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Lions Gate Christian Academy
Newsletter – October 24th, 2019 Dear Parents, If you give some of your own food to [feed] those who are hungry and to satisfy [the needs of] those who are humble, then your light will rise in the dark, and your darkness will become as bright as the noonday sun. Isaiah 58:10 The harvest time in the fall is such a beautiful time of year. For those in the agricultural industry, it's a time when they reap the benefits of their season of toil. Growing up in New Brunswick, we actually had a 2-3 week “Potato Break” in the fall during which time students were released from school to help with the fall harvest. In fact, this practice just ended in 2012. When I mention this to my friends out here on the West Coast, it's often met with a very wide-eyed response. As we celebrate this beautiful season, next Thursday, October 31 we will allow Elementary students to wear their fall harvest colours (red, yellow, brown, orange, etc.) with jeans or a bottom of harvest colours. Rather than this being a fundraiser, this will be a food raiser, with all collected items going to the The North Vancouver Harvest Project Food Bank. If your child would like to wear harvest colours instead of their uniform next Thursday, they are asked to please bring at least one nonperishable food item to their homeroom. Please note: this is not a costume day but rather a time to celebrate the fall harvest wearing your fall harvest colours as we partner with The North Vancouver Harvest Project Food Bank to help those who are less fortunate around us. Students choosing not to participate in this event are expected to wear their regular school uniform.
Adam Reid - Principal
LGCA’s Annual Gateway Fundraiser Please see the attached information regarding the LGCA Gateway Fund Annual Report for the 2019-2020 school year. As November approaches, we are gearing up for our Fall Fundraiser Campaign: “Be Part of our School”. More details will follow, but you will soon see a creative graphic waiting to take shape on the bulletin board in the foyer as you enter the school. Every year we come to our LGCA community for TWO MAJOR fundraisers: the one occurring in November and our Spring Celebration in May. We need every family to contribute to make these two fundraisers successful. Please be prayerful on how you will support these important fundraisers and be ready to do your part to support LGCA. FYI: We do offer other fundraisers that are voluntary, such as: our Purdy’s chocolates, Gift Card Orders, etc. For these voluntary fundraisers, the idea is that if you are going to buy chocolates for Christmas, why not buy them from LGCA and support LGCA? If you are going to buy gift cards, why not buy them from us and help support LGCA? etc. They are meant to provide a service to you and help LGCA at the same time.
Purdy’s Christmas Fundraiser
Please find attached a letter regarding the Christmas 2019 Fundraiser. This is an excellent way to support the school as well as complete your Christmas shopping. This program gives 25% of the sales back to LGCA. You can order online or on the order forms that were sent home this week with your child. Thank you for your support. The deadline for ordering is Friday, November 22nd. Pick up orders on Friday, December 6th. Flyers have been sent home with your child this week. Please invite your families, friends and any businesses you know to participate in this fundraiser. PAC Family Christmas Breakfast Saturday December 7th - 9:00 am – 11:00 am The PAC is hosting its Annual Family Christmas Breakfast. We are inviting parents and students to come enjoy a morning of culinary delights at its finest with our Caterer, Presto Catering. Owner, Chef Martin Scoles, will prepare a traditional breakfast of eggs, sausages, country potatoes, baked goods and fruit salad. The morning will be filled with much to see and experience. Catch up with old friends and meet new families. Starting Saturday (Open for ordering: November 2nd – closing November 25th) please use Munch a Lunch program to register and pay for this event: www.munchalunch.com 1. Login into your Munch a Lunch account 2. Select "Fundraising Open" button 3. Follow instructions to register and pay. If you have any questions please contact Wendy or Candice at [email protected] Adult tickets $16 Child tickets $12 Deadline for payment and registration is Monday, November 25th. **As this is a catered event, NO TICKET SALES AT THE DOOR** We will need volunteers to make this breakfast a success. Volunteer times and duties are: • Setup 8-9am • Serving 9-10am and 10-11am • Cleanup 11-12pm If you are interested in volunteering please contact [email protected] with the time you are available. We really appreciate your help and couldn’t do it without you!! Once again this year, the Grade 6 & 7 Young Entrepreneur Fair will be held upstairs from the breakfast, where they will have handmade crafts and goodies for sale that you won't want to miss. MOVIE NIGHT – K-Grade 6 Movie Night is November 15: Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs Wear your pyjamas and bring a pillow & blanket! Dinner 5:30pm Pizza w/ juice box, purchase via munchalunch $3 per slice Popcorn $2 Movie 6pm - Entrance is free High school student and adult supervision on site Class reps will send out an email to their classes about Pizza dinner ordering info and deadline
Individual Student Photograph Retakes – Wednesday, October 30th The photo retakes take place on Wednesday, October 30th. If your child was absent or if your child requires a retake please ensure that they wear their formal uniform.
Remembrance Day Assembly (K-Grade 12) will be held on Wednesday, November 6th at 11:00 am. Parents are invited to attend this ceremony.
Athletics news – Bear Creek Run Congratulations to all grade 4-7 athletes who participated in the Bear Creek run yesterday. There were 2500 participants in this event and LGCA athletes did a great job representing our school. We had 3 athletes in the top 10 in their category. Way to go Lions!
LGCA Grade 7 boys below:
Pro D Days/Early Dismissal/School Closure Days: Friday, October 25th PRO D Day – No School for Students Wednesday, Nov 6th Parent/Teacher Conferences early dismissal at 1:30 pm Thursday, Nov 7th Parent/Teacher Conferences 8:30-3pm – No School for Students Friday, November 8th Non Instructional Day – No School for Students Monday, November 11th Remembrance Day – No School for Students and Staff Friday, November 29th Curriculum Implementation Day – No School for Students
Looking Ahead: October Fri 25 District Pro D Day - No school for students Mon 28 Apple Barn – Kindergarten & Grade 1 Tue 29 Vision and Hearing Kindergarten 12:45 pm Tue 29 Grade 5’s to YVR Wed 30 Lifetouch retakes Thur 31 Harvest colours for students K-Grade 12 – bring a nonperishable item to participate November Fri 01 H/S Art Field Trip Wed 06 Early Dismissal at 1:30 pm Wed 06 Parent/Teacher conferences 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm Thur 07 Parent/Teacher conferences 8:30 pm – 3:00 pm Thur 07 No school for students due to Parent/Teacher conferences Fri 08 Non-Instructional day – No school for students Mon 11 Remembrance day – No school for staff and students Fri 15 PAC Movie Night – Grade K-5 Thur 21 Grade 4 to Science World Fri 29 Curriculum Implementation Day – no school for students
PURDY’S CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISER Dear Parents,
Thank you for suppor ng our Purdy’s fundraising program. This program gives 25% of the sales back to LGCA and it is an easy way to complete your Christmas shopping. You may shop online or by the order
form, inside the catalogue. Please share with work colleagues, family and friends. The more the merrier!
There are two op ons for ordering.
Op on ONE: order online
1. Go to www.purdysgpp.com
2. If you already have an account sign‐in.
3. If you do not have an account, click New Customer and Register. Customer Number: 25924
4. Our Customer Number is 25924
5. Click SHOP ONLINE.
6. Send Invites on the top purple bar to Invite your friends and family to join our group and shop Online.
Op on Two: using paper forms (hard copies)
If submi ng an order via paper order form, please fill out the order form in the middle of the catalogue, and return to your child’s classroom teacher with cash or a cheque (made payable to LGCA) in an envelope.
Important Note: On your paper order form please include:
1. Purchaser (Your Name): Please include your full name
2. Best Contact Phone #: ‐ please include your phone number for contact purposes
3. Email: Please include your email address
4. Rela onship to Person fundraising: Please include your child’s name and Homeroom ie GR 4/5 ‐ 5
Email: [email protected] if you have any ques ons
DEADLINE for ordering: Friday November 22nd 2019
DELIVERY OF GOODIES: Friday December 6th 2019
WE’RE FUNDRAISING WITH PURDYS CHOCOLATIER!
THIS PROGRAM GIVES 25% OF THE SALES BACK TO
Purdys’ chocolates are made fresh in Vancouver from only 100% sustainable cocoa. They have a great selection of chocolate gifts so you can help us out while you get your Christmas shopping done.
Thank you for your support!
ORDER ONLINE:
1. Login or create a new account at fundraising.purdys.com
2. A search bar will pop up once you are logged in. Type the number below into the search bar.
PLACE & PAY FOR ORDERS BY:
PICK UP ORDERS ON:
3. Click JOIN CAMPAIGN
4. Invite friends and family to help! Simply ask them to follow the same steps above.
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If you have any questions, please contact our coordinator
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Lions Gate Christian Academy
Friday November 22nd 2019
25924 Friday December 6th 2019
Lions Gate Christian Academy
Heather Roex
604-984-8226
LGCA is a community rooted in the teachings of Jesus, where all students are loved, challenged, and equipped to be purposeful contributors in their communities
Lions Gate Christian Academy Tel: 604.984.8226 919 Tollcross Road Fax: 604.984.8254 North Vancouver, B.C. V7H 2G3 E-mail: [email protected] October 23, 2019 Dear Lions Gate Christian Academy Parents and Supporters,
LGCA’s Gateway Fund – Annual Report November 2019 What is the Gateway Fund? Simply it’s a way of clearly communicating with our LGCA community the current and future needs of our school. LGCA has a strong history of support from its founding parents in 1994 through to today’s current families, alumni, faculty and staff. The attached page is a diagram of our fundraising needs for this year and how we intend to meet them. Each year LGCA relies on our parents to participate in two major fundraisers. As these are the only major school fundraisers during the year - we ask that every family gets involved and donates. Every dollar donated helps us. The Gateway Fund is comprised of:
• The November Fall Fundraiser for 2019 is “Be Part of our School” • The Spring Celebration scheduled on Thursday, May 28th, 2020 at BlueShore Financial
Centre for the Performing Arts In addition to our two major fundraisers for the school, this year we have some voluntary fundraisers such as Purdys chocolates, Gift Card Orders, etc. For these voluntary fundraisers, the idea is that if you are going to buy chocolates or gift cards, why not buy them from LGCA and support the school? The voluntary fundraisers are meant to provide a service to our community.
Look out for further details next week for the Fall Drive commencing November, 2019! Thank you for prayerfully being part of the way God provides for LGCA.
Sincerely,
Adam Reid Heather Roex Principal Registrar/Public Relations
2019/20 GATEWAY FUND
FUNDRAISING COMMUNICATION
November Fall Fundraiser—2019
$50,000
New School Bus Classroom Technology Classroom Furniture
Facility Upgrades and much more …
Facility Upgrades Mortgage Reduction
Spring Celebration May 2020
$100,000
Saturday, December 7th 9:00 am - 11:00 am
PAC Family Christmas Breakfast
* Delightfully catered traditional breakfast by PRESTO CATERING
* Use www.munchalunch.com to register and pay for tickets Starting Nov 2 and Closing Nov 25 * Christmas music
* Grade 6 & 7 Entrepreneur Fair
SAVE THE DATE
PIZZA DINNER $3 per slice with
juicebox POPCORN $2 a bag
November 15 Dinner at 5:30pm in the GYM
Movie at 6:00pm (90 minutes)
Wear your pajamas and bring a blanket!
LGCA PAC PRESENTS:
Movie entrance is FREE Pizza dinner – By the slice & Order online: munchalunch.com
