Ladysmith Intermediate School

Monday, October 5th

• World Teachers Day
• Cross-country practice afterschool until 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, October 6th

• Grade 7 volleyball in the gym
• Flag football practice at long recess

Wednesday, October 7th

• Flag Football game @ Cinnabar after school
• Cross-country practice afterschool until 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 8th

• Flag football practice after school until 3:45 p.m.

Friday, October 9th

• Gathering at 10:35 a.m.

• Thanksgiving Monday - No School

Thursday, October 15th - Individual Photo Day (correction from previous WAAG)

Monday, October 19th - Thursday, October 22nd - Parent Teacher Interview Week. School dismissed at 1:26 all week!

Friday, October 23rd - Provincial Professional Development Day (NO SCHOOL)

Monday, October 26th - School-based Professional Development Day (NO SCHOOL)

Tuesday, October 27th - Cross-country Meet at Beban Sports Fields

Thursday, October 29th - DARK WHISPERS performance @6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 11th - Remembrance Day - (NO SCHOOL)

Monday, November 16th - Individual photo retake day (correction from previous WAAG)

Virtue of the Month: Compassion

hul'qumi'num word of the week: uy'shqwalawun It means: to have a good heart/good feelings

Behaviour focus: Being safe in the classroom

Open Parachute is a district mental wellness program being used in many classrooms. A wonderful addition to the program is that it has a parent portal that you can access anytime if you are struggling at home with specific issues. It gives families an opportunity to open up the conversation about mental health, at home, so that students know it is a safe place to share how they are feeling, provide them with useful tools, and provide an opportunity to connect with you.

I will be including a weekly link for families to take a look at, but please know that you can access any of the modules that you want. The topics I send will either align with our virtue, behaviour of the month, or issues that are coming up at school.

Congratulations to this week's winners!

This month we will be hosting families during the week of October 19th - 22nd for parents and teachers to get together to discuss where their child is at and set goals for the year. School will be dismissed this week at 1:26 from Monday to Thursday. This is a correction from the previous WAAG. Please use the link below to sign up for a 15-minute time slot that works for you according to your teacher's availability. If you have not signed up by October 13th, your child's teacher will reach out to you with a time.

If you try to book an appointment and you get an error message, please DO NOT REFRESH AND TRY TO BOOK AGAIN! Email the teacher with the time and date you chose and they will confirm that you are booked. Regardless of the error message, the appointment is booked. When you retry, it books another appointment resulting in multiple bookings. This is a system glitch that our IT department is working on trying to figure out.

It is important to ensure that you are not late for your appointment as time slots are back to back. If you are scheduling for more than 1 child, I strongly recommend leaving a 15 minute time frame between appointments to give you time to travel to the next appointment in order to maximize your meeting time. We look forward to seeing you!

Join us during parent teacher interview week in the library to purchase a new favourite book for your child. We will be set up with the Scholastic Book Fair where all proceeds will go back to buying new books for our library. More information on hours, to come.

We are still waiting for a significant amount of verification forms to be returned. Please return your child's verification form a.s.a.p. so that we have the most up-to-date information on hand. Make any changes necessary on the page, do all the checkmarks on the back, and sign the back. Once completed, please return them to the school as soon as possible. These forms hold critical information for safe day-to-day operations, so the sooner we have them back, the better.

Also, watch for and complete the email consent forms for the following things:

1. Media Consent

2. Technology Consent

3. Emergency Release Form

Please complete these as soon as possible so that we have your consent on record and your child's learning is not interrupted in any way. If you have lost or not received your verification form, please email info.li@sd68.bc.ca for another copy.

💗Our hearts are so full 💗 We had a record number of parents (about 25!) attend our AGM PAC meeting last night and a new PAC Executive was formed. Yay!

Please welcome our new 2026/2027 PAC:
Chair - Johanna Ferguson
Co-Vice Chair - Marcy Drinkwater
Co-Vice Chair - Lahra Latham
Secretary - Cassandra Van Dyck
Treasurer - Susan Pearson
Treasurer in training - Alaina Oakley
Co-DPAC Rep - Nicole Differ
Co-DPAC Rep - Dora Roy
Members at Large
-Ashley Snell
-Jana Frandsen
-Nicole Castle
-Nicole Jersey

💕We’d like to thank our outgoing PAC members for their dedicated service to LIS💕:
Devon, Michele, Andrea, Sheila, Lauren, Sarah, Mona, Alyssa, and Kristine

Want to be in the know and receive PAC emails?
If you are a parent or guardian of a current LIS student and would like to be included in our PAC emails, please email your name and your student’s name and teacher to:
lis.pac.secretary@gmail.com

For general PAC inquiries or to reach our Chair:
ladysmithintermediatepac@hotmail.com

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Munchalunch Update:

Now that the new PAC has been formed we can move ahead with our hot lunch program. We hope to be 'live' on Munchalunch for ordering by the end of next week. We will make an announcement on Facebook and through the Principal's weekly e-newsletter.

Monday, October 19 - Panago Pizza hot lunch

Wednesday, October 21- Booster Juice

(We will have the menu set until the end of December)

Stay tuned for updates on hot lunches, Booster Juice, popcorn day, and upcoming fundraisers.

We look forward to a great year ahead!

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Sue DeRosa

Principal - Ladysmith Intermediate School

Email: sderosa@sd68.bc.ca
Phone: (250)245-3351