ABSENCES/LATE ARRIVALS/EARLY DISMISSALS - Langley Fine Arts School

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          LANGLEY FINE ARTS BULLETIN – MARCH 12th, 2021 EDITION

                           ABSENCES/LATE ARRIVALS/EARLY DISMISSALS
                              If your child is going to be late or absent please call the office BEFORE 8:30am or
                              anytime during non-school hours and leave a message on our attendance voice mail
                          (extension 290).
           All families from Kindergarten to Grade 12 will be notified through our automated messaging system
that their child has been marked absent if the school has not been notified. Elementary families will receive a
call in the morning and our Secondary families will receive a call in the evening as usual. If you have any
questions, please contact Mrs. Gill in the school office.
Thank you for your cooperation.

NEW CLUB ALERT!!!!
A student-led study club is joining our school! The goal of this group is to help students develop healthy study
patterns and offer accountability in a group setting. The club will run weekly meetings online, where students can
study together and receive support from experienced seniors. The meetings will be academic-focused, but anyone
with an intention of working deeply and concentrating is welcomed. No matter if you are reading, painting,
journaling, or practicing an instrument… we hope that this place will help you find focus in a distracted world.

If you are interested in joining this group, please email your name and email address to Mr. Moore at
amoore@sd35.bc.ca as he will be setting up the Teams account. Thank-you to Ella Sun for taking the initiative to
get this club started!

                        DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
                        Don’t forget to sets your clocks ahead 1 hour this weekend.
                        Daylight Savings Time begins this Sunday, March 14th @ 2:00am.

YEARBOOKS – SALE
Jostens has given us an extension until April 30th for our Yearbook
sales. If you haven’t already purchased, we’ve added the item BACK to
the School cash online.
Cost for a 20/21 Yearbook is $55.00

EXCITING NEWS FROM THE WRITING MAJOR!
Meghan, a Grade 12 Writing Major, has been selected as one of the top 22 poets in Canada for her
recitation work in the Poetry in Voice competition. As a result, Meghan is nominated for a People's Choice
Award! Votes are open from now until March 23rd at 5pm. If you have a moment, we would love for you
to visit https://www.poetryinvoice.com/peoples-choice and vote for Meghan's performance! Way to go,
Meg!"

                                             GRAD NEWS

DRY GRAD CONTACT INFORMATION
Dry Grad Contact: Tracy Scott
Dry Grad Email: lfasdrygrad2021@gmail.com

DRY GRAD FUNDRAISING
The Langley Fine Arts parents dry grad committee is currently trying to fundraise for the graduating class of 2021.

The Langley Fine Arts school is located in Fort Langley and is a truly wonderful and unique school with a very small
graduating class of just 99 kids this year, some that have been in the school since grade 1.

Due to Covid, these kids have not been able to enjoy any of the rights of passage typically enjoyed in their Grade 12
year. Let's help give them a wonderful send off!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/langley-fine-arts-school-grad-class-or-
2021?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf%20share-flow-
1&fbclid=IwAR0DTVaz9HyIOzW0oIqna9BmxXf5klZmphHnlOM_XeO1Hm5_Zlw09ICF-pE

2021 DRY GRAD COMMITTEE NEWS

    The LFAS Dry Grad parent Planning Committee is currently organizing a Grad Celebration to be held at the school
    for Grads only during the third week of June. Given the impacts of the pandemic, many of the typical methods of
    fundraising are no longer possible for this 2021 Grad year. As such, the planning committee is seeking alternate
    ways of raising funds to support a Grad Celebration that honour the accomplishments of this year’s graduates. If
    you would like to donate you will soon see the OPTIONAL fee on your students School Cash Online account. You
    can select an amount. Alternately you can contact Tracy Scott or Sherri Holmes at
    lfasdrygrad2021@gmail.com. Any donations or in-kind contributions are greatly appreciated.

     Another easy way to help raise money for the 2021 Grad Celebration is with the Return-It-Express program
    for recycling beverage containers.

    https://express.return-it.ca/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2f

    Steps:

    1. Put all refundable beverage containers in a clear or blue recycle plastic bag and take to bottle depot that has a
    Return-It-Express location (Walnut grove, Murrayville, Industrial Ave, Willowbrook, Maple Ridge, Pitt meadows,
    Fleetwood, Guidlford… and many more!)

    2. When you get to the Bottle Depot find the Return-It-Express Kiosk and enter our special phone number – LFAS
    GRAD 21 (532 747-2321). The system will ask you to verify that you are using the LFAS Grad 21 account and how
    many labels you want printed. Print what you require and put on each bag of bottles to be counted and drop in the
    bin next to the kiosk.

    Remember every little bit helps and it is nice to have someone else sort & count!!

    Questions:

    Where do I get the transparent (blue or clear) bags for the Express system? The Express system was designed for
    your convenience. The bags simply need to be blue recycling bags or transparent bags.

    What containers can I place in the bag? Any beverage container on which a deposit was paid in BC is eligible for the
    Express program.

    Stay tuned for updates on other ways to support!

•   Meridian Meats fundraiser
•   Online donation for people and businesses outside of the LFAS community through Paypal, GoFundMe or etransfer
    are coming

*** REMINDER *** to keep checking Langley School District’s
                    Community Bulletin Board for lots of events
                    https://www.sd35.bc.ca/news-events/community-bulletin-board/

                              UPCOMING DATES

Mar 12 – Last Day Prior to Spring Break

Mar 29 – School Re-Opens from Spring Break

Apr 2 – Good Friday (School Closed)

Apr 5 – Easter Monday (School closed)

Apr 8 – Hot Lunch (K to 7)

Apr 14 – PAC Meeting via Zoom @ 6:30pm

Apr 19 – Report Card Prep/Design & Assessment – students Grades 6 to 12 not in attendance

Apr 26 – Term 1 Semester 2 Report Cards issued – (Grades 6 to 12)

May 6 – Hot Lunch (K to 7)

May 11 – PAC Meeting via Zoom @ 6:30pm

May 21 – Pro D Day (students not in attendance)

May 24 – Victoria Day (school closed)

Jun 10 – Hot Lunch (K to 7)

Jun 29 – Final Report Cards issued – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

UPCOMING PAC MEETING DATES
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Thursday, June 10, 2021 (AGM)

All meetings are on zoom and will start at 6:30. Meeting ID and password will be sent to those interested closer to
the date. Parents can email info@lfaspac.ca with any questions or details about the meetings.

AS WE HEAD INTO SPRING BREAK…ART FROM THE GRADE 5 CLASS

Parents and Guardians
You can take advantage of our
Text Messaging Service

Our school utilizes the SchoolMessenger
system to deliver text messages, straight
to your mobile phone with important
information about events, school closings,
safety alerts and more.
You can participate in this free service*
just by sending a text message of “Y” or
“Yes” to our school’s short code number:

For CANADA-BASED numbers: 978338
For US-BASED numbers: 61569 (see next
page for QR code)

You can also opt out of these messages at
any time by simply replying to one of our
messages with “Stop”.
SchoolMessenger is compliant with the Student Privacy PledgeTM, so you can rest assured
that your information is safe and will never be given or sold to anyone.
For CANADA-BASED numbers:

     Opt-In from                                                                           Just send “Y”
     your mobile                                                                            or “Yes” to
        now!                                                                                 978338.
                                                                                             (For Canada-based numbers).

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Langley Fine Arts

                          ME MOR IES:

                 EVEN SMALL
                 ONES COUNT

The friends. The classes. The teachers. Safeguard the memories, big and
          small, by ordering a 2020-2021 yearbook for $55.00.

About Meridian & Ralph’s
                                     Our family business began 30 years ago with a small butcher shop on Coast
                                     Meridian Road in Port Coquitlam (hence the name Meridian!). Fast forward to
                                     today, despite having a few more stores, we’re still trying our best to replicate the
                                     same business we started in 1989.

                                     Meridian is an old-fashion style butcher shop specializing in 100% grass-fed
                                     beef, free-run poultry, local pork, sustainable seafood and the latest
                                     plant-based protein. Ralph’s and our Farm Market locations also include local
                                     fresh fruits & vegetables, artisan deli, fresh baked breads and grocery essentials.

                                     Visit us online at:
                                     meridianfarmmarket.ca or ralphsfarmmarket.com

                                     Or, shop online for Butcher Bundles and specialty items like free-range turkeys:
                                     shop.meridianfarmmarket.ca

                                     About Our Fundraiser
                                     We’ve developed our Farm Fresh Fundraiser to be as simple (and profitable!)
                                     as possible. We’re celebrating Meridian’s 30th anniversary by giving 30% of the
                                     proceeds of all gift cards sold directly to participating organizations.

                                     Meridian and Ralph’s gift cards never expire. They’re 100% redeemable at any one
                                     of our eight (and growing, thanks to you!) convenient Meridian or Ralph’s locations
                                     throughout Vancouver and the lower mainland.

                                     Learn more, or apply for your Farm Fresh Fundraiser at:
                                     meridianfarmmarket.ca/fundraising

                                     Thank-You!

RALPH’S FARM MARKET       MERIDIAN FARM MARKET LOCATIONS                                  MERIDIAN MEATS & SEAFOOD LOCATIONS

MURRAYVILLE • MAPLE RIDGE • MISSION • TSAWWASSEN • NORTH VAN • PORT COQUITLAM • LANGLEY • WHITE ROCK

                                     (604) 466-0508 | fundraising@meridianfarmmarket.ca

We are one year into what seems like a never-ending saga of this pandemic. We are all missing out on
so much. Unfortunately, the Grade 12 Students are really missing a huge milestone and celebration in
their lives come June. While we don’t know what restrictions will be in place by the PHO, we still want
to really celebrate each one of their achievements.

This is where we turn to you, our community, to help raise some funds, so that we can celebrate their
achievements. While we have not been able to fundraise in the traditional, sense, we are doing as much
as we can online.

We are running an online Meridian Meats Fundraiser. The way this works, is that you order Meridian
Meats Gift Cards via the order form link

https://forms.gle/22arQtGLpSfthAcH9

and e-transfer payment to lfasdrygrad2021@gmail.com before March 21.

The Gifts Cards can be purchased with preload values of $10, $25, $50, $75 or $100. These Gift Cards
can be then redeemed at any Meridian Meats or Ralph’s Farm Market and the value on the cards never
expiry.

As part of this fundraiser, Meridian Meats will be giving back 30% of all Gift Cards sold, so this is a great
way to donate to support the Grade 12 Students and also a great local family owned company.

On behalf of the parents and Grad students at Langley Fine Arts, we Thank You for supporting the Class
of 2021 and helping to provide a safe and memorable Grad Year.

If you have any questions about this fundraiser, please contact Rob Stephenson (Grad 12 Parent) at
ozcanada@shaw.ca