Dear Parents:

I hope everyone had a restful spring break. We are now into term three at our school. Your child will be

getting their report card early next week. Please review it with your child at home. Connections between

home and school remain very important and we know that families are doing what they can to make sure

their children are safe, happy and involved coming to the school. Please talk to your children about their

successes this term. What are their goals for next term? What can I continue to work on? Please arrange a

time to discuss any questions or concerns with your child’s teacher in the next week. Pink shirt day was

a good day to reflect on how we approach our relationships at the school while always working together

towards or own individual personalities. Students and staff wore pink shirts with pride and I was

impressed with the number of students who participated on this day. Our Chinese New Year assembly

was good and students presented many ideas during our month end assembly. Special thanks to Ms.

Volpe, Ms. Wu and Ms. Cowan for their leadership. Lastly, there are many projects now completed

throughout the hallways. Ms. Cowan’s class did a fantastic job with their reading evening. Please see

other artwork displayed throughout the hallways as we help celebrate your child’s learning. In April, we

are looking forward to our intermediate choir festival. We also have a wonderful PALS event for our

early learners. Thank you to Ms. Juma, Ms. Song and our three K teachers, Ms. Ross, Ms. Boyd and Ms.

Jiwa for helping run it. Also, our Seniors Tea is scheduled and we look forward to many visitors to our

school. Our tea conversations run by our LCSA have been very successful. Thank you Ayesha for

organizing them. We look forward to track season where numerous students from grades 4 to 7 will

participate in the Swangard Stadium meets. We also look forward to many wonderful events in our

school community. Lastly, Mrs. Sandhu is currently on medical leave and will not be returning for the

remainder of the year. She is taking this time to deal with some medical issues. Happy Spring everyone!

Mr. D. Klarich

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

MARCH 31,

2017

6990 Aubrey Street

Burnaby, BC V5B 2E5

604-296-9019

IMPORTANT

DATES:

• Seniors Tea

Tuesday, April

4th 1-2:30 pm it

is not too late

to RSVP!

• Wellness Fair

9-4:00

Thursday,

April 6th

• Seed Classes

week of April 10

-13th

• BC Lions

Energy

Champions

11:00 Tues,

April 18th

Next week is

Lochdale’s

Wellness Fair!!

Please see flyer

here. Before spring

break we sent home

a brochure also with

ideas on how to live

a healthy lifestyle!

We are sending

home a letter

explaining the

Wellness Fair with a

tear off. The class

that returns the

most tear offs will

win a prize!

Parents please join

us for this fun event

and the activity at 3

-4:00 too!

FROM YOUR COMMUNITY OFFICE!!!

Sue Coombes— Shaz Juma

Community Office Community Coordinator

Assistant Lochdale/Windsor

Hi all!

Happy April! March has been an even�ul and relaxing month! We had the Cameron Recrea�on Centre 'Healthy Kids Preschool

Fair' on March 7th which was an amazing event. Over 150 books were distributed and over 275 par�cipants gathered to learn

about Burnaby's resources for Early childhood development.

Lochdale also began the Garden club and we are very excited about the Eco-Sculpture field trip on March 30th 2017. Lochdale’s

“frog “ sculptures will be on display in front of Bill Copeland soon. A very big thank you to Nurhan for all her help and support in

organising the club and field trip. We were also awarded a TD grant to con�nue our development of our Garden community and

educa�on which we are very pleased about.

Coming up in April, we have Pat Davidson returning for a food skills class on Tuesdays 9-12 beginning May 16th so please visit the

Community office to register. BNCA and Comshare will hopefully be running the summer sessions and we are awai�ng finalised

numbers and grant approval before moving forward. The next BNCA mee�ng will be held on Tuesday, April 11th at 5pm in the

library. Our Senior's Tea will be held April 4th and we are looking forward to mee�ng and connec�ng with various community

members. We are reques�ng dessert dona�ons and door prizes for the event.

The Wellness Fair is on Thursday, April 6th in the Lochdale gym and parents are invited to join us between 9-12 aAer they drop off

their children AND at 3pm for a community workout with Club16 fitness instructors. Prizes and FREE memberships will be available

to par�cipants. This will be our focus for the next month to promote health and Wellness for all! We will be running a community

clean-up, community picnic and various other ac�vi�es to ensure a broader Wellness in the community.

The Charlford House will also be running their annual Shred-a-thon on Saturday, April 22nd which coincides

with Earth Day so please join us and bring a dona�on and your paperwork to be shredded!

Shaz Juma!!

Marisa Stark Gr 7 won Burnaby District Speech Competition!

Any Senior’s Tea dessert or donations

please send to the Community Office

Tuesday, April 4th morning. Thank

you!!!

Balloholics Youth Basketball

Balloholics provides classes for kindergarten (age 5) to grade 9’s

in a year round program where students learn the FUNdamentals

of basketball in a modified games format. The program is de-

signed to follow the LTAD model for sport in Canada. Classes are

held in a number of elementary and secondary schools in Burna-

by. The program is designed to follow the LTAD model for sport in

Canada.

Spring Session begins April 10th and will feature both instructional

classes and Spring Leagues for boys U11/U13/U15. There also be

a new class for boys U10-13 offered at Cariboo Hill Secondary

that will cover basketball fundamentals. For further details or to

register online visit http://www.balloholic.com/programs/spring-

session/

or email info@balloholic.com

Family Fun Run

Enjoy a Friday evening run with the whole family followed by fun

and games, a band, and a full meal while supporting the Juve-

nile Diabetes Research Foundation and Elementary age track

and field. The run takes place at UBC on Friday, June 16th and

follows a scenic loop of the campus.

Children can choose to run the Kid’s Mile or 5K and adults can

choose between a 5K and 10k run.

The fun starts at 6:30pm with the Subway Commit to Fit Kid’s Mile,

and the Blueshore Financial 5k and 10K at 6:45pm and 7:00pm

respectively.

Information and registration are available at: http://

www.thunderbirdstrack.org/longest-day-road-race/ or at any

Running Room store.

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1

2

3

Math Buddies 3-4pm

Learning Together 12:30-2:30

Report cards hom

e

4

Seniors Tea 1-3pm

6/7 Track practice

8:10

5

K– Vision, hearing screen

Roots of Empathy Div.

12

6

Gr. 6/7 Track M

eet 330-

5:30p—

Swangard

Wellness Fair 9-3 Gym

4/5 Track Prac 8:10

Gr 7 Parent mtg 6:30

7

Hot Lunch—Edo

No Strong Start

8

9

10

Final Math Buddies

Learning together

Seed classes all week

11

Gr. 4/5 Track meet

3:30-5:30 Swangard

6/7 Track Prac 8:10

12

Roots of Empathy

Div. 12

13

Math Fair with M

ath buddies

Div 1, 2 & 3

Hot Cross Buns delivery

Primary Craft rotation

4/5 Track Practice 8:10

14

Good Friday

No School

15

16

Easter Sunday

17

Easter Monday

No School

18

Gr. 6/7 Track M

eet 330-

5:30pm

Swangard

BC Lions Energy Champions

11am presentation

4/5 Track Practice 8:10

19

Roots of Empathy

Div. 12

20

Gr. 4/5 Track M

eet

330-530p—

Swangard

6/7 Track Practice

8:10

21

Hot Lunch—Hot Dog

Com

munity clean up

22

Shred a thon

23

24

PRO-D DAY

No Strong Start

25

26

Roots of Empathy

Div. 12

27

Burnaby District Youth

Choir—

9:45

Assembly

28

Hot Lunch—Pita pit

29

30

2017

2017