Strathcona PAC

#SOS Strathcona Elementary parents sound alarm about staffing levels. “We’re seeing situations like Strathcona’s across the district... the recruitment & retention issue is severe and it’s critical.” @CityNewsVAN @NEWS113O @VSB39 @janetrfraser @RichardsonYVR @victoriajungvan

@CarrieBercic Thanks @CarrieBercic !! It's a truly mind boggling configuration.

Three hundred elementary students and all school staff need to use this small walkway. Please watch the video and imagine students using this in an emergency evacuation. #vsb39 needs to deal with this asap #bced

Strathcona families deserve better! We need good emergency design and a functional, accessible, joyful layout. This is none of those things.

You are free to come check out the walkway for yourself by walking along the public access Princess street path through the school site.

Many families avoid this walkway because it is so congested and choose to walk through an active parking lot instead. This is not safe and we have developed an easy solution that loses a couple parking spots and moves our dumpsters.

You can view a video here of what this walkway looks like in action: youtube.com/shorts/K2rMdo0…

Friends and fans of Lord Strathcona Elementary - Our PAC is asking the VSB to widen an unsafe walkway that funnels hundreds of kids every day to their classrooms. Sign and share our petition! chng.it/8WNRgW6h

@VSB39 No cohorts this year, it would seem...

Following the B.C. government’s announcement on August 24, the Vancouver School District is expecting a full return to in-class instruction on September 8, 2021. Read the full update: ow.ly/h7Mw50FZ46r

@ParkBoard Please turn on the spray park!

Hearing from Strathcona families that our water park was not turned on this weekend as publicized. Help us out @ParkBoard!

Students at an East Vancouver school have started a campaign to change the name of their school from Lord Strathcona Elementary to Barbara Howard Elementary. As @CBCLarsen reports, the students feel the former teacher at the school deserves the recognition.

#VSB students!! So proud ⭐️"Our school represents community, kindness and just caring about each other — and we feel that Barbara Howard is the best fit to do that for us," buff.ly/3ojfzUc

Thank you for your support! Please note we are only looking for book donations that are on the list at this time. Send us an email with a notice of your donation so that we can keep track of our list: strathconaelementarypac@gmail.com

3) Take a look at the list Ms. Hong has put together and if you happen to have any of these books that are in good condition, the school would be happy to accept them as a donation. drive.google.com/file/d/1Fs1Egm…

2) Donate directly to the PAC here and the board will use these funds at Massy Books, to purchase books requested by Ms. Hong. Please mark your donation “Book Drive” in the notes. All donations over $20 will receive a charitable tax receipt. vsb.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/18…

1) Visit Massy Books, Indigenous owned bookstore, to purchase books from this list of requested books. The PAC chair will pick these up or you can deliver to school c/o Ms. Hong, librarian. storestock.massybooks.com/?q=h.tviewer&e…

The PAC is excited to announce that we are facilitating a book drive for the school library to expand its collection of books that feature BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) characters or are written by BIPOC authors. There are 3 ways to participate:

What @karen said! The things @VSB39 students need cost $. Other districts are suggesting cuts because of shortfalls. Please attend!

Secondary families: @VanDPAC wants to hear your thoughts on changes over the last year. Results will be collected until Sunday, April 4 at 5pm 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Strathcona PAC Indigenous Rep @JamieSmallboy in the news!!! 📢 Grassroots group sewing skirts for women's march participants vancouversun.com/news/local-new…