The Confederation of Parents' Advisory Councils of Saanich

On Thursday February 9th, 2012 at 7:00 - 9:00 pm Dr. Allison Rees (Parenting expert and psychologist) will be coming to Bayside Middle School to speak on the topic of Sidestepping the Power Struggle with your Tween.

CONTACT BAYSIDE PAC at baysidepac@gmail.com if you wish to attend.

at SPECTRUM COMMUNITY SCHOOL (957 Burnside Road West, Victoria)

On Saturday February 11, 2012 7:30 am to 4:30 pm Vancouver Island Parent Conference 2012 is offering amazing workshops and panel discussions for parents and guardians. Dr. Martin Brokenleg (Ph.D.) will introduce “The Circle of Courage” which offers concrete strategies fro creating environments in which all young people can grow and flourish. Dr. Stuart Shanker will teach about self-regulation which serves as a lens for understanding a child, his individual strengths and the areas that need work. Both are world class speakers that are highly respecting in the education community. Panel discussions will also include topics of engagement of elementary students, middle students, and secondary students, aboriginal panel on student success, what is personalized learning. So please CONNECT, COLLABORATE AND CELEBRATE with other parents and guardians from Vancouver Island by attending all or part of this great parent education opportunity.

Detailed information may be accessed from the conference website: www.vipc.ca
Early bird registration fee is $60 before January 31st and then $75 afterword.

COPACS (SD63 district PAC) is encouraging attendance of this conference and is offering to reimburse individual registration fee for Saanich SD63 parents or guardians who attend the conference and then submit a receipt received on the day of the conference to COPACS via their school PAC as proof of attendance. Also we kindly request completion of a brief questionnaire evaluation of the conference. The total reimbursement budget amount is $3500.00 for the Saanich district and reimbursements will be processed on a first come first serve basis. We are hoping to reimburse at least 45 SD63 attendees. Receipts/proof of attendance may be sent via school PACs to School Board Office marked “COPACS” after the conference date.

2012 University of Victoria SPEAKERS BUREAU – GRADUATE STUDENT SPEAKERS

Please go to www.uvic.ca/speakers for information regarding 19 exciting new topics to the 36 already available to the community through the UVIC Speakers Bureau.

Greater Victoria Restorative Justice Resource Group

Please go to www.rjvic.org for more information regarding training courses in restorative practices. Many of the school district staff have attend the 3-day training of Introduction to Restorative Justice and Conferencing.

LATEST INFORMATION FROM SAANICH SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE

The following new bulletins have been added to the district website:

1. "Welcome to 2012" message

2. January/February Superintendent's newsletter

3. Updated message to parents regarding job action (included information regarding what may happen to recess, field trips, report cards, etc. during the remainder of the job action.)

Please GO TO the link www.sd63.bc.ca to take a look at them on the home page.