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Dear Saseenos Families,
Students have a short week with Professional Development Day tomorrow. Thank you to our Grade 4 and 5 families that are talking with their students about respectful behaviour. We are really focussing on politeness, being kind, using WITS to solve problems, and settling in to do your school jobs without back talk or rudeness. We appreciate everyone’s support.
- We have the Flourish lunch program at our school. If you would like your child on the program to receive a lunch each day, please let us know. Thank you.
- The District needs Noon Hour Supervision Assistants. Please see the attachment if you are interested or this link: Noon Hour Supervision Assistants On-Call
- On Halloween, Friday, Oct. 31, our River Runners are welcome to wear their costumes to school to celebrate Halloween.
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- We know that masks are a part of costumes at this age so if face makeup will not do the trick, we are fine with masks being worn at this age.
- Please keep accessories and weapons at home for the evening.
- Our River Runners are young and everyone has different comfort levels for blood and gore. Please keep this in mind as costumes are being selected and put together for school. Some students will have a hard time with images of soldiers, skeletons, fake blood, and other costumes related to death or war.
- Thank you for helping your child find an appropriate costume for the school day.
- Thank you to our Sooke Lions who are sponsoring the Grade 2 swim lessons again this year. We appreciate the Lions and all they do for our community.
Information From Our PAC
- A HUGE thank you to everyone we where able to raise $3,859.10 with our coupon book fundraiser this year!!! Great work team.
- We look forward to seeing everyone at our Halloween Dance on Wednesday from 5:30-7:30
PLEASE REMEMBER THE EVENT IS CASH ONLY! Snacks, drinks, and bake sale items will be for sale and pizza.
Mr.Gibson will be back as the DJ this year.
Admission is at the front door to the gym ($2.50 per person).
We will have a glow stick station available as well as a Tattoo station this year!
Coming Up:
Friday, Oct. 24th Professional Development Day -No School
Wednesday, Oct. 29th PAC sponsored Family Dance 5:30-7:30
Monday, Not. 10th Remembrance Day Ceremony 10:45
Tuesday, Nov. 11th Remembrance Day -No School
Thursday, Nov. 20th Early Dismissal 11:30
Friday, Nov. 21 Professional Development Day -No School
December 1 Scholastic Book Fair begins in the library
Wednesday, Dec. 10th Winter Concert 6pm
Friday, Dec. 12th PAC Winter Gift Sale
Friday, Dec. 19th Last Day of School before winter break
Have a cozy weekend.
Tess Vally and Glenn Gibson
Oct. 17, 2025
Dear River Runner Families,
We are wrapping up a short, but busy week. Next week there is no school on Friday, Oct. 24th as we have a Professional Development Day. We are really focussing on solving problems and dealing with strong emotions without hurting others. One key part of this is remembering and using WITS to solve problems.
You can use this strategy at home too!
- On Halloween, Friday, Oct. 31, our River Runners are welcome to wear their costumes to school to celebrate Halloween.
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- We know that masks are a part of costumes at this age so if face makeup will not do the trick, we are fine with masks being worn at this age.
- Please keep accessories and weapons at home for the evening.
- Our River Runners are young and everyone has different comfort levels for blood and gore. Please keep this in mind as costumes are being selected and put together for school. Some students will have a hard time with images of soldiers, skeletons, fake blood, and other costumes related to death or war.
- Thank you for helping your child find an appropriate costume for the school day.
- We have the Flourish lunch program at our school. If you would like your child on the program to receive a lunch each day, please let us know. Thank you.
Information From Our PAC
Bake Sale Donation Items Needed for the Halloween Dance:
*We’re so excited to be having our Halloween Dance again this year on Wednesday October 29th. At the moment we’re in need of Bake Sale donations for the dance, either baked or bought. Donations can be dropped off on the morning of Wednesday, October 29th in the office or that afternoon in the gym.
*If you are bringing it in a dish you would like back please label it with your first and last name and we will get it back to you.
*If you think you can help out with baked goods please email Chloe at chloecatnut@shaw.ca.
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Volunteers for the Halloween Dance Needed:
The PAC is looking for volunteers for our upcoming Halloween Dance. Our holiday dances are a lot of fun but also a lot of work. We have two shifts we are needing to fill:
Shift 1: Wednesday October 29th, 2:00m to 3pm (ish). Setting up and decorating the gym. Kids are welcome to join. 6 more volunteers needed.
Shift 2: Volunteering at the Dance/clean up. Wednesday, October 29th 5:00pm to 8:00pm. Volunteering at the Dance and helping clean up. We need 6 more volunteers.
If you can work for one of these shifts the PAC would be extremely grateful, please email: chloecatnut@shaw.ca.
Thank you so much
Saseenos Elementary School PAC
Coming Up:
Friday, Oct. 24th Professional Development Day -No School
Wednesday, Oct. 29th PAC sponsored Family Dance 5:30-7:30
Monday, Not. 10th Remembrance Day Ceremony 10:45
Tuesday, Nov. 11th Remembrance Day -No School
Thursday, Nov. 20th Early Dismissal 12:00
Friday, Nov. 21 Professional Development Day -No School
Have a good weekend. We hope everyone has a chance to walk with the crunch of the leaves underfoot.
Tess Vally and Glenn Gibson
As a community school, Saseenos Elementary believes in supporting music education both in and out of our school. Please consider signing up your young musicians for the Sooke Harmony Project! See below for more information.
Dear Saseenos School Community,
Harmony Project Sooke is recruiting students for September, 2025. If you are interested in having your child participate, please fill out the form below:
I can be reached at 250-642-6681 with any questions. Information about the programme is located below. We have also visited 3 elementary schools to talk about the programme and let the students try the instruments.
Drumline is open for new recruits as well. We will visit the middle school in early September to demonstrate the drums but please fill out the form if you are interested in this activity.
If you feel unable to fill out the form in time but would like to secure a spot, please email sookeharmonyproject@shaw.ca. An annual report is attached for you to read.
Thank you. I look forward to hearing from you,
Lorna Bjorklund, Executive Director, Harmony Project Sooke
This year our staff is using the WITS program language to support our continued efforts to ensure a safe and caring school environment for all. The WITS program teaches all kids how to respond to mean behavior and support anti-bullying and victimization through empowering students to use this approach.
We share this to further connect our efforts between home and school to support all our kids. Click the image below for more information.
Credit: WITS.ca website