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| Winter Break |
| Dec 21, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025 |
| Winter Break |
| Back to School after Winter Break |
| Jan 6, 2025 |
| Back to School after Winter Break. Term 2 starts |
| Sushi/Cobbs |
| Black Excellence Day (Laronde Spirit Days) |
| Jan 15, 2025 |
| Many teachers and students wear black shirts in solidarity on this day. We encourage staff and students to wear black on January 15th in support of the universal message from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – fighting racial discrimination, inequity, and Anti- Black Racism. |
| Booster Juice 6 |
| Cardboard Challenge |
| Jan 16, 2025 |
| On Thursday, January 16th, our students will have the exciting opportunity to participate in a Cardboard Challenge! This activity encourages creativity, problem-solving, and innovation as students use their imaginations to build something extraordinary out of cardboard. To inspire our students, we’ve attached a link to a short video titled Caine’s Arcade. It tells the story of a young inventor whose creativity and entrepreneurial spirit have inspired countless others. We hope you’ll take a moment to watch it with your child! As we gear up for this event, we kindly ask families to bring holiday boxes and other cardboard materials for your child to bring to school in the new year. These materials will play a key role in helping them bring their ideas to life! Thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing all the incredible creations our students will build! |
| BC Lions Energy Champions Presentation |
| Jan 20, 2025 |
| We are excited to announce that the BC Lions Energy Champions program, presented by FortisBC, will be coming to our school on Monday, January 20th! This engaging presentation is designed specifically for students from kindergarten to Grade 7 emphasizing the importance of environmental responsibility and empowering students to become "Energy Champions." The presentation will be approximately 45 minutes in length and will feature two BC Lions players who will deliver an interactive session highlighting practical ways we can save energy at home. This fun and informative program aims to inspire our students to make small, energy-conscious choices that can lead to a big impact on our environment. We look forward to an inspiring session that will spark meaningful conversations about sustainability at school and at home. |
| EDB General Meeting |
| 9:00 am |
| staff room |
| EDB General Meeting @ 9:00am (Equity, Diversity and Belonging) |
| MOSAIC Anti-Racism Workshops (Gr. 5, 6, & 7) |
| Jan 22, 2025 |
| On Wednesday, January 22nd students in Grade 5, 6, and 7 will participate in a school assembly that focuses on building a school environment based on respect, equity, inclusion, and diversity. This assembly is led by the MOSAIC Centre for Diversity. The sessions will take place in the gym for a more powerful and meaningful experience for our students. Times: 9:00 to 10:15 - Grade 5s 10:45 to 11:45 - Grade 6s 12:45 to 2:15pm - Grade 7s In this assembly/ workshop students will: *Explore ways people are different from each other, including racial and cultural differences. *Understand the meaning and negative impact of racism. *Be prepared to create effective action plans to foster an inclusive and anti-racist class environment that accepts people's racial and cultural difference. * Understand and learn to recognize the signs and negative impact of racism. They will be able to take steps to create class environments based on anti-racism where students' cultural and racial diversity are respected and included. The session objectives are to learn about the importance of racial equity and anti-racism in school and find ways to build a community based on relationships of trust and respect. Anti-Racism Resources for Parents - https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/antiracismresources/ parenting |
| White Spot |
| Favourite Book Character Day (Laronde Spirit Days) |
| Jan 24, 2025 |
| Come to school dressed as your favourite book character! |
| Reading Under the Stars |
| Jan 24, 2025 |
| gym |
| On Friday, January 24th, we’re celebrating Family Literacy Day with a school-wide Spirit Day! |
| *Updated time* PAC General Meeting (evening) @6:00pm |
| 6:00 pm |
| PAC General Meeting (evening) @6:00 pm |
| Lunar New Year Celebration (Laronde Spirit Days) |
| Jan 29, 2025 |
| Let’s celebrate the Lunar New Year and welcome the Year of the Snake! You could wear red, yellow, or gold, dress in traditional clothing, or bring an artifact or picture to share and celebrate your family’s traditions. |
| ScreenAgers screening - Film #1 |
| 5:30pm |
| Laronde Library |
| Dear Laronde Families, We are excited to host an evening screening of the newly updated film, Screenagers: Growing up in the Digital Age, on Wednesday, January 29th @ 5:30pm in the Laronde library. The film has a run time of 60 minutes and all Laronde parents/caregivers are invited to come. While in the past, we have invited grade 6 and 7 students to join, we kindly request for this screening to be attended by adults only. Award-winning and thought-provoking, the film is now more relevant than ever with its recent update for 2025. This new version of the film features fresh insights, including from Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation, and several others. The update also includes the latest scientific findings on the effects of video gaming, sleep, social media, and the use of phones and smartwatches in schools — and much more. We've also streamlined the content by removing some elements that no longer resonate. Most importantly, the film has more solutions than ever. Watch the trailer here: This updated Screenagers — focused on tweens and teens — is not to be confused with the film we screened in December, Screenagers Elementary School Age Edition. Attached you will find the parent handout from the December screening as well as this upcoming screening. Click here to listen to the podcast featuring, Jonathan Haidt, PhD, the author of the best selling book, The Anxious Generation. Save the date for our future evening screenings: February 12th @5:30pm - Film #2, Screenager the Next Chapter on February 26 @5:30 pm - Film #3, Screenagers Under the Influence on We look forward to seeing some new faces that haven't had the opportunity to see the previous screenings. This will be the last set of screenings offered to our parent community. Hope to see you there! |
| Booster Juice 7 |
| Black History Month (start) |
| Feb 1, 2025 |
| Fruit & Veggie Delivery – Snap Peas |
| Feb 3, 2025 |
| Fruit & Veggie Delivery – Snap Peas |
| Fire Drill #3 @ 2:00pm |
| 2:00pm |
| Fire Drill #3 @ 2:00pm |
| Global Play Day |
| Feb 5, 2025 |
| This day is all about encouraging unstructured, imaginative play in the classrooms, allowing students to explore, create, and connect without the use of electronics, toys with batteries, or structured activities. |
| Red Swan Pizza |
| Compassion Projects (Grade 6’s) |
| Feb 7, 2025 |
| Compassion Projects (Grade 6’s) |
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