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Oct. 26 to Oct. 30 2026
Halloween PAC Dance October 30th from 5-7pm at Courtenay El. Some highlights: the games room, Sensory friendly zone, and Free Pizza for Courtenay El Families (Check Weekly Email). Dress up in your costumes.
If you are able to bring baked goods or volunteer day of please let us know via email at courtenayelementarypac@gmail.com or on the Courtenay Elementary School PAC Facebook page.
Reminder: We are starting to hear a lot of students sharing their wonderful costume ideas as Halloween draws nearer. Here are a few things to consider when sending your child to school with their costume on October 30th:
*We will have a costume parade in the gym at 9am October 30th. Should be fun, come watch but we won’t have chairs out😊
* Keep accessories to a minimum if possible as to avoid the disappointment of lost / misplaced / damaged items.
* Because a mask limits vision and costumes get wet and sometime ripped, we’ll ask students to remove costumes and masks and keep them in their classrooms for the remainder of the day starting at recess or right after the parade.
* Guns, knives, swords and all such accessories are great for trick-or-treating at night….but not for school. Please keep them home.
WEEK 8
Monday Oct. 26th
Tuesday Oct. 27th
- Photo Retakes
- Order Deadline for Free Pizza for the 30th
Wednesday Oct. 28th
- Our Cross Country runners will be at Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds for a final 3:30 run.
Thursday Oct. 29th
- Recognition Assembly 9:20
- 3 and 4 to Coastal Black (PAC Supported Thank you)
Friday Oct. 30th
- 9 am Halloween parade and
- 5-7 pm PAC Halloween Dance (Pizza Information Below)
From PAC:
PAC Meetings
Meetings are held monthly in the school library, usually the second Wednesday of the month, from 6:30–7:30 p.m. Our next meeting is Nov. 18th because of Remembrance Day.
Here are the minutes from Oct. 14th PAC Oct. 14 minutes
Want to hear when we need volunteers? Email courtenayelementarypac@gmail.com and we’ll add you to our list.
You can also join our Facebook group to stay in the loop:
Courtenay Elementary PAC Facebook Group
Community Schools: https://cecss.org/
We are serving more breakfasts and lunches to start the year. Thank you for your support! The kitchen asks that you please order lunch in advance, either on MunchaLunch or a paper order form. Ms. Masako needs to know how many orders there are for a given day so she can prepare an appropriate amount of food. There are cases where kids will come to the kitchen because they ate their lunch during snack time. We do our best to feed them, but on days where the lunch items are limited in quantity, such as perogies, wraps, or tacos, it becomes difficult to serve those kids.
Keep your eyes open for the November menu. Ms. Masako has plans to bring back pizza and hotdogs in her own style! Watch this page for updates! https://cecss.org/hot-lunch/
Upcoming Dates of Note:
November:
Nov. 4 Fire Drill
Nov. 5 Div. 1 and 2 to the Puntledge Fish Hatchery
Nov. 10 Remembrance Day Assembly 11:10
Nov. 11 Remembrance Day No School
Nov. 16 Book fair Week and Dress Like your Favourite Literary Character
Nov. 18 PAC meeting 6:30pm
Nov. 19 Parent Teacher Conferences (no School for Students)
Nov. 25 Recognition Assembly 9:20
Parking:
We have had a few reports of students running in the parking lot before and after school. Please know that the parking lot is not meant to be a drop-off or pick up location. We have a sign in the parking lot now indicating the start of staff parking and end of parent parking. Please do not drop off your child in the parking lot and only park/drop off beyond the sign if you have an accessibility parking pass.
Warm Regards,
Noah Burdett
noah.burdett@sd71.bc.ca
Principal, Courtenay Elementary
Reminders:
Times for this year:
8:30 Warning Bell, students make their way to their line-up spots
8:35 Teachers greet students outside at the bell and students say good bye.
- We continue to believe that each school stay starts on a better note when we say farewell outside.
10:20:10:35 Recess
11:35-12:05 Lunch Eating Time (Exact times vary by class)
12:05-12:35 Outside Play Time
2:30 Dismissal
- Students are dismissed at the same spot they met their teacher in the morning
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