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DRAFT – minutes from April 4, 2016 general meeting

DPAC MINUTES FOR April 4th, 2016 7:00 pm Van Bien Training and Development Centre Attendees: DPAC Executive: Sarah Holland (Chair), Steve Shannon, Mike Gagel, Gillian Burnett Partner Groups: Brenda Hooker, Karen Wong, Richard Giroday, Dan Watt School Reps: Candice Bate – Buckhorn, Jacqueline Dockray – College Heights Elementary, Shara Schenk …
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BCCPAC Resolutions Meeting, and Proxies

Please join us at a resolutions workshop to discuss how to vote at the provincial BCCPAC Conference. We will be starting at 11:00am at the Van Bien Training Centre, on Sunday, April 10th.  As food will be provided, we ask that you register. Various school PACs in this district are …
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Annual review of school student codes of student conduct?

At the school board meeting of April 5th, there was a discussion on the school codes of conduct policy. There are a number of policies that are being updated to better reflect changes to BC laws and regulations. In the cases where the change is a minor change, the policy does not …
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Subscribing to school calendars

At the last DPAC meeting, it was mentioned that people can get school calendars to show up on their own electronic calendars, which can be a very useful way to keep track of what is going on. To do so, you’ll need to go to your school’s website, and find …
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Meeting date of May DPAC meeting has changed

Please note that the May DPAC meeting has changed from the first Monday of the month to the second Monday, May 9th, due to timing issues with the BCCPAC conference.
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News release: New concussion resource for teachers helps children and youth with recovery

Vancouver – BC Children’s Hospital is launching a new evidence-based tool for educators to help prevent, recognize and respond to concussions in the classroom.   The Concussion Awareness Training Tool (CATT) is an online, free resource that school professionals can use to help children as they return to school after time off …
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Movie license information

In response to some recent questions about movies shown by PACs, there is information available here: http://acf-film.com/en/index.php ACF is the exclusive Canadian public performance rights representative for numerous studios and 1000’s of films, and only our license allows you to present movies for leisure purposes legally. We offer short term …
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Talk With Our Kids About Money Day

April 20th is Talk With Our Kids About Money Day. This is a new initiative in BC that features a free and fully developed website for parents in addition to a free and fully developed website for teachers. The topic is financial literacy. Last year, 2020 schools and 400,000 students …
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Prince George Pro D Day Flyer

The flyer is produced as a community service by the City of Prince George and promotes recreation, fitness, culture and education and is a valuable resource for parents and teachers that are looking for activities for kids to be involved in on April 22nd & 25th Pro D Day’s.  This …
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Fraser Institute Report for Elementary Schools

The Fraser Institute has published their yearly, controversial, ranking of BC elementary schools: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/report-card-on-british-columbias-elementary-schools-2016 While parents want data about schools, and to see how schools are doing, this is not a terribly useful, accurate, or helpful report.  There is a BC government website that allows parents to access data about …
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