Adriane Fong, Aiden Dejong, Akshbir Mahi, Alaia Cotichini, Alex Lee, Alexander Bolzner, Amanda Kuo, Amber Cornick, Andrew Hwang, Aneesha Gill, Armaan Kahlon, Audrey Wang, Ava Lee, Ben Marlow, Bess Breidal, Brendan Chia, Brian Wu, Bryana Spur, Caitlin Mak, Calum Mackenzie, Chantal Yang, Chloe Pang, Christine Wang, Corey Scott, Dana Aldave, Danica Aldave, Daniela Neira Correal, David Lowe, David Xu, Derek Gee, Desiree Fung, Dhara Wright, Dominic Denofrio, Elaine Zhang, Elva Chu, Emily Xu, Emma Bolzner, Emma Everson, Emma Young, Eric Kuo, Eric Lai, Ernest Hoptioncann, Errol Xu, Ethan Hansen, Evan Stuart, Faryal Shuja, Flora Wu, Fumi Akagami, Genevieve Wright-Smith, Grace Lin, Hannah Jeung, Hao Shi, Helen Kim, Imogen Gay, Iris Zhuang, Isabella Chen, Jason Kim, Jenni Huang, Jennifer Le, Jennifer Liu, Jessie Wu, Joey Woo, Jordan Sam, Jordan Sue, Julian Goh, Justin Chia, Justin Ho, Kailan Tang, Kaitlin Yuen, Katelyn Seto, Katelyn Yuen, Kevin Kong, Kyoka Sakurai, Laurel Aveline, Lauren Lee, Liam Baxter, Lucas Simoncioni, Lucy Wicken, Mack Lee, Madeline Weih-Wadman, Marcus Wright-Smith, Margaux Arboleda, Matthew Mong, Melissa Zhang, Michelle Wang, Nadine Mclaren, Naomi Law, Nathan Ng, Nathaniel Leung, Nicholas Buttler Speers, Nicole DeYoung, Nicole Eastman, Noah Stuart, Ostara Mcdonald, Palas Scandolari, Peter Wei, Ping Chi Chin, Rachel Constant, Rachelle Arboleda, Rafid Haq, Rebecca Eastman, Ryan Ma, Sabrina Cao, Samuel Che, Sanja Katic, Sarah Korn, Shugo Kai, Simon Ding, Sophia Clarkson, Steven Shi, Thomas Ford, Tia Baxter, Tiffany Li, Tom Marco, Tyler Pawliuk, William Chen, Yeh Yeh, Yvonne Chen 

Volunteer Tea 

“The world is hugged by the faithful arms of volunteers.”                        Terri Guillemet

Today we had our volunteer tea during which the staff recognize the tremendous contribution of parents to the learning environment at Maple Grove. You truly do give of your time generously. Thank you for your time and your commitment, for cooking and cleaning and serving food, for playing the piano and helping the choir, for driving and supervising, for organizing and planning. We thank you. For running with the kids and giving them treats, for showing movies and creating Halloween magic, for setting up games, and running a Spring Festival. We all thank you. For sawing and hammering,  digging and carrying, for creating plans for our garden we thank you.  For counting money and accounting, for meeting and discussing, for making decisions, for phoning and emailing and communicating. We thank you. For imparting your wisdom and your knowledge and your skills, for fund raising, for trying new things, for being part of our community of learners. Thank you. For your leadership, for your ideas, for the way you all work to build and sustain our community, we thank you.

PAC would like to see if parents are interested in creating a one to two hour after school workshop for the children of Maple Grove.  We would require parent volunteers to spearhead each workshop for the following grade groupings:

Grade K/1
Grade 2/3
Grade 4/5
Grade 6/7
Each parent would create a student activity for after school and be responsible for running the activity.  The activity can be held in the lunch room.  The parent will send out notices to the families of the grade appropriate group.  Interested children will return the form signed by their parents to the Office.  The first 20 – 30 students who respond will be registered.  There may be a nominal fee of $2 – $5 to cover costs of materials and teaching/coaching fee. 

We are interested in running enrichment activities such as: art, music, dance, science, sports etc.
Please check with Mrs Sellars and/or Mr. Naipaul for scheduling the day of the activity.

All proposals must be in writing to PAC by Wednesday, May 23rd.  The activities should be completed before June 22nd.  Depending on the demand, PAC will provide a budget of up to $700 for each group’s activity.  If interested, please contact Duncan Porter, Tim Luu or Margery Mah.  Thank you.

EXPECTATIONS FOR DRESS AT MAPLE GROVE

As we approach a season of warmer weather there is a tendency for all of us to wear lighter and more casual clothes. This is just a reminder that we still expect students to come to school wearing clothes appropriate for work rather than a party or the beach. Flip flops are not safe footwear for children at school.  Thank you very much for supporting our expectations of appropriate dress for school.

OUR PLAYGROUND AFTER SCHOOL

It is expected that students will go straight home after school. We do provide some supervision but it is not extensive. Primary students should not be playing on the playground unless supervised by an adult. There are no restrictions as to which students should use the playground after school as intermediate students use this area too while they wait to meet their parents.

Chinese Tea

You are welcome to join us for refreshment in the lunch room on Wednesday May 16th. Chinese translation will be available at this time. There are many interesting topics we discuss such as the Canadian Education System, how much homework should students have, traffic safety, etc.