Your Calendar!
Feb. 19th PRO D Day – School Not in Session
Feb. 21 & 22nd Student Led Conference – Early
Dismissal 2:00pm
Art Gala Display in the School Gym
Usborne Book Fair
Feb. 22 Div. 1 & 3 Skating at Hillcrest 9:30am
Div. 7, 14 & 16 Skating at Sunset
10:00am
Feb. 23 Div. 10 & 12 Skating at Sunset
10:00am
Feb. 26 Dragon Dance 1:15pm
Feb. 27 PAC Meeting 6:30pm
Please visit Van Horne Website at
http://go.vsb.bc.ca/schools/vanhorne/Pages
Email [email protected]
FLOOR HOCKEY Thank you to coach Mr. Munro and Ms.
Wong (parents) for your service. These parents coach
hockey every Wednesday mornings to Grade 3-5 students at
8:00am in the Gym!!!
GRADE 5 & 6 ROBOTICS CLUB: Fridays at lunch in the
Library. Thank you to our sponsors: Harmeet & Iqbal and
Daniel.
BASKETBALL!! Congratulations to all Junior and Senior
Boys and Girls Teams for playing hard this season. We
specially want to recognize you for your excellent
sportsmanship. Way to go Van Horne!!
GIRLS SOCCER: Kari from Euqal Play (Jumpstart) has
organized soccer for girls from grade 3-7. Every Tuesday
at lunch until end of February.
Student Led Conferences Wed. February 21st & Thurs.
February 22nd at 2:00pm Please note there will be early
dismissal on both days. We encourage all parents to sign up
on the School Online Appointments -
https://vhn.schoolappointments.com to schedule
appointment with your child’s teacher. The site will be
closed on Feb. 20th 10:00am.
Kindergarten Registration: Do you have a child or know a
child that was born in 2013? Kindergarten registration is
open. Please visit the VSB website for more information
http://www.vsb.bc.ca/kindergarten
Dear Van Horne Families
LUNAR NEW YEAR! Once again we would like to take this opportunity to
extend best wishes to the many families in our community celebrating Lunar
New Year. This is the year of the Dog, commencing on February 16th. The Dog
occupies the eleventh position in the Chinese zodiac, after the Rooster, and
before the Pig. We would like to wish a very happy and prosperous year to our
Van Horne families.
Many of our staff, students and their families will be celebrating Lunar New
Year. In keeping with our inclusive practices, it is important to recognize that in
past this celebration has sometimes been referred to exclusively as Chinese
New Year. However, Lunar New Year is actually celebrated by people in a
number of different countries including (but not limited to) China, Korea,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Mongolia, Tibet, Singapore and Taiwan. In addition, please
let the office know of a cultural event which the school can recognize by helping
decorate the front foyer. Thank you to Daisy Singh, Loretta, Alison Chu, Lily
Wu, Rosalina Barril and Lucy Lui for all the beautiful decorations and for
organizing the red envelopes, fortune cookies and mandarin oranges.
Raising Money for Children’s Hospital!
Thank you to Ms. Barber’s Grade 5 Students: Chloe, Lauren, Addison,
Natasha and Seraphine for organizing a bake sale event to raise $385.85
for children’s hospital. We are really proud to know that the idea for
bake sale to raise money for the hospital was entirely the students.
Once again, our Van Horne students made us proud for organizing this
important event. To Ms. Barber and the parent helpers, thank you for
supporting our students. Well done!
Choice Programs: The Vancouver School Board also offers
programs of choice that include French Immersion, Early
Mandarin Bilingual, Indigenous Focus, Montessori or Fine
Arts. If you are planning to apply for one of the district
programs you still need to register your child at your English
catchment school. Choice Programs online registration
opens January 15, 2018. You can apply to attend a choice
program through our online application and to receive more
information by visiting https://www.vsb.bc.ca/school-
registration
Cross Boundary: If you are interested in having your child
attend an English school that is not your catchment school,
then you should apply through the cross-boundary
application process. Applications will be accepted at the
requested school beginning February 1, 2018. The cross-
boundary application deadline is February 28, 2018. Cross-
boundary applications will only be considered once all
catchment students have been accommodated.
Mini School: For students in Grade 7 that applied to a
District Mini School Program, first offers go out on
February 20th. Please visit:
http://www.vsb.bc.ca/programs/mini-school-registration
Grade 7 Students, Parents/Guardians: A reminder to
Grade 7 students to submit their Grade 8 Application to Ms.
Cianelli in the office or you can drop it off directly to the
high school. Please note if you are planning on applying Cross
Boundary to one of the high schools, you MUST also register
at your catchment school. If you need any help with this
process, please let the office know. Thank you!!
GRADE 6 & 7 PARENTS/GUARDIANS: SACY is hosting a
series of workshops for parents/guardians entitled “Building
Bridges with our Teen”. The session will explore “ the
developmental changes (social, emotional and cognitive) of
adolescence and explores ways our parenting can shift to
accommodate these changes. The parent-child relationship
is a strong protective factor for youth during the teen
years and our ability to keep the lines of communication
open and the relationship strong are key to supporting youth
in healthy decisions across a number of areas (from
academics to friendships to substance use and more). The
workshops are interactive and lively, and parents regularly
report how useful they are in practical skills to reduce
tension and support youth. Seating is limited. Please
register on eventbrite: www.SACY.eventbrite.ca
There the 3 opportunities for parents to attend before the
end of the 2018-2018 school year –
February 20 at King George
March 13 at Vancouver Technical
May 24 at Lord Byng
THANK YOU VAN HORNE PAC: We are very grateful
to the PAC and Van Horne Parents for supporting Van
Horne’s Literacy Program. We want to acknowledge
your generous offer of $3000!!
DIVISION 9—PROJECT BASED LEARNING
I had the great pleasure of visiting Ms. Ko’s and Mr. Jovick’s class to see our
grade three students engaged in their learning. The students worked hard on
an inquiry project researching areas of their interest. This was a great
opportunity for Grade 3 students to demonstrative their understanding using a
variety of medium including technology to show case their work. A big “Thank
you” to Ms. Ko and Mr. Jovick providing an opportunity to the students.
SCHOOL GARDEN: Currently Van Horne is exploring and looking at ways in
which students can work collaboratively to participate in a greening project
which will include installation of 4 garden beds. A variety of plants and herbs
will be planted in the beds including Indigenous plants. The teachers
participating in this project received a grant from Think & Eat Green@School
of 1601.00 to support this project. In addition, Mr. Bruyere, who is heading
this project also presented a proposal to the PAC and the PAC has contributed
1200.00 toward this. We look forward to some of our grade 2-7 students
participating in this outdoor education.
On Wednesday, February 7th several divisions took
part in Global School Play Day. Van Horne was just one school from hundreds
around the world bringing back unstructured creative play without adult
intervention. Students were encouraged to bring toys and interact with each
other without any adult telling them what or how to play. Our students had a
great time and it was wonderful to see students working together and solving
problems peacefully. Overall, it was a huge success! Way to go Van Horne
students! Please visit www.globalschoolplayday.com for more information and to
watch a short TEDx video by Peter Gray on the decline of play. Thanks to Ms.
Aliphtiras for inviting staff members to participate in this important initiative.
Poem by Nicholas Park, Div 8
The supermoon rose For the second time this month
It was big and red The blood moon was pink
Because earth blocked the sunlight The sun is ugly
Because of the bright colour And now it's really shiny
Our Leadership Box is growing with our blue leadership
cards. Anytime a staff catch a student demostrating
the Van Horne Code of Conduct they receive a Blue
Leadership Card and twice a month the office pulls out
2 winners from the box.
Van Horne students truly understand the value of
service. Service for the sake of service is our motto.
As Dorothy Height notes, “Without community
service, we would not have a strong quality of life.”
We have many students in Grade 4-7 that are actively
involved as our community Leaders: Office Monitors, PA
Announcers, Playground Leaders, Library Monitors, Gym
Equipment Monitors, Safety Patrol, AV Crew, MCs
and Student Council. We would like to recognize these
students for participating in the different roles. Please
check out our Van Horne Website for the names of our
leaders. Every child is welcome to help out in any way they
would like to – it’s been great seeing the little ones Grade 3
and 3 coming in and asking how they can help!!
JUMP ROPE FOR HEART: We are thrilled that Sir William Van Horne is
supporting the Jump Rope for Heart Program and we look forward to having all
our students participate. This program helps to promote health among youth by
teaching skip rope activities and getting children excited about fundraising for
the Heart and Stroke Foundation. In the coming days, your child will be coming
home with a pledge form. You can help by encouraging family, friends and co-
workers to donate to this worthy cause. On-line donations can also be made.
More information to come.
Why should you donate?
Not only are you supporting a worthy cause but your donations will help our
school earn badly needed sports equipment that will help keep our students
healthy and active.
How can you donate?
Your child can collect money in their pledge form or donations can be made on-
line. On-line donations will earn our school extra points for purchasing gym
equipment. As well, when donating on-line a tax receipt can be printed off
immediately. More information will be coming home with your child on Tuesday.
When will it take place?
All students will be jumping on Friday, March 9th. Pledge forms and monies
collected need to be handed in to your child’s teacher no later than Tuesday,
March 13th.
Over a 3 year period, Van Horne students had raised $25,119 for the Heart
and Stroke Foundation! Please help us reach our goal of $7,000.