Principal's Corner
What's Going On At Veritas In April!
April 2024
April will be busy at Veritas School with most classes participating in the Pacific Northwest Music Festival. Dates of performances are provided below. Please watch Seesaw for exact times and required clothing. Thank you to all families for helping your children prepare by listening to poems, speeches, songs, sacred readings, and more!
Our free lunches through the Feeding Futures grant have come to an end; free lunches will no longer be available this school year. The VPSG will have the Hot Lunch order link for April to June available soon; Hot Lunch via the VPSG is not available this week.
April Dates
Tuesday, April 2 - School Resumes
Friday, April 5 - No After School Care
Monday, April 8 - Hot Lunch
Monday, April 8 - VPSG Meeting at 7:00 pm in the Grade 1 classroom - all are welcome!
Wednesday, April 10 - Hot Lunch
Thursday, April 11 - PNMF Opens! See performance dates and times below!
Thursday, April 11 - School Council Meeting at 7:00 pm
Monday, April 15 - Hot Lunch
Wednesday, April 17 - Hot Lunch
Friday, April 19 - Professional Development Day (No School for Students)
Monday, April 22 - Hot Lunch
Wednesday, April 24 - School Mass Led by Grade 6
Wednesday, April 24 - Hot Lunch
Monday, April 29 - Hot Lunch
Veritas Parent Support Group
VPSG Executive: The VPSG Executive includes Birke Araujo (birkepferd@hotmail.com) as Chair, Ashley Medeiros as Vice-Chair, Gillian McCutcheon as Secretary, and Joan Iamele as Treasurer. The next meeting is on Monday, April 8 at 7:00 pm in the grade 1 classroom. Coffee, tea, and babysitters will be provided. All parents are encouraged to attend!
Fundraisers: Beginning April 8th, the Growing Smiles fundraiser will be open with annuals, perennials, veggies, herbs, planters, and hanging baskets to choose from! Orders will be accepted until April 22nd, with the delivery date of May 8th, just in time Mother's Day! Watch for order information coming soon!
Fundraising Monies: This year's fundraising goal is $30 000! To date, we have raised approximately $20 000. A large portion of our fundraising this year will go towards installation costs of the next playground phase!
Hot Lunch Class Volunteers: A new Hot Lunch order will be available soon - watch for the link! Kindergarten parents are responsible for volunteering for Hot Lunch prep for the month of April! Thank you to everyone that is able to help out! Grade 1 parents are responsible for May's Hot Lunch. If you are able to help out on any of the Wednesdays in April from 11:00 - 12:20, please reach out to Birke at birkepferd@hotmail.com or call the school office!
Items of Note!
Playground Supervision: Please remember that morning supervision begins at 8:20 with a teacher outside near the parking lot supervising children as they arrive. Students are not allowed in the playground or field before school as there is not adequate supervision at this time. During both recess breaks (10:15 - 10:30 and 12:20 - 12:55), there are four staff members supervising students on the school fields and playgrounds. After school, there is parking lot supervision from 3:00 - 3:15.
Yearbook: Yearbook order forms will be coming home in the coming weeks. Watch for yours with your youngest child!
School Council: The next School Council meeting is on Thursday, April 11 at 7:00pm at the school. The meeting begins with an open invitation to all, before we move to the in-camera portion of the meeting. The mandate of School Council is to oversee the operation of Veritas School, including finances and staffing.
Illness: During March, our number of sick children was much higher than normal. We do our best to encourage students to sanitize, wash their hands, use tissues, etc. We also are cleaning high touch surfaces more frequently to reduce the spread of germs. Please keep your children home when they are sick!
Absentee Notes: Please contact the school explaining your child's absences with a Seesaw message to Office Staff and your child's teacher. Absentee reports are crucial to our school's funding, as numerous unexplained absences throughout the school year can mean less government funding for your child.
Catholic Corner
Happy Easter!
The Easter season lasts fifty days from the Sunday of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, Easter Sunday (March 31) to Pentecost Sunday (May 19). The first eight days of the Easter season make up the Octave of Easter and are celebrated as solemnities of the Lord. Scripture (Acts 2:1–31) tells us that the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles on the feast of the Pentecost. The long Easter Season is a way of prolonging the joy of the initial day!
Kindergarten students celebrating 100s Day!
The grade 7 and 9 students led Stations of the Cross . . .
. . . and did a fantastic job . . .
. . . as grade 3 to 9 students watched!
More St. Patrick's Day Fun!
Thank you to our grade 8 and 9 students who volunteered as refs and scorekeepers for grade 6 basketball this year - they had a great lunch!
About Veritas
Email: veritas@cispg.ca
Website: www.veritascatholicschool.com
Location: 4836 Straume Avenue, Terrace, BC, Canada
Phone: 250-635-3035