Dear Parents:

We are excited that the weather is turning warmer and that we will hopefully have your

children exploring, playing and working together around our school playground and field

areas. This term, students have been kept quite busy with extra-curricular events, the

Magnificent Box Project, classroom activities, and other social-emotional learning

opportunities at Lochdale. It is hard to believe there are only two more weeks before the school

closes for Spring Break. Please check out the community office for programs being offered

during these two weeks. Also, summer session, Comshare and Rec N’ Read information will

begin soon in late March/April. We believe that many students will benefit from attending

these learning opportunities so please come talk to the main office or community office once

information has been given out. Also, our registration continues for the fall. If you know you

are moving or know of neighbors seeking registration, have them come by our main office and

talk to Ms. Palmer. Staff were very much appreciative of the wonderful luncheon that the

LCSA hosted in early February. We all wish to thank Leiba and her parent helpers for the

enjoyable lunch.

Our school has now received new phone numbers. Our main line is: 604-296-9019 (press #2

for absence reporting of your child) and the community office extension is 637011 (or

press #5 for community room). Our second term report cards will be distributed in early

April. We will be deciding on student-led conferences very soon as well. FSA results will be

sent home to all grade 4 and 7 students at the end of March. The assessment is only used as a

snapshot of your child’s learning. There are other important measures like daily assessments,

key learning opportunities, and classroom projects. We hope all families take advantage of

spring break opportunities and look forward to spring events at Lochdale in the third term.

Sincerely,

Mr. D. Klarich, Principal

LOCHDALE COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Dino Klarich: Principal Nadia Volpe: Head Teacher

Enza Palmer: Secretary Shahzyah Juma: Community Coordinator

Sue Coombes : Community Office Gary Wong: School Trustee

FEBRUARY 28,

2017

6990 Aubrey Street

Burnaby, BC V5B 2E5

604-296-9019

IMPORTANT

DATES:

LCSA General mtg

9:15 Monday,

March 6/17

• Gym Closed

until after

spring break

• Spring Break

March 13—24—

students return

Monday, March

27th

• Saleema Noon

parent night

Monday, Mar 27

6:30pm

• Seniors Tea

Tuesday, April

4th

Staff Appreciation

Luncheon!

Thank you

parents!!!

Norwegian Dance Troup!

FROM YOUR COMMUNITY OFFICE!!!

Sue Coombes— Shaz Juma

Community Office Community Coordinator

Assistant Lochdale/Windsor

Happy March everyone!!

February has been a productive and enjoyable month! We've had the amazing Science show dazzle us with fireballs and rockets

while the magnificent box projects gave us the opportunity to be creative and share our amazing ideas with our parents and

community despite the snow fall!

We have had Game on and Go girls running at Lochdale this month hosted by our Big Brothers and Big Sisters. It has been a

successful and educational experiences for our students who have embraced the social skills and the information on leading healthy

lifestyles.

Our LCSA has been amazing by hosting Treat Tuesdays and raising school funds to help our school and community flourish. The

Pink shirt day was a great success and the solidarity shown was admirable and powerful. Thank you to the staff, students and parents

who continually support the school and the community initiatives which make us so fortunate.

Also a big thank you to our Burnaby firefighters who continuously donate granola bars, cereal, juice boxes and so much of their time

and resources to help keep our kids safe, strong and secure. We really appreciate your support and generosity!

Coming up after Spring Break, we have a new Science coding after school program and the Garden club will be going on a field trip

which will contribute to the beauty of Burnaby! Also coming up we have Saleema Noon delivering her insightful workshops on

building and maintaining healthy relationships. This is also linked with our Wellness themed events coming up after Spring Break.

The Wellness Fair will be April 6th at Lochdale which will highlight and embrace 4 healthy aspects. Each week

leading up to and after the fair will have a theme embracing and embedding the lessons and importance of

Wellness.

The first week will be healthy relationships with Saleema Noon. The second, learning and practising to self-regulate with yoga

classes. The third will be making healthy nutritional choices with Barb McMahon where her seed classes will help us focus our

attention on good decisions! The final week will be just after Easter where the BC Lions will join us in teaching our students about

being responsible citizens and caring for the environment. Please join us by participating in the home projects which will be sent

home and by attending our Wellness Fair in April.

Thank you for yet another fabulous month! Feel free to visit the community office if you require any help or support...or if you just

fancy saying hi! Have a great March and Spring Break :)

Best wishes,

Shahzyah Juma (604-760-4759)

Seniors Tea

Tuesday, April 4th 1-2:30 At Lochdale School

If you have a grandparent who would like

to join us for our annual Seniors Tea, please let the community office know and

we can send them an invitation. The tea has been running for many years. We

provide sandwiches, tea or coffee and dessert. Our Music teacher has the

students sing as our entertainment. Seniors look forward to this event every

year! Please email sue.coombes@sd41.bc.ca to put your

grandparent on the invitation list!

CLASS PHOTOS TOMORROW

AT LOCHDALE!

HOT LUNCH FRIDAY -

PIZZA DAY!

Ms. Louie’s classroom duck!

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1

Class Ph

otos

Gym

Closed for floor

reno

vation

s

Roo

ts of Empath

y D.12

2

Girls Baske

tball co

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ti-

tive

tou

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th

Interm

ediate Too

nie ska

te

3

Dental Clinic 9-12 Portable

Hot Lunch

—Pizz

a Day

4

5

6

Prim

ary Days of M

usic

@ Brentwoo

d Park

LCSA Gene

ral Mtg

Last Math Bud

dies

7

8

District Spe

ech

Finals

@ Byrne

Creek 7pm

9

No Stron

g Start

Gr. 7’s visit Bby North

9:30-12

Interm

ediate Too

nie ska

te

10

No Stron

g Start

Interm

ediate Ska

ting

Hot Lun

ch—Mr. Sub

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

Saleema Noo

n Pa

rent N

ight

6:15-8 Library

No Math Bud

dies

28

Mad

Science @

assem-

bly 11am

29

Saleema Noo

n Presenta-

tion

s today

Roo

ts of Empath

y D.12

30

Eco Sculpture Planting

(Garden

Project) 9-11

31

Assembly at 11:00 a.m.

Saleema Noo

n Pres

FSA Boo

klets hom

e

Hot Lun

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