FEBRUARY 14-18, 2022
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Family Literacy Night
There are only a couple days left to sign up for the virtual Family Literacy Games Night on Wednesday March 9th! All K to 5 families are invited to participate and participating families will receive a free Family Literacy Kit (includes letter tiles, word cards, dice, and game boards) to use during the session, as families learn fun ways to support literacy skills at home. Interested families must register by Tuesday, February 15th so the kits can be ordered and sent home with students prior to the March 9th session. Don't miss out on this great opportunity!

Free Silverbacks Tickets
This week each student from Hillcrest will receive a free ticket to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks game vs. the Prince George Spruce Kings on Friday February 18 @ 7:00pm.

Thank you to Deb Archambault from Remax Shuswap Realty for teaming up with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks to sponsor our students to attend the game! Ticket vouchers should be coming home with your child on Tuesday Feb 15 and can be redeemed in advance or at the door. 
 
See you at the rink!
Free Lunch - Sign-up Now!
On Wednesday February 23rd, all Hillcrest students will have the opportunity to receive a free lunch(soup, bun and fruit) thanks to the Shuswap Food Action Society and our amazing PAC. All students are encouraged and welcome to participate, however, parents must sign-up through our Hot Lunch Website by Tuesday Feb 15.

If you have any questions or you are able to help chop veggies, cook and serve, please email Kayla at kaylavann88@gmail.com.

Subway Hot Lunch Orders
Our spring Hot Lunch schedule is now online as well and orders can be placed through our Hot Lunch Website. Orders for our Subway Hot Lunch on Friday Feb 25 are due on Sunday Feb 20. Orders can be placed one lunch at a time or all at once.


Pink Shirt Day & Kindness Walk
Don’t forget to wear PINK on Wednesday February 23 in recognition of Pink Shirt Day. To help "Lift each other up" and spread the message of kindness throughout our community Hillcrest classes will be participating in a Kindness Walk/Rally at 1:00pm on Pink Shirt Day.
Pro-D Day & Family Day
There is a four day weekend coming up for students as Friday Feb 18 is a Professional Development Day for teachers and Monday Feb 21 is Family Day. Hopefully families can take advantage of this extra long Family Day weekend to enjoy some quality Family time!
Breakfast Program Volunteers
We are currently looking for a few more breakfast program volunteers. If you think you might be able to help cook breakfast between 7:30 and 8:15 one morning please contact our breakfast program co-ordinator, Kayla, at kaylavann88@gmail.com.

Starting the school day with a nutritious meal makes a huge difference for so many of our students. Thank to to everyone who helps ensure this fantastic program runs so smoothly at our school.
Skating
Thank you to everyone who helped out last week to make our first week of skating a successful one. Please note that only Group 1 will be skating this week as Friday is a Pro-D day. Also we would like to add long socks to the list of items (skates, helmets, gloves and snowpants) your child should be bringing with them on their scheduled skating day. We noticed last week that some students who were wearing ankle socks were getting blisters on the sides of their feet.

Group 1 - Wed Feb 9, Wed Feb 16, Wed Feb 23
9:00-9:45 - Div 10 (Corbett) & Div 7 (Larmand)
9:45-10:30 - Div 14 (Sudbury) & Div 6 (Housden/Lawson)
10:30-11:15 - Div 11 (Boyd) & Div 12 (Kehl)

Group 2 - Fri Feb 11, Fri Feb 25, and Wed Mar 2
9:00-9:45 - Div 8 (Boyce) & Div 13 (Porter)
9:45-10:30 - Div 5 (M Smith) & Div 9 (Meerza)
10:30-11:15 - Div 1 (Menzies), Div 2 (Tyssen/Perkins), Div 3 (C Smith) & Div 4 (Gecse)
CALENDAR of EVENTS