DPAC is hosting a FoodSafe course for PAC volunteers on Saturday, June 16th, at the Van Bien Training Centre. The course will be run by ABC FoodSafe, and a book and certificate will be provided for each participant.

Why Foodsafe ?

• protects public health
• prepare for employment as a Care Provider or in the food industry
• to volunteer as a food handler
• protect your businesses from litigation or embarrassment

Class runs from 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

COST: $17  (to cover the book and certificate cost – DPAC is funding the course itself)

Lunch break is from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

DPAC will be providing lunch and snacks.

FoodSafe is a B.C. Ministry of Health required program for people working in the food service industry. Graduates are registered with the B.C. Ministry of Health and will receive a FoodSafe certificate. Please bring your CareCard number to the class.

Updated posts have not been emailed out for a week, due to a technical issue. The issue seems to now been resolved.

To sign up for the email updates, enter your email address under “Get website updates by email:”, to the right.

An update on the proposed FoodSafe course for PACs will be posted soon!

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/16/how_did_this_parent_end_up_in_jail/

Interesting article on an American parent:

Her remarks are broad but forceful. She calls for an end to educational inequality and the policies that landed her in jail. She wants more choices for parents whose kids are stuck in under-performing or unsafe schools. In February, she announced the formation of the Ohio Parents Union, part of a growing national network dedicated to giving parents exactly that kind of power. In the past year, Kelley Williams-Bolar has morphed from a desperate mom to an impassioned activist at the center of one of the nation’s most talked about shifts in education reform: the rapidly expanding role of parents in shaping dramatic overhauls of public schools.

Parents are no longer running just the bake sales and attending PTA meetings. All over the country, parents are joining—or being organized by—a movement that aims to spur more competition between schools and, ostensibly, better academic results for kids. Williams-Bolar, radicalized by her brush with the law, has joined the fray.

http://www.ufv.ca/Assets/BC+Centres+%28CRIM%29/Safe+Schools/Newsletters/May_2012_Newsletter.pdf

Previous newsletters:

http://www.ufv.ca/bccssc/Resources/e_Newsletters.htm

PACIFICSPORT NORTHERN BC is organizing a seminar for parents on

Parenting Your Future Superstar

‘the importance of understanding Athlete Development for all ages’

Steve Norris is an outstanding, inspirational speaker. During this Parent session, he will discuss the importance the Canadian Sport for Life framework has on your child’s sport development and when it is important to be a multi-sport athlete and when it is time to narrow the focus if you want to achieve excellence.

Friday May 25th 7:00pm
Location: Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre
Cost : $10 per parent

Register Here: http://www.pacificsportnorthernbc.com/events/parenting-your-future-superstar

If you have any questions please contact Sarah Carter at scarter@pacificsport.com or phone 250-960-5344

The Village – Parent Resource Registry

The Village May 2012

Read the DASH BC May 2012 Healthy Schools Newsletter.

http://www.healthyschoolsnetwork.ca/images/stories/may2012newsletter.pdf

The Newsletter keeps readers apprised of developments in school health, shares resources and programs, and highlights articles, research findings, and activities and learning from healthy schools across BC

In order to allow for the efficient operation of the Annual General Meeting, members are encouraged to mail, fax, or scan and email completed proxy forms to the BCCPAC office in advance. Proxy forms received in this manner no later than May 18, 2012 at 4:30 pm, will be verified and registered by BCCPAC in advance of the AGM. Voting cards for these proxies may be picked up by the authorized delegate at the Proxy Room with proof of identity. Confirmation of proxy forms that are submitted in advance will be sent within three days of receipt and registration to the Executive officers who signed the form. If you do not receive confirmation please contact the office.

Proxy forms not received by May 18, 2012 are required to be delivered to the Proxy Room at the venue (which will be open during the Spring Conference) in order to receive a voting card to participate at the AGM. Please note that as proxy forms need to be validated and processed before they can be exchanged for voting cards, BCCPAC cannot guarantee that proxy forms received after 5:00 pm on May 25, 2012 will be processed and exchanged for voting cards in time for the start of the AGM.

Note: the DPAC delegates would need to have a copy of the proxy in order to deliver it after May 18th.

Please either scan/email the form to info@bccpac.bc.ca and info@sd57dpac.ca, or fax it to 604-687-4488 and 250-614-1316 (attention Sarah Holland).

At this point, we have received 8 valid proxy forms for the BCCPAC AGM, and one proxy form for a school that is not listed as being a BCCPAC member (we have let this school PAC know, and they are following up).

PACs listed as BCCPAC members who we have not received proxies for are:

• Aboriginal Choice School
• Buckhorn Elementary
• College Heights Secondary
• D P Todd Secondary
• Edgewood Elementary
• Giscome Elementary School
• Heritage Elementary
• Highglen Montessori Elementary
• Spruceland Traditional Elementary
• Valemount Elementary
• Van Bien Elementary
• Vanway Elementary School

How to submit your proxy form in order to refund half of your BCCPAC membership fee: http://sd57dpac.ca/2012/04/proxy-votes-requested-bccpac-members/